Heesun has spent over 15 years in the entrepreneurship world as a founder, investor, and connector and is now supporting women entrepreneurs as the VP of Programs for the Tory Burch Foundation in New York. She additionally serves on the Board of Governors for the Center for Creative Leadership, a global nonprofit provider of human-centered leadership development and research, as well as the Board of Trustees at The Elisabeth Morrow School in New Jersey. Previously, Heesun was a Venture Partner with Republic, an equity crowdfunding platform with a mission of democratizing access to investing, and with 500 Global, an early-stage fund and seed accelerator with a global portfolio of over 2,600 companies. She is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Vengine, a recruiting platform for startups in Seoul, Korea and began her career as VP of Projects at YouNoodle, a San Francisco startup focused on large-scale entrepreneurship campaigns for global corporates and governments, including Start-Up Chile, Intel Challenge, and KoFounders Lab. She has also mentored and coached hundreds of early-stage startups over the years. Heesun received her M.A. in Education and B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University, where she also served as Co-President of BASES (Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students). Heesun remains on the BASES Board of Advisors.