Asia DirectorNexus Global
Abbie Jung-Harada is the Asia Director for NEXUS, a global community of next generation changemakers, Co-Chair of the East and Southeast Asia Chapter for the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a global network of intermediaries supporting entrepreneurs in developing countries, and co-founder of Synergy Social Ventures, a philanthropic organization which supports and engages in philanthropy, investment and social entrepreneurship as innovative tools for sustainable development.
Abbie believes in the power of collaboration among social change leaders and creates such opportunities in Asia and between Asia and other regions around the world. She currently works with social entrepreneurs, family business intrapreneurs, philanthropists, social investors and intermediaries to utilize the full scope of new social change models and funding tools to solve pressing socioeconomic and environmental problems.
She has an undergraduate degree in neuroscience from UC Berkeley and a graduate degree in international public health from Columbia University.
Arresting DeforestationClean EnergyClean WaterEarly Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationEnvironmental SustainabilityFinancial ServicesHealthHealth DeliveryHuman RightsInternational JusticeLivelihoodsLiving ConditionsOcean EcosystemsPeacePeace and Human RightsPost-Secondary EducationSustainable Markets
Eastern Asia, Southeast Asia