Jason Wee Email & Phone Number

Petaling Jaya, MY

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Co-founded and led the growth of the non-profit as one of the leading youth-led civil society organisations in the nation.
• Leading a team of 10 staff and interns, together with dozens of volunteers, to deliver diversity and inclusion education to more than 700 youth nationally.
• Built and maintained relationships with international and local partners, such as the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the Selangor State Government, that facilitated innovation in intergroup relations efforts.
• Fundraised and diversified income streams that achieved the doubling of the organisation’s annual budget to more than RM1 million in 2023 within three years of full-time operations.
• Overseeing the growth, strategy and development of the organisation to expand operations to primary research, thought leadership and policy advocacy for the advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in.

• Lead author of topic report “Politics and Social Media in MENA: Trends and Trust in Online Information”
• Assisting in proofreading, data processing and background research for 5th and 6th survey wave

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Antropotek Lab, Institute of Ethnic Studies
• Supported fieldwork, manuscript proofreading, conference management and record keeping for continuing projects
• Successfully secured US$64,000 from the Toyota Foundation from co-writing a grant to fund a multi-national project on indigenous food preservation and cultural promotion in Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Assisted day-to-day research summaries, press statements distributed to main media outlets, and talking points which included coverage on property rights, state welfare programs and anti-corruption legislation.
• Coordinated media engagement, stakeholder management and event planning for conferences and book launches.
• Independently designed and drafted grant proposals including female political participation retention and training research which successfully passed multiple EIDHR stages.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Designed and performed statistical analysis for Teach For Malaysia’s leadership programming performance, articulating key recommendations in reports implemented the following year
• Consolidated and upgraded the programme’s feedback system that greatly streamlined long-term data capture

School Of Public And International Affairs, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Princeton Debate Panel; Editor-in-Chief, American Foreign Policy MagazineDavis UWC Scholar Certificates in.

Undergraduate Program In Central European Studies

International Baccalaureate Diploma Program

Activities and Societies: President, Student Council; Chief of Content, UWCCR MUN; Director, UWC Festival

Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia