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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• University of Southern California - BBA (1981-1985)

• St. Andrew's Priory School (Honolulu, Hawaii) - High school diploma (1981)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  39th Congressional District of California
  Young Oak Kim, 50.60%

  Republican
  Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (Gil), 49.40%

  Democrat

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  39th Congressional District of California
  Gilbert Ray Cisneros Jr. (Gil), 51.56%

  Democrat
  Young Oak Kim, 48.44%

  Republican

Employment History

• 39th Congressional District of California (2018)

  Candidate

• Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) (July 2007-2013)

  Asian Community Relations Director

• Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) (1997-June 2007)

  Field Representative

• JK Sportswear Manufacturing

  Controller

• First Interstate Bank

  Financial Analyst

Associated Organizations

• Republican Main Street Partnership

• Korean American Federation of Orange County (Calif.)

• Fullerton (Calif.) Public Library Foundation

• California Women's Leadership Association

• International Leadership Foundation

• Calvary La Habra (Calif.)

• YK Connections

• Orange County (Calif.) Gang Reduction Intervention Program

  Member, Board of Directors

• World Affairs Council of Orange County (Calif.)

  Trustee, Board of Trustees

• Kim for CA-39

• Young Kim for Congress (California)

• Forever Youth Organization Utilizing a New Generation PAC

Awards

• Legislative Leader Award (Humane Society Legislative Fund) (March 2024)

• Champion of Small Business Investing Award (Small Business Investor Alliance) (Sept. 2022)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2022)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Legislative Action Award (Bipartisan Policy Center) (June 2022)

• MavPAC Majority Makers (Maverick PAC) (2020)

• Lifetime Achievement Award (Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Series) (Sept. 2019)

Activities and Interests

• Languages: Korean (native or bilingual proficiency)
  

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• 
  Email, scheduling:
  ca39ykscheduling@mail.house.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	1306 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0540
Phone:	202-225-4111

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Privately Financed Travel

7 trips taken between 2021 - 2024 costing $78,616

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Financial Services Committee
House Financial Services Committee Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee
House Financial Services Committee National Security, Illicit Finance and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee, Vice Chair
• House Financial Services Committee Artificial Intelligence Working Group
• House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee Africa Subcommittee
House Foreign Affairs Committee Indo-Pacific Subcommittee, Chair

Caucuses

• 5G Caucus
• ALS Caucus
• Bipartisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence, Co-Chair
• British-American Interparliamentary Group
• Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
• Congressional Cambodia Caucus
• Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Korea
• Congressional Caucus on Maternity Care, Co-Chair
• Congressional Direct Selling Caucus
• Congressional Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Fusion Caucus
• Congressional Golf Caucus
• Congressional Investment in American Jobs
• Congressional Pacific Islands Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Study Group on Korea, Co-Chair
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Victims of Communism Caucus
• Congressional Women in STEM Caucus, Co-Chair
• Conservative Climate Caucus
• Honorary Congressional Girl Scout Troop Caucus
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Climate Solutions Caucus
• House Republican China Accountability Task Force
• House Republican Conference
• International Conservation Caucus
• Problem Solvers Caucus
• Quiet Skies Caucus
• Republican Governance Group, Vice Chair
• Republican Main Street Caucus
• SALT Caucus, Co-Chair
• Spent Nuclear Fuel Solutions Caucus
• U.S. – Republic of Korea Inter-Parliamentary Exchange, Co-Chair

Caught Our Eye

• Congressional group spends big on member trip to South Korea

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 9, 2021
  Several members and their spouses accepted cushy travel to South Korea last month at the tune of nearly $19,000 per member. read more