EunSook Lee, Executive Director, oversees all NAKASEC programs and policy work and is responsible for program planning, development and evaluation, fundraising & grant writing, media & publicity, board communications and financial management. She is the former executive director of Korean American Women In Need, a bilingual domestic violence service agency in Chicago and Station Manager at CKLN Radio, Inc. in Toronto, Canada. Currently, EunSook is on the board of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific Community Development, National Immigration Forum, and APIA Vote!

Jeong Yeon Hong, Community Education and Administrative Director, oversees Korean language publications and communications including media and website as well as translations. She also oversees a new project on credit education as part of a larger program goal of creating a comprehensive economic empowerment program. Credit education program includes conducting workshops for recent immigrants and youth on financial literacy and building financial credit, as well as training staff at NAKASEC affiliates to conduct similar workshops and educational initiatives. Jeong Yeon also assists with managing the Executive Director’s calendar, scheduling appointments, completing expense reports, and providing logistical support for all programs, annual banquets, events, meetings and conferences. She manages the membership donors program, vendor relations, and Board of Directors. Jeong Yeon served previously a NAKASEC Program Fellow from 2004-05 and joined the staff in February 2007. Jeong Yeon graduated from Sung Kyun Kwan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics. In Korea, she served as an elected officer of the Student Committee of the progressive Korean Democratic Labor Party.

Carol Kim, Policy Manager, is the lead for planning and implementing field activities, and supports policy advocacy activities related to NAKASEC’s Immigrants Rights Project and health reform efforts. She works closely with and provides technical assistance and program support to NAKASEC’s affiliates. Prior to joining NAKASEC in March 2009, she was a community advocate for the Racial Justice Project, and worked as a summer law clerk for the National Health Law Program and Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County. Carol received the Lena L. Hale Memorial Prize for her demonstrated commitment to serving the low income community. She earned her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law and her B.A. from UCLA.

Hemi Kim, D.C. Director, serves as NAKASEC’s D.C. representative by keeping abreast of current political issues and proposals and communicates NAKASEC’s position to constituents and legislators to obtain their support. Her responsibilities also include identifying and developing opportunities to deepen collaborative work with national and D.C. based organizations. She has worked in immigrant and health policy advocacy & analysis as the former Policy Analyst at that the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Health Policy Advocate at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, as well as Korean American community engagement as Administrator of the Korean American Coalition in D.C.

HyunJoo Lee, National Organizing Coordinator, is responsible for coordinating a national and local non-partisan voter education and mobilization campaign, including voter registration and voter assistance. HyunJoo works to develop and maintain strong relationships with key national and local Asian Pacific American and immigrant civic participation groups. She coordinates national trainings for youth and community leaders and advocates for policies protecting voter and immigrant rights. Before joining NAKASEC, HyunJoo served as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador where she worked with rural farmers and youth in local community development projects. She also worked as the regional coordinator for Free the Planet, a student environmental activist network, in the New England area. She received her B.A. from Boston College in Political Science and English.

Sookyung Oh, Immigrant Rights Project Coordinator, is responsible for coordinating the immigrant rights related campaign work of NAKASEC. Sookyung works with both national and local coalitions to carry out NAKASEC’s mission to bring a unified progressive voice of Korean American communities at the national level grounded in the grassroots organizing, educational outreach, and advocacy work done by NAKASEC affiliates. Before joining in April 2007, she worked at the Philip Jaisohn Memorial Center, a Korean American community-based organization in Philadelphia, PA as the Program Coordinator in charge of social services and health education. She is a graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Political Science.