​The Start-Up Committees

Thuan Nguyen-Lakrik
Director of Operations/President
Vietnam/Virginia
Pronouns: ​She/her/hers ​

Makoto Ikegami 
Director of Communications
Tokyo, Japan/Atlanta, Georgia
Pronouns: he/him/his

 Long Nguyen
​Director of Public Relations
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
LBGTIAQ+
Pronouns: he/him/his

 Nan Zhou
California
Pronouns: he/him/his

Dora Tin
North Carolina
Hong Kong
​Pronouns: She, her, hers

James JMAC McGowan
USA
​Japanese/Biracial

Melanie-Thao Nguyen
Vietnam/Sacramento, CA
Pronouns: She, her, hers

Payal Sweet
India/Kansas
Pronouns: She, her, they