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Board of Directors

 
Ben Bahn
Board Member

Ben Bahn is a Programmer/Analyst at AOL. He has a B.A. in Economics from Williams College, Williamstown, MA and a M.B.A. from Stern School of Business, NYU. Ben has worked in the Information Technology industry since 1990 in various capacities, including help desk, desktop support, training, configuration management and programming. He is a member of the Fairfax City Democratic Committee. Mr. Bahn is interested in voter registration, voter education and Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) efforts, particularly in the Asian Pacific American community.
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Alex Chan
CAPAVA Treasurer

Alex Chan serves as CAPAVA Treasurer in 2006-2007.
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Rose Chu
CAPAVA Secretary

Rose Chu is Director of Research and Analysis for the Health Services Group at Maximus, a company that provides consulting, management, and IT services to state and local governments. She is Vice Chair of the Virginia State Board of Medical Assistance Services, Vice Chair of the Fairfax County Health Care Advisory Board, and a member of the Fairfax County Consolidated Community Funding Advisory Committee. She is also Treasurer of the Eighth District Democratic Committee and co-chair of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee Diversity Committee. She is an active member (and former board member) of the Organization of Chinese Americans-Northern Virginia Chapter.

Rose has a B.A., M.B.A., and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rose served as CAPAVA Board Vice-Chair in 2004-2005.  She currently serves as the CAPAVA Secretary.
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Toa Q. Do
 Board Vice-Chair

Mr. Do is presently the President of the Business Development Assistance Group, Inc. (BDAG), a not–for–profit organization whose mission is to promote the growth and development of small business, BDAG has offices in Arlington and Fairfax County, Virginia.

Mr. Do was a former corporate executive and he has provided management consulting services to the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) and a Fortune 500 environmental firm based in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Do was also a visiting lecturer in “Computer Applications in Developing Countries” at the Institute of Training and Organizational Development, University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Do was elected as the first Chairman of the Coalition of Asian-Pacific Americans of Virginia (CAPAVA) in January 2003.

AWARDS
2003 - Fairfax County Human Rights Award
2001 - “Partnership in Business Award” by the Virginia Department of minority Business Enterprise (DMBE)
2000 - “Certificate of recognition” for contribution to the success of census 2000 by the US Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau.
1997 - “Lord of Fairfax Honoree” by Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Virginia in recognition of outstanding achievements and numerous contributions to the Fairfax County communities.
1996 - “Community Service Award” and “President’s Award” for outstanding life-long achievements in the Asian- American Community by the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), Northern Virginia Chapter.
1995 - Listed in “Who’s Who among Asian Americans” published by Gale Research, Inc., with foreword by Chang-Lin Tien, Chancellor, University of California at Berkeley.
1993 - “Friend of small Business Award” nominated by Arlington Chamber of Commerce and presented by Virginia Lt. Governor Don Beyer in recognition of steadfast support of the small business community.

Toa Do served as CAPAVA Board Chair in 2004-2005.  He currently serves as Board Vice-Chair 2005-2006.
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Eric Liang Jensen
CAPAVA Board Chair

Eric Liang Jensen is the CEO of two companies, Four Horizons Development Company and IndigiCom. Four Horizons Development Company is a Native American owned company that helps Native American tribes to develop their own infrastructure, including telephone, energy, water, municipal and financial services. IndigiCom is a consulting company that helps tribal communities and educational associations develop telecommunications and advanced networking policy and regulatory solutions.

Eric Jensen is the former Liaison to Native American communities for the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), former Deputy Director of the FCC’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities (“OCBO”), and a member of the FCC Chairman’s Digital Divide advisory group.

At the FCC, Mr. Jensen led FCC efforts to increase access for telecommunications service to Native communities. Mr. Jensen helped to plan the first-ever training seminar on telecommunications for tribal leaders–ITTI2000—attended by 150 tribal communities. He led two field hearings to identify telecommunications service barriers on tribal lands, helped draft the FCC’s Native American Trust Policy, and assisted with the development of regulatory policy rules to ease costs for tribal residents who are unable to afford telephone service, and to increase wireless telecommunications service on Native lands.

As Deputy Director of the FCC’s OCBO, Mr. Jensen promoted regulatory policies to increase entrepreneurial and small businesses opportunities in the telecommunications industry.

United States Prior to the FCC, Eric Jensen served as Chief of the Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Office and the acting Director of Public Affairs for the Minority Business Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. At the Commerce Department, Mr. Jensen assisted with business development policies and helped promote public/private partnerships and local initiatives to support business development.

