Samrang Kchao was born in 1948 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He graduated from lyceé Sisowath in 1966, and received an M.D. degree in 1973, from Faculté de Medecine in Phnom Penh. Dr. Kchao is a general surgeon in New York. He is married, with three children. He is currently involved with the computer literacy program funded by Friends of lyceé Sisowath (FLS) and Lyceé Sisowath Alumni (LSA),
http://pages.prodigy.net/skchao/lsa/history/souvenir.htm. He is also a strong supporter in helping fundraising for Friends Without A Border (FWAB).

Serey KimAn – Vice-President for Finance, Member of Board of Directors

Serey came to the US in October 1973. Serey has worked in the financial industry as a software engineer since 1979 and on to the management of the data warehouse design and development, data integration and IT configuration management. Serey has involved with various charitable organizations annually through the United Way Campaign, the Susan G. Omen Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Serey enjoys all
kind of outdoor activities

Chenda Smead - Vice-President for Public Relations, Member of Board of Directors

Chenda was from Battambang, Cambodia, and was a refugee to the U.S. in 1979. Chenda earned her degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics, worked as a software engineer in the aerospace industry, and later switched careers and completed degrees in Interior Design and in Liberal Arts. Chenda's charitable projects in Cambodia to date have been to build the Seng Kheang Middle School , in Siem Reap, and the Chhi-Smead Learning Center, in Phnom Penh. Chenda was one of the major supporters of the Harpswell Dormitory for College Women.

Mengly Chean - Chairman of Website, Member of Board of Directors

Born in Cambodia, 1951, a former Khmer Navy Officer (14th Promotion) selected for training in the US in 1974, an engineer and educator (computer engineering), Mengly has been involved in several Cambodian and international organizations engaging in social, educational, and religious activities. His interests include Khmer computing and transliteration (he invented Akea), Khmer literature, history, civilization, and language. Mengly holds a BSEE from University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MSEE And Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Venerable Kim Cang - Member of Board of Directors

Ven. Kim Cang was born in Tra Vinh, Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam) in 1956. He was ordained as novice Buddhist monk in 1972, monk in 1977. He is currently President of Cambodian Buddhist Association of Richmond, Inc. and the Abbot of Buddhist Monastery, 8180 Windsor Dr., Mechanicsville, VA. 23111. He is a graduate of Khmer Buddhist High School and Vietnamese Buddhist University. Venerable Cang Kim is fluent in Khmer, Pali, Vietnamese, Thai, Laotian, and English. He came to Virginia in 1988. He was awarded Ambassador for Peace from The Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace in 2006 in Virginia.

Chip (Chiep) Tan - Member of Board of Directors

Born in 1947, Prey Kabbas, Takeo, a former teacher and a survivor of the Killing Field, Chip Tan came to the US in 1979. With his extensive experiences in Rural Community Development, he is employed in Social Services field. He has involved in Khmer and Asian Pacific Islander community, at a local, regional, and national level. He has received several awards in recognition of his involvement in raising fund to buy 45 new computers and to provide financial support for poor students at Phni Meas High School, raising fund to build schools and temples in Prey Kabbas, Takeo, and in leading a fight against Cambodian deportation. An alumni of Lyceé Sisowath, Chip Tan graduated from Kampong Kantuot Teacher Training Institute in 1968, attended Law School, Phnom Penh, in 1972, Community Development Training in 1970-1974, and City University, Bellevue, WA, School of Social Work in 1982.

Bunkorn YUN, 54, currently living in Montreal, PQ, Canada, Licence Es Sciences Commerciales (B Com) and Licence es Sciences economiques from Phnom Penh University in 1975, Bunkorn also earned his graduate studies from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciale (HEC) in Montreal, Canada. He has been president of Chamber of Commerce Cambodia- Canada since 2003 and VP of Congres des Cambodgiens du Canada since 2005. Currently he is the president of Fondation Enfants Cambodgiens, an organization dedicated to help the Cambodian orphans since 1995. Bunkorn is president of Canada Capital Finance, president and co-owner of La Presse Cambodgienne du Canada, the only khmer newspapers in Canada since 2005.

Born in 1951 in Kandal, Cambodia, Jean-Baptiste (lyceé Yukunthor, 1970) received an Electrical Engineer degree in 1975 from l'Institut Technique Supérieur de l’Amitié Khmero-Soviétique, ITSAKS (now known as ITC) in Phnom Penh.

A Khmer Rouge survivor, he came to France in 1988, earned his Industrial Fluide Engineer from Ecole des Mines de Paris in 1997 and Mastère Spécialisé en Management de la Maintenance from ENSAM Paris in 1999. Currently he is a Senior RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintenability and Safety) Engineer for all industrial system. Jean-Baptiste is active in the Cambodian communities. His interests include culture, traditional and contemporary music. Today, he is the General Secretary of the Association des Anciens Elèves de l’Institut de Technologie du Cambodge (A.A.E.I.), the French ITC Alumni in Paris France.

