JANIE MYLINH DAM, JD.

JANIE MYLINH DAM came to the US in 1975, and graduated Valedictorian from the Skyline Center High School in Dallas, Texas in 1983. She received her Bachelor in Mathematics in 1987 from Southern Methodist University, and her Jurist Doctor in 1990 from the University of Texas Law School at Austin. She was a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, and was named Today's Chicago Woman "Top 100Women to Watch" list as well as Crain's Chicago Business "Top Forty under 40" list. She was the President of the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce (1993), and a Founding Board Member of the Asian American Small Business Development Center in Chicago (1993-1995). She currently is in private law practice in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. She is also an Associate Director of the Mutual Assistance Associations Consortium, Inc.

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