The Executive Board is the driving force of UNAVSA with task planning, organizing, and approving operations. The Executive Board manages the operations in accordance to the organization’s missions and values. The board reviews short and long-term plans to sustain the structure of UNAVSA. Each executive member serves a two-year term and is elected by attendees at the annual conference.

Dan Do Huynh, President, began his involvement with the Vietnamese-American youth community during his sophomore year of college. Since then, he has discovered a new sense of identity grounded in his Vietnamese heritage and has spent the following years working with and giving back to that same community. Dan is the President of the Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA). He previously served as President of the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of the Midwest (UVSA-MW), helping guide the organization through its first two years of inception. Prior to this, he served as the President of the Vietnamese Student Association of Minnesota (VSAM).

Dan is currently an information technology manager with the Office for Business Community and Economic Development at the University of Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of Saint Thomas where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management. Dan is a technology enthusiast and a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan.

Lan Anh Nguyen, Internal Vice President, enjoys leveraging her own State Farm business as well as her business connections to help give back to the community as much as she can. Prior to being elected to uNAVSA’s Executive Board, she served as the External Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic Union of Vietnamese Student Association (MAUVSA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a region that serves the different universities throughout Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Additionally, she is a Board Member of VietAmCham, a national Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce that outreaches to local businesses to help create a unified voice for their members and provide resources for them to take their businesses to the next level. Her other interests include cooking, singing, flag football, and spending time with friends and family.

Nguyễn Andrew-Brian, External Vice-President, has a long history of participation in student and community organizations. Through his remarkable optimism and persistent ambition, he has enjoyed a disproportionate amount of organizational success. As president of the Vietnamese Student Association at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), he effectively led a 16-member cabinet that managed an organization 150-members large. From 2009-2010, he was the External Vice President for the United Vietnamese Student Associations of Northern California, acting as a liaison and advocate for the organization. He has also served as the Student Advocate for the Muir College Council (UCSD) and Southern California Representative for the uNAVSA Council of Regional Representatives.

Mr. Nguyễn, who was proudly born and raised in San Jose, California, graduated from UCSD with a double major in History and Political Science. He currently serves the Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Association (APICA) in the capacity of External Affairs Director. In pursuit of a career in public policy, he is a legislative and office aide in the Capitol office of California State Assembly Majority Policy Leader Mike Feuer in Sacramento, California

In his role as External Vice President, he wishes to continue building the UNAVSA brand, especially in the Asian Pacific Islander community, and bring the organization to another level of consciousness in representing North Americans of Vietnamese descent.

Long Thanh Nguyen, Treasurer, is the current Historian of the Mid-Atlantic Union of Vietnamese Student Associations (MAUVSA). He previously served one term as Treasurer and two terms as President. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2004 with a degree in psychology and a minor in economics. He now works for Northrop Grumman as an accounting analyst. Long has also been involved with the Ket Doan summer leadership camp, the Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference (VAYLC), and the community Tet Trung Thu festival. He enjoys comic books, pro-wrestling, and movies.

Thoa Kim Nguyen, Secretary, was born and raised in the state of Colorado. She is currently pursuing her B.S. degree at Johnson and Wales University with double majors in Marketing and Advertisement and a minor in Business Management. Her involvement with the Vietnamese American/Asian Pacific Islander Community began her sophomore year in college after her first VIA-1 conference, followed by UNAVSA-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. During 2009-2010 Thoa served as the Southwest Regional Representative and also worked under the Public Relations Committee for The Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations. Simultaneously with her representative position she operated as the Marketing Director for the UNAVSA-7 Conference in Washington D.C., July 2010. Aside from her passionate work with youth leaders and school, she enjoys yoga, traveling, and reading.