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Team

Honorary Board Members

  • Honorable Robert C. McFarlane; Chairman, McFarlane & Associates; Arlington, VA

Board of Directors

  • Dr. Steven Kwon; Executive Director and President, NEI; Pasadena, CA
  • Dr. Charles Shoemaker; Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California at Davis; Davis, CA
  • Dr. Leroy Hansen; President, Insta-Pro International; Des Moines, IA
  • Mr. David Nelson, J.D.; Attorney at Law, Nelson Law Firm; Pasadena, CA
  • Mr. Cheeho Shin; President, Norstar Inc; Seoul, Korea
  • Mr. Hunsok Kang; Former Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, Asian Special Situations Group; Seoul, Korea
  • Ms. Yu Jeong Jin, MBA, JC Econet Corp.; Seoul, Korea

Board of Senior Advisors

  • Logistics Development and Implementation:  Mr. Frank Kenefick, Consultant; Washington, DC
  • Afghanistan Private Sector Development:  Ms. Mariam Nawabi, J.D.; Afghanistan Advocacy Group
  • Finance & Accounting:  Mr. Michael DiPietro, CPA; President, Michael DiPietro CPA; Pasadena, CA
  • Government Relations:  Mr. Arthur Quinn, J.D.; Gaithersburg, MD
  • Logistics and Implementation of Soy Food Development:  Mr. Paul Lang; President, Natural Products, Inc.; Grinnell, IA
  • Nutritional Supplement:  Dr. Ram Chaudari; Senior Vice President, Fortitech Inc; Albany, NY
  • Pediatric Nutrition:  Dr. Jose Saavedra; Vice President, Medical Scientific Unit, Nestle Nutrition U.S.A.; Glendale, CA
  • Soybean Cultivation:  Dr. Oval Myers; Professor, Southern Illinois University; Carbondale, IL
  • Soy Food Processing:  Dr. Karl Weingartner; Director, International Soy Program (INTSOY); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, IL
  • Soybean Seed Research & Development:  Mr. Harry Stine; President, Stine Seed Co.; Adel, IA

Staff

Afghanistan

  • Young Su Byeon; Executive Program Director
  • Young Hwan Kim; Soy Processing Engineer
  • Abdul Kouchi; Director of Agriculture and Agri-business
  • Sungho Wiley; Provincial Soymilk Program Director
  • Shin Hong Pae; Provincial Soy Program Director
  • Boksil Pae; Women Empowerment Program Coordinator
  • Dr. Rustam Bekdaliev; Nutriana Plant Manager
  • Haroon Rasooli; Office Manager, Nutrition Officer

United States

  • Dr. Steven Kwon; Executive Director and President
  • Gilbert Tsao; Director of Operations
  • James Collora;  Director of Strategic Planning
  • Kwon Cho;  Director of Special Projects 
  • Hun Sok Kang; Director of Finance
  • Rachel Suh; Administrative Coordinator
  • Christine Pando; Accountant
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