Jennifer Ahn

Program Manager

Jennifer Ahn is Program Manager at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), overseeing the planning and execution of the organization’s internal and external programming....

Bradley Babson

Member of the Global Futures Council on the Korean Peninsula

Bradley Babson is a consultant on Asian affairs with a concentration on North Korea and Myanmar. He worked for the World Bank for 26 years...

Claude Barfield

Resident Scholar

Claude Barfield is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on international trade, trade policy, cybersecurity, and digital privacy. Prior to coming to...

William Brown

Distinguished Fellow

William B. Brown is the principal of his small consulting firm, Northeast Asia Economics and Intelligence, Advisory LLC (NAEIA.com), and is a professor at the...

Sia Choi

Communications Intern

Sia Choi is Communications Intern at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) where she creates and supports multimedia and digital communications projects. She holds...

Rosa Chung

Director of Finance and Human Resources

As Director of Finance and Human Resources for KEI, Rosa Chung provides financial acumen and strategic insight to ensure the financial health and integrity of...

Bill Clifford

President and CEO

Bill Clifford is President and CEO of the World Affairs Councils of America in Washington, DC, where he leads WACA's national office and represents its...

Wendy Cutler

Vice President

Wendy Cutler is the Vice President of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and the managing director of the Institute’s Washington D.C. Office. In these...

Arius Derr

Director of Communications

Arius Derr is Director of Communications at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) in Washington, DC. Previously he was Managing Editor at Korea Risk...

Nicholas Eberstadt 

Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy

Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches and writes extensively on demographics and...

John Endicott 

Emeritus Professor

Dr. John E. Endicott is an Emeritus Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He previously served as President of Woosong University in Daejeon, Korea...

Mark Fitzpatrick 

Associate Fellow

Mark Fitzpatrick is an Associate Fellow at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). From 2015-2018, he was Executive Director of the Washington-based IISS-Americas office....

Sebastian Garcia

Program Officer

George Sebastian Garcia is Program Officer at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), where he assists in the planning and oversight of the organization's...

Henry Haggard

Henry Haggard is a Visting Senior Fellow at KEI. He completed a 25-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, retiring as a member of the...

Stephan Haggard

Director of the Korea-Pacific Program

Stephan Haggard is a member of the Board of Directors at the Korea Economic Institute and the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies...

Thomas C. Hubbard 

Senior Director

Ambassador Thomas Hubbard is a senior director at McLarty Associates. A career foreign service officer for nearly forty years, he served as US Ambassador to...

Oh-seok Hyun

Former Deputy Prime Minister

Dr. Hyun Oh-Seok served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance under President Park Geun-hye’s Administration, and as the President...

Randall S. Jones

Distinguished Fellow

Dr. Randall Jones is a non-resident distinguished fellow at the Korea Economic Institute and a Professional Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Japanese Economy and...

Jaehyoung Ju

Research Intern

Jaehyoung Ju is an MA student in International Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), concentrating in security, strategy, and statecraft in...

Hyun Jung “Jessie” Je

Senior Fellow and Director for External Engagement

Hyun Jung "Jessie" Je is Senior Fellow and Director for External Engagement at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI), where she focuses on U.S. trade policy,...

James A. Kelly 

Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

James A. Kelly was the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the George W. Bush administration. He also served as...

Ellen Kim

Director of Academic Affairs

Ellen Kim is director of academic affairs at KEI. Previously, she was deputy director and senior fellow with the Korea Chair at the Center for...

Hyerim Kim

Hyerim Kim

Hyerim Kim is a Lecturer at Seoul National University’s Graduate School of International Studies. Previously, she served as Deputy Director at the Republic of Korea’s...

Je Heon (James) Kim

Director, Korea Program

Dr. Je Heon (James) Kim is a Director of the Korea Program at The Stimson Center. Previously he was Director of Public Opinion and External...

Saeme Kim

Non-Resident Fellow

Dr. Saeme Kim is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). She was the inaugural Korea Foundation fellow at the Royal...

Dongwoo Kim

J.D. candidate

Dongwoo Kim is a J.D. candidate and Massey College Junior Fellow at the University of Toronto. Prior to attending law school, he led research on...

Sea Young (Sarah) Kim

Non-Resident Fellow

Sea Young (Sarah) Kim is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America and a Ph.D. student in international cooperation at Yonsei University....

Spencer Kim

Chairman and CEO

Spencer H. Kim is the Chairman and CEO of CBOL Corporation, a global manufacturing and distribution company for high-tech products. He is also the Chairman...

Abraham Kim 

Executive Director

Abraham Kim, Ph.D., is the Executive Director at the Council of Korean Americans (CKA). He comes to CKA with 20 years of experience in foreign...

Robert King

Distinguished Fellow

Ambassador Robert King is currently a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) and a Senior Advisor to the Korea Chair at...

Kirk W. Larsen 

Associate Professor

Dr. Kirk W. Larsen is an associate professor of history at Brigham Young University. His research interests include foreign relations in East Asia, imperialism, and...

Sunhyung Lee

Non-Resident Fellow

Dr. Sunhyung Lee is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute and an Assistant Professor of Economics at Montclair State University. Before joining the...

Tae-sik Lee

Former Vice Minister

Ambassador Lee Tae-sik is a career diplomat whose service for his country covers four decades and four continents. After passing the High Diplomatic Service Examination...

