Team

Millie’s background includes experience providing executive-level support for top management teams in industries including oil and gas exploration, accounting, construction management and Silicon Valley high tech. She was also the administrator for two 24-hour, home care facilities in San Jose, which involved overall financial management, compliance support, and 24-hour home care management for ambulatory and nonambulatory, disabled young adults. Prior to working at ZeroDivide, Millie worked as a part-time Technical Analyst at Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, a nonprofit health policy and advocacy group. She was also a state-certified Home Care Administrator for Level F facilities.

Nasser is responsible for ZeroDivide’s in-office tech support and administration including network, hardware and software issue resolution. He is also instrumental in ZeroDivide’s technology capacity building work within the nonprofit community, using his experience to perform tech assessments and facilitate technology trainings. Nasser has a strong background in network security and software development from a previous role as a software tester at SureCircle.com. As a volunteer, he provides technology support for local nonprofits such as the Arab Cultural and Community Center, the St. Nicholas Church of San Francisco and ASK Academy. Nasser is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in Computer Science.

Amber provides project management and coordination for the Program & Operations Team. She comes to ZeroDivide as a former social worker who worked directly with homeless and low-income families on employment, training and housing issues. Most recently, as a Senior Consumer Advocacy Specialist for the State of Ohio, she worked with constituents seeking mortgage assistance through the Restoring Stability Program, A Save the Dream Ohio Initiative. Amber is also the founder of Socially Charitable, a website that helps nonprofits promote fundraising events and connect with businesses. She has been a volunteer mentor and coach for high school speech and debate students, and holds a B.A. in Political Science from The Ohio State University.

Currently, Mike is responsible for executing projects with The California Endowment. He brings more than a 15 years of experience in youth development and youth organizing, cross-sector collaboration, and planning and implementation of large scale efforts to this role. Prior to joining ZeroDivide, Mike established Poder Solutions, LLC, a consulting business that supports nonprofit organizations with program development and design, strategic planning and organizational development. Mike has held key positions at Youth Radio, Youth UpRising, and most recently, he was the Healthy Richmond Youth Organizing Hub Director at the RYSE Center. Mike currently sits on the Board of Oakland Dollars for Scholars.

Man Chung is responsible for ZeroDivide's accounting, treasury and regulation compliant functions. Prior to ZeroDivide, Man Chung was a Finance and System Consultant for various small to fortune 500 companies. His in-depth accounting, system and database management knowledge and experience have helped him complete efficiently and successfully all his client’s process improvement, system integration, report automation, database management, and ERP system design and implementation projects. Prior to being a consultant, Man Chung was the Senior Hyperion Analyst for URS Corporation and the Corporate Controller for Pacific American (Real Estate) Group. A cum laude honor graduate of University Of San Francisco, Man Chung has a B.S. in Accounting and was the recipient of the Arthur Andersen Scholarship.

Laura is our lead strategist and spearheads our evaluation, and field building efforts. To her role, Laura brings extensive experience, including 10+ years implementing technology strategies to improve economic and civic engagement in underserved communities. Laura previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison in the Clinton Administration, and as Associate Director of Legislative Affairs for the U.S. Department of Labor. She was also Legislative Director to the late Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii. Laura is a recipient of the Women's Information Network Young Women of Achievement Awards and a 2002 Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership Institute Fellow. Currently, Laura is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Media Impact Funders and she sits on the Board of Trustees for the Patsy Takemoto Mink Foundation for Low-Income Women & Children. From 2005 to 2007, she served on the Federal Communications Commission Consumer Advisory Committee and, in 2007, she chaired the California Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, Community Development and Public Private Partnership Working Group.