Board and Senior Leadership
Board Members
Kija Kim, Chair
President, Clark Hill Partners
Catherine Coburn, Vice Chair
Development Consultant
Managing Partner, MC2 Capital Management LLC
Audrey Paek, Clerk
Principal and General Manager, Visionary Steps
Constance F. Kane, Ph.D.
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Unitartian Universalist Service Committee
Relationship Manager, Ruesch International
Paul Lee
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Sukanya Ray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Psychology, Suffolk University
Staff Clinician, Asian Team, Cambridge Health Alliance
Pamela Whitney
Former Assistant Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Chair Emeritus
Senior Leadership
Linda Chin joined the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) as President in
September 2008. She is charged with developing and implementing ATASK’s vision and strategic objectives. She brings over two decades of management and consulting experience to this new role. Ms. Chin is known nationally for her work in healthcare, most recently as Senior Vice President for Planning, Marketing, and Public Relations at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic public health system and one of the ten largest health care systems in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. While at CHA, she facilitated the annual strategic planning process, directed the marketing and public relations functions, and fostered collaborations with academic institutions, community organizations, and other health care systems, including one in Nagoya, Japan. Ms. Chin has devoted her career to improving access to healthcare services to vulnerable populations and building stronger families and communities. She earned her Master of Science in Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health and Bachelors’ degree from Yale University.
Ms. Ghosh is the Program Coordinator for ATASK’s direct services. She is a graduate of Columbia U School of Social Work and also holds an MS in Human Rights from the U of Calcutta. She will be involved in program development, data analysis and evaluation, case management and development of our clinical data base for our community-based advocacy, helpline, Lifeskills/ESOL and coordination with residential shelter and education and outreach programs and services.
Cristina Lee manages the daily operations of ATASK’s emergency shelter, 24-hour multilingual helpline, and coordinates the Life Skills/ESOL program. She oversees staff, plans activities for shelter residents, manages in-kind donations, resolves problems among residents, ensures equipment and facilities maintenance, and assists advocates. Ms. Lee is also responsible for research, planning and implementing special projects to expand services provided. Ms Lee has experience teaching and developing curricula for young children and has worked in a variety of management roles for non-profit health centers and organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Yale University and received a Certificate in Public Health from Harvard University.
Qingjian Shi is currently the Director of Education and Outreach at ATASK. Ms. Shi manages all Education and Outreach Department activities including teen dating violence prevention education in the public schools, domestic violence and cultural competency seminars to community-based organizations, health care providers, law enforcement agencies, and social service organizations, and outreach to Asian communities across the state of Massachusetts with a focus in Greater Boston and Lowell. Q.J. was born in Shenyang, China and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Social Thought and Political Economy with a minor in African-American Studies and certificates in Asian Studies and Asian American Studies.
Chanthy Uy manages all financial and administrative functions related to the agency and its programs. In addition to monitoring the agency’s financial budget, she oversees all fiscal administration of public and private funding contracts. She provides fiscal reports to the board and funders. Ms. Uy has over 14 years of experience in financial management and administration. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Bernard M. Baruch College.
Elizabeth Vittum assists with all fundraising efforts, which includes the ATASK’s signature Silk Road Gala, the annual fund, major gifts campaign, grant writing, as well as the agency’s publications for donors such as the annual report and newsletters. Ms. Vittum’s focus is on government and foundation grant writing and management. She has more than eight years of fundraising experience. She holds a Bachelor of Science in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
