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Park Sang-Dai, Ph.D. Special Advisor to Director General
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Park Sang-Dai, Ph.D.,
Special Advisor to Director General of the IVI is Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biology at Seoul National University (SNU), a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea, and current Chairman of the Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center. He is also serving as Executive Director and Vice President of the Korea Support Committee for the IVI. Prof. Park initiated the effort to host the IVI in Korea as Secretary General of the Korea Organizing Committee from 1993-1995 and held responsibility as Chairman of the SNU Planning and Support Committee for IVI from 1995-1999. He established Korean Society for Molecular biology and served as President. He also had responsibility to operate genetic engineering research grant from 1985-1997. Prof. Park held positions as Dean of Research Affairs, and Director of the Institute for Molecular Biology & Genetics at SNU. He is a graduate of SNU and received Ph.D. from St. John's University. He was honored to receive the First Korea Science Award(1987), the Korea National Academy of Sciences Award(1998), National Green Medal(2002) and Korea Academy of Science & Technology Award(2007). In addition to being a Member of the Presidential Council for Science and Technology, Prof. Park had the distinction of being elected as a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences in 2006. He has published over 230 papers in peer-reviewed journals on genomic instability and regulation of DNA repair gene expression.
e-mail : sdpark@plaza.snu.ac.kr
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Ms. Joanne Lee, M.A.
Senior Advisor for Fund Raising & Comminication to the Director General
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Ms. Joanne Lee, M.A., joined IVI in 2006 as a Senior Advisor for Communication and Fundraising. She also serves as the Executive Committee Chair of Korea Support Committee for IVI. Joanne is a widely known celebrity in Korea as a pioneering business entrepreneur, best selling author and a strong advocate of globalization, gender equality and the environment. She founded Star Communications, Inc. which pioneered the business of communications consulting and events marketing for multinational companies and governments, earning the accolade of "Korea's First Lady in PR" from the international press. She was the first president of Burson-Marsteller Korea and Senior VP of 1400-member American Chamber of Commerce in Korea. She also served as the Chairman of the Board of "Women's News", the feminist weekly newspaper founded in 1988 by public stock offering for the purpose of advancing womenĄŻs status in Korea. She is the author of 4 books. Her first autobiography "Love at 23, Success at 49" became a runaway bestseller of more than a million copies. Joanne has BA in English literature from Sogang University and MA in Psychology from IIT (Illinois Institute of Technology).
e-mail : joannelee@ivi.int |
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Kyung-wan Min
Advisor to the Director General for Special Programs
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Kyung-wan Min, Ph.D. candidate,joined the Institute as an Advisor to the Director-General for Special Programs in 2003. Mr. Min oversees Korean government relations and Korean public relations, and advises the Director-General in related activities. He also advises and supervises domestic media relations activities, and organizes special events for the IVI, including concerts, aimed at increasing public awareness of the Institute. Before joining the IVI, Mr. Min served as the editor of the politics desk at the Daehan Ilbo newspaper and a deputy editor of the politics and financial desk at the Jeil Economic Newspaper (Asia Economic Newspaper). He has also served as the head of the external relations department in the Korea Policy Forum, a member of the public relations group at the Korea Association for Bird Protection, a trustee of the Korea-China Cultural Association, and the founding director of the Korea Overseas Adoptee Supporters' Association. Mr. Min acquired his master's degree from the Graduate School of Public Administration at Yonsei University, and completed course work for the doctorate program at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Kwangwoon University. He also participated in the Communication & Journalism Course at the East West Center of Hawaii University, in Hawaii, the United States. He is the writer of the book, 'Desk Columns in Reporter's Notebook." He also published his master's degree dissertation, "The study of ways to improve the administrative information disclosure system in Korea."
e-mail : kwminh@ivi.int
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Sandra Wilcox, M.P.H.
Senior Advisor to DG for Communication and Development
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Sandra Wilcox, M.P.H., joined IVI in December 2006 as consultant for communications and International Relations. She is now Senior Advisor to the Director and the manager of the Communications and Development Unit. She comes to IVI after working for 10 years as an international Public Health and Communications consultant in the areas of child survival, reproductive health, youth programming, organizational development and community mobilization. Her work includes evaluating, planning, training and writing about programs for USAID and UN funded programs in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Previous to her consulting work, Sandra worked for USAID and Management Sciences for Health in Bolivia helping the government build the first national reproductive health program in the country. During her career, Sandra has also worked with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, the Indian Health Service and the Minnesota State Health Department. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, South America and during high school she volunteered on immunization projects in Central America. She has a Masters of Public Health degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Karima Saleh, Ph D.
