Biography of President Jack Eng

Updated February 2011

Jack Eng is currently the President of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, who is always referred as the "Mayor of Chinatown".  He was installed on March 1, 2010. 

 Jack Eng originally came from the Toishan County of Canton, China.  He graduated from the City University of New York and he was a professional accountant.  He had served as the president of the Chinatown Republican Party, president and advisor of the Eng Suey Sun Association of U.S.A.  He is now the president of the Hoy Sun Ning Yung Association of New York.  He had also served as a Commissioner of Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission (OCAC) of Republic of China, and he is currently a senior advisor of the OCAC.

 The CCBA is a very significant organization among the oversea Chinese communities worldwide.  The CCBA President is elected by its General Assembly from among two candidates nominated by the Hoy Sun Ning Yung Association and the Lin Sing Association. The term is for two years and the President's position alternates between candidates from the Hoy Sun Ning Yung Association and the Lin Sing Association.  Jack Eng was the nominee of the Hoy Sun Ning Yung Association. 

 During his term as the president of CCBA, Jack Eng continues the excellent services of CCBA.  Besides that, he had spent a lot of efforts to renovate the Chinese Community Center, which is the headquarters of CCBA and the New York Chinese School.  It provides a better facility for different activities in Chinatown.