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  • Roy Choi

    General Partner
    Knighted Ventures

    Roy Choi is General Partner at Knighted Ventures, an investment firm focused on entertainment and gaming. He also serves as President of KCM Agency, a multicultural marketing agency.  In his nonprofit work, Mr. Choi is Executive Producer and CEO of Kollaboration, a nationwide nonprofit 501(c)(3) showcasing emerging Asian Pacific artists and performers. Kollaboration began in Los Angeles and is now in 15 cities across North America. Mr. Choi is also Founder and Chairman of Children in Harmony, a nonprofit aimed at empowering girls and creating empathy in boys in developing countries through music and emotional intelligence education.

    Mr. Choi graduated with honors from USC with a BA in Cinema from the School of Cinematic Arts. He was a winner and recipient of the Stephen Gentry Memorial Scholarship, and was also a finalist in the Southern California Business Film Festival.

  • Jay Im

    Partner
    K&L Gates, LLP

    Jay Im is a partner at the law firm of K&L Gates, where he advises some of the world’s leading entertainment, media and gaming companies on projects around the world. His body of work includes films like Snowpiercer in the US and 20 Once Again in China; television format licenses and remakes including The Voice and Entourage; theatrical productions of Kinky Boots and August Rush (in production); concerts such as the Mnet Asian Music Awards and KCON; and e-sports tournaments showcasing League of Legends. Mr. Im was named the Korea In-House Lawyer of the Year for consecutive years (2013 and 2014) by Asian Legal Business. He also led the Korea In-house Team of the Year in each of 2014 and 2015, and the TMT Team of the Year in each of 2014 and 2015. Mr. Im is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Michigan Law School.

  • Jason Y. Lee

    Founder
    Jubilee Media

    Jason Y. Lee is the founder of Jubilee Media, a media company that bridges people together and inspires love. Jubilee has garnered over 30 million views online for various causes and has been featured in The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Mashable, The Queen Latifah show, and more. In his former life, Mr. Lee was a consultant at Bain & Company and worked for Clinton Health Access Initiative in Zambia. He was raised in Overland Park, Kansas and graduated with honors from the The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Jun Oh

    Senior Vice President, Business Affairs
    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Jun Oh is Senior Vice President of Business Affairs in the theatrical group at Warner Bros. In that role, he is responsible for negotiating deals in connection with development, production, co-financing, distribution and other deals on behalf of the studio. Recent movies Mr. Oh has worked on include Dunkirk, Wonder Woman, King Arthur, and Suicide Squad.  Mr. Oh was previously the head of Business and Legal Affairs for Warner Independent Pictures where he worked on deals for movies such as Slumdog Millionaire and Fun Games. Mr. Oh holds a BA from Cornell University and a JD from UCLA School of Law.