Director of Policy and Advocacy, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Kee ParkDirector of Policy and Advocacy, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School After completing his medical school and neurosurgical residency in the US, Dr. Park spent 10 years teaching neurosurgery in Nepal, Ethiopia, North Korea, and Cambodia. In 2016, Dr. Park joined the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change…

Executive Director, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans

Gregg OrtonExecutive Director, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans Gregg is the National Director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans where he leads the coalition in developing policy and communications strategy and advancing a joint agenda to address the needs of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. Gregg joins…

Partner at Covington & Burling

Catharina MinPartner at Covington & Burling Catharina Min is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP’s corporate department specializing in mergers & acquisitions, venture capital and other investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances. She represents high technology and life sciences companies from the U.S. and Asia in both domestic and cross-border transactions. She is also a…

Executive Vice President, and Chief Risk & Legal Officer, Target Corporation

Don LiuExecutive Vice President, and Chief Risk & Legal Officer, Target Corporation Don H. Liu is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Risk Officer for Target Corporation. In this role, reporting directly to Brian Cornell, Chairman and CEO, he is responsible for all of Target’s legal, government affairs and risk and compliance functions. Prior…

Professor, Bae Family Foundation Professor, Harvard University

Dr. Taeku LeeProfessor, Bae Family Foundation Professor, Harvard University Dr. Taeku Lee is the Bae Family Professor of Government at Harvard University. His research interests are in racial and ethnic politics, public opinion and survey research, identity and inequality, and deliberative and participatory democracy. Dr. Lee’s books include Mobilizing Public Opinion, Why Americans Don’t Join…

Senior Fellow of Hyundai Motor - Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy and Co-Host of BBC’s Lazarus Heist Podcast

Jean LeeSenior Fellow of Hyundai Motor – Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy and Co-Host of BBC’s Lazarus Heist Podcast Jean H. Lee is a veteran foreign correspondent and expert on North Korea who co-hosts the Peabody-nominated Lazarus Heist podcast for the BBC World Service. As a correspondent for the Associated Press,…

Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Lucy KohCircuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit President Biden appointed Judge Lucy Koh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in December 2021. President Obama appointed Judge Koh to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in June 2010. Governor Schwarzenegger appointed her to the…

Professor, Sociology and Asian & Asian American Studies, Loyola Marymount University

Nadia KimProfessor, Sociology and Asian & Asian American Studies, Loyola Marymount University Nadia Y. Kim is a Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies (and Sociology) at Loyola Marymount University. Her research focuses on US race and citizenship injustices concerning Korean/Asian Americans and South Koreans, race and nativist racism in Los Angeles (e.g., 1992 LA…

Chair of Board of Directors, AAPI Montclair

Julie KimChair of Board of Directors, AAPI Montclair Julie Kim is a founding Board Member of AAPI Montclair and the current Chair of the Board. She is a second-generation Korean American with a passion for community building. She helped organize big tent cultural celebrations such as Diwali, Lunar New Year, Color Run, and Lantern Festival,…

Executive Director, White House Initiatives on Asian Pacific Native Hawaiian Americans

Krystal Ka’aiExecutive Director, White House Initiatives on Asian Pacific Native Hawaiian Americans Krystal Ka‘ai is the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) and the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. In this role, she is responsible for advising the Biden…