Danny M. Leipziger

Professor of International Business

Dr. Danny Leipziger is Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University, where he is concurrently the Managing Director of the Growth...

Satu Limaye

Vice President

Satu Limaye is Vice President of the East West Center (EWC), serving concurrently as Director EWC in Washington and the Asia Matters for America initiative....

Wonhyuk Lim 

Professor

Lim Wonhyuk is a professor at the Korea Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management. Since he joined KDI in 1996, his research...

Donald Manzullo

Former President

Former Congressman Donald Manzullo was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Korea Economic Institute of America from 2013 to 2018. He is currently...

Terrence Matsuo

Non-Resident Fellow

Terrence Matsuo is a freelance writer interested in American foreign policy towards the Indo-Pacific, with a focus on Korea and Japan. He previously supported thought...

Mark Minton

Professor of Practice

Ambassador Mark Minton serves as professor of practice in the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University. His areas of expertise include U.S....

G. Mustafa Mohatarem 

Former Chief Economist

One of the nation’s most prominent industrial economists, Mustafa Mohatarem was Chief Economist of General Motors Corporation from 1995 to 2018. A native of Karachi,...

Yohan Moon

Researcher

Yohan Moon is a Researcher at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). His research focuses on the politics and political economy of the Korean Peninsula...

Chung-in Moon

James Laney Professor Emeritus

Moon Chung-in is the James Laney Professor Emeritus  at Yonsei University. He previously served as the Chairman of Sejong Institute and as special advisor for...

Kongdan ‘Katy’ Oh

Board of Directors

Dr. Kongdan (Katy) Oh is an independent scholar. She was formerly a Senior Asia Specialist at the Institute for Defense Analyses (1997-2021), a Non-Resident Senior...

Nils Wollesen Osterberg

Economic Policy Associate

Nils Wollesen Osterberg is an Economic Policy Associate at the Korea Economic Institute of America. He received a B.S. in Applied Economics from Cornell University...

Tami Overby

Senior Counselor

Tami Overby is a Senior Counselor at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group, a founding member of DGA Group, and is based in Washington, D.C. She draws on more...

Soobeen Park

Economic Research Intern

Soobeen Park is an Economic Research Intern at the Korea Economic Institute of America, where she supports the Economic Policy team. She conducts quantitative and...

Yoon-shik Park

Professor of International Finance

Dr. Y. S. Park, ICAS fellow, is currently professor of international finance at the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C. He has...

John Park

Director of the Korea Project

Dr. John Park is Director of the Korea Project at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is also a...

Dylan Pfeifer

Multimedia Producer

Dylan Pfeifer is the Communications Assistant at the Korea Economic Institute of America, where he contributes his strong background in multimedia production to elevate the...

Tom Ramage

Economic Policy Analyst

Tom Ramage is an Economic Policy Analyst at the Korea Economic Institute of America where he provides research and analysis relating to U.S.-Korea trade issues....

Hazel Smith

Professorial Research Associate in Korean Studies

Professor Smith is a Professorial Research Associate in Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Professor Emerita in International...

Daniel Sneider

Lecturer in East Asian Studies

Daniel C. Sneider is a non-resident Distinguished Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America and a lecturer in East Asian Studies at Stanford University....

Scott Snyder

President & CEO

Scott A. Snyder is President and Chief Executive Officer at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). Previously, he was a Senior Fellow for Korea...

Yujin Son

Research Intern

Yujin Son is Research Intern at KEI. She holds a Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor’s degree...

E. Young Song

Professor

Song E. Young is a professor at the School of Economics at Sogang University in Korea. He teaches and researches in the field of international...

Troy Stangarone

Troy Stangarone is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) and Non-Resident Fellow with the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy...

David Steinberg

Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies Emeritus

David Steinberg is a specialist on Burma-Myanmar, the Korean Peninsula, Southeast Asia and US policy in Asia. He is Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies Emeritus...

Jinkyo Suh

Senior Research Fellow

Jin Kyo Suh is a senior research fellow of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), a leading national policy institute and source of...

Chang Hoon Suh

President

Suh Chang-Hoon is the President of the Jeonbuk Daily Newspaper Company, one of the oldest and well-known regional papers in South Korea. The newspaper is...

Joun-yung Sun 

Visiting Professor

Ambassador Sun Joun-yung is a former diplomat of the Republic of Korea, and is now a visiting professor at the University of North Korean Studies....

Tae Soo Kang

Invited Professor

Dr. Tae Soo Kang is an invited professor at the KAIST Graduate School of Finance. He teaches and researches in the fields of international economics, finance, and financial stability....

Samuel de Vignier-Awad

Senior Multimedia Producer

Samuel de Vignier-Awad is the Media Producer at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). He develops and creates KEI’s presence across all channels of...

Joseph A.B. Winder 

Former President

Joseph Winder is the former President of the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI).  Prior to joining KEI as Vice President in February 1996, Mr....

Benjamin R. Young

Benjamin R. Young

Dr. Benjamin R. Young is an Assistant Professor of Intelligence Studies at Fayetteville State University. He was a 2024-25 Stanton Foundation Nuclear Security Fellow at the RAND Corporation. He...

Joseph Yun

Senior Advisor

Ambassador Joseph Yun is senior advisor to the Asia Program at USIP.  As former US Special Representative for North Korea Policy, he is recognized as...