Helen S. Kim

Helen Kim (she/her) has over 30 years experience in working with leaders, organizations, and networks advocating for racial, economic, and environmental justice. As a consultant, her focus is on transforming leadership culture, developing innovative strategies, and building effective partnerships. Helen is a co-author of Working Across Generations: Defining the Future of Nonprofit Leadership, and has led workshops across the U.S. and internationally on supporting the next generation of leaders. With Rockwood Leadership Institute since 2008, she has been active in creating and delivering programs, including co-leading its National Leading from the Inside Out since 2015. Her clients have included the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, CA Working Families Party, Community Change, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Women’s Law Center, Service Employees International Union, and United We Dream.

Helen taught US social movement history at the San Francisco State University and worked as a community organizer for a decade, where she focused on immigrant and worker rights and environmental justice issues. She emigrated from Korea when she was twelve years old and studied history at Carleton College and law at the University of Minnesota. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.