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2014.
New York.
The first one.

The original MNG Summit. A career fair that became a movement.

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MNG Summit 2014
By the numbers
1
Day
Chicago, spring 2014
~40
In the room
Most knew each other
5
Founders
Built it themselves
Theme · 2014

The first gathering

No name, no nonprofit, no sponsors. Five Mongolians decided to start something. The Mongolian-American Career Fair was born — a one-day room of real employers and real conversations.

Opening

Five Mongolians from four continents convened the first Mongolian-American Career Fair (MACF) in Chicago, an event built less on infrastructure than on conviction. There was no formal nonprofit, no board, and no corporate sponsorship behind the inaugural gathering. There was a venue, a recruiter panel, mock interviews, and a small room of Mongolian students and early-career professionals who had spent years working in isolation across the United States and beyond.

Program

The founding team, anchored by Batchimeg Ganbaatar, Temuulen Tumurbat, and Bolormaa Tumurbat, ran the day themselves. The keynote speaker's name has not survived in the organization's records, and the recruiter panel's full lineup is still being reconstructed. What did survive is the format: a one-day career fair built around real employers and real conversations, run by Mongolians for Mongolians. Every summit that followed traces back to that first afternoon in Chicago.

Hosted by

Founding organizing team

Batchimeg Ganbaatar Temuulen Tumurbat Bolormaa Tumurbat Tuya
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2015 · Washington D.C.

Year two