Our Board and Staff strive to provide the SGV community with the support and resources they need to thrive.
We are composed of determined and compassionate individuals working effortlessly to improve the livelihoods of the people around us.
Board of Directors
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Debbie ChunDebbie has served as Board Chair at Catalyst since 2009, and enjoys the opportunity to be a "catalyst" between the church and the community they serve. It's been a pleasure to see how Catalyst has been at the forefront intersecting the faith community with school gardens, helping families in need and building healthy relationships. Debbie grew up in Southern California and attended USC, where she graduated with a Business Degree. She has worked as a Marketing Analyst for many years before pivoting to the nonprofit sector, where she worked at Alhambra True Light Presbyterian Church and more recently at Asian Pacific Community Fund.
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Carolyn YepCarolyn currently serves as the CSGV Secretary, recording the minutes of our Board meetings. She also serves as the Bookkeeper for CSGV and provides financial guidance for the organization. Carolyn Yep joined the Board of Catalyst at its inception in 2017 after retiring as a Finance Manager from the aerospace industry with Raytheon Technologies. Carolyn holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Loyola Marymount University. During her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking and staying active by playing volleyball.
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Winnie KwanWinnie is a member of Catalyst's Board of Directors. Her main responsibilities include supporting the rest of the CSGV Board and Staff in various projects and goals. She graduated from Cal State L.A with a degree in sociology. She is currently working for the City of Alhambra.
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Bill MaoBill Mao is the recently retired Chief Information Officer at the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). He started his career there as its Manager of Financial Planning and Budgeting (FP&B). He later became head of the agency’s information technology department. There, he restructured the department into a customer oriented, technology-embracing organization whose goal is to bring relevant value-added technology to OCTA’s diverse business units. His corporate career includes key management positions in finance and information technology with the Walt Disney Company, Digital Equipment Corporation and Xerox. Mr. Mao received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He is tri-lingual, being fluent in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and English.
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Julie TanakaJulie Tanaka has been the Senior Nutrition Technical Advisor for Samaritan’s Purse since 2011 where she helps field offices with nutrition surveys and trainings, program design, proposal review, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and emergency relief. As part of her job, Julie has conducted field visits to work with Nutrition Program Managers in
Honduras, Bolivia, Colombia, Haiti, Niger, Liberia, S. Sudan, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, Kenya, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, Nepal, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Previously, Julie worked for Samaritan's Purse in Haiti, for World Vision International in their international headquarters office, and in China for a semiconductor manufacturing corporation and for a start-up business. Julie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in Development Studies and received a Master’s in Public Health with a Global Health emphasis, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Loma Linda University. She also received her BS in Nursing from Western Governor's University. |