John is Co-Founder and CEO of The District Management Council, an organization focused on bringing the best management and leadership practices to its network of public school district leaders and managers from around the country.

John brings to DMC his extensive background in education, business and management. John has started and led several organizations in the education field. John was the founding CEO of Chancellor Beacon Academies, Inc., a school management company that grew to serve more than 20,000 children. John started and served as President of Kaplan Learning Services, the institutional division of Kaplan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. Prior to joining Kaplan, Mr. Kim co-founded Crimson & Brown Associates (CBA), a leading targeted career services firm assisting companies to identify and hire minority students. He served as Chairman and CEO of CBA until its sale to Kaplan.

John serves on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations and corporations. John serves as the Vice Chairman of the National Governing Board of BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life), a non-profit organization that increases the educational and life achievement of elementary school children living in low-income communities. He is on the Executive Committee of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT) at Phillips Academy, Andover and is on the Board of Overseers of The Shady Hill School, a pre K-8^th grade independent school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. John was also on the founding board of the Boston Collegiate Charter School, now one of the highest performing charter schools in Massachusetts. John currently also serves on several corporate boards and is a member of The National Advisory Council for Scholastic Inc.

John received an AB magna cum laude from Harvard College, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.