Our Team
Board Members of WAM
Our Team, in alphabetical order of last name
* : Nominated
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Director | – Veterans Advocate And Public Speaker – Northern California Veterans Cemetery Support Board |
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Director | Gary Hendrickson | – Chief pilot, Beeline Airlines, Aviation Consultant, Instructor – Son of Harold Hendrickson who was the First Air Tanker Squadron Pilots |
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Director* | Jhea Whan Hong Ph.D | – SungKyunKwan Univ., Seoul, Korea, BA |
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Director* | Yun S. Hong | – Former President, Seattle Korean Association – Chair, WAM Support Committee of Federation of Korean American Associations – Owner, Sykart Indoor Racing Center |
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Director | SeungKu Kang | – President, The Korean American Community Center of San Francisco & Bay Area, – Former President of Korean American Federation of Southwest States |
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Director | Byung Jik Kim | – Operating Byung Jik Kim Real Estate/ Realty Resources – Former Pres of The Federation of Korean American Associations, Northwest States, USA – Former President of Korean American Chamber of Commerce, member of Korea National Unification Advisory Council – a leader of Oregon Korean War Veterans Memorial and former president of Korean Society of Oregon (1984) |
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Director | Ilwoon “Irving” Kim 김일웅 | – Former president of Greater Detroit area Korean-American Association |
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Director* | Seok-chan Lee | – President, Federation of Korean Associations, USA, Southwest States, |
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Director* | – Professor, Director, Stem Cell Program and Institute for Regenerative Cures, UC Davis Health System; Editor, Stem Cells; – Floyd Nolta’s granddaughter – In 2013, she was named one of the “Top 50 Global Stem Cell Influencers.” The UC Davis Stem Cell Program has more than 150 faculty members collaborating to work toward regenerative medicine-related cures for a spectrum of diseases and injuries. |
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Director Treasurer | – Former tax partner at Moss Adams LLP. – earning an MBA at the University of Michigan. |
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Director President |
– US Resident Advisor for International Relations, Dankook University, Korea; – Was instrumental to create Infor. Sys. Dept. for a Eugene rock crusher manufacturer in 1972, that was sold to Raytheon in defense and other industries (producing Patriot Missiles & THAAD); – CEO of a corp. in ERP software development (1980-1997) including consulting for Raytheon Companies for several years; International Program Director for Oak Hill School for 7 years; – Instrumental to create student exchange program between several universities in Oregon and Dankook University from 2013 as visiting professor of Dankook and U.S. Resident Advisor for International Relations; – Serving for Eugene’s Korean sister city program since 1988 |
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Director | Laurie Woodward | – President, Orland Historical & Cultural Society, 2018; |
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Director | Sang Kyu Yi 이상규 | – Pres of The Federation of Korean American Associations, Northwest States, USA – the first donner of the seed money for WMF in 2016 |
Name | Short Profile |
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Edward T. Chang 장태한 Ph.D (Special Advisor) | – Professor of ethnic studies and founding director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studeis at the University of California at Riverside |
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Ji-won “Jimmy” Cheong 정지원 | – President, Defend ROK Patriots Association – Korean War Veteran – Retired from Chief Editor, The Weekly Morning Korean News, Santa Clara | |
– A Republican politician in the U.S. of Oregon, who served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and was the Oregon State Senate Majority Leader in 1995 – Former President of The Federation of Korean American Associations, USA – Former President of Korean American Chamber of Commerce – member of Korea National Unification Advisory Council – a leader of Oregon Korean War Veterans Memorial – Former president of Korean Society of Oregon (1986) |
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George Nolta | – Author of ‘Floyd “Speed” Nolta – An Aviation Pioneer’, 2009, Blurb – ‘Biographical Sketches of the Doolittle Raiders’ scheduled for publication in the Fall of 2018 by Schiffer Publishing; ‘Elenn Lawson: A Tokyo Raider’s Wife – Back at the Home Front’, Wagon Wheels, Journal of Colusi County Historical Society; Vol 55, Fall 2005; |
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Frank Prentice | – Living member of the First Air Tanker Squadron Pilots,/Honored Willows Aviation Pioneer; eye witness of Jimmy Doolittle Raiders’ practice at Willows Airport; Doolittle did train in Willows airfield; meeting with Korean students visiting Willows to research on the Korean Aviation School in Aug 2017 |
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Song Nai Rhee 이송내 | – Former VP Academic Affairs, Northwest Christian University – Earning two BAs, four MAs, and two PhDs. His Academic specialties include ancient Israel and the Near East, China, Korea, and Japan. |
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Title | Name | Short Profile |
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Committee -Construction | D.G. Woodward | – Property manager and commercial real estate Investor – FAA Private and Instrument-Rated Pilot, Better Processing School Certificate; Flying since the age of 14 |
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Committee -Publicity | – An award-winning actress, playwright and academic based in Los Angeles and New York. Performed in the US, Korea, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Italy, Nigeria and Russia. – MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama, MA in Theater Studies from University of Michigan and Korea University. – Taught and lectured at NYU’s Tisch Performance Studies, Yale School of Drama, USC, University of Baltimore, Maryland and Cal State San Marcos. |
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Committee -Publicity | Anny Hong 홍애니 | – KRON-4 TV News (4 am-10am) Anchor/Meteorologist – BA in Broadcast Journalism & Policy Studies from Syracuse |
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Secretary, Committee -Publicity | – Owner, The Village Wordsmith, – MA in Journalism from U of Oregon |
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Local Liaison Officer | Mikyeong Kim Ruland 김미경 | – Senior Care |
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Fundraising Committee | Jane Ko 고현숙 | – Young Again |
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Web Master* | Changhwan “Marc” Lee | – OPT Intern from University of Oregon, BS in Computer & Information Science |
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Web Master (expired) | Soolim Lee 이수림 | – OPT Intern from Lewis & Clark College |
Last Updated December 16, 2019