About Us
Founder & CEO
We stand for QUALITY, INTEGRITY, and DISTINCTION!
Social Capital Solutions, Inc. (SCS) was established in the summer of 2010 to address health and educational needs among disadvantaged communities with limited English-speaking proficiency and has remained committed to serving communities in need.
We are an SBA certified 8(a) Economically Disadvantaged Woman-owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and Virginia certified Micro and Small Woman- and Minority- owned (SWaM) business incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia that supports a team of highly skilled working professionals with diverse skills and talents.
We specialize in providing professional consulting and management services, including fiscal managment. We assist clients with research, strategic planning, events planning, and project implementation. We are experienced curriculum designers and training facilitators. Our team provides technical assistance and leverage resources for nonprofit clients that seek to build capacity to provide educational, social, and health equity programs and services to individuals who wish to improve their overall quality of life and build a strong supportive community.
We assist our global clients in improving their business process and client outreach, increasing overall productivity. Our professionalism and exceptional customer service rise above others and are the reasons why our clients do not hesitate to refer us to their networks.
We take pride in providing efficient and effective consulting services that have measurable and sustainable outcomes. Trust us to assist you with your projects and you’ll understand why we have been a sustainable referral-only business for over 15 years!
Certifications: • SBA – 8(a) • SBA–EDWOSB • SBA–WOSB • VA–SWaM • VA–Micro
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Founder & CEO
Amy Trang, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Dr. Amy Trang, Ph.D., M.Ed. is a social entrepreneur with experience in building public private partnerships. She is the founder and CEO of Social Capital Solutions, Inc. (SCS) and oversees all aspects of the company to ensure high quality service for our clients.
Before starting SCS, Dr. Trang worked at Fairfax County Department of Family Services for over five years before transforming SCS from a pro bono consulting service to a professional management and consulting company that primarily work with not-for-profit entities.
Dr. Trang has been considered a field expert in “Promising Practices among Multi-cultural and Multi-lingual communities” for state and national conferences relating to policies for “Immigrants and Aging in America.”
Dr. Trang has a passion for speaking up for underserved communities and is a patient advocate for those suffering from liver diseases. She was the Chairwoman of the Fairfax County Police Chief’s Diversity Recruitment Council from 2018 to 2022 and was tasked with assisting in increasing gender and ethnic diversity in the department as well as reform internal policies and professional development training relating to intrinsic biases. From 2013 to 2016, she also served as Chairwoman on Loudoun County Multicultural Advisory Committee to address equal employment opportunities to increase diversity in Loudoun County Government’s workforce. From 2008 to 2013, she was an active member of Fairfax County Health Department’s Multicultural Advisory Council. Dr. Trang was also contracted by Fairfax County Public Schools in 2015 as a curriculum writer for the Vietnamese language Program of Studies; this was the first time the Vietnamese language was introduced to the public school system in Virginia.
Dr. Trang completed her doctorate degree in Public Policy from George Mason University School of Public Policy after transferring her doctoral studies in Culture and Values of Education from McGill University. For her doctoral dissertation, Dr. Trang quantitatively measured the effects of social capital building through a national nonprofit organization (i.e. Girl Scout of the USA) using multivariate regression analysis and path models, followed by qualitative interviews among her study subjects. Her field study focus was on social capital and organizational management, which is the foundation of Social Capital Solutions, Inc.
She earned her master’s degree in Social and Psychological Foundations of Education from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Education and Human Development, and her bachelor’s degree in International Studies from George Mason University.
Dr. Trang has been an adjunct faculty at UVA since 2000, where she has taught Sociology of Education, Education in Multicultural Societies, Anthropology of Education, Critical Education Policy, Comparative Education, and Asian Education.
Dr. Trang utilizes her diverse skills, experiences, and networks to serve all our clients efficiently and effectively at Social Capital Solutions, Inc.