Tap Bui is an experienced community development and systems change leader with over 14 years of impact on the New Orleans East community and beyond. A New Orleans native, Tap is committed to engaging communities, stakeholders, funders, and policymakers in co-creating solutions to complex issues and collective decision-making to drive innovation and impact. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Sông Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the quality of life BIPOC communities in Southern Louisiana. In this role, she oversees the organization’s strategic direction and initiatives as it relates to equitable community development, disaster response and recovery, advocacy and policy, and community services and programming. She strongly believes in de-stigmatizing New Orleans East and beyond and reclaiming the cultural resilience narrative of BIPOC residents.

Her experience spans community organizing, disaster recovery and response, nonprofit management, public health programming, program evaluation, and philanthropy. Her first role as Health Outreach Coordinator at MQVN Community Development Corporation led to the successful implementation of the Diabetes Education in Vietnamese Americans (DEVA), a study aimed to better understand the barriers to diabetes management in Vietnamese Americans. She also led advocacy and community organizing efforts in response to the Deepwater Horizon BP oil drilling disaster. In her previous role as Vice President of Community Impact at United Way of Southeast Louisiana, she oversaw an annual $3.5 million grantmaking process and managed health initiatives such as trauma-informed programs and COVID-19 response and vaccination efforts. A recovering philanthropist, she lends her expertise to many organizations and foundations on building equitable funding practices.

Her volunteer activities included serving on the boards of the New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School (Sci High) and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. She currently serves as the Vice Chair on the board of the Institute of Mental Hygiene New Orleans and Member of the Louisiana Public Health Institute Board of Directors.

Tap holds a Master’s in Public Health from LSUHSC School of Public Health, is a certified medical interpreter and fluent in Vietnamese.

Bui briefed National Press Foundation fellows in October 2024: Rebuilding New Orleans: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina’s Aftermath.