Board of Directors

Nguyen Ngoc Bich
former Director of Vietnamese Services
Radio Free Asia (RFA)

Nguyen Dinh Thang
Executive Director
Boat People SOS

Karen Chung, Esq.
Associate Attorney
Safe Haven Legal Services

John Hanley
Entrepreneur

Dr. Tran Luu Tung Duong
Engineer

Key Staff

Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Executive Director
Dr. Thang has served as the Executive Director of Boat People SOS since 1991. He helped over 4,500 Vietnamese boat people in their refugee claims and successfully advocated for the resettlement of 20,000 boat people after their repatriation to Vietnam. He accomplished this while also working full time as an Engineer and Quality Control Manager for the Naval Surface Warfare Center. In 2001, Dr. Nguyen resigned his position with the Navy to devote himself full time to empowering the Vietnamese-American community nationwide through strategic community organizing and capacity building.

Department Directors:

Trang Khanh Tran, Community Development
(vacant), Family Services
Thu T. Nguyen, Health & Mental Health
Ms Thu Pham, PhD, Management & Support
Jean Bruggeman, Esq., Survivor Services