| Name | Profile |
| Dr. Chai-Ho Ahn |
Dr. Ahn graduated from Taegu Teachers’ College and went on to obtain his medical degree from Yonsei University Medical School. He then interned and finished his residency at Masan National Tuberculosis Hospital in Masan, Korea, and survived the Korean War. At that time, the United States was not accepting immigrants; however, due to a change in immigrations laws in 1952 and the need for doctors, Manhattan General Hospital in New York provided him an interview and Dr. Ahn was able to enter the United States. The Chai Ahn family was the second Korean immigrant family to be admitted to the United States under the new law. However, as luck would have it, Manhattan General Hospital decided not to hire him after he arrived and Dr. Ahn landed a position as a Resident Physician for Seaview Hospital (for Tuberculosis) in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Ahn and his family obtained their U.S. citizenship in 1961. Today, Dr. Chai, with forty years of successful research in microbacterial diseases (he is a pulmonaragist), is acknowledged by the National Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia as the world-wide foremost authority in the field of 'atypical tuberculosis.' |
| Dr. Jung-Ja Noh |
Dr. Noh received her M.D. from Seoul National University in South Korea and is a renowned allergist. Dr. Noh is actively involved in assisting the Korean American community and is an invaluable advisor to KAC-DFW. |
| Mr. Charles Park |
Mr. Park is a former Ex-Officio President of KAC-DFW and is also currently the President of ADDAD. He is very active in the Korean American community and has been a strong supporter of KAC-DFW since its inception. |
| Hon. Brenda Rhoades |
Judge Rhoades received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Arizona State University College of Law in 1989, and her B.S. from Texas A&M University in 1986. Judge Rhoades is the first federally appointed Asian-American judge in the United States, having been appointed in 2003 as a Bankruptcy Judge to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Ms. Rhoades is active in the legal community, having served as Chair-Elect for the State Bar of Texas, Asian Pacific Interest Section; on the Board of Directors, Dallas Bar Association; President, Dallas Asian American Bar Association; and Vice President, Membership, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
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| Dr. Jay Zo |
Dr. Zo received his B.S. in Zoology from Seoul National University, his M.S. in Marine Biology from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada and his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to 1981, he was an environmental scientist with Texas Instruments and the Smithsonian Institution and an instructor with Korean Air Force Survival School. Since 1982, he has been a court interpreter for Federal, State and Municipal courts in the Dallas area and a business training interpreter for many major corporations, such as Motorola, Texas Instruments, Army Air Force Exchange Service, TGIF and others. He has also taught Korean/English language and culture courses at Brookhaven Community College, as well as for other language training institutes and private courses. Since 1982, he has been involved in the Dallas Korean School, serving as the principal for the school from 1982-1986 and currently serving as a director of the board. In 2002, he initiated the Dallas Korean Cultural Foundation to promote the cultural exchange between Korea and the United States. |
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