Cat Jung supports the day-to-day organizational operations – including human resources, information technology, and communications – at the Youth Engagement Fund. She also directly supports YEF’s executive director, assisting with project management, planning, and scheduling.

Cat brings nine years of experience in development and operations, database administration, stewardship, and special events to the team. She started her career at The New York Botanical Garden before transitioning to philanthropy at the Korean American Community Foundation, where she managed the foundation’s database and assisted with board relations, operations, finance, and communications. Cat holds a B.A. in Art History and a B.S. in Urban & Regional Studies at Cornell University, with minors in Asian American and East Asian Studies. She currently lives in New York City and recently was a cohort member of Nonprofit Tech Readiness for Civic Engagement and Social Justice through NTEN and the Ford Foundation.