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BONNIE JOY KASLAN
Country: United States of America
Profession: Honorary Consul General
A recipient of Daughters of Ataturk's Women of Distinction Award in 1999.
The Honorable Bonnie Joy Kaslan, Consul General of the Turkish Republic, is Executive Vice President of
Kaslan Associates, Inc., a Sonoma based Structural and Geotechnical Engineering firm. She has served the
Turkish American Community since 1978. Mrs. Kaslan, former graduate student at the Sorbonne, Paris,
educator and department chairperson, was president of the Turkish American Association from 1983-1985.
She served as the first woman on the Board of Directors of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations
as Western region Vice President from 1982-1986. In 1982 she was named woman of the year for the Turkish
American Community in California. She is a national chairman of the Assembly's Curriculum Committee
History and Social Science.
She has represented Turkish American interests at high level State Department meetings, addressed human
relation commissions nationwide, worked on a one to one basis with innumerable congressional
representatives and their staffs as well as delivered expert testimony before the Committee on Foreign
Relation Relations. She was the first non-Turkish woman worldwide to represent the Republic of Turkey as
Honorary Consul General developing and implementing educational and public relations programs as deemed
necessary. She has appeared on radio and television nationwide as an educator, advocate and facilitator
for a better understanding of Turkey and her people.
In addition to her advocacy for the betterment of Turkish American relations, Bonnie Joy is a former
Member of the Board of Directors of Soroptimist International of Oakland. She is a graduate of the Coro
Foundation's Public Affairs Leadership program for women, as well as past member of the Board of Directors
of American Women for International Understanding.
She was awarded Soroptimist's distinguished "Women Helping Woman" award and honored as a role model for
women on all levels' local, national and international. The Assembly honored her with the Distinguished
Service Award in 1987 and Meritorious Service Award in 1989. The International Institute of the East Bay
honored her as the recipient of the Women of Tribute Award in 1991. She was honored for her leadership
and contributions toward peaceful and greater international understanding.
She has been appointed to the Ethnic Advisory Commission for the State of California's Department of
Rehabilitation and serves as the President of the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Education
Graduate Program, Secondary Education, University of California, Santa Barbara
Pedagogie, University of Paris, La Sorbonne, Paris, France
B.A. Foreign Languages, University of California, Davis
A.A. Liberal Arts, Foothill College, Los Altos
Studies
Leadership Training in Public Affairs, Coro Foundation, San Francisco;
Real Estate Sales and Brokerage, Merritt College, Oakland;
Interior Design, Merritt College, Oakland;
Business Graduate Management School, Indiana State University, South Bend.
Professional Certification
Secondary Education Lifetime Credential, State of California;
Real Estate Sales, State of California;
Asbestos Safety and Abatement Techniques, Certificate.
Experience
As the Executive Vice President of KASLAN ASSOCIATES, INC. (since 1982), has been in charge of all the
managerial, promotional and public relations activities of this firm. Has developed programs to increase
public awareness of hazards and mitigation of seismic related failures in buildings and critical utility
structures. Has conducted in-house programs for augmenting the knowledge and understanding of the key
technical personnel towards community needs and challenges. Oversees firm's fiscal planning, monitors
cash flow and supervises the administrative staff, as well as coordinating the schedules of the technical
personnel.
Extensive experience as an educator in foreign languages, both as an instructor and as department
chairman. Responsibilities included the coordination of French, Spanish, Italian and Latin curricula,
department staffing and fiscal planning. Served on accreditation committees for secondary schools and
wrote federal grant proposals, which were subsequently funded.
Many facets of volunteer services including the initiation, design and the teaching of a model high
school course in rape prevention and sexual abuse. Maintains an active schedule of public speaking
nationwide on Leadership, Internationalism and Turkish-American relations. President of Sonoma Valley
Chamber of Commerce, Member of the First Class of Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce's "Leadership,
Sonoma Valley", San Francisco Consular Corps as well as Vice-President of the Business Exchange of
Sonoma Valley.
Professional Affiliations / Membership:
Business Forum, Structural Engineers' Association of Northern California
American Institute of Architects, Society of Architectural Administrators
Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, Femineers
American Women for International Understanding
Business Exchange of Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce
Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce
Soroptimist International of Oakland
San Francisco Consular Corps
Awards / Honors
Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Turkey, San Francisco
Women of Tribute Award, International Institute of the East Bay
Women Helping Women Award, Soroptimist International of Oakland
Distinguished Service Award, Assembly of Turkish American Associations
Woman of the Year, Turkish American Association of California
Special Commendation, Volunteer Hospital Service
Dean's List, University of California, Davis
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