Events
On September 12th, 2018, the East Asia Institute held a roundtable with representatives from the Business Executives for Nation Security (BENS) organization. The roundtable, which was requested by USFK, focused on evaluating the strategic relationship between South Korea and the United States in the business arena, and participants exchanged opinions on other issues such as the direction of strategic development and recent developments in the ROK-US Alliance.
KOREAN PARTICIPANTS:
| Chaesung Chun | Director, Center for International Studies, East Asia Institute; Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University |
| Seong-Ho Sheen | Professor, Graduate School of Int'l Studies, Seoul National University |
| Dong-Joon Jo | Professor, International Relations in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University |
| Yul Sohn | President, East Asia Institute; Professor, Graduate School of Int'l Studies, Yonsei University |
U.S. PARTICIPANTS:
| John J. Brown | Managing Partner, Sands Point Consulting |
| John P. DeBlasio | Founder & Executive Director, GPD Charitable Trust |
| Robert E. Dees Jr. | President and CEO, Palm Investments, Inc |
| Timothy R. Eller | Principal, Cordalla Capital, LLC |
| Howard Graham | SVP & CFO (Ret.), Siebel Systems Inc. |
| David C. McDonald | President, Pescador Resources |
| Sean S. Murphy | President & CEO, Lootok, LTD |
| Matthew Ocko | Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner, Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC) |
| Chris C. Riedel | CEO, HunterHeart |
| Donald V. Smith | Senior Managing Director (Ret.), Houlihan Lokey |
| Tom Cosentino | Chief Operating Officer, Business Executives for National Security |
| Sidney E. Talley | Director of National and International Programs, Business Executives for National Security |
| Mattew S. Stumpf | Director of Strategy, CSIG(Commander’s Strategic Initiative Group),UNC/CFC/USFK |
