THE KOREA SOCIETY

Eun Soo Cho is a multiple award-winning student entrepreneur with a background in interaction design. With a multidisciplinary approach spanning engineering, design, and marketing, Eunsoo has earned recognition including 1st Place at the 2025 Stanford Longevity Design Challenge, the Indigo Award (Gold) for Apps for Social Change, and selection as a finalist for the Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards. She was also a team member of the first-prize–winning project at The Korea Society’s inaugural student entrepreneurship competition. Eunsoo earned her MFA from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) and is currently working in product strategy at a Series C startup based in New York.

Melissa Lent-Lume is currently the Senior Project Manager on the Tech and Creative team at New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). In her role, Melissa works to grow the tech workforce and support the growth of emerging sectors, such as AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, and quantum. Specifically, Melissa leads the Startup and VC Internship Programs initiative at NYCEDC, which offers paid work opportunities in the tech and investment world, professional development, and mentorship to New York City students.

Previously, Melissa was the Deputy Policy Director at the Center for an Urban Future, a nonprofit think tank focused on creating a more equitable economy in New York City and expanding economic opportunity for all New Yorkers. Her research influenced policy and the inception of new programs from the creation of the SUNY Reconnect program to the mayor's investment in the CUNY 2X Tech initiative. She graduated as a valedictorian from Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Hunter College.

Linda Zhou is a 2nd-year MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management and Managing Partner of the NYC/Midwest team at Dorm Room Fund, the leading student-run venture fund investing in student founders. Prior to business school, she built grant programs and accelerators for AAPI non-profits, emerging music artists, filmmakers, journalists, and more at Gold House, while also leading the Gold House Ventures Accelerator for early-stage founders. Linda began her career as community manager at the Harvard Innovation Labs ("i-lab"), leading to a stint as first employee & Chief of Staff at the i-lab incubated fintech startup Juno.

Holly Oh Diamond is a serial entrepreneur and social impact founder passionate about building businesses that drive equity in the workforce. She is the founder of DHD Consulting, a recruiting firm specializing in Korean and immigrant-owned businesses, and WorkOnward, an AI-powered, map-based hiring platform designed to make job opportunities more accessible for immigrant and women-owned small businesses.

With a background in social work and more than a decade of hands-on experience in recruiting and workforce operations, Holly is known for her people-first, operator-driven approach to solving real-world hiring challenges and supporting economic mobility for underrepresented communities. Her work has been backed by Techstars, Village Capital, and Robin Hood Foundation.

She also owns and operates Mista Oh, a Korean restaurant in Flatiron, New York City, which she opened during the pandemic to support her family and experienced firsthand the realities of small business ownership, hiring, and workforce management.

Today, Holly extends her impact through WorkOnward Foundation, connecting for-profit and nonprofit efforts to expand access to employment through place-based data, technology, partnerships, and community-driven workforce development. She currently serves as a staff member at United Korean Founders and as a board advisor to the New York State Restaurant Association.