Past Business Involvements
1991 to 2003
California Design College
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Former Affiliations
2005 to 2008
Los Angeles City
Planning Commission
Commissioner
(Appointed by the Mayor)
2000 to 2008
Golden State ScholarShare Investment Board
Commissioner and Board Member (Appointed by the Governor)
2005 to 2008
LA, Inc. (The Los Angeles Convention and
Visitors Bureau)
2008 to 2010
The Getty House Foundation
2005 to 2008
USC Alumni Association Board of Governors
2006 to 2008
USC Korean American Studies Program
2007 to 2008
Imagine America Foundation
Board Member
2005 to 2008
ACICS (The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools)
Accreditation Evaluator
2000 to 2007
YPO San Fernando Valley/Beverly Hills Chapter
Education Chair, Membership Chair, Executive Committee
2004 to 2006
Weingart Center
Board Member, Marketing Committee Chair
2001 to 2004
YEO (Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization)
Member, Los Angeles Chapter
1995 to 2002
BPPVE (Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education)
Member of Site Review Teams
1992 to 2002
CAPPS (California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools)
President, Annual Convention Chair, Government Relations Chair
1995 to 1998
ICEPAC
(Independent Coalition of Private Educators’ Political Action Committee)
Chairperson
1993 to 2003
KAC (Korean American Coalition)
Board Member, Vice President of Resource Development
1997 to 2001
ACDPUK
(Advisory Council on Democratic & Peaceful Unification of Korea)
Board Member
1995 to 2001
KACCLA (Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles)
Board Member
Projects and Fashion Shows
October 2006
Mayor Villaraigosa’s Asia Trade Mission Fashion Show
LAdesigns.org fashion show in Shanghai and Seoul
Organizer and Executive Producer
May 2006
YPO Versace Spring/Summer 06 Fashion Presentation
Organizer and Executive Producer
1992 to Present
Numerous Fashion Shows and Productions
Executive Producer, Head Designer
California Design College Celebrity Fashion Shows
Santa Monica Family Festival Fashion Shows
Charity and Civic Fashion Shows, Opera (La Traviata, Marriage
of Figaro)
1992 to 1999
Various Beauty Pageants and Fundraisers
Judge, Producer, Chairperson
- Miss Korea Pageant
- Miss International
- High Teen Beauty Pageant
June 24, 2000
The 50th Anniversary Ceremony of the Korean War
Mistress of Ceremonies
