Jinah Ahn

Founding Sponsor of the Afghan American Community Center in Albany

Jinah Ahn is a Korean American born in Incheon, South Korea, and raised in upstate New York. She graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and obtained her JD from Albany Law School in 2023. She was a case manager and taught English and employment education with Catholic Charities Community Services in New York City, and was also a Job Developer at the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in Albany. She then took her experience to start a social venture in the form of a farm-to-table Korean restaurant in Troy, New York. Sunhee’s Farm and Kitchen opened in May 2016 and has since provided employment opportunities for immigrants as well as in-house educational services such as English classes and computer literacy programs. Jinah was named as an honoree of Albany Business Review’s 40 under 40, Women on the Rise, and Power 50. She currently works as a first-year Associate with the law firm Whiteman Osterman and Hanna LLP in Albany, New York.