Gordon Flake was appointed executive director of the Maureen and
Mike Mansfield Foundation in February 1999. Prior to joining the
Mansfield Foundation, he was a senior fellow and associate director
of the Program on Conflict Resolution at the Atlantic Council of
the United States. Before moving to the Atlantic Council, he served
as director for research and academic affairs at the Korea Economic
Institute of America.
Mr. Flake travels frequently to Japan, Korea, China and other
countries in Asia as a conference participant and lecturer. He
is a regular contributor on Korea issues in the U.S. and Asian
press, and he has traveled to North Korea on four occasions. Mr.
Flake has published extensively on policy issues in Asia.
Mr. Flake was born in Rehoboth, New Mexico. He received his B.A.
degree in Korean with a minor in international relations from Brigham
Young University in Provo, Utah. He completed his M.A. at the David
M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies, also at B.Y.U.
He lived in Korea for a number of years and speaks both fluent
Korean and Laotian.