He joined Here and Now in 2010 as a Board Member when he moved to Vancouver Canada and has served as Executive Director of Here and Now since 2012. He interacts with family members in developing their future planning and building personal networks. He also takes charge of establishing strategic direction, controlling budgets, maintaining the legal obligation of a charitable organization, and reaching out to partners and supporters. Prior to this position, he worked for 20 years at Korea Telecom in the areas of Strategic Planning and Marketing Strategy. He has a Ph.D. Degree in Economics from Cornell University. He was also involved in founding Besor Welfare Foundation, a non-profit organization for people with developmental disabilities in Korea in 2008 and served as a board member until 2010.

Young Jee Na studied Special Education in Korea and developed and taught a Sunday School program in the church for children with disabilities. After immigrating to Canada, she met adult Koreans with disabilities. She felt the need of a program specifically for these people and started Home Camp, which is Here & Now Community Society’s first program. Home Camp started the summer of 2008 and is still taking place once every month for two nights and three days. She has special interest in finding their individual talents, the employment training of these adults and helping them find suitable jobs. She hopes that they live happy, meaningful and independent lives.