Editorial Committee
Members of this committee select manuscripts to be published and books to be translated.
team
Leadership
Isabelle Thuy Pelaud
Executive Director and DVAN Co-Founder
Viet Thanh Nguyen
DVAN Co-Founder
Kathy Nguyen
Chief Operating Officer
Yessenia Henriquez, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Staff
Alexandra Huynh
Communications Associate
Annika Le
ÁCCENTED Producer
Binh Ngo
Communications Manager
Eric Nguyen
Editor in Chief, diaCRITICS
Lori Denham
Bookkeeper
Melina Kritikopoulos
ÁCCENTED Editor & diaCRITICS Contributor
M.J. Bogatin
Outside Counsel
Philip Nguyen
ÁCCENTED Co-Host and Emcee
Sydney Van To
Project Coordinator with TTUP and Kaya Press
Terri Le
Textures of Remembrance Exhibit Coordinator
Yoshiko Ogino
Website Designer
Board of Directors
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Chair and DVAN Co-Founder
Vina Vo
Treasurer
Candice Nguyen
Board Member
Aimee Phan
Board Member
Bao Phi
Board Member
Quan Phung
Board Member
Ly Tran
Board Member
Volunteers
Allison Hoang
Volunteer, Communications
An Nguyen
Volunteer, Events
Anne Nguyen
Volunteer, Branding & Design
Bella Ngo
Volunteer, Events
Emma Nguyen
Volunteer, Marketing
Joseph Nguyen
Volunteer, Publishing
Pat Vinh Thomas
Volunteer, Social Impact and Evaluation
Karl Britto
French
Thuy Dinh
Vietnamese and English
Kien Nghi Ha
German
Quan Manh Ha
Vietnamese
Alisa Anh Kotmair
German
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Vietnamese and English
Lưu Bích Ngọc
German
Catherine Nguyen
French and English
Viet Thanh Nguyen
English
Isabelle Thuy Pelaud
French
Ben Tran
Vietnamese and English
Monique Truong
English
Quynh Vo
Vietnamese
CôEm Collective
An intergenerational group of Vietnamese American women and non-binary writers reclaiming space for voices too often silenced, overlooked, erased, or appropriated.
Bebe Khue Jacobs
Jeanie Ngo
Isabelle Thuy Pelaud
Vina Vo
Southeast Asian Solidarity Collective
This team assists DVAN with its commitment to stand in solidarity with non-Vietnamese diasporic Southeast Asian communities.
Advisors
Cathy Linh Che
Don Chen
Jon Funabiki
Phu Hoang
Susan Lieu
Wise Council
Our Wise Council is composed of a community of writers, artists, and people in the art world who work with our Staff and Board on a macro level by participating in our events, serving as ambassadors for DVAN, and assisting with fundraising.