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Cho Sun-young is the Chairperson of Kwangwoon University, having assumed the position in 2018.

She has presented a vision of transforming the university into one that opens the future through creativity, communication, and innovation.

Her grandfather is Cho Kwang-woon, the university’s founder, and she is the eldest daughter of Cho Moo-sung, the former chairperson.

Born in 1978, Cho Sun-young graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and completed her graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also completed coursework for a Ph.D. in Organizational Theory at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of Business.

Cho’s professional career includes roles such as Consulting Manager at Samjong KPMG and Senior Researcher in Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy at NSYSCOM. She entered the Kwangwoon Education Foundation by serving as Policy Director and later became a board member of the foundation, rising to Chairperson within two years.

She also serves as Chairperson of the Hwado Memorial Foundation, which commemorates the spirit of the university’s founder.

In addition, Cho is an independent director at Daishin Securities. She is actively involved in education policy, serving as a member of the Glocal University Committee and the University Innovation Subcommittee of the Education Reform Advisory Committee under the Ministry of Education.

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