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Mission & Board

AK Connection is shaped by Korean adoptees who believe community, culture, and belonging deserve care, time, and shared leadership.

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OUR MISSION

By adoptees, for adoptees

We support adult Korean adoptees as whole people and celebrate the transracial and transnational adoptee experience as a unique cultural community.

OBJECTIVES

What our board works to protect and grow

AK Connection's programming is planned by Korean adoptees for our community. The board helps carry that work forward through stewardship, care, and shared responsibility.

Whole-person support

AK Connection supports adult Korean adoptees as whole people.

Cultural community

We celebrate the transracial and transnational adoptee experience as a unique cultural community.

Community-led programming

We provide cultural, educational, and social programming for adoptees, their families, and their communities.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

We plan, discuss, and donate our time, talents, and skills to continuously improve AK Connection.

President

Kira Siegler

Edina, Minnesota. Focused on supporting the adoptee community that helped shape her own life.

🍜 Korean food
Tteokbokki (떑볢이)
🎬 Show / movie
Twenty-Five Twenty-One
🎡 Music
NewJeans
πŸ™οΈ Birth city
Anyang, South Korea
🧠 MBTI
ENFJ
⭐ Fun fact
Has visited her foster family in Korea
Vice President

Tara Tenhoff

Helping shape AK Connection's direction and supporting the board's work in community care.

🍜 Korean food
Samgyeopsal (μ‚Όκ²Ήμ‚΄)
🎬 Show / movie
Crash Landing on You
🎡 Music
IU
πŸ™οΈ Birth city
Coming soon
🧠 MBTI
INFP
⭐ Fun fact
Loves connecting people over food
Technology Chair

Denis Jeong Plaster (Jun Suk)

Edina, Minnesota. Bringing technical support and lived adoptee experience to AK Connection's work.

🍜 Korean food
Bibimbap (λΉ„λΉ”λ°₯)
🎬 Show / movie
Parasite
🎡 Music
Epik High
πŸ™οΈ Birth city
Incheon, South Korea
🧠 MBTI
INTJ
⭐ Fun fact
Met his birth mother on a trip to Korea in his 20s
Communications Chair

Kip Hansen (이기호)

Supporting AK Connection's communications and helping keep the community informed and connected.

🍜 Korean food
Kimchi Jjigae (κΉ€μΉ˜μ°Œκ°œ)
🎬 Show / movie
Reply 1988
🎡 Music
Seo Taiji & Boys
πŸ™οΈ Birth city
Coming soon
🧠 MBTI
ENFP
⭐ Fun fact
Fluent in both Korean culture and memes

Questions about AK Connection's mission or board?

Reach out if you'd like to learn more about our leadership, community work, or ways to support AK Connection.