Board & Staff

The Board is a diverse group of men and women representing a variety of ethnicity, age and experience who come to offer their talents to the work of cultural activism through the Art of Storytelling.

The roles and responsibilities of the Board are many: to support our programs with active participation, raise funds, act as consultants, and make sure that as a non-profit we adhere to non-profit regulations.

Board of Directors

Don Nguyen, President – 1982-current
Dentist in private practice and musician

Herman Jew, Secretary/Treasurer – 2005-2009
Computer Programmer, free-lance

Rhodessa Jones – 1982-current
Co-Director, Cultural Odyssey

Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo – 1982-current
Co-Director, Eth-Noh-Tec

Ricardo Trimillos – 1982-current
Ethnomusicologist, University of Hawaii

Nancy Wang – 1982-current
Co-Director, Eth-Noh-Tec

Dorothy Wong, MBA – 2008-current
Freelance consultant

Advisory Board 2009

P.J. Hirabayashi
Co-Director, San Jose Taiko

Bill Tamayo
Attorney, EOCC

Gloria Unti
Founder, Performing Arts Workshop