DMI Press Release:
PJ Kim Appointed Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute
Accomplished Urban Leader Joins Think Tank to Drive National Urban Policy Focus
Media Contact: Dan Morris. dmorris@drummajorinstitute.org. 646.274.5713.
New York, New York (April 28, 2010)—Today the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), a nonprofit nonpartisan think tank based in New York City, announced the appointment of PJ Kim as executive director. He will assume all official duties and responsibilities beginning May 3 and oversee a major national expansion of the organization’s urban policy portfolio.
A first generation Korean immigrant, Mr. Kim has focused for the past decade on expanding economic opportunity and strengthening social justice in low-income urban communities and nationally through high-impact work in the public, private, and nonprofit sector.
He brings a wealth of management, financial, policy, and political experience to the executive director position, along with a very keen sense of how to promote DMI’s mission and vision, which will increasingly focus on advancing progressive policy in cities and for cities.
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