Meet Tram Nguyen

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Tram Nguyen joins us from Oakland, CA for the virtual track of the 2022 GIA Conference.

She currently works in the Health Equity, Policy, & Planning team in the Office of the Director, Alameda County Public Health Department. In this role, Tram coordinates local, regional, and state policy work to advance health and racial equity, focusing on housing.

Prior to this, she was the executive editor of ColorLines magazine (2001-2007), where she led award-winning journalism about racial justice issues and community organizing across the country. In 2004, she published a book, We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities After 9/11 (Beacon).

She holds a Masters in Public Policy from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School.

Grantmakers in the Arts GIA

Grantmakers in the Arts is the only national association of both public and private arts and culture funders in the US, including independent and family foundations, public agencies, community foundations, corporate philanthropies, nonprofit regrantors, and national service organizations – funders of all shapes and sizes across the US and into Canada.

https://www.giarts.org
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