Eun-Kyung Kim

Eun-Kyung Kim is the Executive Director of YWCA of Queens. For the past 20 years, she has focused on advocacy, management and fundraising in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in her community.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, YWCA of Queens opened a food pantry serving more than 22,000 families with fresh produce, and virtual classes that brought community members together. They also distributed care packages called LOVE BOXES for seniors that included a month of essential items.

Ms. Kim is a longtime radio host at Voice of NY (FM 87.7), Radio Korea (AM1660) and KCBN, and is often called upon as a guest speaker.

Prior to her community work, she founded the contemporary music group, “Soundclock,” and served as the artistic director. A professional composer, Ms. Kim’s music has been performed by various groups and solo artists in the United States, Europe, and Korea. She also served as a Music Director and Conductor of the Central New Jersey Youth Orchestra and Choir Director at numerous churches.

After graduating from Seoul National University in South Korea, Ms. Kim came to the United States and received her Master’s and Doctoral Degree from Manhattan School of Music, where she studied composition, conducting, and electronic music.

She served as a board member at the Rainbow Center, later renamed Women In Need Center (WINC) for eight years and became an Executive Director. After a merge with the Korean American Family Service Center, she served as Director of Shelter Services and Outreach. She served as an active community leader at the Korean American Association of Queens, Korean American Human Service Provider's Association and National Korean American Coalition to End Domestic Abuse.

Ms. Kim taught at the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, Queensborough Community College, Korean American Presbyterian Theological Seminary, PS 68 in Bronx, the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary of the East, Manhattan School of Music, and the Reformed Union Theological Seminary of New York, where she served as a Dean of the International Division.