Kim joined NCTO in May 2019 as President and CEO. She has over 20 years of experience in
government policy development and advocacy. Her multi-faceted career includes spearheading
manufacturing and trade policy efforts on Capitol Hill, serving as a key leader on behalf of the textile industry in the Obama Administration, and leading a non-profit organization working to advance critical policies to grow quality, U.S. jobs in the clean energy economy.
Most recently she served as Executive Director of the BlueGreen Alliance, a non-profit
partnership of labor and environmental organizations. In that capacity, she led an organization that works to advance policies to help achieve a stronger economy and a more sustainable future at the intersection of energy, the environment and trade.
Before leading the BlueGreen Alliance, Kim served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials at the U.S. Department of Commerce. In that role, she
worked to improve the domestic and international competitiveness of the broad product range of
U.S. industries, including fiber, textiles, apparel, footwear, consumer goods, metals and mining, forest products, and chemicals. She also served as the chairman for the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, which supervises the negotiation and implementation of textile and apparel agreements.
Kim served for a decade on Capitol Hill working extensively on manufacturing, trade, and
economic policy issues for Congressman Michael H. Michaud from Maine and Congressman John J. LaFalce from New York. As Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Congressman Michaud, she led efforts in the House of Representatives to establish the House Trade Working Group, a key coalition of Members of Congress that works extensively on trade policy and domestic competitiveness issues to this day.
Kim earned a B.A. in History and graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New
York at Geneseo.
