Board of Directors

Alaina is a Vietnamese-American Pacific Northwest native raised in Issaquah, Washington. She is currently the Division President of Taylor Morrison Homes with 16 years of experience in real estate and new home construction. Throughout her life, she has had the opportunity to receive leadership training from various organizations such as the Junior Leagues of Portland and Seattle and through those experiences found a passion for supporting individuals and organizations which are committed to growing our future leaders.

Alaina received her Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Management from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communications at Washington State University and became a member of Kappa Delta Sorority, where she served as the Vice President of Standards and then the Chapter President. Following graduation in 2008, Alaina focused on student leadership development and mentorship as a Chapter Advisory Board member for the collegiate executive council members of Kappa Delta at WSU, Oregon State University, and the University of Washington. She was awarded the Advisor of the Year Award in 2021 for her work with the Sigma Iota Chapter of Kappa Delta at UW. Now that she is living full-time in the Portland area, Alaina is continuing her commitment to supporting student leadership growth now with a focus on the API community.

Wylie Wan, Ph.D. is a Hong Kong Chinese American who has lived in Hong Kong, Australia, and the United States. She is a first-generation college graduate with degrees in Psychology from UCLA and the University of Michigan. She completed her postdoctoral scholarship in Oregon where she now lives.

Wylie strongly believes that by setting up conditions that work for people, they can make sound decisions that lead to improvement in their personal and professional lives. In her higher education research, she studied the impact of contexts, such as the neighborhood one lives in, the supervisor support received at work, or the social support circle in one’s life, on the health and relationships of individuals and couples. She also provided professional development in K-12 education, where she worked with educator teams and leaders to apply research and data in decision-making processes that create equitable conditions for their students to succeed.

Outside of work, Wylie has been mentoring students for over a decade, particularly students of color and students with an immigrant experience. Her focus is to help them express their complex, multitude identities and elevate their knowledge and experiences into a variety of spaces. As part of the API Forward Board, Wylie hopes to grow education and leadership pathways for Asian and Pacific Islanders and provide opportunities for people to come together as a community.

Leth is first-generation Lao American. He was born in Thailand and immigrated to Portland, Oregon when he was one years old. Leth is very Portland! He graduated from Roosevelt High School, studied at Portland Community College, and earned a bachelor’s degree in international studies from Portland State University. He also studied abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico and is trilingual in Lao and Spanish.

Leth assisted in the launch of the Community Resource Desk which is a partnership with Providence. Later in his career, he became the Program Supervisor at the Resource Access Center which is a partnership with Kaiser. He created the first ever LGBTQ2SIA+ committee while currently working at a local nonprofit for almost 9 years. He enjoys giving back to the community where he grew up in and is so thankful to be part of the API Board. He wants to be an inspiration to the API community and to lead by example. He enjoys advocacy work and believes healing is a key factor for a successful and happier life. Traveling is his passion which he has traveled to over forty-five countries. He loves his two dogs, fashion, meeting new people from diverse cultures and eating delicious food.