2026 Speakers & Mentors
Meet the leaders joining us in Los Angeles on Friday, October 23 for the CKA Summit and NextGen Summit.
More speakers will be announced soon.
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2026 CKA Summit Speakers
Friday, October 23 · Fairmont Century Plaza
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Dr. Abraham Kim
President, The Korea Society
AO
Angela Eunjin Oh
American attorney, teacher, and public lecturer
BK
Beong-Soo Kim
President, University of Southern California
CM
Christine Moon
Co-Founder & President, BlueSpace.ai
DK
David Ko
CEO & Strategic Advisor to the Board, Calm
DR
Drake Roth
President, National Korea Student Alliance
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Gloria Lee
Client Relations Partner, Rutan & Tucker, LLP; CKA Envision Gala Co-Chair
HN
Ho Nam
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Altos Ventures; 2026 CKA Envision Honoree
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Inhi Suh
Board Trustee, Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology
JL
Jaime Lee
Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets and Real Estate Investments, Kennedy Wilson; Trustee, University of Southern California
JK
Jinhee Ahn Kim
Co-Founder & CEO, Kumio.AI; CKA Envision Gala Co-Chair
JK
Julie Kim
President & CEO, Takeda; 2026 CKA Envision Honoree
JL
June Lee
Co-Founder and Board Member, ElevAAte Biotech; Board Member, Abivax and Tenaya Therapeutics
KC
Kristie Chon-Flynn
Managing Director & Global Head of Internal Audit, BNY Mellon
LY
Lisa Yang
Managing Partner, LimNexus LLP; Board Member, CKA
MK
Mark Keam
President, Korean American Institute
MR
Michelle Rhyu
Senior Counsel, Cooley LLP; Board Director, CKA
MK
Mina Kimes
Senior NFL Analyst, Journalist & Podcast Host, ESPN
NK
Ned Koh
Co-Founder & President, Aaru
RK
Rachel Kim
Acquisition Officer, U.S. Department of War
SS
Sue Song
Managing Director & Head of Corporate Communications, Prudential Financial
SS
Dr. Suzan Song
Director of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Associate Professor, George Washington University; Humanitarian Medical Expert
YK
Yul Kwon
Vice President/General Manager, Paradigms of Intelligence, Google; Board Director, CKA
2026 CKA NextGen Summit Speakers
Friday, October 23 · Fairmont Century Plaza
AO
Angela Eunjin Oh
American attorney, teacher, and public lecturer
BK
Beong-Soo Kim
President, University of Southern California
BD
Bryan Do
Founder & CEO, Ki One
CB
Collin Byun
CKA Emerging Leaders Fellow
DC
David Choi
Conrad N. Hilton Professor of Entrepreneurship, Loyola Marymount University
JL
Jaime Lee
Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets and Real Estate Investments, Kennedy Wilson; Trustee, University of Southern California
JK
Jinhee Ahn Kim
Co-Founder & CEO, Kumio.AI
JK
Julie Kim
President & CEO, Takeda; 2026 CKA Envision Honoree
LR
L. Song Richardson
Chancellor's Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law
LY
Lisa Yang
Managing Partner, LimNexus LLP; Board Member, CKA
MK
Michelle Kim
Head of Field Operations, Postman
MK
Mike Kim
CEO, ARIH
MK
Monica H. Kang
Managing Director of Programs and Strategy, CKA
NK
Ned Koh
Co-Founder & President, Aaru
SS
Sandra Schubert
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
SR
Senator Rocket
Founder, Eat Vermont; President, Farmhouse Chocolates
SK
Steve Kang
President & Chief Film Liaison, City of LA Board of Public Works
WL
Wonny Lee
Founder & CEO, ELOREA
NextGen Roundtable Mentors & 1:1 Coaches
Mentors lead small-group roundtables and 1:1 coaching sessions for NextGen participants.
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Dan Matthews
Director of Partnerships + Production, Transparent Arts Corp
DC
David Choi
Conrad N. Hilton Professor of Entrepreneurship, Loyola Marymount University
JK
Dr. Jeffrey Kim
Educator, Anaheim Union School District / Cal State Fullerton
GP
Grace Park
Assistant Director of Behavioral Health, Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC)
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Howard Ro
Head of Product for Global Payments, Tesla
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Isabella Park
Physician Executive Leader, Northwell Health
JK
Jen Kim
Senior Counsel, Parsus Law LLP
JC
Jennifer Chung
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County
JM
Joo-Seuk Maing
Managing Director, FUCHS Group Korea
KK
Kenneth Kim
Founder & Executive Chairman, Ark Clinical Research
MK
Michelle Kim
Head of Field Operations, Postman
MK
Monica H. Kang
Managing Director of Programs and Strategy, CKA
NK
Nayon Kang, LCSW
Behavioral Health Administrator, Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC)
RK
Rachel Kim
Acquisition Officer, U.S. Department of War
SH
Sam Ha
Faculty, UC Berkeley; Partner, Log Investment
SR
Senator Rocket
Founder, Eat Vermont; President, Farmhouse Chocolates
TK
Taeju Ko
Founder & CEO, NoWhere Running
YP
Yun Pak, LMFT
Lead Clinical Supervisor, Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC)
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