Our Board Members

Randy Anderson established himself as an executive administrator in the non-profit sector, serving as the Executive Director of the Chiefs of Police National Drug Task Force and the National Coalition for Drug-Free School Zones. Randy also worked for the Young Astronaut Council and Citizens Against Government Waste. He has provided strategic planning, business development and government liaison services for several organizations and corporations.

After his government service managing the Anthrax Response Team for postal facilities in 2002, Mr. Anderson founded World MedCorp to place international health care professionals in U.S. hospitals. More recently, Randy expanded the business to include job placement services for all corporate workforce needs specializing in seasonal labor.

Mr. Kwon graduated from a Unversity in Korea and started a business in logistics involved with the cargo shipping industry. In 1987 he came to the United States where he owned and operated his international cargo company.  For the past 12 years he has supported, schooled, and helped Chinese students from North East China.  He has great passion and love for all children which was instilled in him by his father who was a great minister.  He is now married with two sons and resides in Southern California.

Les Hamasaki is the Managing Director of the Tom Brandley Legacy Foundation and Gallery at the UCLA Dashew International Student Center. He is also the president of Sun Utility Network Incorporation and the chairman of the Green Technology Institute, Earth Day Committee, and the Azusa Street Memorial Committee. Mr. Hamasaki worked for the City of Los Angeles Urban Planning and Community Development Department for over 14 years. He served on the board of directors of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Peru California Economic Partnership Council and Ugandan Investment Authority of California. He is also the Vice President of the Los Angeles Planning Commission under Mayor Riordan. Mr. Hamasaki received a B.A. degree in environmental planning from California State Polytechnic University

Mr. Kaz Fujita, a third generation Japanese American, is the founder and President of Idea Resource Systems, a marketing research and consulting firm in Los Angeles, California. With well over 40 years of marketing and business experience in both U.S. and Japan, Mr. Fujita provides insight, advice and unique business perspectives to both his Japanese and American clientele. His idea of “out of box thinking is the best path to creating new big ideas” has influenced numerous top companies. Through his seminar he has been able to successfully help people that were unable to create new business or product ideas by teaching the process of idea creation.

Senator Paull H. Shin (Washington) is the Chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee and has been the Vice President Pro Tempore of the Washington State Senate since 2005. He is the Past Chair of the Senate International Trade and Economic Development Committee, and a member of the Senate Economic Development, Trade, and Management Committee, Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development. The Senator has 31 years of teaching experience as an Adjunct Faculty Member for the Asia Pacific Studies Program at Central Washington University, a Professor at the Shoreline Community College, and Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland's Hawaii Campus.

Senator Shin was also the 21st District Representative of the Washington State House Representatives from 1993-1995 before becoming Senator in 1999. He received his Ph.D. from University of Washington in 1997. He also has a Master of Arts Degree from Washington University, a Master of International Affairs from University of Pittsburg and a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University.

National Advisory Board
Keenan Fagan is a university educator at Kookmin University in Seoul, where he teaches English and serves as the English Communications Advisor to the university. In the 14 years that he has lived in South Korea, Mr. Fagan has taught at a number of the most recognized universities in the country, including KAIST, Kyung Hee, and Sungkyunkwon Universities. He has done significant work for North Korean humanitarian causes. Mr. Fagan received his MA in TESOL from the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont, with ESL K-12 teaching certification for US public schools and Bilingual Multicultural Endorsement in Korean. He is a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Dr. Kurokawa serves as Special Advisor to the Cabinet. He is Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo. He is Commissioner of the WHO Commission for Social Determinants of Health and Chairman, Health Policy Institute, Japan. Dr. Kurokawa is a leader and well known in his professional community both nationally and internationally. He is a recipient of Order of Purple from the Government of Japan for Excellence in Academic Achievements in 1999.

Sunki “Michael” Choe has been working for the Federal Government for the last 25 years as an analyst at the State Department and as a senior education/training officer at the Defense Department. Before joining the Federal Service, Michael taught for 15 years at college/university level, holding both undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Ph.D., in the fields of History and Political Science. A member of St. John United Methodist/Presbyterian USA, Michael has served in various leadership capacities on the church Council and Committees as an elder. As an educator, Dr. Choe has also served on the Advisory Committee to the Howard County Board of Education in Maryland. Prior to coming to the United States, Dr.Choe had volunteer work experiences at the inception of the Holt Adoption Program in Korea, parent body of the Holt International Children’s Services of today.