Executive Board
PRESIDENT - NORANNSY CHIEUCHIN
Norannsy was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and escaped the Khmer Rouge regime in 1975. Immigrating to America through Vietnam and France, he grew up in Long Beach and Lakewood, CA. He attended University of Southern California and earned a Bachelor of Science Business in Administration and Finance.
He is currently living in Tustin with his wife Mindee and their two boys William and Russell. He runs a successful financial planning practice in Irvine, CA. He holds a series 7 license (Securities), series 66 license (Financial Advisor), multiple state insurance licenses and CRPC (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor) designation.
Helping underserved people has always been a passion. As founder and President of Project Angkor, he is committed to bring medical and dental services to the most underserved people of Cambodia. He also volunteers his time serving on the Board of Directors with The Cambodian Family Center in Santa Ana, CA.
He enjoys spending time with his family, vacationing, traveling, gardening and golfing.
VICE president - DR. PATTY LOO, M.D., M.P.H.
Patricia Loo is an internal medicine physician currently practicing in Los Angeles. She has worked across both public and private health sectors in the U.S. for the past ten years. Her experience also spans the global health arena, with clinical work in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Patricia has consulted for NGOs and academic institutions, conducting analysis on USAID-funded Maternal and Child Health programs in Guatemala and Sierra Leone.
As a public health graduate student, Patricia worked closely with NGO staff members and local Guatemalan officials in the rural highlands of Guatemala, training and overseeing them on all aspects of utilizing a statistical analysis software program to improve the analysis and evaluation of the Maternal and Child Health program in Calhuitz, Guatemala. Patricia focused her public health studies on global health, with an emphasis on non-communicable diseases.
Patricia joined the Project Angkor family in 2011. She holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, an MD from Drexel University College of Medicine, and an MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She enjoys sports, traveling, reading, eating, and spending time with friends and family.
Secretary - SCOTT MARTIN
Scott Martin possesses a background in healthcare organizational & logistical operations and supported the UC Irvine Health System’s Security, Parking & Emergency Management Program as Director of Security & Emergency Manager. Before & after retiring from the UC System after 24 years of service, he volunteers his time serving on the Board of Directors for Project Angkor and he serves his community as President of the Hacienda Heights Improvement Association. Scott’s desire to help others led him to see the significance of supporting Project Angkor’s Clinical Missions to Cambodia with an emphasis on the safety/security of the missions and as Director of Compliance. There is something very special when one sees the smiling faces of the Cambodian people, humble & appreciative of Project Angkor’s volunteers & the healthcare support given during clinic.
Treasurer - RANDY BLACK
Randy was raised on a dairy farm in rural Wisconsin. As a 21 year old, he ventured off to Southern California to finish college and find a career. He did find his calling within the Aerospace & Defense Industry.
Randy started his IT / Supply Chain career with Rockwell International, then moved over to Rockwell Collins, and ultimate landed with Raytheon Technologies as an IT Principal Applications Technologist. Randy has been involved in some form or fashion with Project Angkor for the past three missions/clinics. The first one he supported the preparation of boxes of medical supplies and medicine, the second he supported the Runner Team in Cambodia, and the last mission he led the Runner Team in Cambodia.
Randy graduated from California State University Long Beach with a BS in Business Administration - Management Information Systems (MIS), and an MBA from the University of La Verne. Randy is married to Scott Martin (see above) and they have two adopted sons, Connor and Chase (now both adults). Randy & his family reside in Hacienda Heights, CA.
ROSALINE CAREY
Rosaline Carey was born in Cambodia and lived through the Khmer Rouge regime with her mother and younger sister. Her father, a pilot for the Cambodian Air Force, at the time stationed in Thailand, was separated from the rest of her family. As a young girl she was separated from her family and sent to live with and took care of an old couple in a small farm town outside of Kampong Cham province, where her mother grew up. While her mother and baby sister were sent to live in the Khmer Rouge concentration camps. Under the regime, food was scarce, education and communication to the outsiders were nonexistent.
After the collapse of the Khmer Rouge, her family discovered her father was still alive and waiting for them in Thailand, but had his own set of family. Rosaline’s mother, sister and relatives escaped by foot to neighboring Thailand. There she settled in a refugee camp called Khao-I-Dang. There, Rosaline and her family stayed for two years waiting for sponsors from the US, Australia, Canada or France. She lived in a second camp located in the Philippines for 8 more months before arriving to San Francisco in October 1982, sponsored by her uncle. Rosaline grew up in Modesto, a tiny farm town where her mother worked and she attended grade school and learned to speak English for the first time. End of her sophomore year of high school, Rosaline reunited with her father and four half siblings in Long Beach, where she finished out her high school years and attended Long Beach State University.
Rosaline graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an
option in International Business. In 2010 Rosaline was approached to join Project Angkor by her college friend and she has been involved ever since. Rosaline is a Principal Logistics Specialist at Solar Turbines, A Caterpillar Company. Rosaline is married with two sons. She enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, gardening, flower arrangements and traveling.
