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2016-12-15 · New York Former US Secretary of State features at CKGSB Knowledge Series Event in New York just days after meeting
Chinese President in Beijing New
York, NY—The Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China’s leading business
school, hosted a special edition of its Knowledge Series events in New York City this week, featuring an impressive line-up
of speakers, including former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. In the context of the ongoing US presidential transition
and Kissinger’s recent meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, CKGSB’s event served as a timely and pertinent
platform to shed light on this critical moment in history. The
world renowned diplomat, who laid much of the groundwork for President Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972, offered
his views on the state of US-China relations, which are at something of a crossroads amid uncertainties over US President-elect
Donald Trump’s China policy. Kissinger, who has briefed the incoming President on China policy, struck an optimistic
note on the future of this important bilateral relationship. He argued that the sometimes tough rhetoric that candidate
Trump used during the campaign was likely just talk aimed at “satisfying domestic constituencies”. President-elect Trump has yet to take office, Kissinger pointed
out, arguing that “in the beginning of an administration, it’s possible that many different points of view are
expressed.” Dr. Kissinger said he believes, however, that when President-elect Trump does take office and thoroughly
examines US national interests with respect to China, that “the cooperative way will prevail”. “If China
and America are in conflict,” he said, “the whole world will be divided.” 
Dr.
Henry Kissinger at CKGSB’s Special Knowledge Series event Kissinger also broached the subject of the One-China policy, just days after President-elect Trump questioned
US commitment to it on national television. “I was a participant in the establishment of that policy,” he
said, referring to his secret diplomacy with Premier Zhou Enlai, which set the stage for Nixon’s visit and the subsequent
Shanghai Communiqué that stressed both countries commitment to a unified China. “[China-policy] has been conducted
the same way for eight administrations over 50 years,” he continued, arguing that the American embrace of the rise of
China, and the importance of the US recognizing the validity of Beijing’s One-China policy, have been two of the truly
bipartisan policy stances to stand the test of time. Echoing
Kissinger’s confidence, CKGSB Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization, Xiang Bing, emphasized the opportunities and responsibilities that lie ahead for the US and China. “There are ongoing disruptions
in economic development models, technology, social changes, global trade and investment systems, global governance, geopolitics,
as well as climate change and sustainable development,” said Dean Xiang. “As a result of these transformations,
this may be the best of times or the worst of times. China and the US have a joint responsibility to make it the best of times
for humanity.” 
CKGSB
Founding Dean Xiang Bing delivering keynote remarks at the event Dean Xiang also stressed the idea that both the US and China face similar challenges—such as combating
income inequality and supporting the middle class—and that these complimentary challenges can be addressed through bilateral
collaboration. Dr. Xiang used the example of
the iPhone to illustrate his point. While Apple employs many Chinese workers in the construction of the phone, China’s
economy captures less than 2%, or $5, of the final sales value. Workers and investors in the US, meanwhile, capture close
to 60% of the final sales price tag through high-value tasks like product design. China’s challenge is to create Apple-like innovation at home, so that it can
also benefit from these high-value processes, while the US’s challenge is to find a way to spread the wealth of its
already innovative economy more evenly among its citizens. But neither goal, Dr. Xiang said, will be achieved through trade
barriers, which will only prevent the flow of ideas and hinder necessary collaboration. In the final analysis, both Kissinger and Xiang were very optimistic about the future
of the US-China bilateral relationship because both nations have so much to gain by working together. “I believe there
is an unusual opportunity for synchronizing the actions of the two countries,” Kissinger said, “primarily because
it is so clearly in their national interests.” 
Seated
from Left to Right: Bing Xiang, Founding Dean of CKGSB; Dr. Henry Kissinger, Former US Secretary of State; Ambassador Carla
Hills, Chairman and CEO of Hills & Company; Joining
Dr. Kissinger and Dean Xiang at this unique CKGSB event were a line-up of other distinguished speakers, including Cheng Li,
Director of Brookings Thornton China Center; Ambassador Carla Hills, Chairman and CEO of Hills & Company; Frank Wu, Chairman
of the Committee of 100; and Mary Darby, Chief Representative of CKGSB Americas. These opinion leaders drew on their historical
experiences and personal anecdotes to shed light on this critical moment in US-China relations. CKGSB’s event, which convened over 150 American and Chinese
government, business and opinion leaders, as well as global media, was particularly timely. Earlier this month, Dr. Kissinger
met with President Xi Jinping to discuss US-China relations. During the visit, President Xi expressed his hope for relations
to “move ahead in a sustainable and stable manner” during this time of transition. On this, Kissinger confirmed
his confidence in future relations between the two countries. 
