Tuyet Tran, MSW, LICSW

Executive Director

Tuyet Tran, a refugee from Vietnam, holds a master’s degree in social work from Boston College and an undergraduate degree in psychology from Emmanuel College. She brings 30 years of progressive leadership in the design and delivery of public health and social services, including serving as Director of Integrated Care at Community Healthlink for 18 years during which she was recognized by the Worcester Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 “rising star” in the Worcester community. For the past 5 years, Ms. Tran led the Community Partner Program at the Behavioral Health Partners of Metrowest (BHPMW) where she designed a multiregional integrated care coordination program as part of the MA Executive Office of Health and Human Service’s DSRIP Demonstration Project. Ms. 

Tran has lived in Worcester since June of 2000. At that time, she and a small group of community members came together to advocate for social and health care access for members of the Southeast Asian community. Ms. Tran served as SEACMA Board Chair and Acting Director for the first few years of its founding and continued to support the organization as a board member and supporter for many years after. She was instrumental in steering SEACMA from its inception into a viable community organization and is excited to return to lead it once again into the next chapter. To contact Tuyet, please email ttran@seacma.org

Nathan Chiem, B.S.

Senior Associate Director of Community Engagement and Development

Nathan, a refugee from Vietnam, has lived in Massachusetts since 1990. He received a B.S. degree in Hospitality Management from UMass/Amherst. Nathan started his career working for investment banks; he moved to Worcester in 2018 and made a career change to healthcare services. He joined Family Health Center of Worcester as a Medical Interpreter, Patient Advocate and Community Health Worker. Soon after, he was promoted to Manager of the Medical Interpreter Services Team.

Nathan is Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Vietnamese Community of Massachusetts. He was Executive Director of Au-Lac Vietnamese Language Center in Boston (1999 – 2003); Vice President of the Vietnamese community of Massachusetts (2003 – 2005); Chairperson of Tet in Boston Committee (2005 – 2009); Vice President of the Vietnamese Community of Worcester (2018 – 2023).

Nathan joined SEACMA as Associate Director of Community Engagement and Community Development. In this role, he oversees events, including our Annual Asian Festival, and all aspects of grants related to to small business and community development. He is passionate about helping to build a better community for immigrants and refugees.

Khmery McKenzie

Associate Director of Youth and Children Services

Khmery McKenzie, a refugee from Vietnam, arrived in the U.S. with her parents and 2 sisters in 1989. Khmery speaks Khmer and understands Vietnamese because her family are Cambodians or “Khmer Kampuchea Krom” from Vietnam.

 Khmery grew up in Worcester and was one of SEACMA’s first Youth Effect member which formed in 2003. Over the years, she continued to volunteer as a youth mentor, ESL teacher, and Board member at SEACMA. Prior to joining SEACMA as Associate Director of Youth and Children Services, Khmery worked in the field of optometry for 18 years and became a Licensed Optician 8 years ago. 

She is passionate about helping others, especially youth, and wants them to have the same opportunity to have a successful future. 

Rosa Nguyen, mba

Director of operations

Rosa has lived in Worcester, MA since 1987 and is very involved in her community. She received her MBA from Anna Maria College and started her career in banking.  Throughout her career, she has worked in many industries including banking, insurance and real estate.  Her primary focus throughout her career is helping others with education, becoming independent and achieving homeownership. 

Rosa has been involved in nonprofit organizations for many years as a volunteer and most recently a Board Member of Central MA Housing Alliance (2021-2023).  She is passionate about giving back to the community and helping others pave a path to have a successful future. 

Lynn Khamphavong, B.S.

Manager of Community Engagement

An immigrant from Vietnam, Lynn arrived in Worcester with her parents and her three siblings in 1992.  She received her B.S. degree in Business Administration; minor in accounting and finance from Clark University in 1997.  She started her career working as a fund accountant and budgeting and forecasting analyst.  During the pandemic, she started volunteering at senior centers, nursing homes and retirement communities in Hopkinton and Westboro, MA. She is passionate about helping others, especially elders and wants to help build a strong Asian community in Worcester MA.

Nglan Henglin

Community outreach and Boxing coordinator

Born in the forest and raised in the mountains of  Kontum Vietnam, Nglan is a member of the indigenous Bahnar tribe. He moved to the US in 2008 with 8 members of his family. Nglan enjoys challenging himself and looking for ways to grow, and pursues activities that push him to go outside of his comfort zone. He has been a respected member of SEACMA’s youth group for many years and has an extensive background  in various sports such as Jiu Jitsu and boxing. He enjoys helping others  and has assisted many non-profits including working with the Special Olympics. Nglan now facilitates SEACMA’s boxing and fitness program and mentors the youth when they come to him for advice.

Saw Reh, B.A.

Global Community program manager

Saw Reh came to the US as a refugee. He lived in a refugee camp in Thailand on the border of Myanmar for thirteen years. Saw’s passion for helping people started since he was young. Saw was a youth leader in the refugee camp. He also worked as a community social worker for COERR (Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees) before moving to the US.

Saw’s strong compassion for people has led him to become a highly respected and trusted member of the Worcester Burmese community for which he is now the President. At SEACMA, Saw is responsible for conducting community outreach and has assisted numerous refugees and immigrants from Myanmar and Afghanistan to connect to resources and services.