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.

2024 – 2025 Staff Packet – Roles & Responsibilities

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.

Matthew Nguyen
he/him/his

President

David Tran
he/him/his

Internal Vice President

Katie Bui
she/they

External Vice President

Anthony Tran
he/him/his

Treasurer

Natalie Phan
she/her/hers

Secretary

Cabinet

These individuals are part of our year-round cabinet committees, including Alumni Relations, Civic Engagement, Community Safety, CPP, IT, MPR, and Sponsorship & Development. 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.

Alumni Relations

The Alumni Relations Committee (ARC) works diligently on connecting Alumni with undergraduates and providing spaces to foster further learning opportunities. By working with the UNAVSA External Vice President and the rest of the Executive Board, the committee is also tasked with planning and executing various forms of year round alumni engagement. Projects that have been executed by ARC in the past are: Alumni Directory, Alumni Mentorship Program, ARC Project of The Month, UNAVSA Conference Alumni Programming, and Alumni After Work Series.

Teresa Do
she/her/hers

Director

Brittney Phung
she/her/hers

Staff

 

H.A. Le
she/her/hers

Staff

Jenny Cao
she/her/hers

Staff

 

Minh-Huy Pham
he/him/his

Staff

Mira Curti
she/her/hers

Staff

Alumni Relations Staff member Tee Huynh

Tee Huynh
he/his/him

Staff

Civic Engagement

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.

Loc Nguyen
he/him/his

Staff

Collective Philanthropy Project - Finance

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.

Nhi Tran
she/her/hers

Director

Alvin Pham
he/him/his

Staff

Jia-Wei Dang
she/her/hers

Staff

Thao Ma
she/her/hers

Staff

Viviann Luong
she/her/hers

Staff

Collective Philanthropy Project - Operations

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.

LeAnn Mai
she/her/hers

Director

Connie Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Crystallyn Lee
she/her/hers

Staff

DuyĂŞn Quang
she/her/hers

Staff

Quincy Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Marketing & Public Relations

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.

Lucy Nguyen
she/they/them

Director

Jarrett Trinh
he/him/his

Committee

Information Technology

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.

Kinhkha Tran
he/him/his

Staff

Minh Tong
he/him/his

Staff

Sponsorship & Development

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.

Tammy Tran
she/her/hers

Director

Felecity Giang
she/her/hers

Staff

Irene Le
she/her/hers

Staff

Katherine Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

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.

 

Thuc Nguyen
he/him/his

Midwest
[email protected]

UNAVSA-2 Conference Director
2004-2007 Midwest Representative

Tiffany Tran
she/her/hers

New England
[email protected]

Treasurer, 2020-2022
Sponsorship Director, 2018-2020
CPP Selection Director, 2017-2018

Nghia Le
he/him/his

Southern California
[email protected]

Internal Vice President, 2012-2014
CPP Selection Director, 2011-2012

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.

Fred Madronado

he/him/his

Gulf Coast
[email protected]

Laura Trinh

she/her/hers

Gulf Coast
[email protected]

Elijah Bustamante
he/him/his

Mid-Atlantic
[email protected]

Ashley Tran
she/her/hers

Midwest
[email protected]

Luna Nguyen
she/her/hers

Midwest
[email protected]

Andrew Lu
he/him/his

Northeast
[email protected]

Andrew Tran
he/him/his

Northeast
[email protected]

Phuong-Anh Huynh
she/her/hers

Northern California

[email protected]

Viviann Luong
she/her/hers

Northern California
[email protected]

Brittney Phung
she/her/hers

Northwest
[email protected]

Caden Chiong
he/him/his

Northwest
[email protected]

Luc Pham
he/him/his

South
[email protected]

Amy Nguyen
she/her/hers

Southeast
[email protected]

An Pham
he/him/his

Southeast
[email protected]

Khang Vu
he/him/his

Southern California
[email protected]

Thaovi Nguyen
she/her/hers

Southern California
[email protected]

Kathy Le
she/her/hers

Southwest
[email protected]

Shreyas Sharma
he/him/his

Southwest
[email protected]

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

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.