US and
Chinese leaders from both the public and private sectors attended this special event As a global business school from China, CKGSB aims to foster dialogue on important
issues, such as US-China relations, by convening thought leaders from the East and West to share their experiences and insights
for a better mutual understanding. The school will continue to do so by partnering with influential institutions in the field,
such as the Committee of 100, to bring in different perspectives and connect networks.
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Pei IM 89 co-founder C100; (1917) Architect born suzhou graduate MIT : East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington
(1978), the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston (1979), the Grand Louvre in Paris (1989), and Miho Museum in Shiga, Japan (1997).
He completed three projects in his native China: the Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing (1982), the Bank of China Tower in Hong
Kong (1989), and the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou (2006), each designed to graft advanced technology onto the roots of indigenous
building and thereby sow the seed of a new, distinctly Chinese form of modern architecture. His latest completed project is
the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha (2008).
He has been recognized internationally
with the highest honors in architecture, arts and letters, and public service, among them the AIA Gold Medal (1979), the Grande
M�daille d�Or of the Acad�mie d�Architecture de France (1982), the Pritzker Architecture Prize
(1983), the Japanese Art Association�s Praemium Imperiale (1989), and the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture of the
Royal Institute of British Architects (2010). Mr. Pei is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Corporate
Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, | Cheng Li, Director and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution�s John L. Thornton China Center. Dr. Li is also a
director of the National Committee on US-China Relations. He is the author/editor of numerous books most recently Other books include China�s Emerging
Middle Class: Beyond Economic Transformation (2010), The Road to Zhongnanhai: High-Level Leadership Groups on the
Eve of the 18th Party Congress (2012, in Chinese), China�s Political Development: Chinese and American Perspectives (2014), Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era: Reassessing Collective Leadership (2016), and The Power of Ideas:
The Rising Influence of Thinkers and Think Tanks in China (forthcoming).
He is the principal editor of the Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series published by the Brookings Institution Press.
Dr. Li has advised a wide range of U.S. government, education,
research, business and not-for-profit organizations on work in China. Li grew up in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution.
In 1985, he came to the United States when he later received an M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of California and
a Ph.D. in Political Science from Princeton University. | | | Tang Henry 89 co-founder c100 membership now includes Computer Associates CEO Charles Wang and renowned AIDS researcher Dr.
David Ho , investment banker-fostering conditions for the advancement of Asians into senior leadership positions in
business, politics, academia, medicine, science, and government. Several years ago, President George H.W. Bush appointed him
to the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission chaired by then Labor Secretary Lynn Martin. also served as a director of the Committee on Economic Development, the Federation of Protestant Agencies,
the Chinese American Planning Council, the Asian Financial Society, and the Chinese American Executive Forum. | Wu Frank H born 1967 elected in April 2016 as Chair of the Committee of 100. He is currently a Distinguished Professor
at University of California Hastings College of Law, the highest rank accorded a faculty member. He previously served as Chancellor
& Dean Previously at the faculty at Howard University. He served as Dean
of Wayne State University Law School in his hometown of Detroit, and he has been a visiting professor at George Washington
University, University of Maryland, University of Michigan; an adjunct professor at Columbia University; and a Thomas C. Grey
Teaching Fellow at Stanford University. He taught at the Peking University School of Transnational Law in its inaugural year.
He is the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, and co-author of Race,
Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment He blogs regularly for Huffington Post, He is dedicated to civic engagement and volunteer service. He was appointed by the federal Department
of Education to its National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), which advises on higher education
accreditation, and by the Defense Department to the Military Leadership Diversity Commission. He was a Trustee of Gallaudet
University 2000 to 2010.He served on the Board of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund from 2004 to 2010.
Prior to his academic career, he held a clerkship with the late U.S. District Judge Frank
J. Battisti in Cleveland and practiced law with the firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco � while there,
he devoted a quarter of his time to pro bono work on behalf of indigent clients. He received a B.A. from the Johns Hopkins
University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. He completed the Management Development Program of the Harvard Graduate
School of Education.
