Stephanie Nguyen, Executive Director for Asian Resources, Inc. (ARI)
Phone: 916.454.1892
5100 El Paraiso Ave. Sacramento, CA 95824
Stephanie Nguyen has dedicated her career to ensuring that the
underserved and the low-income communities have access to resources and
have the adequate support that will get them one step closer to
self-sufficiency. In an era of diminished resources, Stephanie thrives
on expanding the possibilities for community development by emphasizing
creative ways to use existing resources more effectively. Prior to ARI,
Stephanie was the Director of the Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber
(SACC) Foundation where she implemented programs that would help build
and develop leadership skills for young Asian Pacific Islanders (API)
understands their individual strengths. The goal was to increase the
quality of API leaders in Sacramento. In addition, she fostered
relationships with donors to invest their charitable donations to worthy
programs that would cultivate the underserved communities. Stephanie
credits her life experiences from growing up in a low-income family
household to her professional experience where she has built the drive
and passion to continue to work in the community to bridge the gap
between those less fortunate than her to resources that can help them
become sufficient. Stephanie’s passion for the community and social
justice includes serving in a leadership capacity for several
organizations in Sacramento. Stephanie has served on the District
Attorney’s Multi Cultural Council, California Exposition Cultural
Advisory Council, OCA and the Pacific Rim Street Festival Foundation.
She is currently on the Sheriffs Community Advisory Board, Vice Chair
for the Council of Asian Pacific Islander Together for Advocacy and
Leadership (CAPITAL), Advisor to the Full Circle Project and To’utupu’o
e’out Felenite Association (TOFA) and a member of the Juvenile Justice
Commission and Delinquency Prevention Council. On February 2, 2017,
Stephanie was unanimously appointed to serve as the Councilmember for
District 4 in the City of Elk Grove making her the first Asian American
women to serve as a Councilmember for the City of Elk Grove. On November
6, 2018 she was elected with 65% of votes, citywide, to continue her
term as the only women on the Elk Grove City Council.