The Society's Executive Committee
| Tom Markel, Chairman | For Tom's photo and biography, see the Society's Founders page. |
| Joe Silvoso, Executive Director | For Joe's photo and biography, see the Society's Founders page. |
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Tom Phan - Hospitality Director Tom Phan graduated from the University of Dallas in 1978 with a B.S degree in Math and computer science. After 6 years working for EDS and 4 years as a VP of Advanced Technology for Security Pacific Bank, Tom founded his own software company in 1988. In 1998, he merged his company with a public software company based in Massachusetts. He sat on the board of a number of public high-tech software companies as well as on the board of a number of start-up ventures. He retired in 2001. In 2008, Tom came out of retirement and together with his son, Ryan Phan, launched Phans55, a company whose mission is to introduce delicious Vietnamese foods to the American mainstream consumer. Tom Phan and his wife, Susie Phan, have four grown-up children - one boy and three girls. They currently live in Dana Point and, for the past twenty years, have been active parish members of St Edward Catholic church in Dana Point. |
| Joseph Mai -
Communications Director 1971 - B.A. Saigon University 1973 - MA Saigon University 1975-1976 - St.Joseph University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1976 to 1986 - Account executive-Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Services). 1986 - Founder of AAHH (Asian American Helping Hand Foundation). 1986 to 1996 - President of ABS Corporation. 1989 - M.A. La Sale University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1996 to present - Radio host. 2008 to 2009 - Vice president at VBS Inc. (Vietnamese Broadcasting Services). 2009 - President at VBS Inc. (Vietnamese Broadcasting Services). Chairman Vietnamese Catholic Community of Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary General of Association of the Vietnamese Catholic Professionals and Business in the USA. Secretary General of the Federation of the Vietnamese Catholic in Southwest Region of the USA. |
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| Bao Nguyen - Spiritual Director In 1997, Bao Nguyen graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and Math, Cum Laude. He worked for NASA on a mathematical model to simulate scheduling for tracking satellites. In addition, he worked at Northrop Grumman on mission planning and at CCH Inc. on their Y2K compliance project. In Vietnam, he graduated from Saigon Polytechnic University in 1986 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Since 2002, Bao has participated in the printing business. Bao and his wife, Duyen Dinh, have been members of St. Callistus Catholic Church for almost 20 years. Being an active parishioner, he has been elected as a vice president for the Vietnamese Ministry at St. Callistus Catholic Church since 2006. With his passion for liturgical music, Bao has been a choir director for over 20 years both in Vietnam and the United States. Bao and his wife have four boys, who are members of the Boy Scout of America Troop 680. Since 2005, Bao has been Scout leader of this troop, positioning as a Scoutmaster Assistant. |
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Clive Soden - Online Liaison Clive and his wife Margaret (Peggy) have been members of OLQA Church for many years. They have two grown daughters, Lynn and Karen, who have families of their own. Over the years, Clive sang in two different choirs at OLQA. He works as a volunteer maintaining the OLQA Church's Web site at www.olqa.org. Clive admits to having more than 35 years of experience as a technical writer with a couple of interruptions as a publications supervisor and manager. Now, instead of working in the corporate world writing product manuals, Clive works in his own business helping people create their Web sites. His Web site is www.CliveSoden.com. Previous to his technical writing career, Clive served in the military as an enlisted man in the U.S. Air Force. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology (electronics) from California State University, Long Beach, California. |
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