Professor Wu was born in the United States in 1967,
to immigrants from Taiwan. He is married to Carol L. Izumi. They live in San Francisco. | Leroy
Chiao, NASA Astronaut; | | Ma Yo Yo 89 (1955) Arts (Cellist) education-mentored thousands- cultural entrepreneur- ngo silkroadproject (harvard) and JFK Arts Center; connections one belt one road depends on connecting positive cultures | Guoqing Chen Vice Chairman and CEO, Pacific American Corporation; based in New York "Guoqing Chen is a major figure in Chinese business
and a pioneering figure in China’s emergence in the global economy," Chen Guoqing, with his brother, Chen Feng, founded Hainan Airlines,
now known as HNA Group in 1993. Developed from a local aviation transportation operator to a conglomerate encompassing core
divisions of aviation, holding, tourism, capital, logistics and EcoTech, HNA Group’s business outreach has expanded
from Hainan Island around the globe. HNA Group has 12 listed companies with assets valued at over RMB 600 billion, and nearly
200,000 employees worldwide. In July 2016, HNA Group was listed in the Fortune 500, ranking No. 353 with annual revenue of
approximately US $29.56 billion. In addition to serving as a Founder of HNA Group, Chen serves as Vice Chairman and CEO of Pacific American Corporation
(PAC), a subsidiary of HNA, based in New York City. He is the Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of the U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce
and a Board of Trustees member at China Institute. HNA Group has contributed over RMB 1 billion to charitable and not-for-profit causes
in the past two decades, including disaster relief in Haiti, Yushu and Quzhou, establishment of scholarships at ten universities,
the the establishment of centers for cataract patients in Qinghai, China and Central Africa, the Zhishan Well project serving
underdeveloped areas of Hainan, and coastal defense forest construction in Hainan as part of an environmental protection program. As a philanthropist himself,
Chen has donated over RMB 2.2 million to the construction of Mingxin Colonial Elementary School in Mankang, Tibet, Guoqing
Hope Elementary School in Yushu, Qinghai, Xuexiangwan Elementary School in Dazi, Tibet and Middle School Library in Zhanang,
Tibet. To help under-privileged youth in urban areas in China, Chen donated over RMB 600,000 to Bainian Vocational School
and Dandalion School in Beijing. | David Ho, AIDS researcher and 1996 Time Man of the Year; | | Tang Oscar L 89 Philanthropist -committed to the transforming
role that education and Chinese art and culture can play in enhancing the position of Chinese Americans; serves on the boards
of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New York Philharmonic, the Vail Valley Foundation, the Gordon Parks Foundation and
the Dunhuang Foundation. He is a founding member ; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Tang is a trustee
emeritus of Skidmore College and of Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts, where he served as President of the Board from
2004-2012. Mr. Tang is a private investor. He is retired from Reich
& Tang, an asset management firm which he co-founded and served as President and CEO for over 20 years. In 1987, Reich
& Tang L.P. became the first publicly traded investment management limited partnership when it listed on the New York
Stock Exchange. In 1993, New England Investment Companies merged into Reich & Tang to form Nvest, L.P. Nvest, L.P. managed
over $130 billion of client assets when it was acquired in 2000 by CDC Asset Management, a subsidiary of Caisse des Depots
et Consignations.Mr. Tang was educated at Phillips Academy, and
then received his Bachelor�s degree in Engineering from Yale University and MBA with distinction from Harvard Business
School. | Kwan Michelle Kwan, figure skating champion -Michelle's activities off the ice have become equally noteworthy. In November
2006, the Secretary of State appointed Michelle as the first U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy. In this capacity Michelle travels
the world and meets with young people to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.
To date, she has visited China, Russia, Argentina, Ukraine, Korea and Singapore. In 2010 President Obama appointed Michelle
to the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, the group that advices the President on ways to engage, empower
and educate all Americans to lead healthy, active lifestyles. Liu Lucy. Actress has just completed her 100th episode in the Sherlock Holmes seies Elemenetary A passionate human rights
advocate, Lucy produced and narrated the powerful documentary REDLIGHT which focuses on the plight of women and children sold
into sexual slavery. The film premiered at The Woodstock Film Festival in 2009 and aired on Showtime in 2010. Liu has been
a UNICEF ambassador since 2004 and has traveled to Lesotho, Pakistan, Cote D�Ivoire, The Democratic Republic of Congo,
Cairo and Peru. A native New Yorker, Liu graduated from Stuyvesant
High School, attending NYU and later received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan. | Wu Benjamin 1 An internationally recognized technology innovation expert at the intersection of policy and politics,. A former U.S. Deputy
Under Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy, Ben is currently the Maryland
Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the Office of the Governor and the Chief Operating Officer of the Maryland Department of Commerce.
