Regular Members
Chang Ho Ahn (안창호)
Dr. Chang Ho Ahn is Chairman of the Council of Entrepreneurial Transformation and Director of the Board of the Global Partners, helping people in the Third World. He is an internationally recognized drug development expert in the fields of cancer and biotechnology. He is the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Gregg A. Brazinsky (배투호)
Dr. Gregg A. Brazinsky received a Ph.D. in History from Cornell University. As a specialist in U.S.-East Asian Relations, Korean history, East Asian history, 20th-century United States, Cold War, Diplomatic History, he works on U.S.-East Asian relations and East Asian international history.
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Bryan Hyunjik Cha (차현직)
Mr. Bryan Hyunjik Cha received a B.A. from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He also holds a B.A. in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has worked as a reporter for the Korea Times in Washington, DC;
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James K. Hahn (한광준)
Dr. James K. Hahn is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and a Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University where he has been a faculty since 1989. He is the former chair of the Department of Computer Science.
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Kiho Jang (장기호)
Mr. Kiho Jang has served most recently as the Deputy Director at the Korea Foundation Washington DC Office from 2017 to 2020. Previously, he worked as Deputy Director of the Korean Studies Department, Global Networking Department, and Policy Networking Department at The Korea Foundation.
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Hoonae Kim (김훈애)
Ms. Hoonae Kim is an international development professional with three decades of experience in international development financing and policy formulation. Over the years, Ms. Hoonae Kim has gained first-hand knowledge of the cultural, institutional, and political factors that shape the socioeconomic systems of countries and their ability to successfully invest in their own future.
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Jay C. Kim (김창준)
The Honorable ChangJoon “Jay” Kim is Chairman of the US-Korea Washington Forum (formerly Washington Korea-American Forum). He is a former member of the US House of Representatives, R-CA, 1993-1999, and is currently Chairman of the Kim ChangJoon US-Korea Foundation.
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Jisoo M. Kim (김지수)
Dr. Jisoo M. Kim is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures and Director of the Institute for Korean Studies at GW. She received her Ph.D. in Korean History from Columbia University. She is a specialist in gender and legal history of early modern Korea.
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Joongho Kim (김중호)
Dr. Joongho Kim is a non-resident scholar at the George Washington University’s Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS). His primary research interests include North Korean economic transition, financial strategy for development assistance, and geo-political-economic dynamics in Northeast Asia.
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Minjeong Kim (김민정)
Ms. Minjeong Kim is Director of the Korea Foundation Washington D.C. Office. Prior to coming to DC, she served as Director of the Strategic Planning Department, Chief of Fellowship Program Team, Senior Programs Officer of the Media Department, Senior Program Officer of the Global Center, Program Officer of the Cultural Exchange Department, and Program Officer of the Fellowship Program of the Foundation.
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YongSang Kim (김용상)
Mr. YongSang Kim, Esq., is a lawyer with a J.D. degree cum laude of Cornell University Law School. He also has degrees from Yonsei University in Seoul Korea (B.A.) and Yale University Divinity School (M. Div.). He co-heads the International Dispute Resolution Team of the South Korean law firm Yulchon.
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Young-Key Kim-Renaud (김영기)
Dr. Young-Key Kim-Renaud is a theoretical linguist with a broad interest in the Korean humanities and Asian affairs. She is Professor Emeritus of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs, previous chair (2002-2014) of the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department, and a former faculty member of the Linguistics Program at the George Washington University.
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Unson Sami Lauri (함은선)
Ms. Unson Sami Lauri has been an associate real estate broker since 2004, three years after she obtained a real estate salesperson license. For the first 15 years of her real estate career was with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. She was a winner of the “Rookie of the year” on her first year with Long & Foster and was designated to President’s Club, Chairman’s club sales level for the next 14 years. In 2016, she joined Washington Newstar Real Estate & Investment.
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Haeduck Lee (이해덕)
Dr. Haeduck Lee is an international development expert with a background in poverty reduction, public finance, urban economics, real estate development, statistics, and public sector reform. He received a BA degree in economics from Seoul National University in Korea, and MA and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Syracuse University in the USA.
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Jung-Sil (Julie) Lee (이정실)
Dr. Jung-Sil (Julie) Lee is an art historian, curator, and adjunct professor at the George Washington University and Maryland Institute College of Art. Her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Maryland explored the significance of public memorials in the Nineteenth Century French public sphere and their roles in reconciliation. Her minor area is Modern and Contemporary art focused on feminist theory and ritual practice.
