Cao O
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Position: Executive Director
Organization: Asian American Federation of New York
Location: New York, NY
Cao O is a member of the Small Organizations Work Group.
Cao K. O has served as executive director of the Asian American Federation of New York since it launched operations in 1990. Previously, as a consultant to United Way of New York City, he advised the agency on its Asian American Initiative, which led to the federation's creation. Earlier, Mr. O held key positions with Hamilton-Madison House, the Vietnamese American Cultural Organization, the New York City Department for the Aging, and the New York State Office of Mental Health. He serves on the boards of Hamilton-Madison House, the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, the Human Services Council of New York City, and is vice chairman of the 9/11 United Services Group. Shortly after arriving in the United States as a Vietnamese refugee in 1975, Mr. O earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's from the Hunter College School of Social Work.