He is a key member of Governor Larry Hogan�s economic team and his Commerce Cabinet.
Previously, Ben was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve in the first and second
terms of his administration, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, to lead activities in support of entrepreneurship and innovation,
strengthening U.S. international competitiveness, improving technology transfer, enhancing research and development, and creating
greater partnerships between government, industry, and universities. He was the highest ranked Asian American official at
the U.S. Department of Commerce in President Bush's administration.
Ben also
held senior staff positions in the U.S. Congress for 13 years, where he directed the drafting of a multitude of laws commercializing
federal intellectual property, promoting technology transfer and licensing, requiring Y2K readiness, and advancing math and
science education, among many others. He has managed and been engaged in election campaigns throughout Maryland.
Ben has extensive experience in the legislative and executive branches of government
working with Asia Pacific nations, as well as helping to develop trade and commerce in the region. He is the current Vice
Chair and immediate past President of the U.S.-Asia Institute, a non-governmental organization based in Washington, D.C. and
established in 1979, that promotes dialogue between the United States and Asian countries. He has led several trade missions
and delegations to Greater China.......................................................................................................................... | | Wang Charles P 89 Charles Pei Wang is currently President, Chinese American Cultural & Art Association, a
New York based non-profit NGO specialized in promoting, bridging two way culture exchange between U.S. and China. Prior to
this new venture, Charles served as the Director of the Child Care Center Development Fund at United Neighborhood Houses.
In 1994, Mr. Wang was appointed by then Governor Mario Cuomo as an Assistant Commissioner for Downstate Operations with the
NY State Department of Social Services. In 1995 he became the First Executive Director of Chinese descent to head up the Greater
Blouse, Skirt & Undergarment Association, a 500 member garment trade association in New York City. From 1968 to 1989, Mr. Wang worked at the Chinese American Planning Council (CPC) in New York City�s
Chinatown. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Wang served as President of China Institute in America, and brought back to live this age
old culture and art institution found in 1930. As a strong advocate for the right of Asian immigrants, Mr. Wang made possible
the first public hearing on New York Asian American Affairs sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 1974, the
publication of Outlook of Asian Americans in New York, by Untied Way-Tri State in 1989. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Wang was appointed
by then President George H.W. Bush as Vice Chairman of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a sub-cabinet rank position and the
History of Discrimination Against Asian Americans in U.S.A., was published by the Commission, the most comprehensive account
of all legislation by the U.S. government against Asians to date. Among many visible accomplishment, the opening of a Social
Security Administration office, in Chinatown; the construction of new public housing, hospital, senior housing, public school,
new post office, the formation of the Chinese Immigrant service organizations of North America He was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as a member of the President�s Commission on Mental Health/Asian
American Panel. In 1980, he was invited to serve on the New York State Crime Prevention Task Force, and the New York State
Governor�s Task Force on Health Care Financing. In 1982, he was elected as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the
United Way of New York City, in 1989, Chairman of the Chinese Community Relations Council, and on the Board of New York City
Partnership, Emblem Health Service and the WNET-Channel 13 Tri-State Community Board. He was Co-Chairman of the Human Service
Council of New York, Vice Chairman of the New York City Health System Agency, Secretary of the Private Industry Council and
Chairman of the U.S. Bureau of the Census 1990-2000 Asian and Pacific Islanders Advisory Committee, under President Ford and
Reagan; Co-Chairman of China AIDS Fund, National Advisory Board to U.S. Department of Labor, under President George W. Bush.
To stimulate two way trade between China and Untied States, he was appointed an advisor to Matsuoka America, a garment manufacturer
in China, Rilin Construction Group and later, formed Rosen/Wang Global Partners to provide consultation and advise to firms
doing business in China and U.S. Mr. Wang received numerous awards, such as Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Charles Wang Day
in Manhattan, Distinguished Service Award given by governmental, educational and services organizations | Wa Ya-Qin.
Zhang President Baidung William CEO Vizeo............................................................................................................................................................................................................. | | Young Shirley 89 Shirley Young is President of Shirley Young Associates, LLC, a business advisory company and
serves as senior advisor to General Motors, China. From 1988 until December 31, 1999, she served as Corporate Vice President
of General Motors Corp. A recognized expert in brand development and
consumer motivations, Ms. Young spent her earlier career at Grey Advertising, becoming Executive Vice President,.Shirley Young serves on the Board of Teletech Holding, Inc. and Salesforce.com.
