UNAVSA is a 100% volunteer-based organization. All of our staff across North America dedicate their time and efforts throughout the year to educate and create initiatives for our constituents to learn from and engage in.
Executive Board
The Executive Board is the driving force of UNAVSA with task planning, organizing, and approving operations. E-Board manages the operations in accordance to the organization’s missions and values, as well as reviews short and long-term plans to sustain the structure of UNAVSA.
The Executive Board consists of five (5) positions: President, Internal Vice President, External Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Each term normally lasts for two consecutive years.
Applications for Executive Board for the 2024-2026 term will open during Spring of 2024. Stay tuned!
Kelly Tran
President
Hoang An "Em" Nguyen
Internal Vice President
Kris Dinh
Treasurer
Cabinet
These individuals are part of our year-round cabinet committees, including Alumni Relations, Civic Engagement, Community Safety, CPP, IT, MPR, Sponsorship & Development, and VSAcademy. They are responsible for the general operations of UNAVSA as well as generating engaging initiatives and disseminating important resources to our constituents throughout the year.
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The Civic Engagement Committee (CEC) will lead both educational and mobilization efforts of the general UNAVSA membership to promote civic knowledge and action. The committee will be in charge of researching and keeping constituents up to date on historical and current events that influence the Greater Vietnamese community, as well as on social movements in Canada, the United States, and worldwide. Lastly, the committee will collect and distribute resources to aid members in best practices of civic engagement. Civic Engagement is split into two focused sub-committees: Core and Policy.
The Core team focuses on developing resources and projects introducing constituents to various topics related to civic engagement.The Policy team researches and creates resources regarding pressing political issues facing the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian diaspora in North America. To read more about UNAVSA’s policy focuses, follow this link.
Mai Trinh Le
Director
Hannah Nguyen
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Kheon Louis
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Thuy Hanley
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Collective Philanthropy Project
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The Collective Philanthropy Project (CPP)
Committee is responsible for four primary objectives: Audit, Campaign, Engagement, and Selection.
Audit responsibilities include working closely with the previous year’s beneficiary to oversee that funds are ethically being appropriated according to the project proposal as presented at the UNAVSA conference, managing the project timeline and ensuring the beneficiary will adhere to the project timeline proposed.
Campaign committee members serve as the main point of contact when the Beneficiary has been chosen by the constituents at the Annual UNAVSA Leadership Conference. They are essential in raising funds to meet the goal of the proposed project set forth by the Beneficiary and to educate our constituents on the goals of said project.
Engagement tasks focus on maintaining the relationship between UNAVSA and past CPP applicants & beneficiaries. The team works closely with each beneficiary to showcase the results of past CPP projects by providing reports of the progress, results, and impact of UNAVSA’s efforts. The team is responsible for engaging with current and past CPP prospects to build partnerships with each organization to provide direct opportunities for constituents to engage with these nonprofits outside of just fundraising.
Selection obligates the team to serve as a main point of contact for all potential beneficiaries and applicants. The committee is in charge of enacting a fair and just system when screening applications and candidates.
David Tran
Director
Nhi Tran
Director
Jason Banh
Committee
Leann Mai
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Sally Chan
Committee
Community Safety
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The Community Safety Committee is responsible for providing aid to regions for community responses, informing and enforcing policy changes to ensure community safety and monitoring community reports. They also serve as our response team during our leadership conference.
An Vo
Director
Feon Lai
Director
Mira Curti
Committee
Richy Thach
Committee
Marketing & Public Relations
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The Marketing & Public Relations (MPR) Cabinet is a year-round operating committee. MPR oversees all official publications, announcements, and releases from UNAVSA while creating our branding and marketing strategies. MPR provides support across all of UNAVSA’s various projects, including cabinet, CPP, and our annual leadership conference. Committee projects include: Spearheading monthly newsletter series/regular announcement system, Annual Sponsorship Packet, and, depending on the year, the Conference Programming Booklet.
Sally Chan
Director
Hoang Tran
Committee
Jonathan Pham
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Kristin Hoang
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Sophia Trang
Committee
Theresa Huynh
Committee
Sponsorship & Development
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The Sponsorship & Development cabinet is responsible for securing funds for UNAVSA various initiatives year-round. This team will be divided into three different objects based on the needs of our organization. Team members will be assigned to each team, but are still expected to complete the general committee responsibilities listed above. It is comprised of the following: Conference Sponsorship, Donor Relations Management, and Grants Writing.