VIRGINIA CHAPMAN, R.N.
Virginia Chapman was born in Los Angeles California at Kaiser Permanente (KP) and raised in Northern California. Virginia is a Registered Nurse and the Director of Pediatrics for Kaiser Permanente in the East. Bay. Virginia joined Kaiser Permanente in 1988 and begin working in the in 1990 Emergency department at Kaiser Permanente San Jose.
In the Emergency Department Virginia held the role as Charge Nurse and Assistant Director. In 2006 Virginia’s passion for children lead her to accept the role as Manager for the Department of Pediatrics with KP in San Jose. Her interest in working with children and literacy developed at an early age while helping fellow classmates in elementary school with their reading and writing skills and this continued through college where she worked as a science tutor.
In addition to her contributions to Project Angkor, she is member of the Board of Directors for Super Stars Literacy since 2017 and the Santa Clara County School Health Clinics since 2007. Virginia has also volunteered for the Santa Clara County Diabetic Society, Santa Clara County Food Bank, Teddy Bear Health Clinics. Sciencepalooza, and Courts4Kids Humanitarian Missions.
Virginia holds and Bachelor in Nursing from San Jose State University and a Master’s in Business Administration from Saint Mary’s College. She is an avid traveler, reader, and enjoys quality time with friends and family.
NORA CHOVIK, Pharm.D.
Nora Chovick was born in Loma Linda, California and raised in San Bernardino until moving to Northern California to attend college. She started volunteering while in high school as a Candy Striper at St. Bernardine Medical Center. She has always been interested in travel, having been inspired by an Aunt who taught in many international locations.
Nora started her pharmacy career as a first year pharmacy student working as an intern pharmacist at Kaiser Medical Center in Oakland, California. She served in various roles during her pharmacist career at Kaiser Oakland, primarily in the Inpatient Pharmacy setting and Drug Use Management. In addition to her work with Project Angkor, Nora volunteers as a pharmacist with Project HOPE, working with the U.S. military on humanitarian and educational missions in the developing world. With Project HOPE, Nora has participated in Pacific Partnership 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 with the US Navy on the hospital ship Mercy in the Philippines, Timor L’este, and Vietnam Nam.
Nora earned her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy and her undergraduate degree in Biology from Merrill College, University of California, Santa Cruz. She resides in Highland, California. When not traveling, she and her husband enjoy spending time with their Labrador Retrievers at their “off-the-grid”property near Mount Shasta, California.
Sandra CHUON
Sandra was born in Cambodia and a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1980 with her family and grew up in Southern California. She has a B.S. degree in Business Administration from U.C. Riverside and currently works for an asset management company. Project Angkor and its purpose is near and dear to her heart. She is excited to be part of the Project Angkor team to help further its mission and vision for the future.
In her free time, Sandra enjoys spending time with her family and dog, volunteering for nonprofits, hiking, and discovering new eateries.
DR. SUSIE SAMRETH, MD
Susie Samreth is a pediatrician currently practicing in the Boston area. She recently finished her pediatrics training at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. She grew up in a suburb of Chicago. As a child of Cambodian refugee parents, she has always maintained a passion for serving communities whose healthcare infrastructure had been decimated by war, natural disasters or government instability. This influenced her to embark on many global health experiences, ranging from developing an application to better diagnose diseases of childhood illnesses in rural South Africa while in graduate school to working with community health leaders to improve well child checkups in Roatán, Honduras during medical school. During her pediatrics residency program, she worked with the NGO Pratit international to provide critical primary care to children residing in some of the poorest communities in Kolkata, India. She also conducted a scholarly project to characterize sleep environment within the community with the goal of improving infant safety during sleep.
Susie joined Project Angkor in 2021. She holds a BS degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MS in Biomedical Engineering with a certificate in Global Health Technology from Northwestern University, and an MD from the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family, cooking, traveling, yoga, and exploring the great outdoors.
DR. Bonnie Batemen
Dr. Bonnie Bateman provides general and cosmetic dentistry services at Los Altos Dental in Long Beach, California. She earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her DDS from Georgetown University. As a dentist with more than 40 years of experience in the field, she has the expertise and skills needed to provide exceptional dental care for adults and children in the Long Beach, California area. Dr. Bateman belongs to the California Dental Association and served on the Board of Delta Dental of California for 15 years, including a term as President. In order to provide dental care to those in need, she has served as the head of a dental team that visits Cambodia every year. Dr. Bateman has been part of this team for the past 5 years. She also provides dental care at village clinics in Mexico.
Dr. Bateman has extensive knowledge of family dentistry and strives to offer each patient high-quality, compassionate care. She’s dedicated to ensuring that patients have a healthy smile they’re proud to show off. Patients in Long Beach can rely on Dr. Bateman to provide them with outstanding dental care, whether they need routine dental cleanings, cosmetic treatments, or restorative treatments.