Practice areas: Board governance; Marketing and communications; Strategic planning; Succession planning

Select Support Center experience: Brienza’s Educare, Inc., Chinese Theatre Works, Directions for our Youth, Functional Life Achievement, Grades4Life, Grand Street BID, Inspira, Jay & Linda Grunin Foundation, League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Sarah BJ Sung (BJ) is an expert in strategy and design of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, corporate philanthropy and nonprofit management. Ms. Sung is a seasoned executive who has experience working in banking and utility sectors. She is a diversity & inclusion champion who worked on innovative CSR programs to elevate company’s presence and increase its philanthropic reach. An expert in the nonprofit sector, she also serves on the boards of New York City leading nonprofits. Ms. Sung received her certificate in Corporate Citizenship Management from the Boston College for Corporate Citizenship, Carroll School of Management.

Ms. Sung founded Pinnacle Social Impact consultancy to help companies and nonprofits address challenges in impact philanthropy, community development and programs benefiting the community for Social Impact change. Additionally, she is the owner of Pinnacle Solution, an ID theft protection and restoration service, and is the sole distributor for Korean and Chinese communities in the New York tri-state area https://www.idtheftassist.com/e/pinnacle

Most recently, Ms. Sung worked in the Public Affairs department of Con Edison, Inc. and built strategic relationships with nonprofit partners to strengthen support for S.T.E.M (science, technology, engineering and math) and civic engagement programs. Her contributions include concept and implementation of STEM festivals, STEM scholarship program, mentorship & training projects and employee volunteer recognition program and many more. Programs she designed led to an increase in Con Edison’s standing for CSR and garnered many recognitions and awards including listing on Dow Jones Sustainability Index.   Ms. Sung was formerly Vice President at Citi Global Consumer Bank working in the international sector leading CSR efforts. She managed over $4 million dollars for philanthropy grants and hundreds of thousand dollars in business sponsorships. Nationally known relationships she managed include Habitat for Humanity, Operation Hope and Enterprise Development to name a few. Projects she oversaw and implemented contributed to meeting regulatory requirements and garnering satisfactory community reinvestment act (CRA) rating. Prior to her global assignment, she was responsible for program implementation in areas of community development and nonprofit capacity building. Her tenure at Citi Private Bank included global banker training for Know Your Client (KYC) compliance and rollout of client relationship management (CRM) tools.

Ms. Sung is Chair Emerita and the former chairwoman of the Korean American Family Service Center (KAFSC), a leading nonprofit organization helping women and children to lead safe and healthy lives free from domestic violence. Under her over a decade leadership, the organization tripled its operating budget, merged with another nonprofit to efficiently utilize resources, obtained capital funding for a shelter, expanded its staff to over 70 people, and increased support and services to the Tristate area. Currently, KAFSC is undergoing a $1.5 million-dollar capital project to rebuild its emergency shelter.

Ms. Sung is passionate about helping people and communities and is actively involved in New York City community and volunteers with many nonprofits. She serves on the board of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, an umbrella organization representing over 1,500 nonprofits and was formerly a board member of the Korean American Community Foundation. Ms. Sung was also a founding member and Co-Chair of Asian Pacific Heritage Network at Citi Private Bank. Her volunteer work also includes serving as Vice President of Korean Women International Network New York chapter, an initiative of South Korean Government Ministry of Gender Equality.

Certifications: BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer;Corporate Citizenship Management, Boston College for Corporate Citizenship