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OLD BOY PRESENTED WITH A PRESIDENT'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

In 2008, Sky (Trinh Nguyen Dang ) Pham (Class of 2010) joined Wellington College as an International student from Vietnam. In his final year, he was elected as President of the International Students' Association.

Fifteen years later, and now living in California, Sky together with his wife Susan, managing partners of Greenfield & Associates LLP, received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their services to the American People.

Moving to the United States, Sky graduated with a Finance degree from California State University, Fullerton, and an MBA from Ohio University. He is now studying a Doctorate of Business Administration focusing on Banking, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law at Liberty University.

He is the CEO of the Kien Nam Group LLC (property management company), president of Greenfield & Associates CPA, and member of the Advisory Board of California International Bank.

In 2015, Sky graduated from the Superior Court of California, County of Orange Leadership Academy. In 2020, he joined the U.S. Army as a reservist, working at the 350th Engineer Company based in Los Angeles.

Sky is active in the community, serving as the president of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Westminster, Chief Executive Officer of Ban Tay Nhan Ai (Compassionate Hands Foundation) in Garden Grove, and a member of the Vietnamese American Uniformed Services Association (VAUSA). Prior leadership roles include involvement as a committee member of the Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce (VACOC), CSUF Phi Beta Delta, CSUF Entrepreneur Society, and United Nations Association of Orange County.

Annually, Trinh and Bao have raised money for toiletries, sleeping bags, and canned food drives for the local homeless. More than 100 volunteers helped reach the goal of packaging

10,000+ meals in September, 2014, and 20,000+ in December, 2015. Everybody was willing to work hard together to create a world without hunger.

Sky received a Titan in Action Award from CSUF, recognising Community Service as an expressed component of the club's mission. His story and experience were shared with the Orange County community through his Student Recycle Club combine education and stewardship article in the OC Register. In 2022, the Kiwanis Club of Greater Westminster, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Huntington Beach, served over 230 soldiers and family members during the 79th TSC Resource Family Day at JFTB Los Alamitos, CA. Over the years, Sky has developed the skills to contribute to his passion for improving our community.

Susan is the CFO of the Compassionate Hands Foundation (Ban Tai Nhan Ai), which focuses on helping children and poor people in Vietnam and Asia. She is also the treasurer for the Kiwanis Club of Greater Westminster, which focuses on improving the world, one child and one community at a time.

Sky and Susan met through volunteer work with United Way Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at California State University, Fullerton. They have helped open many different NGOs and positively impacted our community with more than 5,000 volunteer hours over the years. Now they are married and have two children, Stanford and Skye.

Sky and Susan said, Winning an award, especially the Presidential Award, is always a special moment because it creates motivation in you and gives the courage to give more excellent service. They further say their family's philosophy is to impact over 1 million lives in our lifetime. We believe that compassion is life, wisdom is the path

Greenfield & Associates LLP is a CPA firm that specialises in financial and tax consultation, bookkeeping, payroll, CFO, tax preparing and filing services to meet clients' needs. They seek to provide a full suite of tax and accounting and CFO services for small businesses in Orange County and Los Angeles County. These services allow business owners to save money on in-house accounting, ensure compliance with tax laws, and make valuable management decisions from their numbers. Greenfield & Associates acknowledges its responsibilities to communities and the environment. The firm would give time and hours to help communities and the environment, advancing communities toward financial independence and wealth.

There has been a hive of activity over the past few weeks around the school (working around a building site with the restrengthening of the Tower Block) and the temporary loss of car parks. However, the Property team have established a new Wellington College sign at the entrance of the school and are presently carrying out an extensive planting programme. There is much to see on your next visit to the school.