President's Vision
"My vision for ABSA is to build lasting and meaningful connections. My goal for each and every member is for them to have a fulfilling experience by getting what they want out of this organization. ABSA offers many opportunities that will be waiting for everyone. I hope every member is pushed harder than they would have ever imagined, and are able to grow tremendously throughout their time in this organization. I want them to utilize the lifelong relationships made and continue to rely on them for their years in college. As our founder said, "Success is not a destination, it's a journey." I hope everyone starts their journey with ABSA, and builds those lasting and meaningful connections that enable them to prosper throughout their college career and so forth."
Junior
JUSTIN PANGANIBAN
Operations Department
Vice President of Operations
Junior
BRIAN BUI
The Operations Department is proudly known as the "Backbone of ABSA." We arrive early to set up events and stay late to take them down. Not only do we enhance members' ABSA experience through food and drinks, we also keep track of member points that can be earned by going to events! By doing so, we help members achieve "Active Status", which gives them access to leadership and scholarship opportunities. As a department, our goal is to cultivate a welcoming environment where members feel comfortable being themselves. This upcoming semester we plan to work with other departments to ensure all events are ran seemlessly to not only help members grow professionally, but also personally!
Alexandra Galvez
Administrative Director
Sophomore
Tiffany Cheng
Operations Director
Sophomore
Kevin Tran
Operations Director
Senior
Finance Department
VP of Finance
Sophomore
Merium Hashmi
In the Finance Department, we raise money to support and sustain ABSA. As a team, we often work behind the scenes obtaining funds to ensure quality events for the members in our organization. This is made possible through the collection of membership dues and acquisition of food sponsors. Through our food sponsors, we are able to limit our expenses and allocate money to other departments of the organization. We also interact with our members through our bake sales and fundraising events, such as ice skating at the Galleria and the Date Auction. Ultimately, we hope to generate revenues to help finance innovative ideas, creating exceptional experiences for our members.
Danny Vilaiya
Accounting Director
Sophomore
Jessy Doan
Fundraising Director
Sophomore
Cindy Mai
Fundraising Director
Junior
Corporate Relations Department
VP of Corporate Relations
Junior
PEYTON LUU
As the Corporate Department of ABSA, we strive to aid the growth of our members’ professional persona. In order to do this, as a team, we create and host professional meetings and workshops in the different aspects of professional development. Not only do we work on events, but we are in a constant search in securing sponsors for ABSA, whether they be previous, current, or new companies or organizations. With their generous help, our organization continues to provide our members with what they need. We hope to leave a lasting impression in our members and sponsors that they can find professional growth within ABSA.
Michelle Nguyen
Corporate Director
Junior
Kevin Le
Corporate Director
Sophomore
Quan Tran
Corporate Director
Junior
Public Relations Department
VP of Public Relations
SOFIA PENA
Sophomore
In the Public Relations Department, we want to continue growing ABSA and recruit as many members as we can. Not only do we want to bring in members, we also want to enhance their experience and ensure they are using ABSA as a resource for professional success! As a department, we want to creatively develop new projects that can be utilized as a stepping stone to allow ABSA to flourish. This upcoming semester we plan to improve upon our Alumni Relations and Community Service projects, which we believe will be immensely beneficial to the future progress of ABSA. Overall, we hope to utilize our creativity to continue expansion of our organization!
Eirini Pagkalou
Community Service
Director
Junior
Mishel Jamil
Alumni Relations
Director
Junior
Ashley Le
Recruiting Director
Junior
Member Relations Department
VP of Member Relations
LANCE FONTENOT
Sophomore
For the Member Relations Department, our goal is to work within the organization to make stronger connections for our members. Whether that be between families, OD and mentors, or even between members overall, we strive to bring together all of ABSA as one big family. By making these stronger bonds between members, it creates avenues of long lasting friendship, and promotes an overall greater experience in ABSA. With this, we aim to have more socials, stronger relationships between OD and members, and usage of social media to promote ABSA sports. Our goal for this semester is to have MR to be the department that builds strong bonds with members.
Christine Nguyen
Social Director
Sophomore
John
Daniel
Salcedo
Family Director
Junior
Alex Vu
Athletics Director
Sophomore
Marketing Department
VP of Marketing
AARON TRAN
Senior
When it comes to the success of the Asian Business Student Association, the Marketing Department plays a huge role in making sure that our brand is well known to the public. Projects involve maintenance of the website to ensure that any information about ABSA is available for our members, social media branding, creating video advertisements and recaps, and communicating all of our events to our members through our newsletter and other social media platforms. Our department also likes to give back by hosting giveaways and offering spotlights to our active members. We are here to make sure ABSA is represented in the best light possible.