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
Co-CEO, KKR
Marketing & Operations, Brian Beaury Jiu Jitsu
Senior Manager, Corporate Governance (Legal), The Oversight Board, LLC
Venture Partner, Khosla Ventures
Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Director, Public Relations, CIM Group
Managing Director & Head of Sustainability Group, Wellington Management Company
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
Independent Consultant
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
President, PacificWest Energy Solutions
Partner, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
CEO, NewBridge Investments
Founder, United Exchange Corp.
Senior Director of Programs, The Eisner Foundation
CEO & President, United Exchange Corp.
Senior Vice President - US Head of Listing Qualifications and Market Surveillance, Nasdaq
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Senior Vice President, Acquisitions, Red Stone Equity Partners
VP, Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University
CEO, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Senior Director of Strategy and GTM, Affirm
Administrative Law Judge, Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings
Executive Director, Vision to Learn
Founder & CEO, Equilar, Inc.
Director of Athletics, Washington State University
CEO, Innovo Property Group
Attorney & Entrepreneur
President, The Carey School
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County
Global Compensation Programs & Partner Director, Micron Technology
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Managing Director, Austin Capital Partners
Managing Director, DAG Ventures
Professor of Music, & Director of Bands, UCLA
Director of Business and Legal Affairs, Roku, Inc.
Partner, Yoon & Yang LLC
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Chase
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Founder, P31Business Ministry
Implantologist & Cosmetic Dentist, Gentle Dental Care/Georgia Dental Implant Center
Partner, Altmore Capital
Managing Director & Head of Technology Equity Capital Markets, Cantor Fitzgerald
Author, Educator, & Speaker, Dr. Stephanie Han LLC
Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill
President & CEO, APIA Scholars
Managing Director, Charlesbank
Director of International and Interagency-5G, Department of Defense - Office of the Secretary of Defense
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Board Member, StatLab
SVP, Chief Legal Officer, & General Counsel, eBay
General Counsel, Benchling, Inc.
Partner & COO, MSP Sports Capital
Founder & CEO, FiscalNote
CAD Manager, Apple
Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Founder and General Counsel, BYJ Law LLC At-Large Delegate for Illinois, 2024 Democratic National Convention
Director for Critical Korean Studies and Professor of English & Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine
CEO, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA
President & Principal, Jonak Law Group, P.C.
Principal, Nassiri & Jung LLP
Partner, MPGA - Mental Performance Golf Academy
Director, Kahng Foundation
President, PacificWest Energy Solutions
CEO & Co-Founder, Appia Bio
Distinguished Professor of Law and Distinguished Professor of Asian American Studies, UCLA School of Law
Senior International Policy Advisor, Bread for the World
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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 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
Effects Artist, Valve Software
CEO & Founder, Crave Global Inc
Co-Founder, Third State Books; Asian American Book Club
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
Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Children’s Court Attorney, Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers
Sr. VP and Principal, National Transportation Policy and Multimodal Strategy, WSP USA
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
President & CEO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor, Portfolio Management Director, & Insurance Planning Director, Morgan Stanley
Investment Officer, Spring Point Partners LLC
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
Chief Legal Officer, Fox Restaurant Concepts
Venture Partner, Third Rock Ventures
Joint Head of US Biotech, Jefferies
Chief Investment Officer, Lalia Capital
Founding Partner, Kobre & Kim LLP
Professor, Montclair State University
Trial Partner, LimNexus LLP
Shareholder & Co-Chair of the Global Finance Practice, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Division Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Comptroller, City of New York for the Bureau of Law & Adjustment
Managing Partner and Founder, PGP Capital Advisors
International Director
Managing Director, Independent Directors Council
Senior Counsel, Ropes & Gray
Chief People Officer of IndiEV
CEO, Samsung Bioepis
Producer & Media Executive
President, Arco Collaborative
Associate Professor of Law and R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law, Boston University School of Law
Plastic Surgeon, Edmund Kwan, MD PC
Founder & Managing Partner, Physicians Premier
CFO & CEO, WEBTOON Entertainment
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
President and CEO, Refraction
Partner, Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Product Manager for Android Privacy & Security, Google
Assistant Director, International Monetary Fund
Managing Director, Rockefeller Global Family Office
Author
Principal, Obra Architects
Radiologist, Screenwriter & Producer, SCPMG/Kaiser & Double Happiness Productions
Founding Producer, Now Production Films
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
Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Partner of New Providence Pictures
President/CEO, ES Advertising
CEO, ABL Bio
Member, Law Office of Stephen Chahn Lee, LLC
Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at Stanford University
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Risk Officer, Target Corporation
Founder & CEO, NUNA Consulting Group, LLC
Associate Vice President and Head, Pacific Business Development & Licensing, Merck & Co., Inc.
Organizational Psychologist | Senior Board Consultant, Board First Consulting, LLC
Partner, Covington & Burling, LLP
Senior Director of Brand Strategy & Innovation, SmartyPants Vitamins
Former Partner and Head of Investor Relations, I Squared Capital
Partner, Andreeseen Horowitz
Director of Global Government Affairs, Amgen
Customer Success Account Manager, Microsoft
Founder/Managing Partner, PrognosUs; Chief Scientific Officer, Synthesys Brain Health
Board Director, Align Technology, Inc.
