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ASIA Staff

Leadership Team
Michael Byun, MPA – Executive Director (mbyun@)
Minh Ngo, CA, EA – Director of Finance (minh.ngo@)
Mao Vue – Manager of Programs and Operation (mao.vue@)
Sandy Lin – Manager of Cultural Outreach (sandy.lin@)
Susan Wong, CNM – Manager of Self-Sufficiency Services (susan.wong@)
Kitty Leung, MSSA, LSW – Manager of Children, Youth and Family (kitty.leung@)
Sujata Burgess, MPA, CHES – Manager of Community Health Promotions (sburgess@)

May Chen, MA, LPCC – ASIA Co-founder and Executive Director Emeritus

General Staff
Kim Helms – Program Coordinator (khelms@)
Heidi Lum – Program Specialist (heidi.lum@)
Eunice Park, JD, MPA – Program Coordinator (park@)
Inna Simakovsky – Immigration Attorney (innalawyer@yahoo.com)
Mary Dee, PhD – ESOL Instructor
Cindy Chen – ESOL Instructor (cindy.chen@)
Ed Kollin, MS – Program Specialist (edkollin@)
Yoon Kim, JD - Community Legal Advocate and General Counsel (ykim@)
Karen Jiobu – Lead RC Columbus (kjiobu@oahcoalition.org)
Hewen Slak - RC Toledo (hslak@oahcoalition.org)
Kirti Rege, MSW – RC Cincinnati (krege@oahcoalition.org)
Betty Lacey - RC Dayton (blacey@oahcoalition.org)
Robin Nau – Special Projects Coordinator (robin@)
Yih-Ting Huang, MSSA, LSW – Program Coordinator (yting@)
Nancy Koo – Program Coordinator
Allison Arsouzy, MSW - Program Coordinator (allison@)
Susanne Luk - Program Assistant (susanne.luk@)
Bao Vue – Finance Assistant (bvue@)
Ha Tran - Program Assistant (admin@)
Wing Chan – Program Assistant (wing.chan@)
Paw Htoo – Program Assistant (paw.htoo@)
Ivy Zhou - Program Assistant (ivy@)
Santi Poudel – Program Assistant (santi.poudel@)
Paw Pree – Program Assistant (paw.pree@)
Nar Pradhan - Program Assistant (nar@)
Charlie Parker - Program Assistant (cparker@)
Yamin Lwin - AmeriCorps Member (ylwin@)
Deanna D’Amico – AmeriCorps Member (deanna@)
Elle Heeg - Literacy Corps Member (eheeg@)
Amanda Welch – Literacy Corps Member (awelch@)
Tiffin Staib – Literacy Corps Member (tstaib@)

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