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EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY'S
DEFINITION OF SUCCESS
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Hume An
Director of Real Estate
Heartland Alliance Housing
As Director of Real Estate Development, Hume is responsible for overseeing Heartland's over $200 million development pipeline, which includes projects in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Indiana. His projects have won numerous local and national design and development awards.
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Grace Chung Becker
Former Acting Assistant Attorney General - Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Justice
After serving as a career attorney for over a decade in all three branches of the federal government, Grace Chung Becker was appointed Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice in the Bush Administration.
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Beverly Kim
Executive Chef for Parachute &
Bravo TV's Top Chef Contestant
Beverly Kim is the owner and Executive Chef for Parachute, a new restaurant and the Chef instructor for the dining room at her alma mater Kendall College in Chicago. Beverly's career experience includes working at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Chicago, Aria in Fairmount Hotel Chicago, Opera, and a number of Chicago's other premier restaurants.
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Holly Kim
Trustee
Village of Mundelein
Recipient of Lake County Magazine's "2013 Women of Distinction" award, Holly Kim is most familiar in the Korean American community for her election victory as Village of Mundelein Trustee, promoting sustainable positive change in the community, volunteerism, grassroots organizing through social media, crowd funding, and the importance of exposing children to altruism.
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Lee Ann Kim
Executive Director
Pacific Arts Movement
Lee Ann Kim is the Executive Director of Pacific Arts Movement, formerly the San Diego Asian Film Foundation, which presents the annual San Diego Asian Film Festival. Prior to this role, she was an anchor and general assignment reporter for KGTV Channel 10, the San Diego California television affiliate.
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Paula Kim
Shareholder
Polsinelli
Paula Kim is a shareholder at Polsinelli PC, an AmLaw 100 law firm where she practices in the area of complex commercial and business litigation. She is on the Illinois Supreme Court's Rules Committee, is President of KABA Chicago, and is an Illinois Super Lawyers "Rising Star" for 2014.
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Susan M. Kim, DC
Owner, Chiropractor
Center for Holistic Health
Susan Kim is the owner of the Center for Holistic Health Inc. near Cleveland, Ohio. As a chiropractor, she also holds certifications in acupuncture with a specialty in pain management and sports trauma, strength and conditioning, functional medicine, and clinical nutrition. Susan is also a Fellow in the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture.
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Young Kim
U.S. Magistrate Judge
N.D. Illinois
Honorable Young B. Kim is a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, the first Asian American to take the federal bench in the Seventh Circuit and only the fourth Korean American to serve as a federal judge in U.S. history.
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Jae Ku
Director
US-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Jae H. Ku is the Director of the US-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Previously, he was the Director of Human Rights in North Korea Project at Freedom House, an independent non-governmental organization that seeks to promote freedom throughout the world and has monitored political rights and civil liberties in North Korea since 1972.
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Sang-yul Lee
Partner
Edwards Wildman LLP
Sang-yul Lee is a partner in Edwards Wildman's Litigation Department, where he heads the Labor & Employment practice for the firm's office in Chicago. He represents clients in both litigation and transaction matters before federal and state courts, as well as numerous governmental agencies.
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David Namkung
Managing Partner
Clarity Partners, LLC
David Namkung is the Founder and Managing Partner at Clarity Partners, LLC, a technology consulting firm. Clarity is one of the country's fastest growing businesses. Mr. Namkung has worked with a broad range of clients over eighteen years, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations and start-ups.
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Peter Sung Ohr
Regional Director
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Peter Sung Ohr is the Regional Director of the Chicago NLRB Regional Office. He is the first and only Director of Asian heritage in the 79-year history of the agency. Peter began his career with the NLRB in Honolulu. In 2005, he was appointed Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the NLRB's Division of Operations-Management.
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Kurt Schweitz
Musician & Bassist
Kurt Schweitz is known as one of Chicago's most sought after bassists, an award winning multi-instrumentalist, and a composer for theatre, dance, and film. He moved to Chicago to pursue a PhD in Mathematics and quickly became active in Chicago's music scene. He has given over 2,500 performances locally and internationally.
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Christina Yoon
Principal
Yoon Consulting
Christina Yoon founded Yoon Consulting LLC to help nonprofits build their capacity and become high-impact, sustainable organizations. Tina earned a PhD in biology from MIT. She worked as a researcher at Pfizer for several years before switching to working with mission-driven organizations.
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Suzanne Yoon
Managing Director
Versa Capital Management, LLC
Suzanne Yoon is a Managing Director with Versa Capital, a special situations focused private equity fund, where she is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing new private equity transactions. Prior to joining Versa, she was Senior Vice President of CIT's National Restructuring Group.
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