World Relief Corp Of National Association Of Evangelicals

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MANAGEMENT

CEO/Executive Director

Heather Kwak

CEO/Executive Director Experience

Heather Kwak joined World Relief SoCal in the summer of 2012 as a volunteer, welcoming refugees to Orange County. Since than she served as a Department of Justice- accredited legal practitioner and then Program Manager for the Immigration Legal Services department for 6 years before assuming the role of Executive Director in 2021. Prior to World Relief, she was with the International Rescue Committee in New York resettling refugees and finishing her master’s in international relations from Seton Hall University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, Irvine.

Staff Information

Number of Full-Time Staff 14
Number of Part-Time Staff 2
Number of Volunteers 174
Number of Contract Staff 0

Staff Demographics

Ethnicity
Other 0
Caucasian 3
Hispanic/Latino 5
African American/Black 1
Asian American/Pacific Islander 5
Native American/American Indian 0
Gender
Male 4
Female 12
Not Specified 0

CONTACT

World Relief Corp Of National Association Of Evangelicals

411 W Thompson Ln
Nashville, TN 37211-2212

jregister@wr.org

Phone: 619-629-0174

worldrelief.org/socal/