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Leveraging Big Data, AI, and Patents for Business Growth

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The Korea Society and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) are delighted to present Leveraging Big Data, AI, and Patents for Business Growth on November 10th, 2020 from 6pm to 8pm EST.

Our first session will feature Tim Hwang, CEO of FiscalNote. FiscalNote is a global technology and media company that Tim co-founded in 2013 at the age of 21. FiscalNote feeds big data to a powerful machine learning algorithm to provide its clients with the right policy information and AI-driven insights to better navigate market risk and uncertainty and maximize new opportunities. In 2016, the World Economic Forum announced FiscalNote as Technology Pioneers, and Forbes named Tim in its annual 30 Under 30 list. TaeSoo Sean Kim, Partner at Ice Miller LLP, will leverage his own expertise in IP and technology licensing while moderating the talk with Tim. You will expect to hear Tim’s personal journey as a tech entrepreneur, FiscalNote’s business and growth strategy, IP portfolio management strategy, and Tim’s vision in running a successful and socially responsible data analytics company in today’s politically tumultuous times.

The second session will be a lecture led by two prominent patent attorneys based in Washington, D.C. Michael Dzwonczyk and Hyunseok Park at Sughrue Mion, PLLC will enlighten us on patent challenge proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. A patent clearance search may reveal certain patents held by others that your company needs to consider in the product development process. You wish to proceed with your proposed design concept, but also want to minimize any risk potential for patent infringement claims. What options do you have? Michael and Hyunseok will explain key differences among Ex Parte Reexamination (EPR), Inter Partes Review (IPR), and Post-Grant Review (PGR), and offer guidance on invalidation grounds, standards, cost, time, and likelihood of success. The audience will gain a solid understanding of how each patent challenge avenue best meets client priorities and circumstances.

Please join us for an intellectually stimulating and inspirational evening.

Program Agenda

Time Program Speakers
6:00 – 6:10 PM Opening Remarks The Korea Society | KOTRA
6:10 – 7:05 PM Session 1:
Conversation with Tim Hwang: How He Revolutionized Access to Government Information and Advocacy Using Big Data and AI 		Tim Hwang, FiscalNote
Moderated by TaeSoo Sean Kim, Ice Miller LLP
7:05 – 8:00 PM Session 2:
Challenging Patents at the U.S. Patent Office		 Michael R. Dzwonczyk and Hyunseok Park, Sughrue Mion, PLLC

 


Speakers

  Tim Hwang
CEO & Co-Founder
FiscalNote

Tim is currently the Founder and CEO of FiscalNote. The company owns media and news company CQ Roll Call Group, which it acquired from The Economist Group in 2018 and creates a technology platform that combines award-winning journalism along with products and services that provide access to large quantities of data, news, and analysis for all levels of government. The global company with offices across DC, NYC, Baton Rouge, Seoul, India and Brussels is the largest privately held company in the legal analytics and regtech space and powers over 4,000 of the world’s largest and most influential corporations, associations, non-profits, and law firms, creating a more open and transparent society through data. With Hwang’s technology and capital partners from the likes of Mark Cuban, Jerry Yang, Steve Case, NEA, Renren and others, FiscalNote is revolutionizing access to legislation, regulations, and court cases for organizations around the world.

 

  Michael R. Dzwonczyk
Partner
Sughrue Mion, PLLC

For 30 years, Michael has successfully represented multinational companies as lead counsel in trials and appeals of patent cases in District Courts and at the Federal Circuit, as well as Section 337 cases at the International Trade Commission. His experience has encompassed technical areas that include recombinantly produced hormones, pharmaceuticals, protein synthesis and expression products, fibers, films, polymers, plastics and medical devices. Michael also counsels clients on intellectual property issues, including validity and infringement of intellectual property rights, licensing and contract matters and Hatch-Waxman issues.
  Hyunseok Park
Associate
Sughrue Mion, PLLC

As both a Korean patent attorney and a U.S. patent attorney, Hyunseok has been involved in a diverse intellectual property practice encompassing world-wide patent prosecution, client counseling, rendering opinions, FTO analysis, post-grant patent challenges and patent litigation. Hyunseok has experience in various fields including small molecule drugs, protein drugs, siRNAs, microRNAs, transgenic animals, methods of treating (diagnosing) human and animal disease, microbiome, virology, vaccines, drug delivery, food compositions, chromatography, display materials, battery materials, and fuel cells.

  Moderator
TaeSoo Sean Kim
Partner
Ice Miller LLP

TaeSoo Sean Kim is a partner in Ice Miller’s Business Group. His practice encompasses a wide range of commercial transactions for both established and emerging bio-pharmaceutical, digital health and technology companies, as well as leading academic and research institutions. Sean drafts and negotiates intellectual property licenses, joint development, collaboration and strategic alliance agreements for platform technologies, drug delivery systems and therapeutic candidates. He also advises clients on technology licenses, including software license and service agreements, content license agreements, and master services agreements. As part of his broader corporate practice, Sean also works closely with Korea-based clients doing business in the U.S. on vital cross-border transactional matters, including corporate formation and financing, real estate investments and joint venture agreements.

An active member of the startup community in New York and Los Angeles, Sean has served as a board member of Korean Startups and Entrepreneurs, a non-profit organization with over 1,000 members in New York, Los Angeles and South Korea. He currently serves as an outside general counsel to startups in various stages of growth, from pre-funding to multiple venture capital financing.

 

 

  

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[K-Move] A webinar: Developing Your Career with Mentorship

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The Korea Society is pleased to join KOTRA in presenting valuable lessons on career development through the K-Move program series. K-Move is a project that KOTRA has been organizing for younger Korean audiences abroad, while inviting leading professionals from different fields to share their stories on employment and settlement in the U.S.

In this meaningful program, the Society and KOTRA, as co-hosts, will offer words of hope and encouragement to the young Korean professionals of today with their life and career experiences.

The recent pandemic and its enormous impact on the global economy have led to unfortunate and difficult situations for Korean job seekers in the U.S. The experienced group of mentors invited will provide useful advice and directions on how we could overcome those challenges in this unprecedented time.

[K-Move] Developing Your Career with Mentorship will consist of two separate sessions. In the first part, a renowned guest speaker, Soonkyu Shin, will talk about his success as a 22-year veteran of Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) as well as a writer despite the challenges as a blind person. Mr. Shin will share his life experiences on how he immigrated to the United States, chose his career, overcame challenges, and set up his life mottos and plans.   

In the second part, we will provide practical employment tips that could be immediately applicable to the real-life situation. This will be held in a form of ‘panel discussion’, which will be led by a moderator, William Juhn, Attorney at Eisenberg & Baum’s Law Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing and with two successful Korean American mentors: Esther Ahn, Head of User Experience for YouTube TV, and Ye Jin Kim, Senior Vice President, Global Creative at IT Cosmetics. They will not only share the episodes of their employment process, their employment strategies, but also will prospect potential limitations and solutions in the current job market. The discussion will be followed by a 10 minute Q&A session.

 

Program Agenda

Time Program Note
6:00 – 6:10 PM Opening Remarks The Korea Society | KOTRA
6:10 – 6:40 PM Session 1:
For an Easier Walk, Expect Stumbling Blocks		 Keynote speaker: Soonkyu Shin

Moderator: William Juhn
6:45 – 7:25 PM Session 2:
Career Talk with Professionals		 Panelists: Esther Ahn, Ye Jin Kim 

Moderator: William Juhn

 


Mentor’s Bio 

  Soonkyu (SK) Shin, CFA
Fixed Income Research Analyst for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Board Chair of YANA (You Are Not Alone) Ministry

As a Fixed Income Research Analyst for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., SK is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities in the healthcare and consumer products sectors. He joined BBH in 1998 and has covered multiple asset classes, including equities, municipal bonds, and corporate credits. SK’s professional investing career began in 1994 as an analyst conducting credit research on high-tech issuers at JP Morgan & Co.

SK received an AB degree from Harvard College and was PhD candidate at MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a CFA charterholder.

SK serves as the Board Chair of YANA (You Are Not Alone) Ministry, a not-for-profit organization committed to helping orphaned and abandoned children. Also, he is a semi-professional writer with one published book, “Things You See with Your Eyes Closed: A Blind Wall Street Analyst’s Stories of Everyday Miracles,” as well as regular newspaper and magazine columns.

 

  Esther Ahn
Head of User Experience for YouTube TV

Esther is the Head of User Experience for YouTube TV. She has been at YouTube for over four years focused on building the subscription products experiences for both YouTube Music and YouTube TV. Prior to YouTube, she was Creative Director at frog design leading consumer and enterprise product design programs. She also held the role of Director of Design at Stanford Health Care where she partnered with start-ups to innovate on digital health initiatives. Esther has worked at design innovation companies including IDEO and Smart Design.

