Also-Known-As: Staff Directory

Executive Officers
Terms Expire 8/31/2008

	Mee Hyun Gerstein President Outreach, Newsletter	Mee Hyun joined the Board in 2004 and has served as Co-Director of the annual Culture Day, Co-Founded the Teen Mentorship Program, and participated in both the Youth Mentorship Program and Speakers Bureau. She was on the Planning Committee for the IKAA Gathering 2007 and continues to represent Also-Known-As in the international Korean adoptee community. Mee Hyun grew up in New York City and has studied Korean at Sogang University Korean Language Education Center (Seoul, Korea) and Columbia University. She returns to Korea each year, after meeting her biological family in 2004.
	David Scott Chairman Outreach, Membership	David Scott is the Co-Director of membership and outreach for the organization. David is a mentor in the Also-Known-As Teen Mentorship Program and was a Planning Committee Member for the IKAA 2007 Conference held in Seoul during the summer of the 2007. He has attended various Korean adoptee sponsored conferences both in the United States and internationally. David was adopted from South Korea at the age of 4 and was raised in South Strafford, Vermont with his sister, also a Korean adoptee. He returned to Korea for the first time in 1999 to attend Yonsei University’s Foreign Language Institute.
	Ann McKinnon Vice-President Membership, Social Events	Ann was adopted from South Korea at the age of 4 months. She grew up in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and moved to New York City in 2000. She's had the opportunity to travel to Korea five times and was able to locate and reconnect with her birth family in 2004. As Vice President of Also-Known-As, Ann works closely with the President and Chairman to achieve the overall goals of the organization.
	Marissa Martin Secretary Outreach, Membership	Marissa has been actively involved in the international adoptee community for over 5 years. With a degree in Sociology and Communications from American University, she has always been interested in social policy and post adoption services. She was a counselor, Assistant Director and Co-Director of the CIT Program 2000-2004 at Holt Heritage Camp. She also served as Assistant Director in Seattle for 3 years at the KIDS Teen Camp. Marissa traveled to Korea for a year to study at a Korean University and teach English. This year she is excited to be involved in both the teen and youth mentorship programs.
	Mark Fermi Treasurer Fundraising	Mark has been a member of Also-Known-As since it was founded in 1996. This is his 5th term as Treasurer. He is adopted from Korea and has been a board member for the last 4 years and has served as our Motherland Visit Director. Mark has spoken on numerous panels to adoptive parents about his adoption experience. He holds a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from URI and currently works for ASCO Valves as a Marketing/Product Engineer.

Board of Directors Terms Expire 8/31/2008

Susan Becker

Outreach, Adoption Forums

Susan was adopted from Seoul, Korea at the age of 41⁄2 months. Susan grew up in North Jersey with strong ties to the Korean American Adoptee community attending regional cultural events and camps since she was a baby. Susan visited Korea for the first time in 1995. She has returned 6 more times since then, most recently to study the Korean language at Ewha University and to attend the 2007 IKAA Gathering. Susan is the Adoption Forum coordinator for Also-Known-As and mentors for their youth program.

Jon Daigle

Youth Mentorship, Fundraising

Jon was adopted from Seoul, Korea as an infant to be raised in Redmond, WA. He moved to New York City in 2003 for graduate school. Jon became involved with Also-Known-As as a mentor in the Youth Mentorship Program and he now co-directs the program. He has been back to Korea twice during recent years. Jon holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. He works in corporate development at a leading medical technology company based in NJ.

Dena Stahlheber

Teen Mentorship, Fundraising

Dena was adopted as Moon Jung Ja from the suburbs of Seoul at 3 months. She spent her formative years in Michigan and then Connecticut. She attended Camp Sae Jung in Michigan with her older Korean-adopted sister for 5 years. After which she earned her BA in French Language with a minor in Political Science having interned at the French and Korean Embassies in Washington, DC and studied abroad in France, China and Korea. Currently she is working at a Newell Rubbermaid division in Connecticut in the marketing department. She became involved with the Also-Known-As program as a Teen Mentor in 2006 which she now co-directs.