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Hyunjung (Helen) Cho joined The Korea Society team in December 2020 as the Financial Controller.  She has more than 25 years of finance experience including accounting, business process, budgeting and financial reporting in non-profit, retail, and bio-tech industries.  Prior to joining The Korea Society, Helen held a Controller position for more than 12 years and an Accounting Manager for 4 years at The Partnership for New York City.  She holds a master’s degree in accounting from University of Colorado Denver and bachelor’s degree in accounting from University of Colorado Boulder.  She is a certified public accountant registered in Colorado.

Jiyoung Suh is the Vice President at The Korea Society, where she leads fundraising activities, special events, and external affairs. With over a decade of service to the Society, Jiyoung has held various roles, including Senior Director of Development, Director of Special Events, and Development Officer. Her extensive experience encompasses all aspects of development and event management. 

Before joining The Korea Society, Jiyoung served as a Manager at The Beautiful Foundation NY (aka NY Nanum Foundation). She earned her Master of Arts in Performing Arts Administration from New York University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Diplomacy from Ewha Womans University.

Linda Tobash is the Korea Society Senior Advisor for Education. Prior to joining the Society, she was senior director of policy, knowledge and data at World Education Services and was director of university placement services at the Institute of International Education, overseeing US graduate placements for sponsored international students including Korean Fulbrighters. She also served as director of admission and director of continuing education programs at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY and has been an adjunct lecturer at the New School for Social Research, New York University, Columbia University, and CUNY. She holds an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University. Before her graduate work, she served in South Korea as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer. Linda has been active in numerous professional associations. She is a founding member and served as Vice President of Professional Development for The Association of International Credential Evaluation Professionals. She has served in many NAFSA: Association of International Educators leadership positions as well as on the Board of TESOL (Teachers of English to speakers of other languages). She is currently a Friends of Korea Board member.

Before joining the Korea Society, Jay Oh has worked in publishing and non-profit art organizations in Greensboro, N.C., Minneapolis, and New York. She holds a B.A. in art history from Smith College and an M. A. in art history from Williams College.

As the Society’s  IT Director, Peter Stuehmke is proficient with technologies such as network administration, database administration, Web 2.0 technologies, and audio-visual production. Prior to joining the Society in April 2006, Peter Stuehmke worked in a variety of technology, support, consulting, and media-design positions. Mr. Stuehmke graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2005 with a BA in philosophy and a minor in engineering science.

Jonathan Corrado is Director of Policy for The Korea Society. He produces programming and conducts research on a range of security, diplomacy, and socioeconomic issues impacting the U.S.-Korea Alliance, the Korean Peninsula, and Northeast Asia. He teaches a class titled, “North Korea: State, Society, Diplomacy, and Security” at The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University and SUNY Stony Brook University. Jonathan is a member of The National Committee on North Korea (NCNK). He was previously a non-resident James A. Kelly Fellow at Pacific Forum, an Emerging Leader at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP), and a contributor to NK Pro. He has published peer-reviewed articles in the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, the Journal of Indo Pacific Affairs, the Journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, and Asian Politics & Policy. He has also published analysis in diverse outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, 38 North, The Diplomat, The Japan Times, The National Interest, Yahoo News, Pacific Forum PacNet and Issues & Insights, NK News, and NK Pro. He has been quoted in The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, The South China Morning Post, The Korea Times, Radio Free Asia, and Voice of America. Jonathan was previously a translator for Daily NK (Korean to English), an FCPA due diligence investigator for Steele Compliance Solutions, a graduate fellow for McLarty Associates, and a volunteer analyst for the Congressional Research Service. Jonathan received an MA from Georgetown University’s Asian Studies Program in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a BA in anthropology and philosophy from the University of Maryland College Park.

Seho Kim, Senior Creative Director at The Korea Society, oversees the organization’s visual identity, creative projects, and communication strategies across web, print, and mobile platforms. With a background in freelance artistry, including work for UNICEF, W Hotels the Store, and gallery exhibitions, he also illustrated the children’s book Go for Kids and taught at Parsons School of Design/New School University. Holding a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Parsons, where he was the student commencement speaker, he has received numerous accolades for his excellence in communications design, including the ARC, Vision, Inspire, Spotlight, American Design, and Magellan Awards.

Eunjung Kho is the Director of Administration / Assistant Controller at the Society. She graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton with a BS in Accounting. During her years at Binghamton, she served on the Executive Board of various Korean-American groups—as a Secretary, Fundraiser, and Design Editor—that promoted and planned social, educational, and cultural events for Koreans, Korean-Americans, and students on campus. She was the Secretary for Korean-American Student Association, and the Magazine Design Editor and Secretary for Han Perspective, the only bilingual publication group on campus to provide news, opinions, reviews, and arts with a focus on Korean and Korean-American culture.