Myung Kang-Huneke

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

As Sesame Workshop’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Myung Kang-Huneke oversees the Legal Department and the Government Affairs Department, and serves as Secretary to the Board of Trustees.  In addition, she developed and oversees Sesame Workshop’s Product Safety Assurance Program.  From 1998 to 2005, Kang-Huneke was on staff in the Legal Department and provided legal services for Sesame Workshop’s various divisions, including the licensing division, where she supported the expansion of Sesame Workshop brands through product licensing and promotional, retail and representation agreements for Sesame Street and Dragon Tales products both domestically and internationally. 

Prior to joining the Workshop, Kang-Huneke was an attorney for the New Media and Cable Group at ABC, Inc. (The Walt Disney Company) where she handled legal and business affairs for ABC’s new media ventures.  Previously, she was a litigation attorney for ABC, Inc. and represented the company and its affiliates throughout the country in employment, First Amendment and commercial litigation matters.  Kang-Huneke also served as a litigator for the New York City Housing Authority.  She began her legal career as an associate for the law firm of Proskauer Rose in New York City.  Kang-Huneke graduated from the Columbia University School of Law as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.