- Jesse Jackson, Founder and President, RainbowPUSH Coalition
- Bill Richardson, Former US Ambassador to the UN, Governor of New Mexico
- Wendy Lee Gramm, Chairiman, Regulatory Studies Program at George Mason University's Mercatus Center
- Professor Bruce Cumings, Korean Studies Scholar
- Honorable Jeannie J. Hong, Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland
- Dr. Kyo Paul Jhi, Director of Planning, Policy and Analysis, Peace
- Soon Ok Lee, former prisoner, Kaechon Prison in North Korea
- Katherine Y. Chon, co-founder and Executive Director, Polaris Project
- Daphne Kwok, Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
- Honorable John Liu, New York City Councilman
- Do Kim, founder, Korean American Youth Leadership Program, lawyer
- J.D. Hokoyama, President and CEO, Leadership Education for Asian Pacific, Inc.
- Lee Tae Shik, Ambassador to U.S. from the Republic of Korea
- Roy Lee, producer, The Ring
- Albert Kim, Assistant Managing Editor, People
- Ishle Yi Park, NYFA fiction grant recipient, poet
- Sammy Lee, first Asian American and two-time Gold medalist, '48 and '52, US Olympic Diving Team.
