Professor John Park is Director of the Korea Project and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Professor Park was the 2012-13 Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow at MIT’s Security Studies Program. He previously directed Northeast Asia Track 1.5 projects at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. These initiatives include the U.S.-China Project on Crisis Avoidance & Cooperation, the U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Dialogue in Northeast Asia, and the U.S.-China-Japan Dialogue on Risk Reduction & Crisis Prevention. He advises Northeast Asia policy-focused officials in the U.S. government.

- Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School - Victor and William Fung Director, - Harvard University Asia Center Chair, Harvard University Asia Center Council

John Park

- Director, Korea Working Group - Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School - Faculty Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Karen Thornber

Professor Karen Thornber is a Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Dr. Thornber is author of three major scholarly monographs – Empire of Texts in Motion: Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese Transculturations of Japanese Literature (Harvard 2009); Ecoambiguity: Environmental Crises and East Asian Literatures (Michigan 2012); and Global Healing: Literature, Advocacy, Care (Brill forthcoming 2019). Professor Thornber is also an award-winning translator of Japanese poetry of the atomic bomb.

David Lee

- Partner, SK Telecom Ventures; B&C GroupChief - Corporate Development Officer, 451 Media - Co-Founder, XG Ventures, Kstartup

David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, the largest Korean mobile carrier’s $100M corporate venture fund based in Silicon Valley, while launching KStartup, the first startup accelerator in Asia to be funded by Google. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions. Past and present portfolio includes Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Olaworks (acq. by Intel), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, nWay, Wish, Omlet, and many others. David is also an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel.

Professor Mark Wu is the Henry L. Stimson Professor at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on international trade law, including issues concerning emerging economies, digital trade, intellectual property, trade remedies, environment, and investment.

At Harvard, Professor Wu is a Faculty Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He serves as a member of the Faculty Advisory Committees of the East Asian Legal Studies Program and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. He is also a Faculty Associate of Harvard University’s Center for the Environment.

- Professor of Harvard Law School - Faculty Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society - Faculty Advisory Committees of the East Asian Legal Studies Program

Mark Wu

- Scientist at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). - Former World Bank Group CTO - Senior Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School, National University of Singapore

Lesly Goh

Lesly Goh is a scientist at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) and former Chief Technology Officer of the World Bank Group, operating at the intersection of technology, policy, and development finance. In her role as a Senior Advisor and Fulbright Specialist, she works with academia, government, philanthropic organizations and private sector in agricultural innovation, food security, climate change, and technology governance in developing economies.

Her work focuses on advancing sustainable food systems through climate-smart agriculture, evidence-based policy, and the deployment of emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence. Lesly is a strong advocate for inclusive partnership that aligns technological innovation with local realities to deliver impact at scale.

She focuses on one of Asia’s most critical challenges: transforming the rice value chain to sustainably feed a growing global population and resilience in livelihood. Her work bridges science, policy, and finance to help governments design resilient, data-driven strategies for agriculture.

- R&D vice president, Proctor and Gamble -Founder, Second Chance for Health - Former Group Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Sime Darby

Hari Nair

Hari’s currently a R&D Vice President at Procter and Gamble. He is also a Visiting Scholar and Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard. Hari’s fellowship research focused on education and health which led to the establishment of three initiatives: Aeternum is focused on an innovative education platform for those above 50 years old facing career and personal transitions; Second Chance for Health is focused on creating kitchens in workplaces to give employees paid to to cook healthy meals; Sureksha Labs a diagnostic service for biomonitoring in rural India.