Esther holds a BA in Architecture from the UC Berkeley and a Masters in Design from Carnegie Mellon University. Her areas of expertise are in UX design for TV, mobile and web along with service design. Her passion lies in envisioning the future of media experiences and designing for health care. She lives in the Bay Area of California with her husband and two children.

  Ye Jin Kim
Senior Vice President, Global Creative at IT Cosmetics

Ye Jin Kim is a Korean American creative director currently working and living in New York. As Senior Vice President, Global Creative at IT Cosmetics, part of L’Oreal’s Luxe division, she drives creative strategy and leads the development and creation of the brand as well as creative and creative operations department management.

Ye Jin was born and raised in South Korea and studied in the U.K. at Marymount School in London and the U.S. receiving a Bachelor’s degree from ArtCenter College of Design. Previous to IT Cosmetics, Ye Jin was Global Creative Director at Blissworld and Design Director at La Prairie & Shiseido.

  Moderator: William Juhn
Attorney at Eisenberg & Baum’s Law Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

William Juhn is an attorney at Eisenberg & Baum’s Law Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, where he represents deaf and hard of hearing clients in anti-discrimination cases. Before, William was a staff attorney at MinKwon Center, a non-profit organization serving low-income New York City immigrants. He also worked at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. William received his J.D. from Georgetown Law, his M.A. from Fudan University, and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.

 

 

  

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2020 Annual Gala

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The Annual Gala Dinner is the Korea Society’s premier event of the year, celebrating the U.S-Korea relationship as well as honoring those who work towards maintaining this special alliance. This year, in light of health and safety concerns regarding COVID-19, we have decided to “recreate” our Annual Gala as a virtually-celebrated event on Wednesday, October 7, with the theme “Enduring Alliance, Expanding Horizons”.

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

 

 

Transcript

 

Keynote Speaker, His Excellency President Moon Jae-In

Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, Chair of the Korea Society, Mr. Thomas J. Byrne, President of the Korea Society, and Distinguished guests, warm greetings to you all.

Korea Society is a dependable bridge that connects the Republic of Korea and the United States of America. Since its establishment in 1957, it has not only enhanced bilateral exchanges and friendly ties between our two countries but also played a crucial role in helping the international community better understand Korea. I am very pleased to be able to express my gratitude at the Annual Gala Dinner today- a significant event joined by those who have made invaluable contributions to the advancement of ROK-U.S. relations. Although I cannot meet you all in person and have to extend my gratitude and congratulations only virtually, I believe absence made the heart grow fonder than ever before.

Distinguished guests, in times of difficulty, we come to think more of our true friends.

Here with us today is Mr. Salvatore Scarlato, President of the New York Department of the Korean War Veterans Association.

He valiantly fought with the 1st Marine Division, surviving brushes with death.

Representative Charles B. Rangel, also a Korean War veteran, has spearheaded efforts to upgrade the ROK-U.S. alliance throughout his 46 years of service as Congressman, including by co-sponsoring the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act.

The Korean people consider veterans including the two heroes I just acknowledged as their true friends. Not even for a moment have we forgotten our friends who fought for the freedom and peace of a country they never knew or a people they never met.

The robust ROK-U.S. alliance of today has also been forged with sacrifices and dedications of veterans. Mr. Scarlato, Representative Rangel, and all of the Korean War veterans they represent, I want to congratulate you, together with my fellow Koreans, on your receiving the Van Fleet Award.

Chairman Yongmaan Park who has been leading economic cooperation based on the strong spirit of alliance and staff of Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and members of BTS who have been central to promoting cultural exchanges between our two countries, congratulations on your win as well.

Distinguished guests, for the past 67 years, the ROK-U.S. alliance has become stronger and more mature. The alliance initially forged in blood has evolved into one of peace and security, a linchpin for peace on the Korean Peninsula, and served as a dependable bulwark in securing freedom, human rights and vibrant democracy in the Republic of Korea.

The ROK-U.S. alliance has now become an inarguably strong economic alliance as well, with the two countries having strengthened bilateral ties by expanding trade and investment and creating many more new jobs. The late General Van Fleet, founder of the Korea Society, was proud to witness Korea’s astonishing development and once said “Korea is my second home.”

Together with the U.S., Korea was able to achieve what it enjoys today, and our countries will accomplish so much more through our great alliance.

Korea is preparing for the post-COVID-19 era by going digital and green in partnership with the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Our two countries will also work together and jointly tackle and overcome the global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus.

Above all, the very foundation underpinning the ROK-U.S. alliance is close people-to-people ties and shared cultural values.

2.5 million Koreans living in the U.S. are proud members of American society as well as the most essential asset for promoting friendship between the two countries.

The presence of Korean students in the U.S. that reach up to 50,000 and about 3,000 Americans studying in Korea is a herald of a more prosperous bilateral relationship to come.

Young Koreans are communicating with the world by translating Korea’s unique sentiment into messages that have universal appeal.

Korean culture was able to make it to the Academy Awards and Billboard Chart because our two countries have long been sharing cultural values.

Our alliance shined even in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

Even when Korea was bearing the brunt of COVID-19 early on, the U.S. kept its doors open for inbound travelers from Korea, trusting that Korea would effectively respond to the outbreak based on the principles of transparency, openness, and democracy.

Korea, even amid a spike in locally-transmitted infections back in April, provided diagnostic kits first to the United States.

And as a gesture of friendship, we sent 2.5 million face masks to Americans, half a million of which were delivered to the Korean War veterans.

The crisis we are facing today cannot be overcome by a single country alone. It is high time for the ROK-U.S. alliance to demonstrate its power once again.

President Trump has recently invited Korea to attend the G7 Summit meeting.

I take it as America’s call on Korea to assume responsibility and a role commensurate with its international stature based on deep mutual trust between our two countries.

Korea will live up to these expectations and also actively join the concerted global efforts to respond to COVID-19.

The ROK-U.S. alliance is now in a new evolutionary phase with the two countries addressing not only regional but also global issues together.

By going beyond traditional security, economic, social and cultural cooperation and jointly responding to transboundary crises such as infectious diseases, terrorism and climate change, we are broadening the scope of our cooperation to form a comprehensive alliance.

I hope that our two countries will stand at the forefront of a recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and make a new leap toward a more robust alliance.

Distinguished guests, This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.

At the UN General Assembly, I restated before the international community that the War on the Korean Peninsula must end, completely and for good.

The end-of-war declaration will indeed pave the way for peace on the Korean Peninsula, and establishing permanent peace on the Korea Peninsula is the only genuine way to reciprocate the sacrifices and dedications of the Korean War veterans.

There has been substantive progress made in peace process on the Korean Peninsula thanks to the inter-Korean and U.S.-North Korea summit meetings in 2018 and 2019.

However, the talks have now stalled and we are catching our breath.

We can neither allow any backtracking on hard-earned progress nor change our destination.

I hope that our two countries work toward the end-of-war declaration and draw active participation from the international community in this regard.

When we not only deter war but also actively create and institutionalize peace, our alliance will be even greater.

I would like to ask for each and every one of your support for this process so that the Korean Peninsula can finally put the history of the division behind and advance into an era of reconciliation and prosperity. To quote President John F. Kennedy, “peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.”

Korea and the U.S. will engage in close communication and coordination, thereby eliciting support and cooperation from neighboring countries and the international society.

Moreover, our two countries will continue the efforts to build trust with North Korea, one of the parties involved, by keeping our ears, mind and heart open toward it.

I would like to thank Korea Society once again for organizing this meaningful event. Korea will never forget its true friends.

I will continue our audacious journey toward peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula with all of you invited on board.

“We go together!”

Thank you very much.

 

VAN FLEET AWARD CEREMONY

 

 

Charles B. Rangel, 23-term New York congressman and first African-American chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, receives the Van Fleet Award on behalf of all U.S Korean War Veterans. In his dedication speech, Ambassador Won-Sam Chang, Consul General of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea In New York, describes Congressman Rangel as a “decorated hero of the Korean war”, noting that he earned a bronze star for valor and a purple heart for his heroic service at the Battle of Kunu-ri in November 1950, when he led a group of his fellow soldiers from behind enemy lines. Ambassador Chang concludes by saying, “I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the government and the people of Korea to express my profound gratitude to all U.S. Korean War veterans for their courageous service and noble sacrifice.”

Salvatore Scalato, President of the Korean War Veterans Association Department of New York, receives the Van Fleet Award on behalf of the Association. Recalling Sal’s experiences in Korea, General (Ret) Skip Sharp, Former UNC/CFC/USFK Commander, remarks, “Sal’s story is gripping, heartfelt, and especially when he tells it, sometimes humorous.” General Sharp goes on to explain that Sal’s story, “is a good representation of the 1.8 million Americans who fought in the Korean War and the 36,000 who died defending South Korea.” General Sharp concludes, “Sal has spent his life supporting Korean War veterans. And as a son of a Korean War veteran, I am thankful for all that Korean War Veterans Association has done and is doing for our veterans.”

