Jenny Chung Mejia, Attorney/Program Manager

Jenny Chung Mejia is an Attorney and Program Manager at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development and provides support for Building Economic Security for All (BESA), state-based economic security initiatives in California and Mississippi, and legal services programs. Californians for Economic Security (CFES) and California Elder Economic Security Initiative (Cal-EESI), the California-based economic security initiatives, are policy coalitions comprised of legislators, advocates, direct service providers and foundations who support policies and programs that build economic security for families, elders, and the communities in which they live.

Jenny’s BESA work includes building partnerships, conducting research on issues pertaining to economic security, and developing and training on tools that help move individuals and families to economic security. Jenny’s legal services work includes supporting legal services program attorneys and nonprofit organizations engaged in community economic development projects, drafting nonprofit corporation documents, and training legal services program attorneys on issues related to nonprofit development and governance.

Jenny rejoined the Insight Center in 2007 after working for the Center as a law clerk. Prior to joining the Insight Center, Jenny worked as a paralegal for the Law Offices of Jay B. Koslofsky and Wartelle, Weaver, and Schreiber, attorneys specializing in tenant-landlord litigation. Jenny received her undergraduate degree in Legal Studies with a minor in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and her law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law. Jenny serves on the Board of the Legal Aid Association of California.

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