Dr. Stephen Noerper is a global affairs executive (www.seninternational.org), advocating enhanced understanding of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. Stephen served with New York University and helped lead New York-based non-profit efforts. He is a tested manager, mentor and innovator -- and a recognized voice on Korea, Mongolia, China and Russia. A former Washington, DC-based corporate vice president, U.S. State Department analyst and Nautilus Institute representative, Dr. Noerper taught contemporary Korean affairs at American University, Hawaii's Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Waseda University and the National University of Mongolia, where he was a Fulbright senior scholar. He was an East-West Center and Edward R. Murrow Center fellow and has authored several dozen articles and publications on Korea, Mongolia and Northeast Asia. An active community volunteer, Stephen administered Manhattan's oldest inner city school and hails from a family with eight adopted siblings -- five from Korea.