The Center for Asian-Pacific Leadership promotes an understanding of the social, economic and political challenges facing the Pacific Rim, including economic development, social welfare, public policy, empowerment of women and governance. The center capitalizes on the academic excellence of USC to create inspiring educational opportunities for emerging leaders that are designed to improve cross-cultural communication and nurture mutual cooperation among professionals of different cultures.

• Network of Korean-American Leaders (NetKAL) Fellowship Program
  The Network of Korean-American Leaders (NetKAL) Fellowship Program promotes community leadership among successful second generation Korean-Americans. Fellows, representing a broad swath of professions, participate in leadership training workshops, interact with distinguished speakers and spearhead community-oriented group projects during the six-month program. The NetKAL program provides fellows with enhanced networks and leadership skills to communicate effectively, build coalitions and spur transformation at all levels of American society.
  
  
• Community Needs-Focused Research Programs
  The Center for Asian-Pacific Leadership, with support from the Overseas Koreans Foundation and the Korea Daily Newspaper, is currently undertaking the first large-scale data study of the Korean-American community in 2000 households across the United States. The results of the study are expected to provide a valuable resource for researchers and community organizations to address the lack of evidence-based advocacy, which has hampered the Korean-American community's pursuit of public and private resources available for the development of social services.
  
  
• Professional Programs for Policymakers and Community Leaders
  Since its inception, the center has provided educational training modules for leaders of social service agencies and non-profit organizations, hosted seminars for delegations of politicians and policymakers, including the Korean Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, and conducted two separate symposiums on telecommunication regulations in partnership with the USC Center for Communications Law and Policy. The center's professional programs are targeted to Asian policymakers and non-profit sector leaders with intensive custom-designed modules that emphasize innovative leadership education and training, site visits and professional exchanges.
  

Contact Us

JeHoon Lee
Director
213.743.2059
jelee@usc.edu

Angela Killoren
Associate Director for Program Management
213.743.2062
killoren@usc.edu