Tam Nguyen is a past Chair of the Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce serving from 2009-2013. He joined the Board in 2005-2006 and currently serves as a member of the President’s Committee.

Nguyen is a business, community, and philanthropic leader. As President of Advance Beauty College with campuses in Garden Grove and Laguna Hills, California, Nguyen and his team contributed to approximately 50,000 people graduating from the 35-year school’s innovative program.

Nguyen teaches business management at California (Cal) State Fullerton as a faculty member since 2016. A past president of Cal State Fullerton’s Alumni Association and founding President of the Cal State Fullerton Vietnamese American MBA alumni chapter in 2006, he remains actively involved in supporting the Center for Family Business, Center for Leadership, Colleges of Education and Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2015, Nguyen was the recipient of the Cal State Fullerton Vision & Visionaries Award.