Prior to the Department of Commerce, Mr. Jensen served as the Staff Director for two subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee. As the Staff Director of the Human Resources Subcommittee, Mr. Jensen was responsible for managing congressional oversight over the community and economic development policies, and human resource programs of the nation. And as the Staff Director of the Employment Opportunities Subcommittee, Mr. Jensen managed policy for job training--creating the Americorps Program--equal employment opportunity, and affirmative action programs for the United States.

He began his government service at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and has a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and a Juris Doctorate degree.

Eric served as CAPAVA President in 2004-2005. He currently serves as Board Chair 2005-2006.
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Hung Nguyen
Board Member

Hung Nguyen is a community organizer and activist. He holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts and working on his M.A. thesis "Jungian Psychology and the Masculine Spirituality." He is the President of the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes culture, education and civic involvement. He is also the Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) as the Chair of the Washington Leadership Program and the Executive Committee of the NAACP - San José Chapter. Previously, Hung Nguyen served as Director of Public Relations for the Vietnamese Nationalist Community of Austin, an organizational recipient of the National Society of Fund Raiser Executives’ 1999 Philanthropic Organization of the Year Award and the Executive Committee of the California State Conference of the NAACP.

Hung Nguyen has worked on issues affecting the community, including capacity building, economic self-sufficiency, redistricting, human rights, and voter education and empowerment. In addition to being quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San José Mercury News, Associated Press, Fairfax Times and many other community newspapers, he has appeared on television and radio programs to inform and educate the public on hot issues affecting the communities of interest. He is focused in educating the public and working on projects in which the community can increase its effectiveness, capacity/infrastructure and empowerment capabilities. Hung Nguyen currently lives and works in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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Ting-Yi Oei
CAPAVA President 2005-2006

Assistant Principal, Freedom High School, South Riding, Va., Loudoun County Public Schools

Formerly: Assistant Principal, Centreville High School and Mountain View Alternative High School, Fairfax County Public Schools, Va.

Education: BA History, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
MA, Social Studies, Brown University, Providence, R.I.

Teacher and administrator for 25 years in Virginia. Strongly committed to the promotion of cultural, equity, and gender issues within the profession and across the curriculum. Has presented seminars and workshops on tolerance and diversity, civil rights, and curriculum reform at local, state, and national conferences.

Former Peace Corps volunteer in Korea, 1970-72, and Country Desk Officer for Peace Corps Korea, 1973-74.

Professional experiences include: Fulbright Exchange Teacher to Scotland; teacher at the Carol Morgan School in the Dominican Republic, Research Fellow at The Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Teaching Tolerance” project.

Community activities include

  • Reston Interfaith Board of Directors and Vice President, 1986-95. RI is a non-profit social service agency serving northwestern Fairfax County. Runs homeless shelter, day care, housing, and emergency food programs

  • Herndon Friends Meeting (Quakers)

  • William Penn House, Board of Directors. WPH promotes and develops educational experiences for school, university, and other groups visiting Washington, DC

Ting-Yi Oei served as CAPAVA Secretary from 2003-2005. He currently serves as CAPAVA President 2005-2006.
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Silvia Patton
Board Member

I was born in Kang-Won District, and raised in Seoul Korea until I moved to the United States in 1990. I’ve been married to Daniel Patton and have a son. I’ve been actively involved and participated in many different organizations since I moved to the States and also managed myself to become a successful minority business woman at the same time.

Professional Experience

  • 1993 to Present Fairview Park Florist, Inc., PRESIDENT/OWNER

  • 2004 to Present Korean American Women’s Associations of USA, PRESIDENT

  • 2003 to Present Virginia Asian Advisory Board

  • 2003 to Present The Organization of Korean-American Women, Inc., PRESIDENT

  • 2003 to Present Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia, MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • 2002 to 2003 Korean-American Business Association, ADVISOR

  • 1998 to 2000 Korean-American Democrats of Virginia, PRESIDENT

  • 1998 to 2003 Korean-American Association Greater Washington, MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • 2000 to 2002 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, CHAIRPERSON OF CHARITY COMMITTEE

  • 1998 to 2002 Korean-American Association of Northern Virginia, MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • 1997 to 1999 Korean-American Chamber of Commerce & Industry Federation of USA, CHAIRPERSON OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS

Professional Awards and Recognitions

  • University of Maryland Appreciation Award 2003

  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Council "Outstanding Community Achievement Award" 2003

  • 2002 National Association of Counties “Acts of Caring Award”

  • Korean-American Democrats of Virginia Achievement Award 2001

  • Korean Drycleaners Association Appreciation Award 2001

  • “Fairfax County Supervisor Achievement Award” from Kate Hanley 2000

  • 2002 FIFA World Cup Chairperson Achievement Award 2000

  • Korean-American Association of Northern Virginia Board of Director Appreciation Award 2000

  • The Organization of Korean-American Women Appreciation Award 1998

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