Randy Kim

Background

About Randy Kim

Results-oriented communications professional with experience in writing, advocacy, grantmaking, outreach, DEI, social media, fundraising, public speaking, and events planning from grassroots to high-level corporate events in the non-profit and corporate sector. Current board member with the Vietnamese Association of Illinois (VAI) and serving as the Manager of Communications and Donor Engagement with Bottom Line Chicago, an organization that supports 1st generation, low-income Chicago students to gain access and to graduate from college. Completed my Masters in Public Service in Nonprofit Management at DePaul University in December 2022. Specialty courses: Resource Development (Fundraising), Nonprofit Financial Management, Ethics Leadership, Advocacy and Lobbying. Capstone Topic:"The Impact of GOS on Small Nonprofits" Board member w/ The National Cambodian Heritage Museum (2016-23). Strategized and developed the museum's outreach, fundraising, digital platforms, and its partnership with Cambodian local and national artists, community leaders, and other AAPI leaders/organizations nationally. These initiatives have led to bringing in new funders and supporters for the museum. From 10/19 to 10/23, I launched The Bánh Mì Chronicles, an Asian American podcast focusing on diaspora, assimilation, and community empowerment. Notable guests included: Viet Thanh Nguyen, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner, Cathy Park Hong, author of the critically acclaimed essay book,"Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning", Loung Ung, author of the non-fiction bestseller,"First, They Killed My Father", and Michelle Kim, national speaker/writer on DEI and CEO of Awaken. The Banh Mi Chronicles Podcast was recognized by National Geographic Society as one of the recommended Asian American podcasts in April 2021. In May 2021, Apple Podcast named "The Banh Mi Chronicles Podcast" as part of the "Never Voiceless, Moving Forward" playlist to celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Month. In June 2021, the Asian American Journalist Association endorsed the podcast episode,"Making Movements to Honor Us" w/ guest Helen Zia on Twitter. In 2022, the podcast was nominated as Best Asian-hosted podcast for the 2022 People's Choice Podcast Awards. Also, in 2022, I was selected as a speaker for the 2022 Podcast Movement conference in Dallas. In Spring 2024, I launched Banh Mi Bites, a newsletter through Substack that focuses on BIPOC creatives and other creative