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Company: Grace Kim Consultants

Industry: Social Entrepreneurship

Education: UCLA '04

Business Info: Grace Kim is a social entrepreneur who provides full-service business development consulting for socially-conscious businesses and organizations. Her marketing and branding experience includes developing campaigns and launching products for a wide array of clients that include HBO, Maverick Records, Symantec, Yahoo, Nature Made Vitamins, Lifetime and LA Fashion Week. She also runs Idea Project, an LA-based organization that cultivates community around multi-disciplinary collaboration and social innovation. Comprised of visionary technologists, artists, designers and entrepreneurs, Idea Project celebrates the power of imagination when harnessed to transform ideas and good intentions into pioneering products, services, art and movements that change our lives. In past lives, she managed domestic build and poverty housing awareness programs for Habitat for Humanity International and taught Business English skills to high school students for the French Embassy. She earned her B.A. in Communications, Political Science and French at UCLA, and pursued international relations upon graduation at Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris. She is a UCLA Anderson Riordan Fellow, a member of Network of Korean-American Leaders, and Rotary Foundation cultural ambassador who has visited health and education projects in Central America. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Zocalo Public Square, a non-profit organization that builds community by broadening access to civic discourse.

About the Riordan Programs: The Riordan Fellows Program was an exceptional opportunity to gain valuable business insight from industry leaders and to work alongside a great group of inspiring individuals. I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to learn so much from a well-curated curriculum that's imparted great value in my professional life.