Meet Our Team
National Business Membership and Governance
Our diverse national business membership includes businesses coming from 10 U. States: Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and California.
As a trade association we offer small business, corporate, and government member services that focus on networking, advocacy, outreach, communications, business development through the Virginia Asian Foundation, and global business development (Export and International Investment)
Our staff is fluent at the native level in 9 languages: Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Hindi, Tagalog, Japanese, Urdu, Arabic; Also in European languages: French, and Spanish.
Directors At Large
Arnel Tanyag, President, Tanyag & Associates, VACC Virginia Beach Office
Francis Acuna, Entrepreneur * VACC Henrico County Office
Amy Tran, Business Banker, C&F Bank, Central Virginia * Community Outreach, VACC Richmond Office
Shaun Singh, President, Tutor Associates, * VACC NOVA Region Liaison, VACC Fairfax Office
Anita Johan, President, AJACE LLC, VACC NOVA Region Liaison, VACC Fairfax Office
Naumaan Nasir, President, Nasir & Associates, Mid Atlantic (DC-MD-VA)
Business Advisors
Mark Gazillo, National: US Department of Defense Washington Office Director, Northern Virginia
Dallas Simmons, Commercial: CPA, Supplier Diversity Director, Dominion Energy, Statewide
John Larson, Industry: VP of Community Affairs, Dominion Energy, Statewide
HQ & Regional Operations
Tim Truong, Program Assistant - Northern Virginia Region * Program Operations
Nicholas Justiniani Program Assistant - Central Virginia Region * Program Operations
Tommy Qo, Program Assistant - Region 757 & The Peninsula * Customer Relations and Research
Casey Le, Program Assistant - Central Virginia Region * Marketing
Mengshan Zhang, Program Assistant - Central Virginia Region * Marketing
Regional Champions
Atty Charlotte Rosen, Esq, Odin, Feldman, & Pittleman, Reston Office, Northern Virginia, NOVA Office Program Committee, Federal Contracting Law and Policy
Dr. Barbara Gonzalez, Ph.D., Director, Norfolk Office, Monach Internships and Co-Op Office, Old Dominion University * Hampton Roads Program Advisor * Business, Demographics, & Economics Research
Sarah Bice, Owner, Principal Broker, Sarah Bice & Associates Real Estate, LLC, Henrico, Central Virginia * Real Estate, Asian American Community Engagement, and VACC’s Chinese American Community Liaison and Leader
George Hiller, Esq. Professor, University of Richmond, School of Continuing Education, Former International Business Development Manager, Virginia Economic Development Partnership * International Trade and Investment Business
Quynh Tran, University of Virginia, Asian American Young Leader Engagement, Southwest Virginia.