Han Kang leads as the Chief Intergovernmental Relations Officer for the municipal government of San José, California. He liaises with local, regional, state, federal, and foreign governments to advocate for funding, legislation, and policies serving nearly one million residents and businesses.

Han retired from the U.S. Agency for International Development as a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He led as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health, executing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to treat more than 20 million people living with HIV across 56 countries. Han led efforts with academic, bilateral, multilateral, non-profit, philanthropic, and private sector partners to control and prevent infectious diseases, promote maternal and child survival, and strengthen health and social systems through multi-year assignments in Burma (Myanmar), Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, and Zambia. Before joining the federal government, Han worked with the California Department of Public Health as a Regional Surveillance Manager to detect and respond to disease outbreaks and other health emergencies in the U.S.-Mexico border region.

Han graduated from Princeton University as a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow and Truman Scholar with the Master of Public Affairs, focusing on international development. He is also trained as an epidemiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar.