Board of Directors

Originally from Seoul Korea, Elle is an emerging conductor based in New York. She is the Conductor of New York Mixed Chorus and founding Director of Collegium Musicum New York. She is also 2024-25 Conducting Fellow for Allentown Symphony Orchestra and served as an Assistant Conductor at 2024 Vienna Opera Festival. She studied piano, music education, and sociology at New York University and holds master's degree in conducting from Northern Arizona University.

BK is a software developer who hopes to create services that contribute to society. He aspires to make a positive impact not only through his tech career but also through his support for music. He completed his Ph.D. coursework in Physics at Kyungpook National University in South Korea and is currently working as a Backend Engineer while pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. He also supports and manages finances at Collegium Musicum New York.

Jazmine holds a B.A. in Music Industry Studies from California State University, Northridge. She began her professional journey as an Orchestra Assistant at the Golden State Youth Orchestra (GSYO) in Palo Alto. Subsequently, she transitioned into the tech industry, ultimately leading to her current position as a Product Solutions Consultant at Google.

She spearheaded the launch of TACO LA on October 6, 2019. Her effective social media outreach resulted in 150 sign-ups for the inaugural session. Now, it boasts a thriving community, averaging 70 monthly attendees and maintaining an email list of over 1,000 members.

Alicia is a valued advisor and volunteer for TACO LA. She is a Senior Operations Data Analyst at Entertainment Partners and has 10+ years of experience in the payroll industry. Alicia provides her professional skills to TACO LA with financial planning and data analysis.

Alicia does not play any instruments but would like to learn piano someday. She has an appreciation for classical music and enjoys seeing the LA Philharmonic often.

Wooyoung is a physicist who regards science as the fundamental language through which nature expresses itself. He also sees music as sharing in this universal tongue of expression. For him, both science and music are ways of listening to the cosmos. He is currently based at Fermilab in Illinois and conducts researches to search for unseen threads of the universe through dark matter as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Texas at Arlington.