Philip W. Yun’s career has spanned the private and public sectors for the past 40 years, with experience in security affairs, foreign policy, diplomacy, international development, law, business, politics, and philanthropy. He is currently Co-President and Co-CEO of Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California (CCWA) and of Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF).
Previously, Mr. Yun was the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Ploughshares Fund. Before joining Fund, he was a vice president at The Asia Foundation (2005-2011), a Pantech Scholar in Korean Studies at the Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center at Stanford University (2004-2005), and a vice president at the private equity firm of H&Q Asia Pacific (2001-2004).
Mr. Yun was a presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of State (1994-2001), serving as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Prior to government service, he practiced law in firms in San Francisco and Seattle, and also served as a legal consultant in Seoul, Korea.
Mr. Yun attended Brown University and Columbia University School of Law. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an emeritus member of the Board of Governors of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.