 

Yongmaan Park, Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), receives the Van Fleet Award on behalf of the organization. The Honorable Mark Lippert, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, notes, “KCCI has been integral to the growth and development of Korea that makes it so special on the world stage.” He points out KCCI’s crucial role “in promoting economic ties between the United States and the Republic of Korea.” Ambassador Lippert highlights that Chairman Park has “a long and distinguished career in private industry and promoting economic ties.”

 

BTS receives the Van Fleet Award in recognition of the group’s promotion of cultural ties between the U.S. and South Korea. In her Gala introductory remarks, Ambassador Kathleen Stephens, Korea Society board chair, said, “BTS set the world alight, not just by setting records for number one songs and albums, but also by inspiring audiences of all backgrounds and cultures with their universal messages of hope, humanity, and love.”

 

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 
 
  His Excellency Moon Jae-in
President
Republic of Korea		  

 

 

VAN FLEET AWARD HONOREES

U.S. Korean War Veterans

 
 
 
  Accepted by
Honorable Charles B. Rangel
Congressman 1970-2016
Statesman-in-residence
The City College of New York

 Accepted by
Salvatore Scarlato
President
Korean War Veterans Association
Department of New York

President
Korean War Veterans
Central Long Island Chapter 64

  

Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 
 
  Accepted by
Yongmaan Park
Chairman
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry		  

BTS
 
Bangtan Sonyeondan/Beyond the Scene
Global Superstars

GUEST SPEAKERS

 
 
 
 
Honorable Harry Harris
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

 Honorable Yumi Hogan
First Lady of Maryland

Kim Woo Joo 
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine

  

PRESENTERS

 
 
 
 
Ambassador Won-Sam Chang
Consul General
Consulate General of the Republic of Korea
in New York


Honorable Mark Lippert
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Senior Adviser CSIS
Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Asia Pacific, YouTube

General (Ret) Skip Sharp
Former Commander of the United Nations Command,
ROK-US Combined Forces Command, and
U.S Forces Korea

 

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

 
 
  Juju Chang
Co-Anchor
ABC Nightline		  

Please join this major annual event as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War and virtually highlight the full range of America’s security, economic, political, and cultural ties with the Korean Peninsula.

Stay tuned for more information on additional gala speakers.

To participate in this special event, please view details in the tap below on gala sponsorship and tickets. Your contribution is needed more than ever to help us continue our mission to promote and enhance the U.S.-Korea relationship.

Contact Jiyoung Suh for any inquiries.

For press inquiries, please contact Claire Callahan

Schedule of EventsSUPPORT LEVELSKeynote SpeakerAwardeeGuest SpeakersMaster of CeremoniesSUPPORTERS

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

  6:30 PM   Event Website Opens
  7:00 PM   Official Gala Program Starts
  8:15 PM   Official Gala Program Concludes and Invitation-Only VIP Reception Starts
  8:45 PM   Invitation-Only VIP Reception Concludes
 

* the schedule is based on EDT 

  

 SPONSORSHIP

LEADER – $100,000
• Dedicated viewing links to the virtual gala for 40 guests
• 5 passes to invitation-only VIP reception
• Logo placement in VIP reception
• Verbal recognition during Virtual Gala broadcast
• A full-page advertisement in the digital dinner program book
• Corporate profile with photo and bio of corporate representative in the digital dinner program book
• One complimentary corporate gift membership at the Affiliate level ($1,000)
• One time complimentary rental opportunity to use Korea Society’s event room in 2021*

BENEFACTOR – $50,000
• Dedicated viewing links to the virtual gala for 30 guests
• 4 passes to invitation-only VIP reception
• Verbal recognition during Virtual Gala broadcast
• A full-page advertisement in the digital dinner program book
• Corporate profile with photo and bio of corporate representative in the digital dinner program book

PATRON – $30,000
• Dedicated viewing links to the virtual gala for 25 guests
• 3 passes to invitation-only VIP reception
• Verbal recognition during Virtual Gala broadcast
• A full-page advertisement in the digital dinner program book
• Corporate profile with photo and bio of corporate representative in the digital dinner program book

Sponsor – $20,000
• Dedicated viewing links to the virtual gala for 20 guests
• 2 passes to invitation-only VIP reception
• A half-page advertisement in the digital dinner program book
• Corporate profile with photo of corporate representative in the digital dinner program book

Donor – $15,000
• Dedicated viewing links to the virtual gala for 15 guests
• A half-page advertisement in the digital dinner program book
• Corporate profile in the digital dinner program book

Contributor – $7,500
• Dedicated viewing links to the virtual gala for 10 guests
• Corporate profile in the digital dinner program book

ALL SPONSORS BENEFITS INCLUDE:
• Recognition by level on Virtual Gala event webpage, promotional emails, and social media
• On-screen recognition by level before and during the Virtual Gala
• Year-round recognition in the Korea Society’s Annual Report

*rental will be available on the date when there are no Korea Society’s programs and activities. Rental schedule should be discussed at least two months prior to the event. The guidelines of New York City and State on COVID-19 shall prevail when arranging rental schedule and details.

 INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT AND TICKETS

VAN FLEET AWARD SPONSOR – $4,000
• 3 ticket for a dedicated viewing link to the virtual gala
• 1 pass to invitation-only VIP reception
• Recognition on Virtual Gala event webpage as a Van Fleet Award Sponsor
• On-screen recognition as a Van Fleet Award Sponsor before and during Virtual Gala
• One complimentary individual gift membership at the Supporter level ($150)
• Year-round recognition in the Korea Society’s Annual Report

PATRON – $3,000 Per Ticket (PATRON COUPLE – $5,000)
• 1 ticket for a dedicated viewing link to the virtual gala
• 1 pass to invitation-only VIP reception
• Recognition on Virtual Gala event webpage 
• On-screen recognition by level before and during Virtual Gala
• One complimentary individual gift membership at the Supporter level ($150)
• Year-round recognition in the Korea Society’s Annual Report

CONTRIBUTOR – $300
• 1 ticket for a dedicated viewing link to the virtual gala
• One complimentary individual gift membership at the Individual level ($75)

ALL KOREA SOCIETY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AT SUPPORTER ($150) AND ABOVE LEVEL are eligible to receive a dedicated viewing link to the virtual gala. Become a member today here and enjoy the one year membership benefits as well as our virtual gala!

Members at the Supporter level and above who would like to attend the gala can register here. Please be advised that your membership is effective until the date of the event, so be sure to renew your membership here if it expires soon.

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All sponsorship and Individual Patron ticket registrations must be confirmed by October 2, 2020 to be acknowledged in the dinner program. Cancellations after October 2 will not be accepted.

For further information on sponsorship opportunities or to purchase tickets, please contact Jiyoung Suh or by phone at (212) 759-5360.


The Korea Society is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. The total amount of your contribution is tax deductible.

Funds raised from the virtual gala will support the Korea Society’s programs and activities. Proceeds from this event will also go to the New York Korean War Veterans Memorial to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War and honor the sacrifice of Korean War veterans.

A Special Note on the CARES Act and Philanthropic Giving
The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, has provisions that make donations particularly attractive this year to donors in the US. Please find more detailed information here.

 

His Excellency Moon Jae-in
President
Republic of Korea

 

Education    
  1980 LL.B., Kyung Hee University (Seoul, Korea)
  1971 Kyungnam High School (Busan, Korea)
Career    
  2017 President of the Republic of Korea
  2017 Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party for the 19th presidential election
  2015 Chairperson of the Democratic Party
  2014 Member of the Interim Committee of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy
  2013 Standing Advisor of the Democratic United Party
  2012 Candidate of the Democratic United Party for the 18th presidential election Member of the 19th National Assembly (Sasang-gu, Busan)
  2011 Standing Co-representative of the Innovation and Integration
  2010 Chairperson of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation
  2007 Chief of Staff to the President
Chairperson of the Promotion Committee for the 2nd Inter-Korean Summit
  2005 Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs
  2004 Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Society
  2003 Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs
  1982 Established a law office specializing in human rights and civil society with Roh Moo-hyun, the 16th President of the Republic Korea

  

In honor of the American soldiers who served in the Korean War, especially the over 36,000 Americans who gave their lives, two American veterans will accept the Van Fleet Award.

 
     

Accepted b

y
Honorable Charles B. Rangel
Congressman 1970-2016
Statesman-in-residence
The City College of New York

Charles B. Rangel, war hero, history-making congressman, master lawmaker. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, he made history as the first African American member of Congress to lead the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He served for 23 terms in the House of Representatives and was cited as the most effective lawmaker in the House, leading all of his colleagues in passing legislation. He was a prime contributor to President Obama’s historic health care reform law.

