Mina Chang
Mina Chang | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations | |
| Assumed office April 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1983 or 1984 (age 39–40)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of the Nations |
Mina Chang (미나 장)[2] is an American politician, who since April 2019 has been the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, a bureau of the United States Department of State.[3]
Early life
Chang, the Korean-American[4] child of two Salvation Army officers, grew up in Atlanta.[5]
Career
Prior to 2010, Chang performed as a pop singer, touring internationally and recording albums in English and Korean.[5] During this time she did volunteer work in relief efforts, which led her to joining the nonprofit Linking the World. She became the president and CEO of that company, consolidating and relocating the offices to Dallas.[5]
In April 2019, Chang was appointed deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, and stepped down from her CEO position.[1] Prior to this appointment, the Trump administration announced an intent to nominate her for a more senior position in the U.S. Agency for International Development. The nomination was submitted to the U.S. Senate in January 2019, then withdrawn in September 2019.[3][6][7]
Controversy
On November 12, 2019, NBC News reported that Chang had "embellished her résumé with misleading claims about her professional background" prior to joining the United States Department of State, claiming to be an alumna of Harvard Business School, be a former chief of staff of an nonprofit (INGO), have a role on a UN panel, and appear on the front cover of Time magazine. The report also states she falsely claimed that she had spoken at both Democratic and Republican national conventions, and implied she had testified before Congress.[3][8][9]
References
- ^ a b Branham, Dana (November 12, 2019). "Dallas' Mina Chang, a Trump official, used fake magazine cover to tout nonprofit work, NBC News finds". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "'한인신화' 미나 장, 학력위조 의혹···美국무부 돌연 지명 철회" [Mina Jang, South Korean Myth Suspicions of Counterfeiting ...]. JoongAng Ilbo. November 13, 2019.
- ^ a b c De Luce, Dan; Strickler, Laura; Sen, Ari (November 12, 2019). "Senior Trump official embellished résumé, had face on fake Time cover". NBC News. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Arin, Kim (January 17, 2019). "Trump names Korean-American woman as USAID assistant administrator". The Korea Herald. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ a b c Smart, Lauren (June 26, 2014). "Singer-Turned-Activist Mina Chang Now Faces the Biggest Challenge of Her Life". Dallas Observer. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "PN115 — Mina Chang — United States Agency for International Development". Congress.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. September 9, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Noor, Poppy (November 12, 2019). "Trump official inflated résumé, report reveals – and created fake Time cover". The Guardian. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ Woodward, Alex (November 12, 2019). "Senior Trump official Mina Chang 'faked Time magazine cover and inflated claims in CV'". The Independent. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
External links
.svg){kind=small} | This biography of a person who has held a non-elected position in the federal government of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |