2018 Board of Directors

OUR MISSION & OBJECTIVES:

AK Connection supports adult Korean-Adoptees as whole people; we celebrate the trans-racial/transnational adoption experience as a unique cultural community.

We provide cultural, educational, and social programming for adult Korean-Adoptees, their families, and their communities. All programming is planned by Korean-Adoptees for OUR community.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
We plan, we discuss, and we donate our time, talents, and skills to continuously improve AK Connection. Meet our current board members here:

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KIM RICHARD, President
Korean Name: Kim, Eun Ok (김은옥)
Adopted at: 3 months 
Raised in:  Golden Valley, Minnesota
Career:  Director, Bella on the Bay
Reason for joining board: "I want to help create a supportive community for Korean adoptees."
Enjoys: Learning Korean, traveling and cooking.

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VICTORIA DUTCHER, Vice President
Korean Name: Lee, Ja Hee (이자희)
Adopted at: 5 months
Raised in: Eagan, Minnesota
Career/Education: B.A. from the University of Minnesota and J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Real Estate Attorney
Reason for joining board: "My own journey of identity as an adoptee has been shaped and supported by the large community of Korean adoptees in Minnesota, and those I met while teaching and living in Korea. I feel so honored to be able to be involved with AK Connection and serve its mission of connecting Korean adoptees. Our experiences as adoptees are diverse and unique, but there is a common bond we can share in both our birth country and our life apart from it."
Enjoys: Traveling, learning languages, spinning, and Instagram stalking cute dogs.

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