She has served as Director of the Bank of America, Bell Atlantic/Verizon Corporation, Dayton-Hudson/Target Corporation, Holiday
Inn/Promus/Harrah's, the Bombay Company and as Vice Chairman of the Nominating Committee of the New York Stock Exchange.
Ms. Young is Governor and ex-Chairman of the Committee of 100, a national
Chinese-American leadership resource, and serves as chairman of the US-China Cultural Institute, formerly Committee of 100
Cultural Institute. She serves on the worldwide Board of Directors of The Nature Conservancy and on its Asia-Pacific Council.
She is a founding member of the Committee of 200, an international organization of leading businesswomen. Ms. Young was appointed
to the President's Commission on Executive Exchange and was a member of the Business Advisory Council for the U.S. State Department
Agency for International Development.
In China,
Ms. Young is an honorary professor of Tsinghua University, Beijing; Tongji University, Shanghai; and Huazhong Technology University,
Wuhan; and honorary trustee of Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. In the U.S., she is trustee emeritus of Interlochen Center
for the Arts and served as a trustee of Wellesley College and on the Board of Directors of the Associates of the Harvard Business
School, and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, as well as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Institute of
Arts, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Young
has received many awards for outstanding efforts in marketing and advertising. She was named Advertising Woman of the Year
by the American Advertising Federation and received the Women's Equity Action Award for Achievement in Advertising. Northwood
University named her Outstanding Business Leader. Catalyst awarded her the Catalyst Award for Outstanding Corporate Director
and the Chinese-American Planning Council named her Woman of the Year. She received a Director's Choice Award from the National
Women's Economic Alliance.
Ms. Young is a graduate
of Wellesley College, Phi Beta Kappa, and is a recipient of the Wellesley College Alumna Achievement Award............................................................................................................................... | Ya-Qin.
Zhang President Baidu | | | | Steve Cheng co-founder youtube | | | | Chen Pehomg ceo Broadvision 1 2 | | | | Li Ge (010) Dr. Li 1 is the Founder,Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WuXi AppTec, a leading R&D capability and technology platform
company serving the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries with 11,000 employees and 24 R&D
sites and offices worldwide.
An entrepreneurial leader, and
a scientist at heart, Dr. Li, named as one of "The 25 Most Influential People in Biopharma in 2015" by FierceBiotech,
is working to lead the transformation of biopharma R&D with the conviction that more efficient and cost-effective R&D
should be at the core of better medicines for patients.A pioneer
in biopharma R&D service industry in China, Dr. Li founded WuXi in December 2000 with four employees, China's first modern
chemistry hood, and a single 7,000-square-foot chemistry laboratory. During the past 15 years as its Chairman and CEO, Dr.
Li has led WuXi's rapid growth into a global R&D enabling powerhouse with a pioneering open-access platform as the cornerstone.
Today, WuXi's platform is enabling thousands of biopharma and medical device R&D programs from over 2000 collaborators
worldwide,and has contributed to many partners' successes:clinical milestones, successful IPOs, breakthrough designations,
and blockbuster drugs that are profoundly improving patients' lives.Dr.
Li's visionary leadership and achievements have won him numerous prestigious awards and honors, including the "2016 OBA
Brilliant Achievement Award", "2015 SCRIP Executive of the Year Award", "The 25 Most Influential People
in Biopharma in 2015","Forbes 25 Notable Chinese-Americans", "The 60 Most Influential People during 60
Years Pharmaceutical Development in China",and "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year China Award". WuXi
has also received many distinguished recognition, including the "Asian CRO Company of the Year" Award (2015) ,the
"North American Open-Access R&D Technology Leadership� Award (2015), "Best Company in an Emerging Market"
(2014), "Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific" (2004-2009, 6 consecutive years), and "Fast Company 50
Most Innovative Companies" (2009).
Dr. Li earned
his bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 1989 from Peking University and his doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry from Columbia
University in 1993. Prior to WuXi, Dr.Li was a founding scientist at Pharmacopeia Inc.,a leading combinatorial chemistry platform
company.Dr. Li is a co-author and co-inventor to over 100 scientific
publications and issued or pending patents. | | | | Chen John (1998) 1 was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chair of BlackBerry�s Board of Directors on November
4, 2013.
