Na Eng

Na Eng is a social impact executive and Emmy Award-winning storyteller who champions powerful narratives to move ideas and change norms to accelerate progress for greater social impact.

As Chief Creative Officer at People For the American Way, she leads creative storytelling and special innovation projects. For example, she spearheaded The Art of Saving Democracy: An Action Kit for Making Change, a civic renewal initiative that brought together Jamie Lee Curtis and more than 20 world-renowned visual artists, such as Shepard Fairey, Vincent Valdez, and Carrie Mae Weems, and more, to equip more Americans to participate in our democracy. She also served as an executive producer in a YouTube documentary on white Christian nationalism with social media influencer Kat Abughazaleh. 

Previously, Eng directed all foundation-wide external affairs for the McKnight Foundation. Under her leadership, the Foundation advanced its thought leadership and influenced national conversations about climate change, impact investing, and affordable housing. On diversity, equity, and inclusion, she led board-staff work groups to refine its strategic framework and cast a vision that ended up dramatically transforming the Foundation's policies and practices.

Eng refined her instinct for storytelling over two decades as a journalist in New York City. Producing for PBS and CNBC, she traveled the globe to translate complex economic trends and social issues into understandable human narratives. Her pieces reached millions of viewers and earned more than a dozen prestigious national honors, including an Emmy Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Documentary.

She is a graduate of Columbia University.