Mr. Doua Vang

Mr. Doua Vang - Family & Employment Network Programs Director

An Employment Specialist on a daily basis with HAMAA, Mr. Vang is a past Member of the Board of Directors who saw the role and mission of the organization as not only essential, but central to the Hmong-Minneapolis Community. Possessing a Bachelor of Science Degree (1989) from the University of Wisconsin Stout in General Business Administration, he has experience in starting and operating small businesses, including his own Value Food Market and Contract Sewing firms and is available to advise new Hmong entrepreneurs on the many steps involved in setting up shop.

In every case, Mr. Vang's responsibility to the Community has revolved around personal contact and representation. He has served as Bilingual Outreach Coordinator for Providence Public School, is a former Project Director for the Laotian Mutual Assistance Association, Inc. of Akron, and as interpreter and translator liaison (1978-1982) for the Laotian/Hmong Refugee Resettlement Program at the International Institute (Akron).

He has also maintained an exemplary record of volunteerism for the Hmong Community in America, starting with his service in 1983 as a volunteer with the State of Ohio, Department of Human Services in translating the Ohio Refugee Newsletter into Hmong and Laotian languages, followed in 1986 by his role as Adviser for the Hmong Stout Student Services Center at the University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin.

A Second Lieutenant in the Laotian Army during the "Secret War" (1968 1975), Mr. Vang was paymaster in charge in Lam, Laos, where he supervised the activities of many personnel for the Army. Expatriated to the United States from Thailand in 1976, Mr. Vang took the oath to become a U.S. Citizen in January, 1983. He remains a firm advocate of education as the path for all Hmong who served with honor during the war to gain build both a new life for the family and to gain citizenship as an equal among all Americans.

Programs: Family Empowerment Network (FEN) HAMAA's Employment Network

Mr. Doua Vang

Mr. Doua Vang (Senior) Family & Employment Network Programs Director Email: xvang@hamaa.org Phone: (612) 374-2694

An Employment Specialist on a daily basis with HAMAA, Mr. Vang is a past Member of the Board of Directors who saw the role and mission of the organization as not only essential, but central to the Hmong-Minneapolis Community. Possessing a Bachelor of Science Degree (1989) from the University of Wisconsin Stout in General Business Administration, he has experience in starting and operating small businesses, including his own Value Food Market and Contract Sewing firms and is available to advise new Hmong entrepreneurs on the many steps involved in setting up shop.

In every case, Mr. Vang's responsibility to the Community has revolved around personal contact and representation. He has served as Bilingual Outreach Coordinator for Providence Public School, is a former Project Director for the Laotian Mutual Assistance Association, Inc. of Akron, and as interpreter and translator liaison (1978-1982) for the Laotian/Hmong Refugee Resettlement Program at the International Institute (Akron).

He has also maintained an exemplary record of volunteerism for the Hmong Community in America, starting with his service in 1983 as a volunteer with the State of Ohio, Department of Human Services in translating the Ohio Refugee Newsletter into Hmong and Laotian languages, followed in 1986 by his role as Adviser for the Hmong Stout Student Services Center at the University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin.

A Second Lieutenant in the Laotian Army during the "Secret War" (1968 1975), Mr. Vang was paymaster in charge in Lam, Laos, where he supervised the activities of many personnel for the Army. Expatriated to the United States from Thailand in 1976, Mr. Vang took the oath to become a U.S. Citizen in January, 1983. He remains a firm advocate of education as the path for all Hmong who served with honor during the war to gain build both a new life for the family and to gain citizenship as an equal among all Americans.