|
Ki Suh Park is an architect and a city planner. Since 1981, he has been the Design and Managing Partner (CEO) of Gruen Associates, a Los Angeles-based architecture, planning and interiors firm. He came to the United States from South Korea in 1953 under the sponsorship of author James Michener. Mr. Park earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his Master in Architecture and Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His projects include the Koreatown Plaza; the Center for Early Education; the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion; the Daehan Kyoyuk Insurance Company Headquarters Tower in Seoul, Korea; Citibank and PT Bank Mandiri Towers, Jakarta, Indonesia; the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa; and the LA Open Door Presbyterian Church. Mr. Park is the chairman of the Korean American Museum, and the former chairman of the Korean American Coalition and the Citizens Advisory Committee for Transportation Quality for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. He serves on the Boards of a number of non-profit institutions and public companies, including the Public Policy Institute of California, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and Nara Bancorp, Inc. | 