Growing up on the other side of the tracks on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, he was transformed from high school dropout to war hero after volunteering for service in the Army during the Korean War. Wounded in an attack by waves of Communist Chinese troops, he was awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for Valor after leading his surviving comrades from behind enemy lines.

With the aid of the G.I. Bill, he earned degrees from New York University and St. John’s University Law School. He began his public service as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and was later elected to the New York State Assembly. He went to Washington in 1971 to serve in the House after defeating the legendary Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Congressman Rangel is currently Statesman in Residence at The City College of New York for the City University of New York. Demonstrating his commitment to education, he created financial mechanisms to construct and rehabilitate public schools across the country. In Congress, following Saint Matthew’s teaching, he has been a stalwart champion for the “least among us,” advocating powerfully and persistently to improve the lives of working people. He is a defender of veterans and treated education as a national security issue.

A leading advocate for equal rights and equal opportunity, Congressman Rangel boosted the incomes of millions of working families with the Earned Income Tax Credit, and pumped billions of dollars into revitalization of communities across the nation, including Harlem. His unparalleled foreign policy record focused on Africa and the Caribbean. In 1986, Congressman Rangel sounded the death knell for apartheid in South Africa with the “Rangel Amendment,” which forced the largest U.S. investors to abandon the country. He created trading and investment opportunities for struggling nations in the Caribbean and Africa. In 2010, he successfully promoted vital investment incentives for earthquake ravaged Haiti.

Among his proudest achievements is founding the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program in the State Department, in cooperation with Howard University. As of 2015, most of the 200 Rangel Fellows who completed the program were serving as U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officers in U.S. Embassies around the world. Congressman Rangel retired from the United States Congress in 2016. Mr. Rangel still resides with his wife, Alma, in Harlem where he was born. They have two adult children and three grandchildren.

 

     

Accepted by

Salvatore Scarlato
President
Korean War Veterans Association Department of New York

President
Korean War Veterans Central Long Island Chapter 64

Salvatore Scarlato joined the Korean War Veterans Central Long Island Chapter in September 1989. He began by being a Member then was voted in as a Director, Event Chairman, 1st Vice President and, today is the President. He has been the President of this Chapter and the Korean War Veterans Association Department of New York from 2009 to present time (11 years.)

Born in Brookyn, New York on January 14, 1933, Salvatore Scarlato was raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Williamsburg in Brookyn. His parents, Damiano and Carmela Scarlato, were born in the United States in 1905. He attended public school 157 first, then Boys High School in Brookyn, NY.

On October 15, 1951, at the age of 18 ½ years old, Salvatore Scarlato joined the United States Marine Corps. He trained 12 weeks in Boot Camp at Parris Island, SC. After Boot Camp, he was sent to Camp Pendleton, CA for 12 weeks of combat infantry training; part of the 19 replacement draft to Korea. He arrived in Inchon Harbor (Korea west coast) on April 1952 and proceeded to Ascom City where he was assigned as a Browning Automatic Rifle (B.A.R.) man to Baker Company 1st Shore Party Battalion, 1st Marine Division attached to Kimpo Provisional Regiment (K.P.R.) with the 7 Marine Regiment above the Kimpo Penninsula on the main line of Resistence (M.L.R.) This is called the Jamestown Line. He was combat wounded and spent five months in Camp Lejuene Naval Hospital in SC and received an Honorable Medical Discharge from his military service.

Salvatore Scarlato is the recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps President Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation with one Bronze Star, Navy Reserve Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with three Bronze Stars, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation with one Bronze Star, United Nations Medal, the Korean War Service Medal and the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross, New York State Conspicuous Service Star.

Salvatore added to his education by using the G.I. Bill by attending the Mondell Institute in Jamaica, NY for electro-mechanical design drafting; he graduated in 1955. Then, he attended Community Brooklyn College at night for two years and took a home study course from the International Technology of Electronics School in Chicago, IL, which he received a Certificate of Completion.

In 1990, he met his first American South Korean, John SJ Ha, who is his 1st Vice President and best friend. Because of John and his important contacts, Salvatore is well known all over the East Coast Metropolitan area of New York and many Korean Communities, as well as, the Blue House in Seoul Korea. He has received many medals and awards from numerous Korean Presidents, Korean Government Officials, Korean Organizations and Korean Retired Generals. Salvatore has been back to Korea eight different times, as an Honored Guest of the Korean Government.

In civilian life, Salvatore was an electro-mechanical designer and worked for various electronic and aircraft companies doing military and commercial designing of electronic equipment, black boxes for aircrafts and ground support equipment.

Salvatore Scarlato married his beautiful, lovely wife, Teresa on June 1, 1957 (married 63 years.) They have two beautiful children, Karen and Thomas and three wonderful grandsons, Nicholas, Steven and Matthew and son-in-law, Wayne. He and his wife reside in Hauppauge, NY.

 

On behalf of Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the oldest and largest business organization in Korea representing approximately 180,000 member companies, Chairman of KCCI, Mr. Park Yongmaan will receive the Van Fleet Award.

 

Accepted by
Yongmaan Park
Chairman
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Acknowledged for his leadership and expertise, Mr. Park was elected Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in August 2013.

Moreover, he has served as executive member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) since June 2014. Mr. Park has played a key role in representing diverse voices of businesses and building close partnerships between the private and public sectors, both domestically and globally.

Mr. Park received a Commander of the Order of the Star from the Italian government in 2016, the Van Fleet Award from the Korea Society in 2014, and Gold Tower Industry Award from the Korean government in 2012. Mr. Park holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Seoul National University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University.

 

BTS
Bangtan Sonyeondan/ Beyond the Scene
Global Superstars

BTS, an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan or “Beyond the Scene,” is a South Korean boy band that has been capturing the hearts of millions of fans globally since their debut in June 2013. The members of BTS are RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. Gaining recognition for their authentic and self-produced music, top-notch performances, and the way they interact with their fans, the band has established themselves as global superstars breaking countless world records. While imparting a positive influence through activities such as the LOVE MYSELF campaign and the UN ‘Speak Yourself’ speech, BTS has mobilized millions of fans across the world (named ARMY), topped prominent music charts, performed multiple sold-out stadium shows across the world and has been named as one of TIME 100: The Most Influential People of 2019. The band has also been recognized with numerous prestigious awards like the Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards.

  

Honorable Harry Harris
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

Ambassador Harry Harris was nominated by President Trump on May 23, 2018 and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 2018 as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (ROK).

Ambassador Harris commanded the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), now known as the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), from May, 2015 to May, 2018. He is the first Asian-American to hold four-star rank in the U.S. Navy and the first to head USPACOM. Prior to USPACOM, he commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Other operational commands include the U.S. 6th Fleet, Striking and Support Forces NATO, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1, and Patrol Squadron 46.

From 2011 to 2013, Ambassador Harris served as the representative of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of State. In this role, he traveled to over 80 countries with the Secretary and participated in most of the Secretary’s meetings with foreign leaders. He also served as the U.S. Roadmap Monitor for the Mid-East Peace Process.

Ambassador Harris’ personal decorations include the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, three Navy Distinguished Service Medals, three Defense Superior Service Medals, three Legions of Merit, two Bronze Stars, and the Air Medal. He received the Republic of Korea’s Tong-il medal in 2014. He has also been decorated by the governments of Australia, France, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Ambassador Harris was born in Japan and reared in Tennessee and Florida. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978. He holds master’s degrees from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. He also did post-graduate work at Oxford University and completed the Seminar 21 fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ambassador Harris’ father served in the U.S. Navy, and was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. He was stationed in Korea and Japan after World War II until he retired in 1958. Harris’ mother was Japanese. She moved to Tennessee with her husband and young son in 1958 and became an American citizen in 1974. Ambassador Harris is married to Ms. Bruni Bradley, herself a career Naval officer.

Honorable Yumi Hogan
First Lady of Maryland

Maryland’s First Lady, Yumi Hogan, is the first Korean-American First Lady in the United States. Mrs. Hogan is a first-generation Korean-American, an accomplished artist, and an adjunct professor at Maryland Institute College of Art.

Mrs. Hogan grew up on a farm in the South Korean countryside as the youngest of eight children. She immigrated to the United States over 40 years ago, and raised her three daughters, Kim, Jaymi, and Julie, in Howard County.

In 2016, Mrs. Hogan received the Inspirational Leader Award from the International Leadership Foundation, which recognized her as a trailblazing political and community leader and a role model to the Asian-Pacific American community and all Americans.

Among other reputable recognition, Mrs. Hogan is the recipient of the 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a highly-prestigious, nationally-recognized award by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, which recognizes her accomplishments in leadership and inspired service to the state and nation; all while maintaining the traditions of their ethnic heritage as they uphold the ideals and spirit of America.