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Tai Young Lee (이태영)
Dr. Tai Young Lee is the founder and chief operating officer of two business companies in Baltimore: PTC International, an international marketing company and the recipient of the Small Business Exporter of the Year Award of the US Small Business Administration in 1998, and International Portfolio Management (IPM), a private wealth management firm.
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Richard J. McDermott
Col. (ret.) Richard, J. McDermott, Esq., is the Assistant Deputy of the Division of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the Office of General Counsel of the Air Force, located at the Pentagon.
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B.G. Muhn (문범강)
Professor BG Muhn is a visual artist and teaches painting in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University. He has a BA in Journalism from Sogang University in Seoul and his BFA at the California College of Arts in Oakland and his MFA at the University of Maryland in College Park.
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Chan-Mo Park (박찬모)
Dr. Chan-Mo Park has played a leading role in the academic development of Science and Technology Research on the Korean Peninsula and has helped forge collaborative scientific ties with North Korea.
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Hae-Chan Park (박해찬)
Mr. Hae Chan Park, Esq., is the founder and managing partner of H.C. Park & Associates, PLC located at Reston, VA. His firm handles intellectual property, corporate and international business, and related legal matters.
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Jin Y. Park (박진영)
Dr. Jin Y. Park is Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Religion at American University. She also served as Founding Director of the Asian Studies Program at American University from 2013-2020. Dr. Park’s research areas include East Asian Buddhism (especially Zen and Huayan Buddhism), postmodernism, deconstruction, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist-postmodern comparative philosophy, and modern East Asian philosophy.
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Jongwon Park (박종원)
Mr. Jongwon “JP” Park is Vice President of Starburst Aerospace. JP has over 20 years of experience in diverse aspects of the innovation ecosystem, often serving as a bridge connecting Silicon Valley with Washington DC. Most recently, JP led a global growth of a cybersecurity startup — a Starburst portfolio company.
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Yoon-shik Park (박윤식)
Dr. Y. S. Park is Professor of International Finance at the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C. He has been teaching at the university for the past 21 years. In addition to George Washington University, he also taught at Georgetown University and Columbia University.
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James Person
Dr. James F. Person is Lecturer of Korea Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His research focuses primarily on state-building in North and South Korea, democratization and democratic consolidation in South Korea, the foreign relations of North and South Korea, and inter-Korean relations.
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Bertrand Renaud
Dr. Bertrand Renaud is an international consultant on urban development and financial markets. He was part of the initial team that developed policies for new World Bank activities in urban development and later held various positions throughout that institution. His last position was Adviser in the Financial Development Department where he was responsible for the quality of World Bank operations in the development of housing finance systems worldwide.
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Young-chan Ro (노영찬)
Dr. Young Chan Ro’s research interest is in the history of religion, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, Chinese philosophies and religious traditions, and cross-cultural study of religions.
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Thomas H. Ryou
Mr. Thomas H. Ryou, Esq., is an attorney/owner of Ryou Law in Washington, DC, which he founded in 2014. He is a lawyer licensed in California and Washington D.C. He earned his Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology from The Pennsylvania State University, and his Juris Doctorate from the Villanova University School of Law.
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Hunchul Shin (신헌철)
Mr. Hunchul Shin has been a Washington (DC) Correspondent of Maeil Business Newspaper (매일경제신문), where he has worked since 2001.
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Richard T. Shin (신동준)
Dr. Richard Shin is Head of Capital Economic Consulting Group. He received his Ph.D. in economics and an M.A. in economics and statistics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Lee Talbot
Mr. Lee Talbot is Curator of Eastern Hemisphere Collections and a lecturer with the Art History Program at The George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, where he specializes in East Asian textile history.
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Chang Oh Turkmani (오창순)
Ms. Chang Oh Turkmani, Esq., is a lawyer with a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. She teaches law at Georgetown University as an adjunct professor. However, she is a multinational business person and the Managing Director at the Mega Company.
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Sue-Kyong Shin Vittas (신수경)
Ms. Sue-Kyong Shin Vittas worked in the IMF for more than 30 years in the field of Information Technology (IT) responsible for delivering IT solutions to the IMF’s financial and administrative operations to enhance the IMF’s internal business processes as well as business transactions with member constituent countries.
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