Executive Officers
Duties of the Executive Officers are given in AAUC Bylaws Article III
President – Angela Anand
Angela Anand – is the founder of South Asian Women’s Network. Her passion for advocacy is well documented through Empowering Women and Girls conferences she organized for multiple years. She was elected to the Democratic Party Central Committee and served as secretary of the Party as the first woman, and the first South Asian to be elected to that office in CA. She was elected twice as the Delegate to the Democratic Party National Convention. Angela has organized White House Briefings and Congressional lunches. She was also elected first woman president of National Federation of Indian American Associations. She possesses a Masters’ degree in Economics and a Diploma in Journalism and is an alumni fellow of CORO’s Orange County Public Affairs program. She has also organized Seven Women Conferences, White House briefings and many special events.
V.P. Internal – Jack Hanna, Esq
Jack Hanna is a 3rd generation Syrian-American, retired as a Pennsylvania attorney after 40
years, now resides in Portland, Oregon since 2018. He has been active in Democratic Party
politics for over 35 years having served as the PA State Party’s Treasurer for 5 years and its
Chair for 6 months and continue to serve as a member of Oregon’s State Central Committee.
He attended the last 7 Democratic National Conventions, in the most recent one as an elected
Biden delegate. He was a founding organizer of an immigrant and refugee advocacy organization
in Pennsylvania called the “Refugee Working Group”. Currently, supports that same work in
Portland as a Board member of the “New Portland Foundation”.
V.P. External – Yen Marshall
Yen Marshall is a visionary, people-oriented Executive Director with 30+ years of management
experience and a passion for supporting non-profits and the community. She demonstrated
strengths across all areas of business, technology, fundraising, and budgeting, leveraging
excellent relationship building and communication skills to build trust, inspire, and engage
stakeholders.
Yen serves on several nonprofit organizations as Board of Director and Advisor. She is passionate
about mentoring and fostering collaborative, cohesive, and accountable work culture
through team building, employee engagement, and Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI). She
served as the President of a couple of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). She is an alumna of
Nehemiah Emerging Leadership Program (NELP), and a fellow of American Leadership Forum
(ALF) as well as National Executive Director of APAPA.
Treasurer and Acting Secretary – Jan (Jian) Xie
Jan Xie is the Founder and President of Asian Culture and Education Society USA (ACAESUSA), Former President of OCA-DFW, Board Director of UCA and ACP as well as Board Director of Gendercide Awareness Project. She is also the Destination Imagination Dallas Region Challenge Master. Jan is the photographer and Videographer.She holds the Executive certification in Nonprofit Governance from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Former President and Board Chair – SK Lo
Dr. SK Lo – serves as the founding and ex-president of AAUC and elected to serve as the Board Chair from 2024-2025. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in both Mathematics and Physics, and a Ph.D. in theoretical Physics. She received the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo in the Applied Physics Department. She received her MBA in Strategic Management while working at Honeywell Inc. in classified defense research. She authored several pattens at Honeywell Inc and received the Alpha awards. After Honeywell, she established and transferred two highly successful Kumon Math and Reading franchises in Minneapolis. She was the founding president of the Kumon franchisee association and won variable pricing for the franchisees. She served on the Kumon USA President Council and its Technology Council. She still works with students at one of the Kumon centers she founded. She was a board member of 80-20 Educational Foundation 2015-2018 and 80-20 PAC 2018-2022.ex-
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Administrative Assistant– Rashmi Kumari
Rashmi Kumari with an MBA in Human Resource and Information Management, worked as IT recruiter in India with various IT firm. She worked with hiring manager to determine the open position and conduct the telephonic interview and in person interview from the pool of applicants. She is born in India but later in 2012 migrated to US, Minneapolis. She is working actively with KUMON for the last five years. She is enthusiastic, energetic who like to take challenge and work under pressure. Currently working with AAUC as Administrative Assistant.