Grace E. Yoo
Executive Director
Grace Yoo has served as the Executive Director of the Korean American Coalition - Los Angeles (KAC) since May 2005. As Executive Director, she interfaces with leaders of the Korean American community, the media, and California’s political leaders and community leaders, often bringing the various groups together to promote Korean American community interests. She is actively engaged with other communities of color to bring greater awareness of the needs of the Korean American community to the forefront.
  Prior to joining KAC, she served as the Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), this nation's only national bar association representing the interests of Asian Pacific American attorneys. Prior to serving as NAPABA’s Executive Director, she was in private practice, having been appointed by the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles to represent abused and neglected children.
  For more than two decades she has been a volunteer for various political and civic organizations. Her passion to help her community be a better place to live has propelled her to be active in various aspects of community life over the years, such as being a driver for SAFE RIDES (driving drunk teenagers home), an AWANA (Approved Workers Are Not Ashamed) Leader, a founding member of the LAPD Olympic Booster Association Foundation, and active in professional legal organizations to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the law. In 2008, she was appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraiagosa to serve on the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation Commission. She has also served as an Advisor to the LPGA since 2008.
  Grace received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside, where she received the Davis Commencement Award. She earned her J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, where she was a recipient of the Center for Social Justice Commencement Award and the Juvenile Justice Commencement Award.
Phone: 213.365.5999 x102
Email: grace@kacla.org

Brian Ryoo
Associate Director, 4.29 Dispute Resolution Center
Brian Ryoo is the Associate Director of 4.29 Dispute Resolution Center at Korean American Coalition. He manages 4.29 Center's day-to-day activities, including volunteer mediator recruitment and mediation coordination. As a Los Angeles County Bar Association-trained mediator, he also mediates disputes in various fields.
  Before joining KAC, Brian worked as an analyst at The Monitor Group, a management consultancy. A graduate of UC Berkeley, he currently volunteers as a board member for BMUN Group, an educational non-profit based in Berkeley, CA.
Phone: 213.383.4290
Email: brian@kacla.org

Eunmi Kang
Citizenship Assistant
Phone: 213.365.5999 x107
Email: eunmi@kacla.org

Chris Lee
Citizenship Coordinator
Office Manager
Phone: 213.365.5999 x104
Email: chris@kacla.org

Allen Park
Community Outreach Director
Allen Park is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, and has previously interned at the Asian Law Caucus and at Bay Area Legal Aid.
Phone: 213.365.5999 x103
Email: allen@kacla.org

Yea Jin Shin
Citizenship Assistant
Phone: 213.365.5999 x107
Email: yeajin@kacla.org

Michael Lee
Intern

Sammy Lee
Intern