Tam T. Nguyen

Tam T. Nguyen is the second-generation family business owner of the national award-winning Advance Beauty College, graduating more than 50,000 trained professionals over its 37-year history. Nguyen serves in numerous community and business leadership roles, including chairing the board of the Orange County Transportation Authority with a $1.7-billion budget, board member of MemorialCare Orange County Hospitals, board chair of the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Board of Governors & Small Business Diversity Network. He is also a founding board member of Genesis Bank and the Genesis for Good Foundation. One of his most notable contributions was cofounding Nailing It For America, a volunteer initiative that collected and delivered $30 million worth of personal protective equipment and 80,000 restaurant meals to healthcare professionals, frontline workers and vulnerable community members during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in both Los Angeles and Orange County. He graduated from UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton and earned an MBA and a medical degree.