Her artwork, created on traditional Hanji paper with Sumi ink and mixed media, has been featured in art shows and museums in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, South Korea and more, including an exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

In addition to her work as an artist, Mrs. Hogan has juried numerous art exhibitions, including statewide and national competitions by the Maryland Federation of Art. In 2016, she served as jury chair for the new Concourse D Gallery at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport where artists from Maryland and Washington D.C. were selected to feature their work.

As First Lady, Mrs. Hogan has made it a priority to share her love of the arts with Marylanders of all ages through arts education. Since November 2015, Mrs. Hogan has served as the Honorary Chair of the Council for Arts and Culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, working with the University and Baltimore City to promote the arts.

Following Governor Hogan’s diagnosis with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2015 and their family’s battle with the disease, Mrs. Hogan has become a vocal advocate for cancer awareness and devoted much of her time to visiting Marylanders battling cancer, especially children, and their families. In 2016, Mrs. Hogan was recognized for her role as a caregiver and her work raising awareness with the Pheo Para Alliance’s Dr. Cyrus Katzen Humanitarian Award.

Through her work teaching art classes to patients with cancer and people with disabilities, Mrs. Hogan has become a strong proponent of art therapy and the positive impact it can have on health and wellbeing. She plans to continue to support the arts community and work to bring the joy of art to all Marylanders.

Kim Woo Joo 
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine

Professor Kim Woo Joo is a native of Korea, where he received a Doctor of Medicine (Korea University College of Medicine, 1983) and was boarded in internal medicine (Korea University Hospital, 1987). In 1990, he joined the Division of Infectious Diseases of the Korea University Guro Hospital as a Clinical Instructor and achieved the subspecialty board of adult infectious diseases in 1992. From 1996 to 1997, he served as a visiting scholar at the Division of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, USA. Between 1999 and 2001, he worked as Chief of the Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and the National Influenza Center at the Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH), supervising the surveillance, control, and research activities concerning influenza, measles, rubella, and mumps. While at the KNIH, Professor Kim was instrumental in the establishment of the Korean Influenza Surveillance Scheme (KISS), the first such national surveillance system for influenza. Since 2000, Professor Kim has been a member of the National Advisory Committee on Influenza. He provides advice on issues such as the identification of priority groups for influenza vaccination programs, the appropriate vaccination campaign, surveillance, burden of disease studies, and vaccine safety. Since 2007, he also has been advising on the influenza pandemic preparedness plan that the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) is developing, as well as the research and development of the influenza pandemic vaccine. In recognition of his expertise in and contribution to the field of influenza, he was appointed as Chair of the Trans-governmental Enterprise for Pandemic Influenza in Korea (TEPIK) in 2010, designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. He was the president of the Korean Society of Infectious Diseases from 2014 to 2015. During the 2015 MERS-CoV outbreak in Korea, he had served as the leader of Rapid Response Team and special supervisor to the prime minister to help the government contain the outbreak within two months. In the last five years, Professor Kim has published numerous articles in international journals, including the Lancet, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vaccine, Clinical Vaccine and Immunology, PLoS One, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Infection, Scientific Reports, Journal of Clinical Virology and the Journal of Medical Virology.

  

Juju Chang
Co-Anchor
ABC Nightline

Juju Chang is an Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News’ “Nightline.” She also reports regularly for “Good Morning America” and “20/20.”

Chang has been recognized for her in-depth personal narratives set against the backdrop of pressing national and international news. Her exclusive television interview with transgender solider Chelsea Manning, after seven years in prison, explored issues of national security leaks and LGBTQ military service. Her profile of former firefighter Pat Hardison – after a groundbreaking face transplant – highlighted the crisis of organ donation. She also interviewed transgender teen Jazz Jennings and her journey towards getting gender confirmation surgery and advocacy for other young transgender people. Additionally, Chang anchored a special edition of “Nightline,” “Consent on Campus,” from Penn State which tackled complex issues surrounding sexual assault.

Chang has also covered major breaking news for decades for ABC News, including Superstorm Sandy, the Orlando nightclub massacre and the Boston Marathon bombing. She has traveled around the world to report on global issues including a three-country trip through Central Africa on the front lines against Boko Haram in the latest on #bringbackourgirls, and to Honduras for “Femicide: the Untold War,” an eye-opening look at rampant violence against women.

Chang has profiled newsmakers like Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, former Vice President Joe Biden and Oprah Winfrey as well as entertainers like Chris Pratt, Channing Tatum, Nicki Minaj, and Bella Thorne. Her extensive feature reporting covers parenting dilemmas, digital addictions and social media moguls like Dude Perfect and Esther the Wonder Pig.

A former news anchor for “Good Morning America,” Chang joined ABC News as an entry level desk assistant in 1987 and rose to become a producer for “World News Tonight.” Her first on-air job was reporting for KGO-TV in San Francisco. After a year in Washington, D.C. covering the White House, Capitol Hill and the presidential election for NewsOne, she co-anchored the overnight show “World News Now.” Chang’s work has been recognized with numerous awards including multiple Emmy’s, Gracie’s, a DuPont, a Murrow and Peabody awards. In 2017, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Front Page Awards.

Born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Northern California, Chang graduated with honors from Stanford University with a B.A. in political science and communication. She is married to WNET President and CEO Neal Shapiro and together they have three sons. Chang is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a founding board member of the Korean American Community Foundation.

  

 

 

Gala Video Sponsor
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry
 
Benefactor
Citi
 
FILA & Acushnet
 
Hyundai Motor America
 
LG Electronics
 
Samsung Electronics America
 
Sponsor
Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York
 
MetLife
 
Donor
Korea International Trade Association (KITA)
 
Poongsan Corporation
 
Contributor
Chong Kun Dang Kochon Foundation
 
Dentons
 
Kim & Chang
 
McLarty Associates
 
John J. Moon & Hee-Jung S. Moon
 
Additional Supporter
Earth Therapeutics
 
Dr. Ho Youn Kim
Founder of the Kim Koo Foundation
Chairman of Binggrae Corporation Ltd.
 
Van Fleet Award Sponsor
Young H.T. Cho
Chairman, Donghwa Cultural Foundation and SWPK Art Gallery
President, Anthrop-J Investment Group, LLC
 
Cynthia and Anthony Kim
 
Sang H. Pak
Retired Partner
KPMG LLP
 
General (Ret) Skip Sharp
Former Commander of the United Nations Command,
ROK-US Combined Forces Command, and
U.S Forces Korea
 
Special Acknowledgement
Seung-Hoon Lee
Senior Advisor
Dentons Lee
 
Michael Woods
CEO & COO
Big Sun Holdings Group

 

 

 

2020 Van Fleet Award Honoree

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2020 Van Fleet Award Honorees

 

U.S. Korean War Veterans

 

 

 


Accepted by
Honorable Charles B. Rangel
Congressman 1970-2016
Statesman-in-residence
The City College of New York

 

Charles B. Rangel, war hero, history-making congressman, master lawmaker. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, he made history as the first African American member of Congress to lead the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He served for 23 terms in the House of Representatives and was cited as the most effective lawmaker in the House, leading all of his colleagues in passing legislation. He was a prime contributor to President Obama’s historic health care reform law.

Growing up on the other side of the tracks on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, he was transformed from high school dropout to war hero after volunteering for service in the Army during the Korean War. Wounded in an attack by waves of Communist Chinese troops, he was awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for Valor after leading his surviving comrades from behind enemy lines.

With the aid of the G.I. Bill, he earned degrees from New York University and St. John’s University Law School. He began his public service as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and was later elected to the New York State Assembly. He went to Washington in 1971 to serve in the House after defeating the legendary Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Congressman Rangel is currently Statesman in Residence at The City College of New York for the City University of New York. Demonstrating his commitment to education, he created financial mechanisms to construct and rehabilitate public schools across the country. In Congress, following Saint Matthew’s teaching, he has been a stalwart champion for the “least among us,” advocating powerfully and persistently to improve the lives of working people. He is a defender of veterans and treated education as a national security issue.

A leading advocate for equal rights and equal opportunity, Congressman Rangel boosted the incomes of millions of working families with the Earned Income Tax Credit, and pumped billions of dollars into revitalization of communities across the nation, including Harlem. His unparalleled foreign policy record focused on Africa and the Caribbean. In 1986, Congressman Rangel sounded the death knell for apartheid in South Africa with the “Rangel Amendment,” which forced the largest U.S. investors to abandon the country. He created trading and investment opportunities for struggling nations in the Caribbean and Africa. In 2010, he successfully promoted vital investment incentives for earthquake ravaged Haiti.

Among his proudest achievements is founding the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program in the State Department, in cooperation with Howard University. As of 2015, most of the 200 Rangel Fellows who completed the program were serving as U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officers in U.S. Embassies around the world. Congressman Rangel retired from the United States Congress in 2016. Mr. Rangel still resides with his wife, Alma, in Harlem where he was born. They have two adult children and three grandchildren.

