Mark Keam
Mark Keam | |
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Keam in January 2014 | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 35th district | |
| In office January 13, 2010 – September 6, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Shannon |
| Succeeded by | Holly Seibold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1966 Seoul, South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Alex Seong Keam |
| Residence(s) | Vienna, Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Newington College University of California, Irvine (B.A.) Hastings College of Law (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Committees | Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Education Finance |
| Website | www |
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Mark Lee Keam (born May 10, 1966) is a Korean American lawyer. Since 2024 Keam has led the Korean American Institute. KAI is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to produce insightful and actionable research to improve decision making on issues facing Korean Americans.
He is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates in the United States. A Democrat, Keam represented the 35th District, which encompassed a portion of Fairfax County, Virginia, including the town of Vienna, Virginia, where he resides. He resigned his seat on September 6, 2022, to take a position in the Biden administration as a deputy assistant secretary running the National Travel and Tourism Office in the International Trade Administration.
Keam was born in Seoul, South Korea, and has lived in Vietnam, Australia, and California. He was formerly an aide on Capitol Hill, and was an executive with Verizon Communications until he left in 2009 to run for the Virginia General Assembly.