Our Team

Margaret Iwanaga Penrose has over 40 years’ experience including public and private administration of service delivery systems, training, consultation and education, public-private partnerships, and policy development and advocacy.  Her extensive governmental, non-profit and corporate community involvement has included local, regional, state, and national boards; commissions; committees; and task forces. Community involvement has included San Diego State University (SDSU) President search, selection and  transition advisory committee, SDSU Enrollment Advisory committee member (since 7^th President Dr. Stephen Weber through 9^th President Dr. Adele de la Torre), Kyoto Symposium Organization, California API Budget Partnership Steering Committee, Asian Business Association of San Diego, San Diego Association of Non-Profits, Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana, Asian American Advancing Justice Demographic Reports on Asian Americans/Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in San Diego region, and County of San Diego Behavioral Health System of Care Council.  Her continuing work is guided by belief that quality of community is reflected in its capacity to assist, heal and strengthen its most vulnerable members. She has a Masters’ degree and doctoral studies in Human Development from the University of Chicago with focus on Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Cross-Cultural Studies.

She has been recipient of numerous awards including:

• Herb Klein Spirit of San Diego Award (San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce 149^th Anniversary Celebration)
• Proclamation from County of San Diego “Honoring Margaret Iwanaga Penrose For Human Rights Day”
• Community Legacy Award (Asian Business Association of San Diego)
• Phillips Community Award (Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana)
• Outstanding Asian Pacific Islander Leadership Award (LEAP/Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.)
• On behalf of the UPAC Health Project (The C. Everett Koop National Health Award)
• Visionary in Diversity Award (LEAD San Diego, Inc)
• Agency Executive of the Year Award (United Way of San Diego County)
• Community Leadership Awards (Asians for Corporate and Community Action)
• Leadership Award (Cavite Association of Southern California, Inc.)
• Outstanding Community Service to San Diego Community Award (Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego and Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego)
• Outstanding Achievement in the Service of Humankind Award (Youth Advocacy/Innocent Addicts Humanitarian Awards)
• Vision and Courage Award (The Catfish Club)
• On behalf of UPAC Aging and Independence Services Public Health Champion Awardee (San Diego County’s Live Well San Diego)
• Asian Heritage Awards for Excellence in Community Services (Asian American Society)

Jessica is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has worked at UPAC since 2019.  Prior to her current position, Jessica served as the assistant program manager at New Leaf Recovery Center and helped support the addiction division with clinical supervision.  Jessica has spent her career as a therapist working with young and older adults dealing with substance and mental health conditions, in individual and group settings, using EMDR, CBT, ACT, and Motivational Interviewing modalities. Jessica is passionate about therapy and mental wellbeing as she knows it’s essential to helping others and her community to thrive.

Daisy has over 20 years of public accounting and private industry experience working with not-for-profit organizations, biotechnology companies, construction contractors, manufacturing, retail, healthcare and various privately held companies.  Daisy provides business financial consulting and assurance services with an emphasis on financial reporting, compliance and internal controls.

Daisy’s experience with non-profit organizations include assurance and advisory services in the sectors of biotechnology and research, social services, private foundations, academic institutions, education, arts and culture, charitable, religious, and healthcare organizations. Daisy advises clients in areas of assessments and review of internal control systems; implementation of detailed business plans, budgeting/forecasting, internal audit programs, operating system procedure and accounting manuals, internal control analysis reports and board governance issues. Daisy’s private industry experience includes management and director level positions overseeing the fiscal and administrative functions of an organization, including areas of finances, investments and asset management.

Dung Van Huynh, M.D, is an internal medicine doctor at Kaiser Permanente. He is proud to be a board member of UPAC, an organization that seeks to improve the lives of immigrants, with an established history of advocating for social justice.

Dung is himself an immigrant. After enduring a harrowing journey at sea, he arrived from Vietnam to San Diego in 1982 with only his father and older brother, as a political refugee. In his own words, [they were among the “boat people”].

Dung is a local and grew up in City Heights where he attended Hoover High School. He has directly benefited from the services that UPAC offered him and his family during their early years living in San Diego. He is glad to be able to give back to the organization and community that has helped him.

Bobbie Oudinarath is Vice President and Area Manager for JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s business banking. In this capacity, she is primarily responsible for the business banking performance in this area and a team of relationship managers that manage and grow the firm’s portfolio of small business customers here in San Diego.

Prior positions include regional business banking manager, relationship manager, and human resources recruiting manager. Her background encompasses nearly seventeen years of experience in banking of which 13 years have been in business banking.

Ms. Oudinarath lives in La Jolla with her husband and 2 sons. She has lived in San Diego for over 22 years and is involved in many JP Morgan Chase’s internal and external community organizations such as Diversity Action Group, Women on the Move, Adelante, Aspire, Pride, various Lao Community Groups, and Asian Business Association to support diversity and foster growth for San Diego. Ms. Oudinarath holds 2 bachelor’s of science degrees in psychology and biochemistry from the University of San Diego, California.