Christian (Minseok) Kang is a Project Manager at Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in Los Angeles, California, where he has been working for last three years. Currently, his primary responsibility is to introduce Korea-based IT and electronics companies to the US distribution and retail market channels. Several means of achieving this end is through joint-venture project, trade mission, international buyer invitation to Korea, or Korea delegation trip to major trade shows in the US. Since graduating from OKTA S.C. Trade School in 2008, Christian has been involved in OKTA SC Jr., in which he has helped to organize the US-Korea FTA event for the past two years. He has also been elected with three other OKTA SC Jr members to participate in the 2009 World OKTA JR Trade School, where his team was awarded 1^st place in Group Presentation. Presently, he is actively seeking opportunities to network with representatives from community and trade-related organizations to establish mutually beneficial partnership with OKTA SC.

Christian is an alumnus of UCLA, where he matriculated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics-International Area Studies. 

Steering Board Member of World OKTA

Board Member of OKTA Southern California

Director of OKTA S.C. Junior Group

Principal, OSK Benefits 

Stephen Kim joined OKTA S.C. in 2008. With his 23-year advanced corporate-sponsored welfare & pension planning expertise, management skill and extensive operational experience for non-profit organization, he took in charge of leading and guiding OKTA S.C. Junior Group in various aspects. In April 2010, he became a member of Steering Board of World OKTA. 

His special interest in building OKTA Junior groups into the next global level of network organization has become his main and top priority since 2009. He is a frequent speaker at World OKTA conventions. Any projects and operation he gets involved, it must be well-planned and organized to commence. His recent organization of U.S.-Korea FTA Conference which was held in March 2010 was a milestone achievement of OKTA S.C. and its executive directors. 

To share and explore of a mentoring relationship with him, email stephenhkim@sbcglobal.net or meet him at FB.   

In 2007, Robin attended the annual World OKTA Trade School, where he was recognized with the following awards: Best Marketing Team; Best Team Leader; Best Overall Participant; among others. He was also officially elected as the 2007 World OKTA Junior President, which is currently held by Chul Hyun Jung from OKTA Indonesia. Since 2005, Robin has continued to be an active member of OKTA SC Junior, taking on roles including, but not limited to, Co-Director of AV, Director of Education, Co-Director of OKTA SC Trade School, Writer, Editor, and others. As a young business leader, he has appeared in various newspapers and journals, including the Korea Central Daily, the Korea Times, and the Maeil Economic Daily (South Korea).

Robin received his BA in Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). Within the UCB Interdisciplinary Studies Department (IDS), he designed his PACS major to study international relations, human rights, and conflict resolution. For the focus on international relations, he studied global governance systems as well as international and domestic economic systems (e.g., neo-liberalized capitalist economics). For the focus on human rights, he studied international human rights law (i.e., United Nations human rights law) and American civil rights law. For the focus on conflict resolution, he studied multicultural conflict mediation, specifically learning mediation techniques for resolving conflicts between people (e.g., couples), organizations, and nation-states.  He also studied the theory and application of sustainability and environmentalism in the post-modern phase of globalization.

Robin Lee currently works as an Account Executive for My Toner Depot (www.mytonerdepot.com), which imports and sells wholesale office equipment and supplies while specializing in the competitive ink toner market. He also works as a Producer for All In Productions, which specializes in music, film, and event productions. Robin also works as a freelance professional musician, currently tenor vocalist with the Pacific Chorale (www.pacificchorale.org) directed by Maestro John Alexander, wherein he has performed with such artists as Andrea Bocelli, the Pacific Symphony conducted by Meastro Carl St. Clair, and others.

Robin Lee is also a community activist and leader. He believes in balancing being a business leader with being a community leader. In Los Angeles, he was actively involved with the Koreatown Youth & Community Center (www.kyccla.org) and other community organizations. In Berkeley, he was Administrative Director of the OneWorldWalk Center, a multicultural non-profit organization dedicated to establishing schools and cultural events for minority cultures threatened by the current age of globalization. He was also involved with various other community organizations in the Bay Area. As a community activist and leader, he has been featured in the Koream Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Korea Times, and the Korea Central Daily, among others. He is currently Director of Marketing/PR on the Board of Directors for the K.W. Lee Center for Leadership (www.kwleecenter.org).

David Wooram Shin is the current Vice President of the Overseas Korean Traders Association of Southern California Junior Cabinet (OKTA S.C. Jr.).  He is also the Co-Director of the 2010 OKTA SC Trade School. He officially joined the OKTA SC Junior Committee after having graduated from the 2006 OKTA SC Trade School, where he became a certified international trade reporter.  In the OKTA SC Junior Cabinet, he first got involved in an official capacity as a member of the Audio/Visual (AV) Committee, in which he managed the AV needs of OKTA SC Senior and Junior events with Robin Lee and David Shin. He later became a Co-Director of the Audio/Visual Committee. He also became Director of PR and Media Relations, which he still manages.

David Shin studied Business Management at California State University at Northridge. He currently works with P&S and Company, LLC, which is celebrating 15 successful years in managing laboratory instrument services. David works as the Lead Marketing and Sales Manager of Medical Equipments. Specifically, he specializes in the field of dental laboratory solutions, wherein laboratory designs is one of his many professional specialties.  With his current company, he currently imports and exports to and from the following countries: Germany to the US; South Korea to the US; China to the US; and domestic trade within the US.

Outside of work, David is actively involved with Graceway Church in Torrance, CA, where he is currently serving as the President of the Christian youth group. He is known for his great smile and amicable personality, and he has a penchant for networking and helping develop and manage people’s talents.

This was followed by his attendance in the annual World OKTA Trade Internship Program in 2007 where he was given the opportunity to network and conduct business with OKTA members from all around the world.  This led to a position at ITPIA Ltd. Inc. as a Marketing and Sales Manager for cutting edge electronic peripherals particularly in the video game industry.

In the OKTA SC Junior Cabinet, Steven initially got involved as a photographer which eventually led to a position as Co-Director of the Audio/Visual Committee, in which he managed the A/V needs of OKTA SC Senior and Junior events along with Robin Lee and David Shin.

Steven graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a BA in International Relations and Cinema Production. He specializes in multimedia production with a background in photography, cinematography, event coordination and the visual arts.

Since 2004 he has been a partner in an independent production company, All In Productions dealing in both visual and audio multimedia projects and event coordination.  Recently he works as an Account Executive for My Toner Depot (www.mytonerdepot.com), which imports and sells wholesale office equipment and supplies while specializing in the ink + toner market.

Currently he is working in the post production department at Genco Entertainment a division of Lachman Productions based in Burbank, CA for a reality television show.

Ho-Jeong serves the community as a vice-chair commissioner for the Los Angeles County Consumer Affairs Advisory Commission and as an Ambassador for State Assemblyman Bob Huff, working as a liaison between the offices of elected officials and the community.

Ho-Jeong is active in professional and community organizations, including KARA (Korean American Republican Association) where he serves as a vice president and KAGEA (Korean American Government Employees Association) as a president.  Ho-Jeong is an inaugural fellow of NetKAL (Network of Korean American Leaders) fellows program.  Ho-Jeong writes a monthly column for a weekly Korean news magazine called “Koreana News,” which articulates his perspective on many of the Korean-American community’s emerging social and political issues.

Ho-Jeong is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Biology and University of Kent in United Kingdom with M.S. in Management Science.  He and his wife Hunhwa have been married over five years.  He is a proud dad of a baby girl, Irene.