Jewel Malone

Jewel Malone serves National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) as its Executive Director overseeing programs, communications, fundraising and operations and has previously held the position as YoungArts COO since 2016. She is fiercely passionate about capacity building for the creative sector and delighted to continue to serve an organization that empowers artists to pursue a life in the arts. Malone is a strategic, results-driven professional with over 15 years of leadership experience across the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors in Chicago and Miami.

Prior to moving to Miami, Malone served as COO of the Chicago Children’s Choir (CCC), which is one of the nation’s largest choral music education organizations. Prior to joining CCC, she served as Deputy Commissioner for the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events where she was instrumental in the creation and development of the 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan, a major public engagement process — the first plan of its kind for the city in over 25 years — with goals for sustainability in the arts and future cultural-economic growth. Jewel Malone’s career started at JPMorgan Chase, where she eventually became Vice President for Corporate Responsibility and Global Philanthropy. Malone stewarded over $14 million of charitable grants toward community development, education and arts and culture programs.

Born in the Philippines and raised in Chicago, Malone received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.