 

 

 

 


Accepted by
Salvatore Scarlato
President
Korean War Veterans Association
Department of New York

President
Korean War Veterans
Central Long Island Chapter 64

 

Salvatore Scarlato joined the Korean War Veterans Central Long Island Chapter in September 1989. He began by being a Member then was voted in as a Director, Event Chairman, 1st Vice President and, today is the President. He has been the President of this Chapter and the Korean War Veterans Association Department of New York from 2009 to present time (11 years.)

Born in Brookyn, New York on January 14, 1933, Salvatore Scarlato was raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Williamsburg in Brookyn. His parents, Damiano and Carmela Scarlato, were born in the United States in 1905. He attended public school 157 first, then Boys High School in Brookyn, NY.

On October 15, 1951, at the age of 18 ½ years old, Salvatore Scarlato joined the United States Marine Corps. He trained 12 weeks in Boot Camp at Parris Island, SC. After Boot Camp, he was sent to Camp Pendleton, CA for 12 weeks of combat infantry training; part of the 19 replacement draft to Korea. He arrived in Inchon Harbor (Korea west coast) on April 1952 and proceeded to Ascom City where he was assigned as a Browning Automatic Rifle (B.A.R.) man to Baker Company 1st Shore Party Battalion, 1st Marine Division attached to Kimpo Provisional Regiment (K.P.R.) with the 7 Marine Regiment above the Kimpo Penninsula on the main line of Resistence (M.L.R.) This is called the Jamestown Line. He was combat wounded and spent five months in Camp Lejuene Naval Hospital in SC and received an Honorable Medical Discharge from his military service.

Salvatore Scarlato is the recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps President Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation with one Bronze Star, Navy Reserve Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with three Bronze Stars, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation with one Bronze Star, United Nations Medal, the Korean War Service Medal and the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross, New York State Conspicuous Service Star.

Salvatore added to his education by using the G.I. Bill by attending the Mondell Institute in Jamaica, NY for electro-mechanical design drafting; he graduated in 1955. Then, he attended Community Brooklyn College at night for two years and took a home study course from the International Technology of Electronics School in Chicago, IL, which he received a Certificate of Completion.

In 1990, he met his first American South Korean, John SJ Ha, who is his 1st Vice President and best friend. Because of John and his important contacts, Salvatore is well known all over the East Coast Metropolitan area of New York and many Korean Communities, as well as, the Blue House in Seoul Korea. He has received many medals and awards from numerous Korean Presidents, Korean Government Officials, Korean Organizations and Korean Retired Generals. Salvatore has been back to Korea eight different times, as an Honored Guest of the Korean Government.

In civilian life, Salvatore was an electro-mechanical designer and worked for various electronic and aircraft companies doing military and commercial designing of electronic equipment, black boxes for aircrafts and ground support equipment.

Salvatore Scarlato married his beautiful, lovely wife, Teresa on June 1, 1957 (married 63 years.) They have two beautiful children, Karen and Thomas and three wonderful grandsons, Nicholas, Steven and Matthew and son-in-law, Wayne. He and his wife reside in Hauppauge, NY.

 

 

Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

   

 

 

Accepted by
Yongmaan Park
Chairman
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

Acknowledged for his leadership and expertise, Mr. Park was elected Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in August 2013.

Moreover, he has served as executive member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) since June 2014. Mr. Park has played a key role in representing diverse voices of businesses and building close partnerships between the private and public sectors, both domestically and globally.

Mr. Park received a Commander of the Order of the Star from the Italian government in 2016, the Van Fleet Award from the Korea Society in 2014, and Gold Tower Industry Award from the Korean government in 2012. Mr. Park holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Seoul National University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University.

 

 

 

 

 

Bangtan Sonyeondan/Beyond the Scene
Global Superstars

 

BTS, an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan or “Beyond the Scene,” is a South Korean boy band that has been capturing the hearts of millions of fans globally since their debut in June 2013. The members of BTS are RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. Gaining recognition for their authentic and self-produced music, top-notch performances, and the way they interact with their fans, the band has established themselves as global superstars breaking countless world records. While imparting a positive influence through activities such as the LOVE MYSELF campaign and the UN ‘Speak Yourself’ speech, BTS has mobilized millions of fans across the world (named ARMY), topped prominent music charts, performed multiple sold-out stadium shows across the world and has been named as one of TIME 100: The Most Influential People of 2019. The band has also been recognized with numerous prestigious awards like the Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards.

 

29TH ANNUAL VAN FLEET MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

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The Korea Society’s 29th Annual Van Fleet Memorial Golf Tournament was held on August 11 at Wykagyl Country Club. Many supporters of the US-Korea relationship who have contributed greatly to the mission of the Korea Society got together and enjoyed a perfect mid-summer day and evening at the beautiful Wykagyl Country Club.

Mr. Jerry Lee of MUFG Securities received the Medalist Low Gross Van Fleet Memorial Award.

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020

 Wykagyl Country Club
1195 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10804
Click for map

 

Brochure | Registration

CLOSED FOR NEW REGISTRATIONS

 Contact Kloe Byun for any inquiries or to register.

* In compliance with measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, Wykagyl Country Club has lowered its maximum capacity. Please register today to secure your spot.

 

Schedule of EventsTOURNAMENT COMMITTEESPONSOR LEVELS & FEESSPONSORS

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

  11:30 AM   Registration
Lunch
  1:00 PM   Shotgun Tee Off
  6:00 PM   Cocktail Reception
  7:00 PM   Dinner
Awards Ceremony & Silent Auction
 

 

 

TOURNAMENT CO-CHAIRS
(in formation as of July 7, 2020)

Gene Yoon
Chairman 
FILA & Acushnet Company

  

Michael Woods
CEO & COO
Big Sun Holdings Group
Black Buffalo 3D Corporation
Flash Labs Corporation

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE

Young H.T. Cho
President
Donghwa Cultural Foundation and SWPK Art Gallery

 

SPONSOR LEVELS & FEES

GOLD SPONSOR: $20,000
• Two foursomes (8 golfers)
• Two additional invitations to the cocktail reception and dinner
• Full-page ad in the tournament program
• Recognition from the podium during the dinner ceremony
• Two tee signs of company logo placed at the agreed upon tee box
• Company logo recognition on the event display board, website, tournament program and other print publications

SILVER SPONSOR: $10,000
• One foursome (4 golfers)
• Full-page ad in the tournament program
• Recognition from the podium during the dinner ceremony
• One tee sign of company logo placed at the agreed upon tee box
• Company logo recognition on the event display board, website, tournament program and other print publications

BRONZE SPONSOR: $8,000
• One foursome (4 golfers)
• Half-page ad in the tournament program
• Recognition from the podium during the dinner ceremony
• Company logo recognition on the event display board, website, tournament program and other print publications

GOLF CART SPONSOR: $6,000
• Two golfers
• Company logo placed inside every player’s cart

CADDIE SPONSOR: $5,000
• Two golfers
• Company logo placed on caddie bibs

TEE BOX SPONSOR: $1,000 per Tee

TOURNAMENT FEES
FOURSOME: $2,800 for Four Golfers
TWOSOME: $1,600 for Two Golfers
SINGLE: $900 per Golfer

• Green fees and complimentary range balls
• Caddie fees
• Use of locker room facilities
• Brunch
• Beverages on the course
• Cocktail reception after golf
• Dinner – awards ceremony & silent auction

COCKTAIL RECEPTION & DINNER-ONLY GUEST: $350 per Person

 

PLATINUM SPONSORS


FILA & Acushnet Company

BRONZE SPONSORS


Citi


Poongsan Corporation

TEE BOX SPONSORS

BIG SUN HOLDINGS

Korea International Trade Association

Woods Capital LLC

HOLE-IN-ONE SPONSOR

IN-KIND DONORS

Mrs. Joanne Lee


Acushnet Company


Asiana Airlines

 


Corning Inc.

korean.air
The Korean Air

earth

Earth Therapeutics


FILA USA


Five Iron Golf


Glow Recipe

Haerfest

Hand & Stone


KMS Imports


LG

LIE SANGBONG

Nassau Country Club

CPS Events at the Plaza

Sherry-Lehmann Wine & Spirits

The Wykagyl Country Club

 Contact Kloe Byun for any inquiries or to register.

 

Building and Protecting Your K-Brand in the YouTube Era

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The Korea Society and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) are delighted to present Building and Protecting Your K-Brand in the YouTube Era on July 22, 2020. Over the last two decades, YouTube has demonstrated its versatility, achieving far more than the launch of successful careers for the likes of Justin Bieber and BTS. Businesses of all sizes increasingly adopt this highly effective yet affordable advertising platform as part of their marketing strategy to attract audiences and drive sales. With this backdrop, our upcoming seminar will explore various legal and business aspects of managing content on YouTube while building your K-brand on this rapidly expanding channel.

