Executive DirectorAAPI Civic Engagement Fund
EunSook Lee is the founding Executive Director of the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund. Previously, she was the Senior Deputy for former U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and executive director of local and national organizations serving and advocating for Korean American and immigrant communities particularly in the areas of immigration reform, gender-based violence, and expanding democratic participation.
She formerly served on the Board of Neighborhood Commission for Los Angeles City Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, as founding president of the National Immigration Forum Action Fund, and as co-chair of APIAVote.
She was born in South Korea and immigrated to Canada at a young age. She began her career in public radio broadcasting as the News Director and later Station Manager of CKLN radio. She came to the United States from Canada in 1993 and became active in the movement for democracy, reunification, and peace in Korea.