Our Team
Administrative Team
Program Coordinator & Senior Instructor
Channa Sath
Classical Role, Neang & Costuming Department
Administrator & Senior Instructor
Chummeng Suon
Yeak & Swva
Artistic Team
Artistic Director
Phousita Huy
Master Teacher of Classical and Folk Dance
Master Teacher
Kimhan Meas
Folk Dance and Music
Master Teacher
Pech Heung
Classical Dance and Neang (Female Role)
Principal Dancer & Senior Instructor
Peter Veth
Neang Rong (Male Role) & Yeak (Giant Role)
Principal Dancer & Instructor
Peter Chea
Swva (monkey role) & Folk
Principal Dancer & Instructor
Gima Means
Classical Dance & Neang
Principal Dancer & Instructor
Victoria Phan
Classical Dance & Neang
Principal Dancer & Instructor
Vituu Touch
Swva (Monkey Role) & Folk
Supporting Staff
Korry Vantha Voeun
Makeup Artist / Costume Stylist
Board of Directors
Sue Kim
President
Sue was born in Richmond, VA and grew up in Maryland. After earning her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and doctoral degree in English from Cornell University, she worked in the University of Alabama-Birmingham's Department of English for eight years. She moved to Lowell in 2011 to work at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she is now Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, & Social Science; and Professor of English. She is also the project director for the Southeast Asian Digital Archive, which seeks to collect, preserve, and share historical materials related to Southeast Asians in the Greater Lowell area.
She has served on the Association for Asian American Studies Board of Directors and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the International Society for the Study of Narrative. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Lowell TeleMedia Center and the Southeast Asian Water Festival.
Jay Lee
Vice President
Jay was born in Seoul, South Korea, and lived in RI, TX, CA, and NY before settling in Massachusetts. He is married with four stepchildren and is currently employed as an attorney with the Lowell firm of Gallagher & Cavanaugh, LLP. He obtained his Bachelor of Science at New York University and his Juris Doctor at Northeastern University School of Law. Jay began his legal career as a prosecutor in Middlesex County, and continued his public sector work with the City of Boston Law Department before moving on to the private sector. He currently has a varied practice but is focused on civil defense litigation. In addition to sitting on Angkor’s Board of Directors, Jay is also a current member of the Human Rights Committee of LifeLinks, Inc. Jay was previously involved with the Chelmsford Cultural Council and the Merrimack Valley Food Bank.
Robert Hart
Treasurer
CPA at Litman Gerson Associates, LLP
Dahvy Tran Pech
Clerk
Former Executive Director for ADT.
Sheila Kirschbaum
Director
A resident of Lowell since 1978, Sheila Kirschbaum has been a staff member of University of Massachusetts Lowell's Graduate School of Education at the Tsongas Industrial History Center since 1992. Starting as a museum teacher, she moved into curriculum development, served as School Liaison and Professional Development Coordinator for ten years, and was named Director of the TIHC in August 2011. A former classroom teacher (high school and college, English), Sheila now oversees a partnership organization that helps educators and students—from elementary school through college—develop understanding of America’s Industrial Revolution using Lowell as a case study.
Sheila holds a Master of Arts degree in English (Rivier College, Nashua, NH) and a Bachelor of Arts in English, Secondary Education, from the University of Lowell, Lowell, MA. She recently completed a Doctoral degree in Language Arts and Literacy (UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education). She served for many years on the executive board of Lowell’s Citywide Parent Council and currently holds the position of Clerk on the board of the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust.
Karonika Brown
Director
Karonika is a proud Lowell resident for over 23 years, Middlesex Community College (MCC) Alum, 2016 Commonwealth Corps Alum with Mass Service Alliance through MCC, Former Member of the Lowell Community Health Center's Developing Leaders Council, Former Lowell Mayor John Leahy's Aide, EforAll Alum, Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association Board Member, DIY Lowell Board Member, Angkor Dance Troupe Board Member. Currently working as Legislative Aide to State Representative Vanna Howard of the 17th Middlesex District.