Senior Scientist and Director of Policy and Economic Research Unit
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Karima Saleh, Ph D., is Director, Policy and Economic Unit at the IVI. Dr. Saleh is a Health Economist with a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in the USA. Her technical expertise and interest lies in health finance, such as financial protection of the poor, options for risk pooling including social health insurance, public expenditure management, and equity in resource allocations. She has been engaged in health policy dialogue with governments and the global health community, has led multiple country policy research studies, developed models and simulations, and designed and conducted reviews and analysis. With over 15 years of working experience, she has worked in settings of international public organizations, international think tanks, and academic institutions. Most recently, she was a Senior Health Economist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines, where she managed a multi-country portfolio of lending and technical assistance to public sector. With over 15 countries of engagement from Asia, Africa and the Middle-East, her long-term working experiences come from: Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Yemen, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia.
e-mail : ksaleh@ivi.int |
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Young Eun Kim
Research Associate of Policy and Economic Research Unit
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Young Eun Kim,
e-mail : yekim@ivi.int |
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Goan Yeoun Moon
Senior Administrative Manager
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Goan Yeoun Moon, M.B.A., graduated from Sogang University and her previous employer was Pakistan Embassy in Seoul. Now she is working for IVI Director General's office directly assisting Director General. She gives an overall coordination and management of the Office of the Director as a Sr. Administrative Manager.
e-mail : gymoon@ivi.int |
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Ms. Joy (Mi-Hyang) Sohn
Fund Raising Head
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Ms. Joy(Mi-Hyang)
Sohn has joined the Institute as Fund Raising
Head as of November 01, 2003. She majored in Pedagogy
at Dongguk University and received her BA degree in 1991.
She completed the MA degree majoring in American Novel
at the English language and literature dept. at the same
Univ. She also majored in Advertising & Public Relations(Marketing
PR) at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and finished
her M.A. degree course in 2000. Before she joined IVI,
she worked as PR/Resource Development (senior fundraiser
including Jimmy Carter Work Project 2001) manager of Habitat
for Humanity Korea from 2001 and organized many special
events as a part of public awareness campaign and raised
money under the partnership with many companies. She also
worked for SangAm Grey Communication agency as PR assistant
manager and was assigned to creative work such as advertising,
media planning and media mix of clients. Based on her
prior work experience, Joy will deal with raising money
and negotiating with sponsor companies required by the
Institute in Korea. She is happy to be a member of IVI
and wants to raise the awareness of IVI. She says, "Let's
save children's lives with your own 1 dollar!" She
wishes to develop her career and contribute to realizing
the mission of the Institute. Let's welcome her on board.
e-mail : jsohn@ivi.int |
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Tae Kyung Byun, M.A.
Public Awareness / Advocacy Officer
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Mr. Tae Kyung
Byun, M.A., joined the Institute as Public Awareness/Advocacy Officer in 2002. He prepares and implements public awareness strategy for the Institute, writes press reports, and organizes press conferences and TV interviews. Before joining the IVI, Mr. Byun worked with The Korea Herald, an English newspaper, as a reporter for the special feature team, the national desk, and the business desk for four years, covering affairs at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Environment, and industries, including the advertising sector. Earlier Mr. Byun worked with the Ministry of Finance and Economy, and its affiliate Korea Institute for International Economic Policy as an intern in 1998. He also served as an international cooperation specialist at the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, a state-run institution, for one year. Mr. Byun acquired his Master's degree from the Graduate School of International Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, majoring in the North American economy, in 1999. He has keen interest in international affairs and the global economy.
e-mail : tkbyun@ivi.int
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Kyung Hee Oh, B.A.
Senior Administrative Assistant
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Kyung Hee Oh, B.A.
e-mail : khoh@ivi.int
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Byunghee Park
Public Awareness / Multimedia Specialist
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Byunghee Park
e-mail : bhpark@ivi.int
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Mi-kyung(Kelly) Seo, M.B.A.
Administrative Assistant
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Mi-kyung(Kelly) Seo, M.B.A.
e-mail : mkseo@ivi.int
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Jung Jin Lee, AICPA.
Internal Auditor
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Jung Jin Lee, AICPA.
e-mail : jjlee@ivi.int
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EunYoung Lee, B.A.
Fundraiser
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EunYoung Lee, B.A.
e-mail : eylee@ivi.int
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Jun Hee Choi, B.A.
Fund Raising Assistant
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Jun Hee Choi, B.A.
e-mail : jchoi@ivi.int
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Ji Seon Kim, B.A.
Fundrasier
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Ji Seon Kim, B.A.
e-mail : jskim1@ivi.int
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Hyun Gil Lim, B.A.
Fundraising Assistant
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Hyun Gil Lim, B.A.
e-mail : hglim@ivi.int
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Anna Choi, B.A.
Public Awareness / Media Relations Assistant
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Anna Choi, B.A.
e-mail : achoi@ivi.int
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Anna Cho, B.A.
Public Awareness Assistant
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Anna Cho, B.A.
e-mail : annacho@ivi.int
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