Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House, District 35, 2010-2022

Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee, Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Commission on Youth, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Special Sub-Consumer Lending Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Special Subcommittee on Energy, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Special Subcommittee on Workers Compensation, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce and Labor #2, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Finance #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Virginia House of Delegates

Campaign Worker, Chap Petersen for State Senate

Former Campaign Worker, Don Beyer for Governor

Former Campaign Worker, Gerry Connolly for Congress

Former Campaign Worker, Jim Webb for Senate

Campaign Worker, Mark Warner for Governor

Campaign Worker, Mark Warner for United States Senate

Board Member, Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership

Campaign Worker, Steve Shannon for Delegate

Campaign Worker, Tim Kaine for Governor

Campaign Worker, Tom Horton for Congress

Interim President/Chief Executive Officer, Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurship, 2016

Vice President/Counsel/Senior Advisor, Verizon, 2007-2015

Campaign Chair, Fairfax County for Obama, 2007-2008

Chief Counsel to United States Senator Dick Durbin, Senate Judiciary Committee, 2001-2007

Assistant/Policy Counsel, Small Business Administration, 1998-2001

Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Bureau, 1995-1998

Law Clerk, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, 1994

Legal Extern, United States Attorney’s Office, 1993

Paralegal, Law Offices of Robert J. Allan & Associates, 1992

Intern, Democratic National Committee, 1988

English-Korean Translator, Seoul Olympics, 1988

Board Member, Educational Foundation, Northern Virginia Community College, 2018-present

Member, Board, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, 2017-present

Member, The New American Leaders Project Board, 2017-present

Member, World Responsible Leaders Network, BMW Foundation, 2017-present

Member, Fairfax Committee of 100, 2015-present

Member, Historic Vienna, Incorporated, 2014-present

Board Member, Virginia Literacy Foundation, 2014-present

Member, Advisory Board, George Mason University Serious Game Institute, 2013-present

Member, Advisory Board, Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, 2012-present

Member, National Asian Pacific American Council of State Legislators, 2012-present

Member, National Advisory Council, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, 2010-present

Member, National Council of State Legislators, 2010-present

Member, Optimist Club of Greater Vienna, 2010-present

Member, Vienna Presbyterian Church, 2010-present

Member, Rotary Club of Vienna, 2009-present

Member, Fairfax County Democratic Committee, 2008-present

Co-Founder, Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia, 2002-present

Member, District of Columbia Bar, 1998-present

Member, American Bar Association, present

Member, Democratic Party of Virginia Resolutions Committee, present

Member, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, present

Member, McLean Citizens Association, present

Member, National Conference of State Legislators, present

Member, NewDEAL (Developing Exceptional American Leaders), present

Member, Providence District Democratic Committee, present, present

Member, Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Vienna Business Association, present

President, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington Area

Member, BMW Foundation World Responsible Leaders

Den Parent, Boy Scouts Vienna Pack 1139

Facilitator, Community Foundation for the National Capitol Region’s Building One Neighborhood Project

Member, District of Columbia Hate Crimes Task Force

Member, Dulles Area Democrats

Co-Founder/Coordinator, Fairfax for Obama

Member, Federal Communications Bar Association, present

Member, Governor’s Asian American Advisory Board

District Coordinator, Hunter Mill Magisterial, Sharon Bulova Campaign for Fairfax County Chair

Co-Founder, Immigrant Rights Coalition of Greater Washington

Director, Korean American Coalition’s Citizenship Drive Project

Member, Vienna Arts Society, present

Member, Board, Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, 2010-2016

Policy Advisor, Virginia Governor's Prisoner and Juvenile Reentry Council, 2010-2013

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2008, 2012

Board Member, Fairfax Law Foundation Society of Fellows, 2011-2012

Member, Northern Virginia Democratic Business Council, 2008-2011

Member, Virginia Asian American Advisory Board, 2003-2009

Volunteer, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, 2007-2008

Member, Leadership Greater Washington, 2001-2006

President/Vice President, Courthouse Oaks Homeowners Association, 2000/2004

Co-Founder, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, 1996-1997

Awards:

Named Conservation Hero" by the Virginia League of Conservation Voters
Named "Rookie of the Year" by the Virginia Education Association
Named "Citizen of the Year" by the Vienna Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce

Favorite Book:

History, biography, legal thrillers, humor

Favorite Movie:

Haven't seen a film in a decade...

Favorite Quote:

"I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree. . . But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. It's been about you. . . Change happens because the American people demand it -- because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time. . . America, this is one of those moments." Barack Obama, Denver, CO, August 2008

Favorite TV Shows:

Haven't watched TV in two decades...

Favorite Type of Music:

The Beatles, jazz, 60s Rock, blues, heavy metal, and a little bit'o Country

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Family, friends, good food and good company, campaigns and politics, traveling, reading, music, movies