John is a distinguished and proven leader in the technology
industry. Prior to joining BlackBerry, he served as Chairman and CEO of Sybase Inc., where he developed and led the company�s
re-invention from a mature, slower-growth technology company into a $1.5 billion-plus high-growth innovator. Under his direction,
Sybase became the leading provider of enterprise mobility and mobile commerce solutions, achieving 55 consecutive quarters
of profitability.
John previously held a series of executive
positions at Siemens AG, Pyramid Technology Corp., and Burroughs Corp. He started his career as a design engineer with Unisys
Corp.
John is actively involved in international relations.
He has testified before Congress on U.S.�China trade relations. In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush appointed him
to serve on the President's Export Council. In 2006, he was appointed co-chair of the Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory
Committee. Additionally, John chaired the U.S.-China Policy Advisory Roundtable for the Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS).
In recognition of his leadership in building
U.S.-Asia relations, John has received awards from the US-Asia Institute, the U.S.-China Policy Foundation, and the California-Asia
Business Council. For his corporate board work, he has been honored by the U.S.-Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education
Foundation.
John graduated from Brown University magna
cum laude with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and holds a master's in electrical engineering from California
Institute of Technology. John has an honorary professorship from Shanghai University, and honorary doctorates from San Jose
State University, City University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
John serves on the board of directors for The Walt Disney Company and
Wells Fargo & Co. He is also active in the not-for-profit community, and is also a trustee of Caltech, board member of
the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, member of CFR, national trustee of The First Tee and Governor of the San Francisco
Symphony. | | | | Yang -- Tsao-Yang Linda 1 Ambassador Yang retired from the Asian Corporate Governance Association(ACGA) in November 2014 after serving as Chairman from
2001 to 2014. It is a non-profit, member-supported organization chartered under the laws of Hong Kong to conduct research,
education activities, and advocacy to improve corporate governance practices in Asian capital markets. During her 13-year
tenure, global membership of ACGA grew to over 100. Among members are major sovereign wealth and public pension funds. Assets
under management by ACGA's institutional investor members exceed US$24.0 Trillion.
She served as the U.S. Ambassador and Executive Director to the Board of Directors of The Asian Development
Bank from 1993 to 1999. She was the first woman appointed by the United States Government to the board of a multilateral financial
institution and the first Executive Director appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
At her retirement in December 1999, U.S. Treasury awarded her the Distinguished
Service Medal of the department. The award citation stated , "She has made a significant contribution to the advancement
of U.S. policy objectives at the Bank. She also spearheaded the adoption of important new Bank policies on reduction of poverty,
good governance, anti-corruption, disclosure of information, and collaboration with non-governmental organizations, among
many others. Ambassador Yang has also been one of the main forces behind the strengthening of the Bank's private sector operations
and she has led the effort to put in place a Bank-wide approach to private sector development. Ambassador Yang played a key
role in defining the Bank' participation in the international response to the Asian economic crisis, including pushing for
early and expanded attention to social impacts and social development. She has provided strong fiduciary and operational oversight
of Bank operations and has worked to make the Bank more transparent and accountable."
Ambassador Yang was an independent non-executive director on the board of the Bank of China
(Hong Kong) 2003-2010. The Founding Chair of Strategy and Budget Committee of the board, she led the preparation of the first
and second 5-year growth and development plans for the bank. In 2008 , Hong Kong Institute of Directors honored her with its
Director of the Year Award (Hang Seng Index -Independent Non-Executive Director).
She was the first woman to serve as California's Savings and Loan Commissioner and the first minority
appointed to the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) where she served
as Vice President and Vice-Chairman of its Investment Committee .She was an invited panelist on international economy at the
Economic Summit hosted by then President-Elect Bill Clinton in December 1992 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Ambassador Yang is a member of the International Council of the Bretton Woods
Committee in Washington DC, the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and an advisory board member of the Center on Asia
Pacific Policy, RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. She co-chairs the Chang-Lin Tien Committee of The Asia Foundation
in San Francisco. She serves as Co-chair of the Membership Committee of The Committee of 100, a non-profit, national organization
of Chinese Americans dedicated to promoting constructive, mutually beneficial relations between the United States and China
and full participation of Chinese Americans in all aspects of life in the United States.
She was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1984, 1988, and 1992 and a member
of the Fairness Commission of the Democratic National Committee in Washington D.C, A graduate of St. John's University in
Shanghai and Columbia Business School in New York, Ambassador Yang was married to the late Professor An Tzu Yang of the University
of California in Davis,California. She is the mother of two sons. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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