Medical Director, Inova Laboratories, Inova Health System
Managing Partner, Clarity Partners, LLC
Physician, UC Irvine
EVP/Chief Commercial Officer, Homeplus
Managing Partner, SparkLabs
Former Lead Independent Director, Seagate Technology
CEO, Gen.G
Founder and Managing Partner, HC Park & Associates, PLC
VP of R&D, iRobot
Physician Executive Leader, Northwell Health
Former Executive Editor, People Magazine
Assistant Professor of Management, Loyola Marymount University
Director of Policy and Advocacy, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Business Development Manager, The Whitlock Group
Partner, Clarus
Board Member, Colorado College, Korean American Community Foundation - San Francisco
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Little Lights Urban Ministries in DC
Chief Executive Janitor, General Building Maintenance, Inc.
Elected Brookline Town Meeting Member (2 terms) Children's Author Board Member of Brookline Asian American Family Network Chair of the Brookline League of Women Voters Leadership and Development Committee
President & CEO, GeneOne Life Science, Inc.
CEO, Pegula Sports & Entertainment
Independent Consultant
Owner & Author, Red Helicopter
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
Realtor, Producer, Consultant, eXp Realty, Sanderson Capital LLC, JS Consulting Montana LLC
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Assurance Partner, RSM US LLP
Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee
Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch
Dean and Professor School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, SUNY Delhi
Finance Director, Cloudbeds
President, Bay Area Panthers
Senior Political Affairs Officer, United Nations
Professor/Director, Sociology/International Studies, Stanford University
Chief Scientific Officer & Chief Global Affairs Officer at RIIID Medical & Research
Senior Claims Specialist, Market
Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Invasive Cardiologist & Vein Specialist, Statesboro Cardiology
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
Co-Founder & CEO, Proven Recruiting
Partner, Dechert LLP
Principal, Anaheim Elementary School District
Director, Global Mental Health, Harvard / Boston Children's Hospital
Managing Director - Operations, Stanford Management Company
Founder, President, Senior Art Director, Gimga Design Group LLC
Partner, Jassy Vick Carolan LLP
Partner, BFR Partners
Chief Executive Officer, Transit Wireless, LLC
Strategic Financial Executive, Walbridge Partners
Partner, Accomplice
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
Partner, Bird Marella
Director at the IRS
Partner, Yoon, LLP
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
Director, Counsel, International Transactions and Governance, Herbalife Nutrition
CEO, Talent Age Associates
President, NCSOFT
Founder and Managing Partner, Kinzie Capital Partners, LLC
Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Heinz and Liselotte Nehring Stiftung/Foundation
Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
Medical Director, Brain Tumor Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Co-President/Co-CEO, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Former Director of the Washington, D.C. Office, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Research Manager, Tech & Human Rights in North Korea, Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Assistant Professor, Auburn University at Montgomery
Chief Legal Officer & Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary, Thomas James Homes
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
VP, Moelis & Company
Conrad N. Hilton Professor of Entrepreneurship, Loyola Marymount University
Founder, Karis Consulting Group
Founder, Stealth Startup
Chief Operating Officer, Evidence Action
Deputy Head Digital Health & Senior Medical Director, Samsung Electronics America
Chief of Staff, Office of Virginia State Senator Barbara Favola
Lecturer, UCLA School of Law
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital
Manager, KOTRA Washington D.C.
Founder and CEO, InnovatorsBox
Chief of Public Health, U.S. Army Fort Hood
Hospital Physician, Optum-UHG
Public Policy & Government Affairs Manager, Google
Senior Analyst for Communities with Access and Functional Needs, California Public Utilities Commission
Research Analyst, Stimson Center
Senior Adviser, International Crisis Group
Vice President of Product, Senior Director of Customer Retention, Wayfair, Inc.
Founder, Remember727
Associate, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Teacher, Instructional Coach, Civic Lead, and Teacher Educator, Anaheim Union High School District/ Cal State Fullerton
Attorney
General Partner, CerraCap Cares
Managing Partner, LKP Global Law, LLP
President, SourceCo
Deputy Cabinet Secretary, The White House
Private Equity Associate, The Carlyle Group
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
Chief Communications Officer, SPUR
Owner, Common Hour Media, Inc.
CEO, Dokkaebier
Justice Deputy, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Hilda Solis
Partner | Director of Productions, International Secret Agents
Assistant Professor, UC Irvine School of Law
Deputy PM, Enterprise Information Technology Program Management Office
Acting Prosecutor, Union County, NJ
Data Analyst | Epidemiologist, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director
Acting Chief, Financial Litigation Section, U.S. Attorneys Office, Central District of California
Partner, Catalyst
Producer, NBC’s “Stay Tuned”
Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce
CEO, LVRG
Fellow, Stimson Center
Assistant Battle Captain, US Army
Associate General Counsel, The Trading Desk
Founder & CEO, Finestra
Managing Director, Evercore Partners
Co-Founder, Asians in LA
Associate Attorney, Parker McCay