Sung K. Kwon (PhD in leadership, Andrews University) has served as the executive director of the North American Division Adventist Community Services since 2001 and is an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He grew up with Buddhist and Catholic family beliefs and was baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist in 1991. He serves as a Chaplain (captain) for Civil Air Patrol, US Air Force Auxiliary. He has served on the boards of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in disasters (NVOAD), National Interfaith Coalition on Aging (NICA), and National Mass Care Council. As a licensed consultant for the Standards for Excellence Institute, he uses the Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector to improve leadership, management, and operations.