Don Manzullo’s last second representing Illinois’ 16th Congressional District was a second before noon Thursday. A second after noon, he had a new job.

“I had a two-second break,” he said.

Manzullo, a 68-year-old former Republican congressman who has represented much of McHenry County for two decades, will draw upon his experience as the new president and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute of America. Manzullo described KEIA as a nonprofit policy institute that will “bring the countries together on economic and political issues.”