Profile:

Myung completed her Fellowship with SEIU and the National Women's Law Center. She is currently the Mid-Atlantic Region Executive Director of Jumpstart, a non-profit organization that brings college students and community volunteers together with preschool children in low-income communities for a full school year of individualized mentoring and tutoring. She is responsible for overseeing regional development and fundraising, program management and growth, relationship cultivation, staff management, and operational effectiveness for the region. Myung comes to Jumpstart from Safe Horizon, where she served as the Vice President of Corporate Development and secured over $5 million dollars from corporate donors in 3 years through corporate sponsorships, cause marketing, event sponsorship, and restricted support for programs, including a 450% increase in corporate support in non-event related corporate work. Prior to her work at Safe Horizon, she held a management role with Partnership for the Homeless, where her aptitude for leadership helped shape the agency’s vision through aggressive public relations campaigns, marketing, and new business development. Myung also previously worked in the private sector for high-growth new ventures, including Major League Baseball Advanced Media, The Legal Knowledge company, and Modis (formerly Special Counsel). In addition, Myung has worked for the Corporation for National and Community Service, Jumpstart’s largest funder, as an Associate General Counsel for the Office of the General Counsel and a Program Officer with AmeriCorps State and National Direct. Myung holds a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School.