Keri S. Bruce, Partner at Reed Smith LLP will lead our first session by examining relevant copyright, trademark and advertising law issues. She will also offer practical guidance on minimizing potential risks and seeking infringement remedies. In the second session, you will hear insightful perspectives and first-hand experiences from three prominent K-brand YouTuber panelists – (1) MJ Choi, founder of I Love Dance, a popular K-pop dance studio which also creates K-pop content featuring various groups of dancers; (2) Seonkyoung Longest, a prolific producer of K-food cooking videos; and (3) Liah Yoo, founder of KraveBeauty, who shares her makeup tutorials and product guides. Zena Kim, Director of Litigation & Legal Operations at A&E Networks, will be moderating the panel discussion.

Please join us for an intellectually stimulating and inspirational evening.

Program Agenda

Time Program Speakers
6:00 – 6:10 PM Opening Remarks Korea Society | KOTRA
6:10 – 7:00 PM Session 1:
YouTube Marketing: Navigating Legal Pitfalls 		Keynote speaker: Keri S. Bruce
7:00 – 8:00 PM Session 2:
Practical Insights from K-Brand YouTubers		 Panelists: MJ Choi, Seonkyoung Longest, and Liah Yoo
Moderator: Zena Kim

 


Speakers & Moderator

SESSION 1SESSION 2
  Keri S. Bruce
Partner
Reed Smith LLP

Keri is a Partner in the Entertainment and Media Industry Group. Keri represents national and multi-national clients and trade organizations in matters relating to advertising, marketing, media, promotions, trade practices, intellectual property and technology. She provides clients with transactional support, practical advice and training to develop policies and programs and make decisions to effectively market their products and services, while reducing risk and remaining competitive in today’s business world.

She is a legal advisor to the Association of National Advertisers and also represents clients in a wide array of industries, including beauty, fashion, luxury-goods, retail, consumer packaged goods, restaurants, financial services, advertising, media, publishing, automotive, technology and sports. Keri’s experience covers a broad array of areas, including, talent agreements and celebrity endorsements; advertising and media agency agreements; vendor agreements; technology, sponsorship, licensing, and strategic alliance agreements; emerging technology platforms; intellectual property issues, including copyright, trademark and right of privacy and publicity; social media compliance; rights of advertisers pursuant to collective bargaining agreements with performing unions; commercial co-ventures and other charitable sales promotions; loyalty programs; claim substantiation; sweepstakes; contests; promotional incentives, such as gift cards, rebates and coupons; and general advertising review.

Additionally, she has experience working with local counsel around the world to defend foreign false advertising investigations.

Keri is a frequent speaker on advertising and marketing issues.

 

  MJ Choi
Director & Founder
I Love Dance

MJ Choi is the founder of I LOVE DANCE, the biggest and K-pop dance school in East Coast U.S.

MJ was born and raised in South Korea, and came to the U.S. when she was 22 to study English and later she received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design. Dance was always her passion, but due to heavy push back from her father, she wasn’t able to pursue dance as a profession until at a late age of 28. Starting late in life, sharing classrooms with peers half her age was mentally and physically draining. But undeterred, within a year and half of daily training, MJ opened the first class of her own to help beginners which she named I LOVE DANCE.

Since its founding in 2006, I LOVE DANCE has expanded from its roots in Manhattan to Queens and New Jersey where more than 500 students come to dance together. It has become a vehicle for sharing the growing popularity of K-POP while exemplifying the unifying characteristic of dance as an art form. Despite the K-POP focus, over 90% of its membership is non-Korean. The classmates of various backgrounds meet not only to learn dance, but also to socialize and to embrace one another’s uniqueness. MJ’s passion has also extended into creating dance cover videos, organizing flash mobs, teaching workshops, and actively interacting within followers on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. I LOVE DANCE has garnered international recognition. MJ has conducted numerous workshops and performances at various venues in the U.S. and in Europe. She continues to extend its reach and influence today.

MJ hopes that her experiences of overcoming fear and challenges serves as an inspiration to all that walks through the studio.

  Seonkyoung Longest
Asian at Home

The Queen of Asian cuisine and self-made social media entrepreneur, Seonkyoung Longest is the founder of internet business Seonkyoung Longest Network. Her Network has 3.3M Facebook followers, 1.45M YouTube subscribers, 432K Instagram followers and 1M monthly website visits.

Seonkyoung was born and raised in South Korea and has been living in the U.S. since 2009. She is an artist and expresses her creativity in the kitchen on a plate. This YouTube celebrity chef has been recognized by multiple world famous chefs for her talent, skill and authenticity. She was a top 40 competitor of Fox’s “Master Chef Season 4” hosted by Gordon Ramsay and the winner of Food Network’s “Restaurant Express” hosted by Rover Irvine. She launched her first restaurant at The M Resort Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas in 2013.

She is a Taste Maker of a global entertainment company “Tastemade”, with 2B monthly views and 300M monthly user engagements.

Seonkyoung proved that if you have passion and love for what you do, no matter what the circumstances, you can make it happen. She inspires people to live life to the fullest by following their dreams and spreading love while educating them on the importance of feeding their body and soul.

  Liah Yoo
CEO
KraveBeauty

Liah is a beauty influencer and the founder/CEO of KraveBeauty that’s disrupting the beauty industry by bringing a refreshingly honest point of view by telling people to cleanse less. She’s known on YouTube for sharing skincare tips with the knowledge and experience she gained while working at Korea’s largest beauty conglomerate, AmorePacific, and beyond. She has a social media reach of over 1 million people across the globe and has built her credibility by helping hundreds of other women who have tried every other conventional regime to clearer and healthier skin through sharing her unconventional acne-fighting tips based on her own skincare journey.

  Zena Kim
Director of Litigation & Legal Operations
A&E Networks

Zena Kim is an in-house attorney specialized in Litigation and Legal Operations at A+E Networks—formerly known as A&E Television Networks, the home of The History Channel, A&E, Lifetime and Vice TV. As part of her entertainment practice, she manages claims and litigation matters and spearheads optimization of legal operations. In a prior role, she oversaw the rights management of programming and advised various internal business units on global exploitation and distribution strategies. In particular, she was integral in lining up A+E Networks for TV Everywhere and Over-the-Top initiatives in the changing television landscape. On the side, she also empowers the voice of the employees by heading up passion groups with a focus on wellness, inclusion and diversity.

Prior to joining A+E, Zena dedicated her time to developing and spearheading the Foreclosure Prevention Project at the MinKwon Center for Community Action in Flushing. She worked closely with the Asian American community by representing homeowners in active foreclosure proceedings and advising them on foreclosure prevention measures through counseling and advocacy.

Zena received her undergraduate degree in psychology at University of Washington (UW) and went on to earn her J.D. at UW School of Law—William H. Gates Hall—located in Seattle, Washington. She is happily married to her husband who owns Now or Never Coffee in SoHo supporting the first responders during this pandemic and promoting a time of reflection on racial equality. Through the lens of her three-year old son, she strives to find the right balance between serving a greater purpose in life, parenting and learning from her son.

  

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Marketing in a Digital World

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As consumers continue to cut the cord, how will we define the future of TV? How does this paradigm shift change the future of advertising? Join us July 16th as Cathy Oh, Global Head of Marketing & Analytics at Samsung Ads, explores these topics in conversation with CeFaan Kim, reporter at WABC-TV Eyewitness News.

Throughout her career, Cathy has worked at some of the world’s largest and most prestigious companies including Samsung, Apple and NBC Universal. If you are a tech aficionado, or would like to learn about what it’s like to be a woman in tech and media, join us for this intimate fireside chat.

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Young Professionals’ Night
Marketing in a Digital World
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Cathy Oh

Thursday, July 16, 2020 | 6 PM

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Cathy Oh
Global Head of Marketing & Analytics
Samsung Ads

Capitalizing on more than 15 years of global marketing experience with Fortune 500 companies, Cathy Oh serves as Global Head of Marketing and Analytics for Samsung Ads. As one of the founding members of Samsung Ads, Cathy has played a critical role in establishing the Samsung Ads brand, and her leadership has been integral to the organization as it redefines the Advanced TV landscape.

Since joining the Company in 2015, Samsung Ads has transformed from a single product offering into the Advanced TV advertising platform with the largest and most powerful source of TV data. During this time, Cathy has positioned Samsung Ads as a global enterprise, overseeing efforts across the US, EU, APAC and Latin America regions. The collective efforts of the entire team resulted in Samsung Ads being named one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work in 2020, as well as recognition across numerous industry associations as a leader in the Advanced TV space.