Born in 1973, Battambong Cambodia. From the trenches of the Killing Fields of Cambodia, through jungles, landmines and refugee camps, to the land of hope, freedom, and opportunities. He made it through high school, earned a degree in Management Information Systems with a minor in Computer Science from Oregon State University, and is dedicating much of his free time to non-profit organizations such as the Cambodian-American Community of Oregon, Project Enlighten, and now the Cambodian Education Excellence Foundation. He is a Unix Support Specialist for Portland General Electric as a professional.

Sophia Tep - Chairwoman of Finance Committee

Born in 1951, Kompong Trabek, Prey Veng, Cambodia, Sophia came to US as a refugee in 1983. From 1984 to 1986, she worked for the Alexandria Health Department Refugees Program as an Outreach Worker. From 1986 until present, she works as an Administrative Program Specialist in charge of Accounts Payable, Alexandria Health Department Administration office in Northern Virginia. Since 1998, Sophia has been involved in many Cambodian civic Organizations, such as Cambodian Community Day, FWAB, Angkor Association. Currently, she is the Vice-Chairwoman of the Cambodian Community Day.

Ed Bachrach - Advisor

Ed Bachrach is the former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Bachrach Clothing Inc., a major national retailer of men's fashions. Ed founded Build Cambodia, www.buildcambodia.org, after visiting the country as a tourist in 2002. He travels frequently to Cambodia to provide continuing support to the many vital and effective organizations that are helping to rebuild the society and the lives of the people. Ed currently serves on the board of directors for Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Horizon Hobbies in Champaign, Illinois. He previously served as a member of the board of trustees at Millikin University and the board of directors at First National Bank of Decatur. Ed earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University and graduated from Harvard with a master’s degree in International Relations with emphasis in Human Rights Issues. He resides in Chicago and Cambridge, MA.

Fred Lipp - Advisor

At sixteen, Fred left home for a year to study and travel through Europe. This odyssey eventually led to a degree in philosophy and a graduate degree in theology. Fred served as a Unitarian Universalist minister for 37 years finally to resign to become award winning children's author of multicultural children's books. One award - winning book, The Caged Birds of Phnom led him to Cambodia to found Cambodian Arts and Scholarship Foundation that supports the education of poor, at-risk girls and young women's education in Cambodia.

Dr. Yves Miaux - Advisor

Dr. Yves Miaux is presently scientific Attaché at the French Embassy in Tokyo. Before this diplomatic assignment in Japan, Dr. Miaux was in San Francisco, as Senior Vice President at Synarc, a leading provider of medical image analysis for the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to Synarc, Dr. Miaux was Associate Professor in Radiology at the University of California San Francisco and in Paris. He received his medical degree in radiology in Paris and a Masters Degree in Physics from Montreal University, Canada. He is one of the founders of ATFALOUNA (our children) a French NGO working with street children in Morocco.

Dr. Alan Lightman - Advisor

Alan Lightman is the founding director of the Harpswell Foundation (harpswellfoundation.org). Dr. Lightman is a physicist, novelist, essayist, and educator. He has held professorships at Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). More information about Dr. Lightman can be found at his website: alanlightman.com.

Bernie Krisher- Advisor

Mr. Krisher was a refugee from Germany during the Nazi occupation. He is a retired Newsweek journalist covering Cambodia in the 60's. He is the founder of the Sihanouk Hospital and chairman of the American Assistance for Cambodia, which built more than 340 schools, two orphanages, and a new educational center called the Bright Future Kids Home. Mr. Krisher also started a program called Girls be Ambitious which promote the awareness and protections for girls who are at risk of being lured to Sex Trafficking. Mr. Krisher is the founder and owner of the only English Language Newspaper in Cambodian called the Cambodia Daily. Please see www.cambodiaschools.org

John Price - Advisor

John Price is a partner in the San Francisco law firm of Collette Erickson Farmer & O'Neill LLP, with over 20 years of experience in handling a wide range of both complex and basic corporate, general business, and intellectual property transactions. He received his B.A. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. In 2001 John served as an Adjunct Lecturer in Business Law at Holy Names University in Oakland, California. John is a founding Board Member of AnewAmerica Community Corporation (www.anewamerica.org), a Bay Area based non-profit asset-building organization and a Community Development Entity that promotes the economic empowerment of new Americans (new citizens, immigrants and refugees) through microbusiness development, asset building and social responsibility.

Sambonn Lek - Advisor

Sambonn Lek is President & Founder of Sam Relief, Inc. When his mother died in 1998, she left him $2,500.00. The first thing that came to his mind at the time was to use the money to extend a helping hand to poor children and their families at a crucial moment of their life. He then found Sam Relief, Inc. The purpose is to help impoverished Cambodian children to be able to attend school, and to help Cambodian people to have a healthy live with access to clean water and food. Sam Relief continues to grow each year. With donations from many friends. Sam Relief builds schools, provides scholarship and school supplies. It also digs wells for people in Cambodia to have access to clean water. Its main goal is to improve the Cambodian lives.