KRC Board of Directors
Zu Kim / 김주환
Board Chair
Zu Kim is a former board chair of KRC. He has been volunteering for the organization since 1997 as a community organizer and a cultural performer. He has supported KRC's Annual Scholarship Awards, which seek to support students whose higher education goals include deepening understanding about Korean/API communities and justice. He’s currently working at Google as a Software Engineer and is a father of two.
Wonkoo Chang / 장원구
Board Secretary
Wonkoo Chang is the first-year board member of KRC. He was born in Seoul, South Korea and came over to USA with his parents when he was 9 years old. He has been practicing law since 1990 and has been a prosecutor with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for the past 20 years. He has been active with several Korean and Asian Pacific Islander American organizations in the past and is dedicated to the advancement of their causes.
Dong Hyun Ahn has been volunteering for the organization since 1987. He served KRC board from 1997 to 2003. He is a small business owner.
Dong Hyun Ahn / 안동현
Board Treasurer
Bea Olvera Stotzer
Bea Stotzer is a founder of New Economics for Women, an economic development and housing nonprofit that strives to improve generational economic mobility for families. She has over 30 years of experience in the non-profit sector and has served on numerous boards at the local, state, and national levels. She is currently the CEO of New Capital LLC, a socially invested property management company dedicated to the socioeconomic advancement of women and their families.
Heaja Kim / 김혜자
Heaja Kim is a lawyer and a mother of three young adults. Having immigrated to the US when she was 15 years old, Heaja is bilingual and bicultural, and is deeply interested in issues that affect Korean Americans. She is married to Stuart, who is also a lawyer.
James Muller
Jim Muller was born in Los Angeles. He has been a civil rights lawyer since 1988, specializing in cases for people abused by the police. He has practiced primarily in federal district court. Muller also has several published opinions from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and co-counseled in the United States Supreme Court. He had his office in Koreatown for over 17 years and became better acquainted with KRC when he participated in the 2018 Journey to Justice dreamers’ bike ride.
Kilju Lee Kurumada
Kilju Lee is a founding board member of Korean Resource Center (KRC) in Los Angeles. She is a past board chair of KRC and was the founding board chair of National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC). She is a fierce advocate for immigrant rights and volunteers two days a week at KRC assisting Korean seniors and low-income families in their social benefit needs. She was born in Kil Rim, Manchuria, China and graduated from Seoul National University in 1968, majoring in Voice.
Kwangja Hong / 홍광자
Kwangja Hong is a retired Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. As one of the founding members of KRC and Young Koreans United (YKU), she is a witness of KRC’s history.
Yeh Ja Lee / 이예자
Yeh Ja Lee has volunteered for KRC since 1980’s. She served KRC board in the past. She is currently retired and volunteering weekly in KRC’s social service team.
Yeon Suh / 서연옥
Yeon Suh is a financial professional and a mother of 3 children. She has volunteered for, worked for, and served as a board member of KRC for over 30 years.
Carolline Kim was born and raised in Southern California, and is the daughter of immigrants. She graduated from UCLA with a BA in English, and has experience working in the publishing, education and nonprofit sectors. She worked at, and now supports, Korean Resource Center since 2020. At KRC, Carolline assisted individuals with their immigration needs as part of the Legal Services department.
She is currently utilizing her skills within the philanthropic sector as a Program Manager with the Levi Strauss Foundation, where she oversees the Immigrant Rights portfolio.
Carolline Kim
Soo Yeon Cho began his commitment to community service in 2012 by volunteering at KRC and continued to serve as a Community Organizer until 2016. During this period, He participated in various activities, including citizenship applications, Housing Assistance Program, DACA campaign, the AB60 campaign, and advocating for California Voting Rights Act. With a legal background from studies in both S. Korea and the U.S., he currently works at a bank located in Koreatown and is a father of three.