Board Members
Do Kim
President
Do is a civil rights attorney specializing in employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, police/prison abuse, and international human rights.
Do was a member of the Black-Korean Alliance, a coalition of African American and Korean American community leaders dedicated to resolving conflicts between Korean merchants and African American customers. In the wake of sa-i-gu, he also worked with the Korean American Inter-Agency Council to provide riot relief efforts to Korean American victims. From 1993-1999, Do founded and directed the Korean American Youth Leadership Program, nurturing leadership among high school and college students. Seeing the need to build coalitions with other communities, Do also founded the Multiethnic Youth Leadership Collaborative, which works with youth in Pico-Union, South Los Angeles, and Koreatown. He is also a board member of the Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation and an advisory board member of Encompass, a nonprofit dedicated to sparking compassion and an appreciation of differences among California teenagers.
Do graduated from Harvard University with a joint degree in Afro-American Studies and Sociology in 1993 and went on to receive his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 2002. He immigrated to Los Angeles at the age of three and has been a life-long resident of Koreatown.
Eugene Kim
Treasurer
Eugene Kim is a Principal at Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate, specializing in the sale and leasing of commercial and investment properties throughout Southern California. Prior to joining Lee & Associates, he worked in commercial real estate asset management and began his career in political consulting and community outreach.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Eugene has a strong commitment to giving back to the community and supporting the next generation of leaders. He believes in creating opportunities for young people to find their voice, develop confidence, and become actively engaged in their communities.
Eugene and his wife have two sons and live in the San Fernando Valley.
SueJie Oh
Secretary
Sue Jie started teaching Mathematics and Computer Science in LAUSD in 2020. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University and obtained her teaching credential from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Sue is deeply connected to her community and passionate about empowering youth through education.
Having witnessed inequity firsthand in her childhood, Sue is dedicated to "leveling the playing field" as much as possible. She believes that quality education is one of the most accessible ways to achieve this goal. During her first year of college, she participated in the KAYLT program, which inspired her to establish "College Connection" at Pepperdine. This initiative pairs college students with 2-3 academically struggling students from Jefferson High School in South LA, focusing on first-generation college aspirations. Sue also returned to KAYLT as a trainer for two summers, further solidifying her commitment to youth leadership and development.
With a focus on fostering a positive learning environment, she encourages curiosity and growth among her students. Sue Jie’s love for working with young minds and her dedication to community engagement aligns with our mission and vision.
Albert Oh
Board Member
Albert Oh is the business co-founder and owner of Royal Education and a college counselor. As an educator, he works with high school students in and around Los Angeles from his office based in La Crescenta. He mostly works to help high school seniors piece together their college applications and underclassmen plan their academic futures. Previously he has worked with Rise to help pass legislation on behalf of survivors of sexual assault after his close college friend Amanda Nguyen created Rise to address the injustice that was inflicted upon her by a system rigged to protect sexual predators. His first introduction to nonprofit work however came as an Korean American Youth Leadership in Training (KAYLT) college intern in 2010. Afterwards he returned to Los Angeles in 2013 as a trainer for the KAYLT program. What he learned through the program, both as an intern and as a trainer, serves as a continued impetus for him to educate others and push positive change in the community around him.
Albert was born and raised in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley. He currently lives in Michigan. In his spare time he enjoys reading, video games, and buying/selling watches. He received his A.B. from Harvard in Political Science.
Dr. Taehyun Kim
Board Member
Dr. Taehyun Kim holds a B.A. and M.A. in Journalism from the Ohio State University and Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Mass Comm, Sociology and Political Science) from Washington State University. After four years as a faculty member at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, Dr. Kim joined the Department of Journalism at California State University, Northridge as an assistant professor in 2008.
Dr. Taehyun Kim is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism. He teaches a wide range of news reporting classes as well as mass communication theory seminar. Trained as a media sociologist, his primary research interests include: the effects of corporate structure on editorial vigor, analysis of the global warming skeptic's disinformation campaign, and the system maintenance function of the Korean ethnic media during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. He is currently working with various ethnic minority students on "Sa-i-gu Project," a re-examination of the Korea Times Weekly English Edition under the supervision of Mr. K.W. Lee.