Our Team

2022 -2023

Minze V. Chien

National President

  • Formosan Association for Public Affairs 
    • Member since 1994
    • Regional Board Director (理事), 2011-2013, 2017-Present
    • President, FAPA DC Chapter (華府分會會長) 1998-1999, 2013- 2017
    • FAPA National Standing Committee Member (全美常務委員), 2015-2017
  • Taiwanese Association of America, Greater Washington Chapter (TAAGWC, 華府臺灣同鄉會)
    • Board Director (理事) 1996-1997, 2018-2020
    • President 2018
  • Taiwanese American Conference – East Coast (TACEC, 美東臺灣人夏令會)
    • Board Director (理事), 2017-Present
    • Coordinator, TAC/EC 2017 (2017年美東臺灣人夏令會總召集人)
    • Executive Committee Member, TAC/EC 1998
  • Taiwan Culture Center (TCC, 華府臺灣文化中心)
    • Board Director (理事), 2002-Present
    • Chair, Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Award Committee (台美人社區獎學金委員會主席), 2007- 2017
  • Taiwanese American Science and Technology Association (TASTA, 華府臺灣產業科技協會)
    • President (會長) 2004-2006
    • Advisor (顧問) 2006- Present
  • North America Taiwanese Professors’ Association (NATPA, 北美洲台灣人教授協會)
    • Board Director (理事) 2013-2015
    • Secretary, NATPA (北美洲台灣人教授協會秘書長) 2009-2010
  • American Citizens of Taiwan Origin (ACTO, 美台公民協會)
    • Board Director (理事) 2009-2011
    • Capital Area Taiwanese Federal Credit Union (CATFCU,華府臺灣人信用合作社)
    • Supervisory Committee Member, 2007-2009
  • Taiwanese American Computer Professional Association (TACPA, 臺灣人電腦協會會長)
    • President (會長) 2000-2002
  • TYAF/Washington DC Taiwanese School (華府台灣學校/臺灣人青少年才藝基金會)
    • Board Director (董事) 1997-1998
  • Director of Information Security, UnitedHealth Group (Optum/QSSI)
    • Columbia, MD
    • 2007-Present
    • In charge of the division for cyber security services to federal government agencies including Obama Care – Healthcare.gov, US HHS/CMS, US Courts, Dept. of HUD, Dept. of Education.
  • Technical Manager with over 20 years on Systems Integration and Cyber Security in Federal Government agencies while worked at QSSI, EDS, BNX Systems, and Northrop Grumman

Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1992
  • M.S, Electrical Engineering; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1988
  • 1982 – 1983: Trong Chai(蔡同榮)
  • 1984 – 1985: Tan-Sun Chen(陳唐山)
  • 1986 – 1989: Ming-min Peng(彭明敏)
  • 1989 – 1991: Kenjohn Wang(王桂榮)
  • 1992 – 1995: John Chen(陳榮儒)
  • 1996 – 1997: Fong Chung Fan(樊豐忠)
  • 1998 – 2000: Wen Yen Chen(陳文彥)
  • 2001 – 2005: Mingchi Wu(吳明基)
  • 2006 – 2007: C.T. Lee(李青泰)
  • 2008 – 2011: Bob Yang(楊英育)
  • 2012 – 2015: Mark Kao(高龍榮)
  • 2016 – 2017: Peter Chen(陳正義)
  • 2018 – 2019: Mike Kuo(郭正光)

Mary Yang

National Vice President

HQ Staff

Coen Blaauw

Senior Policy Advisor

Chih-Jung Huang

Non-Resident Policy Fellow

Jenell YunJen Tsai

Communication & Event Specialist

Cosette Chen

Operations Manager