Before her appointment as Secretary-General of WeGO, Jung Sook Park dedicated her career to the field of international cooperation. She served as the Korean Representative of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) for ten years from 2009 to 2018, and she worked as a high-profile broadcaster as the host of morning news shows for major TV networks in Korea for over ten years from 1994 to 2004, as well as starring in “Jewel in the Palace,” the highest-rated TV drama ever in the world. Since then, she has focused her career on education and research as a professor at Kyung Hee University and an adjunct professor of cultural diplomacy at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.
She is also serving as the honorary ambassador for Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and the City of Seoul tasked with increasing public awareness about Korea's role as an international society. As a philanthropist, she is the Founder and Executive Director of the Multicultural Network & Hope Kids Korea, an NGO that provides education and mentoring for underprivileged children in Korea. Jung-sook Park is a graduate of Seoul Women's University, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (MIA), and Yonsei University’s School of Public Administration (MPA)in Korea and studied in a doctoral program and visiting scholar at Keio University.