Membership Directory
Our Members
Another key strength of CKA lies in the values of the organization. We are a curated national community of Korean American leaders who show the importance of service, generosity, collaboration, building bridges with other groups, and investing in each other. With these values in mind, we work to give back to the Korean American community, address societal challenges, and make a better world.
Last but not least, CKA’s mission is to stand stronger together. As a network, our aim is to advance the national voice and increase the influence of the Korean American community. This effort seeks to build a stronger community, invest in leaders, celebrate our Korean American identity, and promote cooperation with other allied groups to make a positive contribution to this country and the world.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCLA Health
Director of Research and Therapeutics, Casdin Capital, LLC
Former Director of the Washington, D.C. Office, The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
Co-CEO, KKR
Founder & Co-Director, Lumen
Assistant Professor, Auburn University at Montgomery
Chief Legal Officer & Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary, Thomas James Homes
Venture Partner, Khosla Ventures
Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Founder & Former CEO, Forever 21
Professor of Ethnic Studies & Founder and Director, University of California, Riverside – Young Oak Kim Center
COO, Hayden Los Angeles
CEO, The Korea Times
Founder, Your Change Provider, PLLC
Founder & CEO, Yogurtland
Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Clover Health
Founder & CEO, Infinita Life Science
Assistant Executive Director, New York City Campaign Finance Board
President & CEO, Bread for the World; Founder & President, One Day’s Wages
Director of Federal Government Relations, VMware
Head Boys Basketball Coach, Lake Oswego High School
Commissioner, Port of Seattle and Corporate Strategy and Development, Volta Charging
Co-Founder + President of Rounded & Haymaker Coffee Company
Partner, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
CEO, NewBridge Investments
Professor, UCSD and President/Director, JCB
Founder, United Exchange Corp.
Senior Director of Programs, The Eisner Foundation
VP, Moelis & Company
Conrad N. Hilton Professor of Entrepreneurship, Loyola Marymount University
CEO & President, United Exchange Corp.
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Founder, Karis Consulting Group
Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Senior Director for Africa, Global Communities
VP, Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University
CEO, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Deputy Head Digital Health & Senior Medical Director, Samsung Electronics America
Senior Director of Strategy and GTM, Affirm
Administrative Law Judge, Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings
Executive Director, Vision to Learn
Founder & CEO, Equilar, Inc.
Chief of Staff, Office of Virginia State Senator Barbara Favola
Director of Athletics, Washington State University
CEO, Innovo Property Group
Attorney & Entrepreneur
President, The Carey School
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Managing Director, Austin Capital Partners
Managing Director, DAG Ventures
Department Chair, Professor of Music, & Director of Bands, UCLA
Director of Business and Legal Affairs, Roku, Inc.
Partner, Yoon & Yang LLC
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Founder, P31Business Ministry
Implantologist & Cosmetic Dentist, Gentle Dental Care/Georgia Dental Implant Center
Lecturer, UCLA School of Law
Managing Director & Head of Technology Equity Capital Markets, Cantor Fitzgerald
Author, Educator, & Speaker, Dr. Stephanie Han LLC
Managing Director, Charlesbank
Director of International and Interagency-5G, Department of Defense - Office of the Secretary of Defense
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital
President of the Laboratory Products Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific
SVP, Chief Legal Officer, & General Counsel, eBay
Deputy General Counsel, Benchling, Inc.
Partner & COO, MSP Sports Capital
Founder & CEO, FiscalNote
Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Director for Critical Korean Studies and Professor of English & Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine
CEO, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles
President & Principal, Jonak Law Group, P.C.
Principal, Nassiri & Jung LLP
Manager, KOTRA Washington D.C.
Director, Kahng Foundation
Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, UCLA
Founder and CEO, InnovatorsBox
Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Chairman of Pacific Rim, Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates
Chairwoman, Ewha University Alumnae Association of Chicago
Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Chancellor and CEO, Fremont College/Fremont Private Investments
Managing Director and Head of North America CBC Group
Chief of Public Health, U.S. Army Fort Hood
Chief Executive Officer, CJ ENM America
Principal, RoivantNEXT, Roivant Sciences, Inc.
Managing Director, Old Mills Partners
Physician, GI Center of California President, Korean American Graduate Medical Association
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Netgear
White House Fellow, Office of Management and Budget & White House COVID-19 Response Team
Public Policy & Government Affairs Manager, Google
Senior Analyst for Communities with Access and Functional Needs, California Public Utilities Commission
CEO & Founder, Crave Global Inc
Partner, Co-Chair Global Capital Markets, Cooley LLP
Chief Financial Officer of Crothall Laundry Services
Executive Director at Moelis & Company
Partner at Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
CEO, C2Education
Managing Director, DigiTx Partners
Sr. VP and Principal, National Transportation Policy and Multimodal Strategy, WSP USA
Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Research Analyst, Stimson Center
Senior Adviser, International Crisis Group
Professor, Ethnic Studies Department, Asian American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Director of Strategic Research Advancement, University of Hawaii
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Goodwater Capital
Founder, Kaleb Group
Vice President of Product, Senior Director of Customer Retention, Wayfair, Inc.
Founder, Remember727
Associate, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
President & CEO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Teacher, Instructional Coach, Civic Lead, and Teacher Educator, Anaheim Union High School District/ Cal State Fullerton
Co-Founder & CEO, UYU Ltd.
