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Dana Hork, Founder and President

Dana Hork is President of the Board of Directors of Change for Change, the organization she founded in 1999 at the University of Pennsylvania.  For her work on Change for Change, Dana has been featured in the Associated Press, USA Today, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, among other publications.  In 2003, Dana was profiled by Reader's Digest as one of the magazine's "Everyday Heroes."

In addition to leading Change for Change, Dana is currently an Associate at JPMorganChase in New York City, serving as the head of municipal bond trading for the J. P. Morgan Private Bank.  Dana is also the firmwide Program Chair of Great Decisions, J.P. Morgan's foreign policy debate series sponsored in conjunction with the Foreign Policy Association. 

Dana is a John C. Whitehead Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association and a founding member of Network 20/20, a foreign policy organization for young professionals in New York City.  In 2005, Dana was recognized as a Regional Finalist for the White House Fellows Program.

Dana holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She also earned a Bachelor of Arts with a focus in both Economics and in Communication, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also served as President of the undergraduate student body.  During her time at Penn, Dana was named to USA Today's 2002 All-USA College Academic First Team, selected by the publication as one of the nation’s top 20 undergraduates.  She was also awarded the Althea K. Hottel Award, Penn's oldest and highest award given to a female member of the graduating class. 

Dana is originally from Hopkins, Minnesota and currently resides in NYC.  Dana can be reached at dana.hork@changeforchange.org.