Jason Tran
he/him/his

Executive Director

Justin Ocean
he/him/his

Associate Director

Mindy Phan
she/her/hers

Associate Director

Tammy Tran
she/her/hers

Associate Director

Steven Nguyen
he/him/his

Associate Director

Audio/Visual

Audio Visual (AV) committee manages all audio and visual needs for conference. This includes coordinating all the lighting, sound, projectors, screens, and other necessary stage equipment.

Justin Vo
he/him/his

Director

Branson Dao
he/him/his

Staff

Brandon Saltzman
he/him/his

Staff

Jia-Wei Dang
she/her/hers

Staff

Luc Pham
he/him/his

Staff

Mia Hau
she/her/hers

Staff

Raghav Sinha
he/him/his

Staff

Alumni Programming

Alumni Programming (ALP) committee manages the programming schedule for UNAVSA alumni attending the conference.

James Nguyen
he/him/his

Director

Angela Tran
she/her/hers

Staff

Chanh Tran
he/him/his

Staff

Crystal Vo
she/her/hers

Staff

Minh-Huy Pham
he/him/his

Staff

Nicole Phan
she/her/hers

Staff

Entertainment

Entertainment committee encompasses all visual and vocal performances at conference. It also manages the production of our evening events: Vietnamese Culture Night and Gala.

Cathy Vo
she/her/hers

Director

Kevin Nguyen
he/him/his

Staff

Kimmy Vo
she/her/hers

Staff

Naree Philavanh
she/her/hers

Staff

Nhi Tran
she/her/hers

Staff

Taman Hoang
she/her/hers

Staff

Family Programming

Family Programming committee is responsible for organizing a family system that will allow attendees to engage with one another and build relationships throughout the weekend. The committee will also coordinate icebreakers and team activities.

Crystallyn Lee
she/her/hers

Director

Amie Le
she/her/hers

Staff

Andy Ho
he/him/his

Staff

Khang Vu
he/him/his

Staff

Maggie Phan
she/her/hers

Staff

Matthew Nguyen
he/him/his

Staff

Thao Ma
she/her/hers

Staff

Hospitality

Hospitality committee oversees the general needs and well-being of conference attendees and serves as the primary contact for all attendees.

Viviann Luong
she/her/hers

Director

Alain Bui
he/him/his

Staff

Amy Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Annabel Truong
she/her/hers

Staff

Jasmine Le
she/her/hers

Staff

Kenny Phan
any pronouns

Staff

Michelle Xavier
she/her/hers

Staff

Vy Tran
she/her/hers

Staff

Logistics

Logistics committee is the backbone of the conference and ensures all on-site programming runs smoothly, safely, and efficiently.

Ashley Tran
she/her/hers

Director

Brandon Wong
he/him/his

Staff

Kasie Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Katherine Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Matthew Ngo
he/him/his

Staff

Nam Le
he/him/his

Staff

Marketing

Logistics committee is the backbone of the conference and ensures all on-site programming runs smoothly, safely, and efficiently.

Kelly Nguyen
she/her/hers

Director

Hannah Huynh
she/they

Staff

Katelyn On
she/her/hers

Staff

Thanh La
she/her/hers

Staff

Zach Magas
he/him/his

Staff

Zak Pham
he/him/his

Staff

Media

The Media Technology committee manages the production and distribution of all audio, photographic, and video media.

Steven Bui
he/him/his

Director

Andrew Tran
he/him/his

Staff

Andrew Vo
he/him/his

Staff

Cam-Truc Hua Di
she/her/hers

Staff

Chris Nguyen
he/him/his

Staff

Phuc Tran
he/him/his

Staff

Programming

The Media Technology committee manages the production and distribution of all audio, photographic, and video media.

Jenny Cao
she/her/hers

Director

An Ho
he/him/his

Staff

Brittney Phung
she/her/hers

Staff

Catthy Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Ha Vi Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Phuong-Anh Huynh
she/her/hers

Staff

Registration

The Media Technology committee manages the production and distribution of all audio, photographic, and video media.

Christopher Bui
he/they

Director

Brian Tran
he/him/his

Staff

Jonathan Phan
he/him/his

Staff

Kinhkha Tran
he/him/his

Staff

Nancy Nguyen
she/her/hers

Staff

Tri-An Pham
she/her/hers

Staff

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