Honorary Co-Chairs
Rev. John Jongdai Park
KCCD Board Co-Chair / Senior Pastor Joong-Ang Korean Church |
Rev. John Jongdai Park is an ordained pastor and advocate for Korean immigrants. He is originally from South Korea and came to the States in 1982, where he attended Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Rev. Park served as the past President for The Council of Korean Churches in Southern California. He also currently the Chairman of KCCD and of the Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation of America as well as Co-Chair of the Board of Korean Churches for Community Development. Rev. John Park is currently in Los Angeles California where he continues to serve as Head Pastor of Joong-Ang Presbyterian Church in Hollywood.
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Rev. Young Hoon Lee
Senior Pastor Yoido Full Gospel Church |
Rev. Younghoon Lee was born in the fourth generation Christian family, and has been developing a profound relationship with Yoido Full Gospel Church since his childhood when he started attending Sunday school. He began his theological studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea, and earned a Ph.D. degree in Philosophy and Religion from Temple University in the United States.
Even before serving as the 2nd senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church, the largest in the world with 780,000 membership in 2008, he served several churches around the world as the senior pastor. Some of them include Full Gospel First Church of Washington D.C. and Full Gospel L.A. Church in California, in the U.S., Full Gospel Tokyo Church in Japan. He was also the president of Bethesda University in CA, U.S. Beyond the boundary of his own church affiliation, he served the National Council of Churches in Korea (or N.C.C.K.) as a moderator. Currently, as the senior pastor of Youido Full Gospel Church, he is working as the president of the Christian Counsel of Korea (C.C.K.), and the General superintendant of the Assemblies of God of Korea. |
Timothy Haahs
President/CEO Timothy Haahs & Associates, Inc. |
Timothy Haahs, PE, AIA is a Presidential nominated and US Senate confirmed appointee to the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences. He is President and founder of Timothy Haahs & Associates, Inc. (TimHaahs), an architecture and engineering firm specializing in the planning and design of parking and mixed-use structures. Tim also serves as the founding pastor of Calvary Vision Church (CVC) in Blue Bell, PA. CVC is an independent, non-denominational church with an ethnically diverse congregation of many cultures.
Tim currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Biblical Theological Seminary in suburban Philadelphia. He is also a Board Member for the Einstein Healthcare Network, the Philip Jaisohn Foundation, and the Jesus Awakening Movement of America. In 2013, the Korean Broadcasting System featured Tim and his firm on its weekly documentary, showcasing Korean global leaders’ success stories. Tim recently co-authored a report for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) “East Asia Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap”. The roadmap explores the opportunities for implementing sustainable planning, design, and construction strategies and technologies, and the benefits that a low carbon green growth path would offer to the region of Southeast Asia. Tim holds a BS and MS in Civil/Urban Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a licensed engineer and registered architect. In 2011 and 2012 respectively, he was recognized by ASCE Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley Engineers as Engineer of the Year. In 2006 he was selected as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the Real Estate and Construction category in the Philadelphia Region, as well as the ZweigWhite Jerry Allen Courage in Leadership Award in 2010. Tim currently resides in Lower Gwynedd, PA with his wife, Janice and their two daughters. |
