4 (UPI) --The Defense Department announced Monday that a retired major general ... president of the East-West Center -- a national educational institution for the United States, Asia and the Pacific islands -- since January 2022. During her service in ...

Lum, who is both the first Native Hawaiian and the first woman to lead the organization, will leave her position at the end of this year to head the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies,

Suzanne Vares-Lum joined the East-West Center after retiring from the U.S. Army with the rank of major general after a 34-year military career.

The head of the East-West Center in Honolulu will leave her post at the end of the year. Suzanne Vares-Lum has accepted a Department of Defense appointment to head the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Waikiki.