Abby has over 22 years of business and community development experience in the Boston Metro area. She is currently leads the Equity Alliance for Business program at Eastern Bank to further advance the growth of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Specifically for business owners who are women or people of color and all their intersectionality, including the LGBTQIA+, veterans and disabled communities. Abby is first generation Vietnamese American. Growing up as a refugee, she prioritizes the importance of family and community, and she strives to make a meaningful and lasting impact in the community where she lives and works. Recently, she was named as of the 2022 40 Under 40 by the Boston Business Journal as well as one of the 2022 Emerging Leaders by the American Bankers Association. In early 2023 she was featured as one of 50 of Boston’s Most Influential Asian-American Pacific Islanders by Get Konnected. In 2024, Abby served as Chair for the Policy Committee for the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) National. In this role she helps to lead members from 45 chapters across the country as they gather in Washington D.C for the 2024 Diversity and Fair Housing Summit to lobby and advocate for AAPI Homeownership rights. Abby served as Chairperson for the AREAA Boston Chapter in 2021 and 2022. At Eastern, Abby has served as co-chair of the Asian American Professional Collective since 2012. She was formerly Board Chairperson and President of Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. for 12+ years, a volunteer teacher at Citizen Schools, Advisory Board member of Women of Means, a volunteer for VIETAID, and a volunteer for Dorchester House. Abby has been certified by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce with a Transformational DEI certificate and is an alumna of The Boston Partnership. In 2014, she was named as one of the 40 under 40 by South Shore Stars, and in 2018 was named GK25 Boston’s 25 Most Influential Millennials of Color by Get Konnected.