Board of Directors
The affairs of the OCCSC are governed by an eleven (maximum) member Board of Directors. Board members are elected during the Annual General Meeting or a special meeting of OCCSC members, for a three year term. Board members may stand for re-election upon completion of their term of service.
Robert Parungao
President
Originally from Vancouver, Robert Parungao comes to Ottawa via Montreal, Toronto, and Victoria. He holds two Master ‘s degrees, one in Sociology (Concordia University) and the other in Public Administration (University of Victoria). He currently works as a senior analyst at the Department of
National Defense.
He has served as the co-chair of Chinatown Remixed, an annual arts festival in Chinatown; was the founder of The New Voices Project, an arts-based non-profit working with Chinese Canadian youth in Montreal and Vancouver; sat on the board of Policy Ignite!, a bi-annual event that presents new ways of approaching government policy; was a co-founder of the Asian Canadian Wiki, a website promoting all things Asian Canadian; and is the founder and host of Beats and Boards, a monthly board game and live music event. Robert brings strong policy, administrative, social media and social interactive/promotional skills to the Board.
Hilda Chow
Vice-President
Originally from Vancouver, Robert Parungao comes to Ottawa via Montreal, Toronto, and Victoria. He holds two Master ‘s degrees, one in Sociology (Concordia University) and the other in Public Administration (University of Victoria). He currently works as a senior analyst at the Department of
National Defence.
He has served as the co-chair of Chinatown Remixed, an annual arts festival in Chinatown; was the founder of The New Voices Project, an arts-based non-profit working with Chinese Canadian youth in Montreal and Vancouver; sat on the board of Policy Ignite!, a bi-annual event that presents new ways of approaching government policy; was a co-founder of the Asian Canadian Wiki, a website promoting all things Asian Canadian; and is the founder and host of Beats and Boards, a monthly board game and live music event. Robert brings strong policy, administrative, social media and social interactive/promotional skills to the Board.
Sally Zhang
Secretary
Sally Zhang has been a Public Health Nurse since 2002 working at Ottawa Public Health. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Ottawa in 2004. Sally has extensive experience in health promotion and disease prevention cross lifespan from healthy children to fall prevention for seniors. Sally had worked as a Registered Nurse in hospitals both in China and Singapore before she immigrated to Canada.
As an immigrant herself, Sally is willing to help newcomers adapt well in Canada. For example, she organized health fairs to promote well-being for the Chinese community; she chaired the Chinese Health Resource Coalition for 3 years. She has been recently a board member of the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County.
Long Tran
Treasurer
ong Tran has a B.A. in Mathematics with Honours in Computer Science. As an experienced software developer, he has over l 0 years of experience solving problems. His work has included leadership roles with responsibilities towards motivating teammates, accountability for deadlines, resolving conflicts, and project management. These skills will be valuable to OCCSC in many ways.
Riven Zhang
Director
Riven Zhang is the entrepreneur that brought Alipay and WeChat Pay to Canada, and the co-founder & CEO of Motion Pay Technology Inc. On February 17, 2017, Mr. Zhang did the first WeChat Pay transaction in North America, and the first Alipay transaction in Canada, both using QR code technology at a jewelry store in Ottawa where he bought a gift for his wife. Today, with thousands of merchants from Halifax to Vancouver, from modest restaurants to luxury brands, Motion Pay is the leading Alipay and WeChat Pay solution provider in North America. Born in Shandong, China, Mr. Zhang immigrated in year 2000 in Ottawa, Canada. A few months after he arrived to the country, he successfully founded his first company, ComefromChina.com, a true entrepreneurial story that has created many opportunities for the Canadian Chinese community by providing a platform for collaboration and discussion. For its success and its engagement, Mr. Zhang was named the 2017 City of Ottawa Immigrant Entrepreneur Award recipient.
Riven’s vision is to bring QR code mobile payments to all Canadian businesses and empower them to seize many more sales opportunities through domestic and cross-border mobile payment acceptance.
Rudi C. Mangulabnan, CHRL
Director
Rudi is a Certified Human Resources Leader, with a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Ottawa. Rudi has over a decade of experience in human resources, leading and advising a variety of organizations, predominantly in the not-for-profit sector at a local, national and international scale. Rudi is especially passionate about transformative and strategic planning of talent acquisition, employee engagement/experience, performance management and diversity, equity & inclusion. He is also trained in conflict resolution and workplace investigations. Rudi is a staunch advocate for newcomers to Canada gaining experience in their chosen professions and has created mentorship programs and job opportunities with various employers in the Ottawa region to provide meaningful work for immigrants.
Yufei Luo
Director
Yufei Luo is a business lawyer at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. She has a broad corporate and commercial practice with a focus on private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance matters. Before moving to Canada, she practiced in foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisitions at an international law firm based in Guangzhou. She holds master of laws degrees from both Canada and China and is dual-qualified in both jurisdictions. She was born and raised in Guangzhou, China. Once a newcomer herself, she is grateful for the generous help offered by the many settlement advisors and mentors who had guided her through some of the challenging times in her early days in Canada. Drawing upon her background and professional experience, she feels proud and privileged to have the opportunity to serve on the board of OCCSC.
Joining the Board of Directors
To be eligible to be a candidate for the OCCSC Board of Directors or to nominate another as a candidate for the Board, she/he must be a member, in good standing, of the Centre for a minimum period of 90 days. Members in good standing of the Centre are individuals who have paid their membership fees in full, and who support the mission and goals of the Centre.
Individuals meeting the above criteria who wish to put forth their candidacy to join the OCCSC Board of Directors or to nominate another for the Board should contact the OCCSC by e-mail at boardofdirectors@occsc.org and the necessary forms will be made available.