The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to announce the results of its 2025 general election. The ballot counting took place at the Election Committee and KSEA HQ meeting on April 12, 2025. All ballots have been counted according to the rules that were pre-established by the Election Committee, and no election-related irregularities were found.
Voting Results
- Number of Eligible Voters: 4267
- Number of Valid Ballots Received: 957 (22.43% of eligible voters; 10% quorum for candidates’ selection were met)
The newly elected officers and councilors are:
54th President-Elect (55th President):
Yong-Kyu “YK” Yoon, University of Florida
54th Vice President 1:
Ryuhwa Stella Kim, Transformation Technology (GRC) Wissda, Inc.
54th Vice President 2:
Sung-Hee (Sonny) Kim, University of Georgia
Auditor:
Soyoon Kum, Angelo State University
Technical Councilor Group C-1:
James Moon, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Technical Councilor Group C-6:
Mingon Kang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Technical Councilor Group C-8:
Jeong Hoon Choi, Youngstown State University
Technical Councilor Group D-1
So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati
Technical Councilor Group D-2:
Kyeong Ho Yang, Vilacesti Inc
Voting Incentives Announcement
- Chapter supports by the number of votes: Austin Texas Chapter (1st place, $750), North Carolina Chapter (2nd place, $500) and Georgia Chapter (3rd place, $250)
- Chapter supports by the voting rate: Gainesville FL Chapter (1st place, $750), Southwest Ohio Chapter (2nd place, $500) and Eastern Carolina Chapter (3rd place, $250)
- 20 raffle winners (selected via online): $50 Amazon gift card link will be sent individually.
| No | KSEA Log in ID | Name | Email Address |
| 1 | ****918 | Junho Lee | De*****chor.lee@gmail.com |
| 2 | ***shin | Brian Shin | ****shin@hotmail.com |
| 3 | **hrd | Junghwan Kim | j-**m@tamu.edu |
| 4 | ***kevin7 | Woohyun Eum | ***kevin50@gmail.com |
| 5 | ***sjp | Sun Jun Park | In****park@gmail.com |
| 6 | ***970 | John Seungyoon Lee | ****lee2816@gmail.com |
| 7 | ***0523 | Dae Young Bae | ***0523@gmail.com |
| 8 | **ha93 | Seung-Ho Ha | ***11@iit.edu |
| 9 | ****lepcs | Choonsang Park | **park@milligan.edu |
| 10 | ****ooje | Matthew Jeon | matthew.****.ksea@gmail.com |
| 11 | ****meys | Youngsup Song | ***eys@gmail.com |
| 12 | ****zi302 | Zuhawn Sung | Zs***@fnal.gov |
| 13 | ****hiloh | Wonil Chung | ***nil@knu.ac.kr |
| 14 | **kim7 | Minkyum Kim | **kim7@gmail.com |
| 15 | **yoon95 | Dasoo Yoon | Da***milton@gmail.com |
| 16 | ***paul | paul kim | ***paul@berkeley.edu |
| 17 | ***cho | hyunjin cho | hy.***@ufl.edu |
| 18 | ****soonae | Soonae Kang | Kang***nae@yahoo.com |
| 19 | *****511 | Chan Jae Shin | C***shin2003@gmail.com |
| 20 | **singi | MyungKook Lee | Ha***gi@naver.com |
Congratulations to the elected members and the incentive winners! Thank you for the participation and support.
Tae (Tom) Oh, President of KSEA
Eunju Im, Chair of the KSEA Election Committee
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