Name: Huong Nguyen-Yap
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Title: Vice President for Equity and Justice
Email: [email protected]

Huong Nguyen-Yap joins NCG as its Vice President for Equity and Justice, where she will be leading the organization’s internal and external efforts towards racial equity. This includes leading initiatives to bring NCG into closer alignment with its vision for racial equity and collaborating with the team to drive transformative change within the philanthropic sector. 

She most recently served as senior program director at Women’s Foundation California, leading the foundation's grantmaking and convening strategy to advance racial, gender, and economic justice. Her work in philanthropy also includes time at Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR). Before working in philanthropy, she spent a decade working in community, with a specific focus on working with and building power for young people. After transferring from De Anza College, Huong earned her BA in Asian American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles and Master of Social Work from San Jose State University.  

When she’s not working, Huong enjoys spending time with friends and family often sharing a meal, traveling, and watching sports. Huong currently calls Oakland home where she lives with her husband and two young kids. Huong also spends her time as an active member of the Hella Heart Oakland Giving Circle and an advisor to the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project.