Partner, O’Melveny & Myers
Chair, Intellectual Property Practice, Rubin and Rudman LLP
Medical Director, Ark Clinical Research
Plastic Surgeon, Dream Medical Group
General Counsel, Fox Restaurant Concepts
Venture Partner, Third Rock Ventures
Joint Head of US Biotech, Jefferies
Founding Partner, Kobre & Kim LLP
Trial Partner, LimNexus LLP
Shareholder & Co-Chair of the Global Finance Practice, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Assistant Comptroller, City of New York for the Bureau of Law & Adjustment
Managing Partner and Founder, PGP Capital Advisors
International Director
General Partner, CerraCap Cares
Managing Director, Independent Directors Council
Partner, Ropes & Gray
Managing Partner, LKP Global Law, LLP
Chief People Officer of IndiEV
CEO, Samsung Bioepis
Managing Director, Bankers Capital International
Producer & Media Executive
Deputy Cabinet Secretary, The White House
President, Arco Collaborative
Marianne D. Short and Ray Skowyra Sesquicentennial Assistant Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Plastic Surgeon, Edmund Kwan, MD PC
Founder & Managing Partner, Physicians Premier
Private Equity Associate, The Carlyle Group
President, AppHarvest
Political Adviser, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, U.S. State Department
Judicial Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Senior Communications Officer, United Nations Foundation
President and CEO, Refraction
Partner, Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Managing Director, Rockefeller Capital Management
Author
Owner, Common Hour Media, Inc.
Principal, Obra Architects
Radiologist, Screenwriter & Producer, SCPMG/Kaiser & Double Happiness Productions
Senior Research Fellow, East Asia, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children
Senior Medical Director, Pfizer
Co-Founder and CEO of GenEdit
Vice Chair and Chief Executive, Officer of HS Manufacturing Group Vice Chair, Greentech Global Pte. Ltd.
CEO, Dokkaebier
Justice Deputy, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Hilda Solis
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at Stanford University
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Risk Officer, Target Corporation
Partner | Director of Productions, International Secret Agents
Associate Vice President and Head, Pacific Business Development & Licensing, Merck & Co., Inc.
Organizational Psychologist | Senior Board Consultant, Nygren Consulting, LLC
Partner, Covington & Burling, LLP
Assistant Professor, UC Irvine School of Law
Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations, I Squared Capital
Partner, Andreeseen Horowitz
Director of Global Government Affairs, Amgen
Medical Director, Inova Laboratories, Inova Health System
Managing Partner, Clarity Partners, LLC
Physician, UC Irvine
EVP/Chief Commercial Officer, Homeplus
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Regional Health Command – Atlantic
Managing Partner, SparkLabs
Former Lead Independent Director, Seagate Technology
CEO, Gen.G
Acting Prosecutor, Union County, NJ
Founder and Managing Partner, HC Park & Associates, PLC
Former Executive Editor, People Magazine
Director of Policy and Advocacy, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant
Data Analyst | Epidemiologist, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director
Partner, Clarus
Acting Chief, Financial Litigation Section, U.S. Attorneys Office, Central District of California
Executive Director, Little Lights Urban Ministries in DC
Chief Executive Janitor, General Building Maintenance, Inc.
Town Meeting Member, Brookline Town Meeting Member- Legislative Arm of Brookline
President & CEO, GeneOne Life Science, Inc.
CEO, Pegula Sports & Entertainment
Partner, Catalyst
2017 Special Counsel, US Department of Justice
Name Partner, Bird Marella
Partner Cooley, LLP
President, Colorado College
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center
President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System
Chair of Neurosurgery, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Assurance Partner, RSM US LLP
Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch
Producer, NBC’s “Stay Tuned”
Dean and Professor School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, SUNY Delhi
Director of Amazon Air.
Senior Political Affairs Officer, United Nations
Professor/Director, Sociology/International Studies, Stanford University
Chief Scientific Officer & Chief Global Affairs Officer at RIIID Medical & Research
Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce
Partner, LimNexus, LLP
Chief Strategy Officer, USA Gymnastics
Vice President for Global Initiatives Director, TREAT Asia amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research
Founder and CEO, Song Group; Senior Advisor, United Talent Agency
Executive Director, Korean American Coalition in Los Angeles
Founder, President, Senior Art Director, Gimga Design Group LLC
CEO, LVRG
Fellow, Stimson Center
Partner, Jassy Vick Carolan LLP
Nonprofit Advisor
Civil Affairs Officer Candidate at the United States Army
Counsel, Larson LLP
Strategic Financial Executive, Walbridge Partners
Neurosurgeon, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Partner, LimNexus LLP
Founder & CEO, Michael Yang Capital Management, LLC
Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine
Managing Partner, Law Offices of Yun Jung Yang, LLC
Senior Fellow and Professor, Brookings Institution and Catholic University of America
Partner, Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson LLP
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Managing Director, Evercore Partners
Partner, Bird Marella
Director at the IRS
Partner, Yoon, LLP
Managing Counsel, North Asia, Tesla Inc.
Director, Counsel, International Transactions and Governance, Herbalife Nutrition
CEO, Talent Age Associates
Co-Founder, Asians in LA
President, NCSOFT
Founder and Managing Partner, Kinzie Capital Partners, LLC
Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Heinz and Liselotte Nehring Stiftung/Foundation
Associate Attorney, Parker McCay
Medical Director, Brain Tumor Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Executive Director & COO, Ploughshares Fund