Michael Conway
Director
Michael is a lifelong Lowell resident. He is a graduate of St. Michael’s College and founded Michael G. Conway Insurance in 1988. His business has been recognized as a Celebration of Excellence Agent numerous times and is a member of the Trusted Choice insurance agents group. Michael is very involved in community projects and has been a member of the Rotary Club of Lowell for 33 years. He also serves on the board for the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Whistler House Museum of Art, the C. Alice Rowell Bean Trust and is a Corporator of Lowell General Hospital. In his spare time Michael travels and has visited Cambodia.
Karen McManimon
Director
Karen brings over 18 years of total banking experience to her role as Assistant Vice President and Special Assets Officer at Enterprise Bank.
In this capacity, Karen provides invaluable assistance and successful solutions to the portfolio of commercial and consumer customers she manages. Her experience and skillset in meeting the needs of these customers has contributed greatly to successfully building solid and trusted relationships.
Karen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Lowell and an MBA from Northeastern University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Angkor Dance Troupe, and was a former volunteer for the Westford Coalition for Non-Violence WCNV Committee, the City of Lowell – City Manager’s Domestic Violence Task Force Training, and the Boy Scouts of America Troop 159. She is also actively involved in numerous community initiatives
Angel Brunelle
Director
Angel Brunelle, Director of Development, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell
Angel Brunelle has more than 26 years of youth development and nonprofit leadership experience. Angel is dedicated to building and fostering relationships with supporters and community members, committed to continuously finding innovative ways to improve philanthropic initiatives, and ensures that the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell stays abreast of marketing and communication trends. She has completed Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Advanced Leadership Program and Advancing Philanthropy and the Philanthropy Leadership Institute at Indiana University. Angel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University with a major in psychology.
Prior to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, she was most recently the Director of Development and Communication at Project Adventure. Angel's tenure at Project Adventure spanned 10 years across many departments including sales, training, consulting, and youth development. Additionally, Angel was a frequent presenter on Adventure Education at regional and national conferences. Angel is a current contract facilitator and trainer with Project Adventure and The Browne Center for Innovative Learning.
Angel and her husband Michael live in Lowell. She is a Board Member of the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation, and a Trustee of the Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School. Angel has volunteered with Budget Buddies, Mill City Grows, Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Catie’s Closet, and sits on the Chamber of Commerce WISE Committee. She is a member of the local cover band SecondHand, and enjoys hiking and gardening in her free time.
Peter Chea
Director
Supporting instructor for ADT. Communications intern assisting with performances and special projects.
Chummeng Soun
Director
Chummeng Soun is a University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) student studying for his Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree with a concentration in Digital Media and Asian Studies and minor in Digital Imaging. He is passionate about bridging modern media with arts and culture and this has led to his work as archival intern for UML's Southeast Asian Digital Archives Project (SEADA), where he has the opportunity to help preserve key work done within the Southeast Asian community. His most recent accomplishment was assisting UML's Center for the Asian American Studies (CAAS) in coordinating the 2017 Southeast Asian Conference.
Outside of school, he is a Principal Dancer and Senior Dance Instructor with Angkor. He has been part of the organization since the age of 12 and works closely with leadership to develop the annual residency that brings together live music and Cambodian theatre.
In 2015, he was one out of four youth to be selected in ADT's first ever Cultural Exchange with the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Inspired by the Exchange, he applied and was granted a Theodore Parker Foundation grant in the name of Tom Leggat, a local philanthropist who believed in supporting youth development, and raised the additional resources to return back to Cambodia on his own Cultural Exchange where he documented the movements of the last Master Teachers who survived the Khmer Rouge.
Advisory Board
Celeste Bernardo
Adrien Bisson
Jim Conlon
Nancy Donahue
Carol Duncan
Robert Forrant
Michael Gallagher
Vanna Howard
Joe Hungler
Felicia Sullivan
Sophy Theam
Jim Wilde