Civic Leadership Award

Jenny Lam Low is the Director of the Community Engagement Division at the New York City Council’s Office of Speaker Corey Johnson.  She leads a team of dedicated professionals who engage New Yorkers through civic participation while enhancing their connection with the City Council. The division is principally responsible for facilitating communication and enhancing relationships between the Speaker’s Office, Council Members, and constituents of the City of New York.

Jenny is a community relations management and strategic philanthropy professional with extensive experience in the corporate, non-profit, and public sectors.  She has over 28 years of experience in the corporate arena that included strategic philanthropy, community relations, middle market banking, community development lending, and retail banking at JPMorgan Chase, the largest financial institution in the country.  

Jenny’s passion for making a difference motivated her to serve for 30 years as a director on the board of the Chinese-American Planning Council, one of the nation’s largest Asian American non-profit multi-social service agencies that provide programs and services enabling immigrant and low-income families to become economically self-sufficient.  She earned the respect from fellow directors who elected her to serve twice as Board Chair.

A proud product of New York City’s public schools, Jenny began volunteering as a teenager in activities that encouraged Asian American citizens to become registered voters and participate in the electoral process.

Jenny is the first Asian American elected as Democratic District Leader in New York City. She has been re-elected to this volunteer position in the 65AD, Part D, since 1995.  A leader in the local political process, Jenny serves as the Vice Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee, and is a Democratic State Committee Member in 65AD.  She has been a director of the board at the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee since 2010 and serves as Vice President of the board.

Jenny has a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and Management Science from Yale University.  She and her husband, Darrell, raised their son, Matthew, in Lower Manhattan, where she grew up.