Thea Yang

Values and Culture Director | The Industrial Commons

Thea Yang serves as the Values and Culture Director for The Industrial Commons. She co-leads our Community Engagement programs with Dr. Leslie McKesson. Born in war-torn Laos in the aftermath of the Secret War and Vietnam War, Thea and her family immigrated to the US in 1989 as refugees and settled in Western North Carolina in 1993. She is a graduate of Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC) where she served as Phi Theta Kappa President and was selected for “The Great Within the 58” Academic Excellence Award. She is also North Carolina’s 2011 New Century Scholar. She holds a Bachelor’s in Communication with a focus on Media Studies and Production from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She serves on the UNC Health Blue Ridge Board of Directors and WPCC Board of Trustees.