Board Member
Chanly came to the U.S. as a refugee in 1982 and became a United States citizen in 1998. He is the youngest of 11 children of which three are deceased; his father is also deceased, falling victim to the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Chanly is one of two children in his family that graduated from Oregon State University with an Information Technology degree. During his years in college, he was an active volunteer and served one term as Vice President of the Cambodian Students Association.
Since 2009, Chanly Bob is the President of the Cambodian-American Community of Oregon and has been an active member of CACO since 2003. With CACO, he helps lead humanitarian trips to Cambodia every couple of years. In 2009 he help guide a bike drive in which funds for 91 bicycles were raised. The bikes were purchased in Cambodia and given to orphans, students and families in need. For 2011 he would like to double this goal. Besides CACO and GLEF, Chanly is active in many communities such as helping Myanmar refugees settle in Oregon.
He is currently a Unix Support Specialist for Portland General Electric. He is a driver for PGE’s Meals on Wheel, a member of the FBI’s Multi-Cultural Advisory Council in Portland Oregon, and also serves as a youth mentor, offering career guidance to those with an interest in the Information Technology career. Other “Do Good” organizations that he helps out with is Project Enlighten and the Cambodian Education Excellence Foundation.
