Advisory Council

Emin PAMUCAK: Emin was born in 1959 in Kutahya, Turkey to immigrant families from Ottoman Turkish towns in Bulgaria and Greece. After receiving his elementary school education in Karadeniz Ereglisi and Ankara, Emin attended middle school and high school in suburban metropolitan Washington, D.C. He holds BS and MS degrees in engineering from Bogazici University and University of Maryland. Employed by IBM since 1984, he has worked at company locations in Minnesota, New York, Connecticut and most recently North Carolina.

A firm believer in "by and for" grassroots civic representation, Emin is involved in community service and advocacy with emphasis in diversity relations and social responsibility. He has been an active member of ATA North Carolina since 1996, serving as the President of the Association for the last three years. He has received Association's Distinguished Member and Distinguished Leader Awards. In 2004, ATA North Carolina was recognized as ATAA's Component Association of the Year.

Currently, Emin is serving the Turkish-American community as ATAA Vice President for the South Eastern United States. He is also a founding member and the current president of Bridge to Turkiye Fund, which is a US charitable organization focused on improving the underprivileged segments of Turkish society. Emin is happily married to Ayse and is the father of Ayca, a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill.