President Obama
Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC – Today,
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual
to a key Administration post:
• Anhlan P.
Nguyen – Member, Board of Directors of the Vietnam Education
Foundation
• Quyen N. Vuong – Member, Board of Directors of the
Vietnam Education Foundation
President Obama said, “These individuals have demonstrated knowledge
and dedication throughout their careers. I am grateful they have chosen to take
on these important roles, and I look forward to working with them in the months
and years to come.”
President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following
individuals to key Administration posts:
Anhlan P. Nguyen, Appointee for Member, Board of Directors of the Vietnam
Education FoundationAnhlan P. Nguyen is currently an IT project
portfolio manager at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Chair
of the Board of Directors for the Vietnamese Culture and Science Association.
In 1998, Ms. Nguyen established the National Youth Leadership Development Camp
in 1998, and in 1990 she helped found the Vietnamese Youth Center of Toronto.
Ms. Nguyen won the Women’s Leadership Empowerment Award by the Texas Women
Empowerment Foundation in 2011 and was named one of the “Top 25 Women of
Houston” by Comerica Bank and the Steed Society in 2010 for her leadership and
community involvement. In addition, she won the Outstanding Community Leader
Award from the Youth Leadership Council of Houston in 2004 and was selected as
one of five outstanding young Houstonians by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in
2000. Ms. Nguyen has a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University
of Toronto, Canada.
Quyen N. Vuong,
Appointee for Member, Board of Directors of the Vietnam Education
Foundation
Quyen N. Vuong is the Executive Director of the International
Children Assistance Network in San Jose, CA, an organization she co-founded in
2000. She is also a board member of the Pacific Links Foundation, an
organization she co-founded in 2001, and a founding member of the Vietnamese
American Non-Governmental Network, created in 2004. Ms. Vuong serves on the
Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation, the Community
Advisory Committee for San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum, and the Advisory
Board for the Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving
Institution for Mission College. She received a Fulbright in 1989 and worked
with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Hong Kong. Ms. Vuong
holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford
Graduate School of Business.