Edwin Ma
Director
An Vo
Director
Web Development & Management
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The Web Development/Management committee manages all information systems, communications, and databases for UNAVSA year-round (including conference IT needs). Committee projects include maintaining and/or redesigning UNAVSA websites, developing internal tools for staff, and developing external tools for public use.
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VSAcademy
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VSAcademy Cabinet (VSA) exists to create and promote year-round online programming and learning resources that supplement programming from the annual Leadership Conference and One Day Seminars. VSAcademy’s main mission is to educate constituents with original content in the form of articles, videos, podcasts, etc., forming a centralized resource hub. Many topics are best taught in collaborative workshop environments that allow members to discuss and apply learnings. Other topics, where are more valuable when presented in expository and authoritative approaches.
VSAcademy will take lead in topics exclusive to the committee as well as cross collaboration topics with other committees that span across cultural, personal, professional, organizational development and civic engagement.
At VSAcademy, we are all about the love of knowledge and delivering a beautiful learning experience. VSAcademy offers curated and created content targeted to the Vietnamese American & Canadian experience. We encourage our constituents to experience the world of knowledge through – videos, podcasts, playlists, articles, etc. Every production is about reinvention and pushing boundaries.
Katie Bui
Director
Alvin Pham
Committee
David Nguyen
Committee
Mindy Phan
Committee
Board of Directors
The UNAVSA Board of Directors (BoD) is an advisory board that provides necessary direction, support, and resources for the UNAVSA Executive Board to ensure the organization’s success. We are currently looking for eligible candidates to serve on BoD. Please refer to UNAVSA’s constitution for the specific qualifications and responsibilities of BoD.
Dan Huynh
Northern California
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President, 2010-2012
Huy Tran
Northern California
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UNAVSA-3 Executive Director, 2006
Internal Vice President, 2006-2008
CPP Co-Director, 2009
Lucy Tran
Northern California
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Internal Vice President, 2014-2016
Council of Regional Representatives
The Council of Region Representatives (CORR) consists of members from the various continental regions to assist in UNAVSA’s year-round programs and initiatives. While UNAVSA remains a non-political, non-partisan organization, the organization recognizes the importance for the education and awareness of Vietnamese youths’ voices. Our CORR serve as a mouthpiece to transmit important issues/matters and also serve as a voting body for many items within UNAVSA such as the selection of our CPP beneficiary, winners for our VSA Awards, changes to our Constitutional Amendments, etc.
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Eastern Canada
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Nicholas Tran
Gulf Coast
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Sophia Trang
Gulf Coast
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Annie Tran
Mid-Atlantic
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David Tran
Midwest
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Crystal Pham
Midwest
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Anthony Tran
New England
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LeAnn Mai
Northeast
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Vivian Duong
Northeast
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Annie Trinh
Northern California
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Brandon Lieu
Northern California
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Aleena Le
Northwest
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Kristi Dang
Northwest
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Chanh Tran
South
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An Pham
Southeast
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Alvin Pham
Southern California
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Crystal Vo
Southwest
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Kathy Le
Southwest
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Conference
These individuals are responsible for the planning of UNAVSA’s Annual Leadership Conference held during the summer months. They work tirelessly spanning across 9 months of planning to put together the workshops, keynotes, culture show, gala, and family programming for our attendees each year.
Executive Team
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The Executive Team is made up of either:
- Two (2) Executive Co-Directors, or
- One (1) Executive Director and one-to-two (1-2) Associate Director(s)
The Executive Team oversees the entire operations of coordinating and managing the tasks and execution by all conference staff with guidance from the Executive Board.p They provide guidance, direction, support, and assistance to all conference committees in carrying out their projects and responsibilities.
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Audio/Visual Committee
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The Executive Team is made up of either:
- Two (2) Executive Co-Directors, or
- One (1) Executive Director and one-to-two (1-2) Associate Director(s)
The Executive Team oversees the entire operations of coordinating and managing the tasks and execution by all conference staff with guidance from the Executive Board.p They provide guidance, direction, support, and assistance to all conference committees in carrying out their projects and responsibilities.
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