Our Team
Tony Devassy,
President
Tony Devassy, Principal of Devassy Asset Management LLC, has over 38 years of experience providing excellent financial advice to his clients. For more than 20 years he served as a financial advisor with American Express Financial Advisors Inc and was the recipient of the Great Citizen Award in 2000. Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center of New York awarded Tony for his outstanding services in Philanthropy in November 2002.
Tony is married to Dr. Elsy Devassy, who is a practicing psychiatrist in Joliet, IL. Together with their three daughters and two grandkids, they enjoy traveling, fishing and staying involved in their community and in various charitable organizations, worldwide.
Ashley A Elenjickal,
Vice President
Ashley got a bachelors degree in Electronics & Comm engineering from Govt. Engineering College, Trichur, Kerala and Masters in Software & Computer Science Engineering from Seattle University, Washington. He is a senior design engineer at Apptio in Bellevue, Washington. He lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife and two kids.
Debra Devassy Babu,
Director, Legal Advisor
Debra is an attorney practicing commercial litigation and appeals at the law firm of Askounis & Darcy, P.C. in Chicago. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, magna cum laude, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law. She lives in Chicago with her husband Tom.
Andrew Thomas, CPA - Secretary
Andrew Thomas CPA, is the Managing Partner of the Accounting firm Certified Accounting & Tax Inc, located in Glenview, IL. Andrew has a broad background in Corporate and Public Accounting areas. Andrew held distinguished Management positions at his career with ASAP Software and later Dell Inc, after which he moved into Public Accounting. Andrew has provided financial leadership to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago and the Cathedral over the years, which has become a cornerstone institution of a large community in the Chicago area.
Andrew holds BS and MS degrees in Accounting from the University of Calicut, CPA from the University of Illinois and is a member of the Illinois CPA Society. Andrew lives in Northbrook, IL with his wife Tessy and three daughters.
Sajith Balan, Director
Mr. Sajith is an Infrastructure Architect with Masters in Computer Applications. Sajith has been working with Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington since 2008. Sajith spearheaded the fundraising efforts during the Kerala Flood in 2018, raising over $1.3M. Sajith lives in Bothell, WA with his wife and two daughters.
Dr. Liz Babu, Director
Liz is a physician trained in Infections Disease, Critical Care and Neuro Critical Care. She practices bedside in critical care with West Coast Critical Care Specialists and tele ICU with Aquila Health Care Solutions. She resides in Ventura, California with her husband and daughter.