Throughout her career, Cathy has established a track record of developing global brands, large-scale marketing strategies and activations, sales initiatives, and marketing programs for global sales teams. Cathy brings to bear a unique entrepreneurial spirit and love for innovation to multi-national, enterprise organizations, working in lockstep with sales and product development to build brands, grow revenue and move businesses forward. Prior to joining Samsung Ads, Cathy served as Head of Marketing for iAd, Global Brands & Agencies (a division of Apple). In addition to Apple, where Cathy managed a global team, she has held marketing positions at companies that include WebMD and NBC Universal.

Cathy received a Master’s Degree in Integrated Marketing from New York University and a Bachelor’s of Science from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a member of ARF’s Women in Analytics (WIA), where she works to inspire and motivate women in the industry. Cathy is also a member of Ad Age Collective, where she is asked to contribute thought leadership as a Marketing Executive and has served as a key spokesperson across numerous trades. When she isn’t traveling the globe for both work and pleasure, Cathy also serves on the board of the Korean American Community Foundation and sits on the advisory board for Conscious Step. Cathy lives in Gramercy, NY with her husband and husky.

 

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

CeFaan Kim
Reporter
WABC-TV Eyewitness News

CeFaan Kim joined the Eyewitness News team as a reporter in September 2015. Since then, CeFaan has covered major national breaking news, including the Chelsea terrorist bombing in September of 2016, where he was the first TV reporter on scene. In 2017 he covered the massive spontaneous protest at JFK Airport in response to President Trump’s travel ban executive order. CeFaan has also reported extensively on poverty in the Asian-American community in New York.

Prior to joining Eyewitness News, he was a reporter for News 12 Westchester/Hudson Valley, where he lead the station’s coverage of the January 2015 Metro-North train crash that killed 6 people, the deadliest in its history.

CeFaan launched his career in 2003 as a photographer and field producer at NY1 News in New York City. In 2008, he traveled to Iowa and New Hampshire to cover the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Rudolph Giuliani, and Barack Obama. He also co-produced Eliot Spitzer’s 2006 gubernatorial general election debate, Andrew Cuomo’s primary debate in his run for State Attorney General, and Hillary Clinton’s 2006 senatorial debate.

His exclusive story about a woman who died while waiting for EMTs during the “Christmas Blizzard” of 2010 forced the Bloomberg administration to admit the city’s response to the storm had been inadequate.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, CeFaan graduated from New York University where he majored in Broadcast Journalism. He is a former sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves; he graduated from Non-Commissioned Officer’s Academy on the Commandant’s List. In addition, CeFaan is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and serves as co-chair of its Media Watch Committee.

 

 

Young Professionals’ Night with Timothy Martin

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Over the months journalists have worked tirelessly to provide reliable and up to date information on COVID-19. Timothy Martin, Korea bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, is among these journalists. His reporting has shed light on the outbreak in South Korea, giving U.S. readers an in-depth account of the situation in the country and the actions taken to stem the spread of the virus. In this webcast, Timothy speaks with AAJA – NY chapter president, Frank Bi, on his experience covering the coronavirus pandemic in South Korea. He also gives us a look into his career in journalism, and shares his advice for journalists entering the field.

  The Korea Society is excited to present this Young Professionals’ Night webcast in partnership with the Asian American Journalists Association’s New York chapter. AAJA’s New York chapter is the largest chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association with more than 770 members in New York and the surrounding region. Its mission is to advance the representation of Asian American and Pacific Islanders in newsrooms as well as in the fair and accurate coverage of AAPI issues.

 

Young Professionals’ Night with Timothy Martin

PREMIERES: Monday, June 15, 2020 | 6 PM

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About the Speaker:

Timothy Martin is the Korea bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, where he oversees coverage of Kim Jong Un, Samsung and anything else happening on the Korean Peninsula. He has worked at the Journal for more than a decade with prior stints in its Chicago, Atlanta and New York offices. Tim has covered the U.S. painkiller epidemic, Wall Street’s biggest buyers, global business and once wrote a story about extreme couponing that inspired a TV show. He has been posted in Seoul since 2017. Born in Gwangju, South Korea, Tim was adopted to American parents, growing up in a small town in Illinois. He first lived in Seoul after graduating college in the mid-2000s, when he taught English at a hagwon in Gangnam and studied Korean at Seoul National University.

 

 

ABOUT THE MODERATOR:

Frank Bi is a senior storytelling engineer at Vox Media in New York City where he works on innovative storytelling projects for the web. He also teaches data literacy and visualization at Fordham University and is a Google News Initiative trainer, teaching journalists at newsrooms and conferences across the country on utilizing free journalism tools. Frank is the president of Asian American Journalists Association’s New York chapter.

 

Korean Inspired Glow

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In these uncertain times, we regard self-care as a way to manage anxiety and alleviate stress. Often, skincare comprises an essential part of many self-care routines. Tune in to see how Glow Recipe co-founders, Sarah Lee and Christine Chang, are adapting content during this time to align with a self-care centric beauty philosophy, and how they continue to lead Glow Recipe with a K-Beauty inspired approach for every product and campaign. Furthermore, discover how Sarah and Christine have transformed Glow Recipe, which began as a Korean skincare curation brand in 2014, into a successful skincare line of their own, with products such as the cult-favorite Watermelon Sleeping Mask.

Aspiring entrepreneurs will not want to miss this program! Sarah and Christine’s success in creating and leading Glow Recipe will undoubtedly offer valuable insight for starting a business.

The Young Professionals’ Night program consists of industry professionals who share their career experiences and advice with the audience. It provides a wonderful opportunity for networking, and all professionals seeking to expand their careers are encouraged to come.

 

 

Korean Inspired Glow:
Young Professionals’ Night
with Glow Recipe Co-Founders Christine and Sarah

Thursday, May 14, 2020 | 6 PM

 

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ABOUT GLOW RECIPE:


Glow Recipe is a clean, fruit-powered, unapologetically fun skin care line inspired by Korean beauty. Co-founded by beauty industry veterans Sarah Lee and Christine Chang in 2014, Glow Recipe was launched as a specially curated destination for natural, cruelty-free beauty products and a platform to introduce the latest skin-care innovations from South Korea to beauty lovers across the world. Sarah and Christine vetted each brand to ensure sustainable practices and no harsh ingredients were used in any products. In 2015, Sarah and Christine were featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, where they received three investment offers.

Glow Recipe Skincare was born in 2017 with the debut of the best-selling Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask and Blueberry Bounce Gentle Cleanser. At launch, the Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask sold out over seven times on both glowrecipe.com and at Sephora, generating a waitlist that exceeded 8,000 people. To date, the brand has expanded its cult-favorite Watermelon franchise, while expanding to other fruit products that feature Avocado, Pineapple, and Banana, which are all available online and in Sephora stores throughout the United States and Canada.

In 2018, Glow Recipe had the honor of being chosen for CNBC’s Upstart 100 List, highlighting the top start-up companies to watch. Sarah and Christine have been featured as speakers at WWD Digital Forum, Conde Nast Intl Forum, CEW, Decoded Beauty Forum, Glossy Forum and have also guest lectured at Yonsei University, Purdue University Business School, and NYU Stern Business School.

 

ABOUT THE MODERATOR:

 
Jenny Jin is the Beauty Director and on-camera host at PureWow. After starting her career in the nonprofit and finance sectors, she made a pivot into the media industry as the beauty editor at Real Simple magazine. She currently hosts a weekly YouTube series called “The Glow Up,” where she gives insider access into the latest beauty and wellness trends and an Instagram Live series called “Outside In,” where she shares the backstories of beauty and wellness entrepreneurs. In her spare time, she loves to read, dance and eat her way through new destinations. You can find her on Instagram @jyjin.

Annual Membership Party 2020

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Celebrate the New Year with The Korea Society as we welcome the Year of the Rat with greater advancements to come! Meet fellow members, supporters, and friends and enjoy Korean-themed drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and entertainment.

 

Thursday, January 30, 2020 | 6:30 PM

The Korea Society
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Attire: Festive

Supporter, Fellow members and above may bring one guest for free

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RAMI SEO’S Project World Music Ensemble

Gayakeum: Rami Seo
Guitar: Kenny Heechan Cha
Contrabass: Sang Ouk Jung
Drum: Minwoo Ha

Rami Seo’s Project World Music Ensemble is a world music project team based on Korean traditional performing arts established in August 2007 to promote Korean traditional culture and arts to the world.

Performed in all genres of music including classical music, jazz, crossover, and contemporary creative music, as well as traditional music, her World Music Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center,Jazz@Lincoln Center (First Korean),UN, Canon Hall in White House, Consulate General of each country. The project of World Music Ensemble by Rami Seo, has done with a full-scale world tour in East Africa, U.S., Korea in 2019 and has planned South Africa, Europe, and East Asia in 2020.