Eugena Oh serves as the Regional Director, Greater NYC Area, at The Asian American Foundation, the national organization fundamentally transforming the future for AAPIs across all sectors. TAAF is dedicated to building a safer, more inclusive future for AAPIs. Through TAAF’s core pillars of anti-hate, education, narrative change and unlocking resources, we are mobilizing against hate, cultivating empathy, and reclaiming our narratives.
Eugena comes to TAAF after serving as President & CEO of the “I Have A Dream” Foundation, a national nonprofit empowering youth to achieve their dreams through education and mentorship. She believes deeply in racial justice and equity and has devoted her career to extending opportunity to historically marginalized communities, by building coalitions to build power. Over eleven years at “I Have A Dream,” Eugena focused on unifying its federated affiliates around a shared vision and goal for “multiple pathways to success” for its youth (‘Dreamers’). Prior to “I Have A Dream”, Eugena practiced law, and served in fundraising and program roles within several non-profit organizations, including Teach For America.
Eugena’s honors include receiving the Trailblazer award from both the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (2019) and the IvyG Conference (2018), being named to New York Non-Profit Media’s inaugural class of 40 Under 40 Rising Stars (2015) and receiving the University of Pennsylvania’s Asian Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumna Award (2008). She serves as a volunteer leader with Stand with Asian American (NYC Chapter), on the University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Board of Directors, Penn’s Pan-Asian American Community House Board of Advisors, Rise First’s Board of Advisors, as well as the “I Have A Dream” Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Eugena is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, and Columbia Business School’s Senior Leaders in Nonprofit Executive program. She is a proud New Yorker and second generation Korean American currently raising two children with her partner on Long Island. Eugena loves to dance to 90s hip-hop, sing power ballads during karaoke, and read just about anything.
