Ms. Lieu T. Nguyen

Vice President of Merchandising and Retail Operations - Lieu Nguyen:
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Lieu T. Nguyen

Vice President of Merchandising and Retail Operations

ICantHearYou

Lieu Nguyen, Vice President of Merchandising and Retail Operations, focuses her efforts on ICantHearYou®, with the goal of improving communications and safety for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing world. As a key member of the leadership team, her objective is to meet two primary goals: Safety and Quality. She draws upon her creativity, compassion, executive-level experience, strategic planning capabilities, and sincere communication to ensure total client satisfaction. She was hired in 2008 as Merchandising Director of Safe Living Incorporated.

Prior to ICantHearYou®, Ms. Nguyen was Curator and Gallery Director of Mint from 2003 to 2008, where she combined her passion for art and knowledge of business, along with her commitment to the Vietnamese culture, to promote emerging and established artists. She drove national and international growth by skillfully supporting quality artists that offered unique movements, styles, and techniques. She also served as a commercial broker at Westgate Realty Group, Inc. from 2006 to 2008, where she promoted foreign investments to and from the United States, concentrating on Asia.

From 1988 to 2003, Ms. Nguyen grew professionally with Airborne Express, where she advanced through several international positions to the role of Country Manager, which she held for eight years. During this time, she led operational turnaround in four countries, restructured strategies, ensured quality, and catapulted customer satisfaction. In addition, she had executive oversight of a team of 62 top-performers. Due to her leadership ability, she was the first woman in this company of more than 27,000 to be selected for overseas assignments, successfully opening offices in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

Early in her life, Ms. Nguyen overcame great adversity when she narrowly escaped the fall of Saigon. With her family of 10, she had the opportunity to move to the United States. She excelled academically through all of her schooling and was offered a scholarship to Marymount University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a major in Finance. She is currently on the Board of Directors for Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), Washington D.C. Metro Chapter. She is also involved in Vietnamese American National Chamber of Commerce - where she was nominated as the first Chairman, Smithsonian Vietnamese American Heritage Project, and the Street Children of Hue, Vietnam.

Lieu Nguyen Board Member