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Marissa Martin President |
Marissa Martin also known as Oh, Sun Hee, was adopted from Korea when she was six months old. She grew up in New Hope, Pennsylvania and attended American University graduating with a degree in Sociology and Communications. Marissa has always been interested in social policy and post adoption services and has been actively involved in the international adoptee community for over 9 years. She was a counselor, Assistant Director and Co-Director of the CIT Program 2000-2004 at Holt Heritage Camp. She also served as Assistant Director in Seattle for 3 years at the KIDS Teen Camp. Marissa traveled to Korea in 2005 to study at a Korean University and teach English. While in Korea, Marissa met her birth mother and several members of her birth family. Currently Marissa works as a Sales Operations Analyst at Chartis International. This is Marissa's third year on the board and she is excited to President and Director of the Teen Mentorship Program. |
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Annabel Schlossberg Vice-President |
Annabel has been a member of Also-Known-As since 2005, and on the board of directors since 2008. She has been involved with the Youth Mentorship Program since joining Also-Known-As, and has directed the program since 2008. This year, she is involved with IKAA and looking forward to working with the rest of the organization planning the IKAA Gathering 2010. She was adopted from Seoul, Korea when she was three months old and grew up in Brooklyn. Annabel attended Binghamton University. |
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Geanna Barlaam Secretary, Newsletter |
Geanna was adopted from Korea at four months old and has taken an active interest in her adoption and the adoptee community for the past several years. After attending Georgetown University as an art history major, Geanna went on to pursue her Master’s degree at the Christies Education program in London. Geanna has both attended and worked at Holt Heritage Camps across the country; in the summer of 2004, she was able to attend Holt Summer School in Korea and participated in the IKAA Gathering in Seoul. After joining Also-Known-As in 2008, Geanna became a mentor for the organizations Teen Mentorship Program. This will be Geannas first year on the Executive Board and she is excited to have a more active role in this years programs and events |
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Mark Fermi Treasurer |
Mark was adopted from Korea when he was 4 yrs old and grew up in Jackson, TN and Lincoln, RI and resides in NJ with his wife Ji-yeon and daughter Jeana. He has been a member of Also-Known-As since it was founded in 1996 and serves as the Treasurer. He has served as our Motherland Visit Director and liaison to the Korean American community. |
| Board of Directors Terms Expire 7/31/2010 |
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Tommy Gentzel Social Events |
This is Tommy's first year joining the Also-Known-As Board of Directors. Tommy became involved with the organization during the previous IKAA NYC mini gathering where he had the opportunity to meet other adult adoptees actively involved within the adoption community. He is looking forward to becoming a mentor in this year's teen mentorship program and working with the other board members and volunteers to continue the outreach and success of Also-Known-As. Tommy was adopted from Korea at 5 months old. He grew up in central New Jersey and attended Rutgers University where he received a B.S. in chemical engineering. He currently resides in Jersey City and works as an engineer in the pharmaceutical industry. |
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John Santamore Social Events |
John Santamore was adopted from Ulsan, South Korea at the age of two. John grew up in South Jersey. He is the youngest of five children. The eldest is his brother, who is biological to John’s Adoptive parents. He also has three sisters all adopted from Korea, none of which are biologically related to on another. John's first trip back to Korea was in July 2004 to August 2005 where he taught ESL in Seoul. He has returned a couple of times since then. John is the Parent Forum coordinator for Also-Known-As and is a mentor for the Teen mentorship program. He is also on the Planning Committee for the IKAA Seoul Gathering that will take place in August 2010. |
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