2023 NEW AMERICAN HERO AWARD
Cherokee Town Club, 155 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia
(Free valet parking is available at the main entrance)
Dress: Business Attire
2023 New American Hero Award Recipient
Jim Yong Kim, MD, Ph.D.
Dr. Kim is Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners, a fund that invests in infrastructure projects across several sectors around the world. He is a compassionate physician, the 17 th
President of Dartmouth College, the 12 th
President of the World Bank Group, former Director of the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS department,
co-founder of Partner in Health.
RSVP to Sharon Woodson at PresidentialOfficePark@gmail or 770-458-7000
Cost: Complimentary for members & invited guests. Table sponsors needed.
Since 2000, the American Korean Friendship Society (AKFS) has held an annual dinner presenting its New American Hero Award (NAHA). Awardees of the New American Hero Award are Americans of Korean ancestry who have made significant contributions to the United States, thereby serving as role models and encouraging and empowering Korean Americans to serve their communities, neighborhoods and our new country the United States of America
Laureates of the New American Hero Award Hall of Fame
Past Awardees of the Lifetime Achievement Award
Board Members and Staff
Founders
The following founding members were and are concerned citizens of both nations who value and have sought to promote the extraordinary relationship between the peoples of these two countries: founding committee chair, Marine Corps General Raymond G. Davis (Ret.), Medal of Honor recipient; Dr. James Laney, US Ambassador to the Republic of Korea; Dr. Sang-Chul Kim, former Mayor of the City of Seoul; Dr. William Chace, President, Emory University; The late U.S. Army General William Livsey (Ret.); Dr. Wan-Kyu Cho, former President, Seoul National University; and Mr. Sunny K. Park, CEO, GBM
Past Chairs
AKFS Founding Chairman (1996-2000) Dr. William Chace, President of Emory University (1994-2003); 2 nd AKFS Chairman (2004-2009) Dr. Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Tech (1994-2008); 3 rd AKFS Chairwoman (2004-2009) Dr. Betty Siegel, President, Kennesaw State University (1981-2006); 4 th AKFS Chairman (2009-2016) Retired General Larry Ellis, Chairman, Ellis Services & Solutions Enterprises, LLC.
American Korean Friendship Society is a nonprofit, non-political organization under IRS Code 501(c)(3)
Address: 3835 Presidential Parkway, Suite 111, Atlanta, GA 30340 www.USKorea.org
Sponsors as of this week
The Blake Family Foundation
All Rights Reserved | AMERICAN KOREAN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
empowered by ApplaSo Software Company