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• Journalist focused on Chinese youth and education
• Author of China’s Millennials: The Want Generation
• Writing forthcoming book on Chinese students in the United States

• Senior Advisor of China Development Bank
• Senior Economist in China
• Former Visiting Scholar in the Department of Economics in Harvard
• Founder of China’s Government Securities Market

• Senior Fellow, Asia Society
• An expert on U.S.-China relations, Chinese political risk, North Korea, international affairs, and Asian politics
• On-air contributor, CBS-N, international affairs analyst, PRI’s The World

• Founder of The Horan Group
• Expert in cross cultural and women leaders
• Author of I Wish I’d Known That Earlier in My Career: The Power of Positive Workplace Politics and How Asian Women Lead: Lessons for Global Corporations

• Director for academics at Schwarzman Scholars
• Former Director, Emerita, Columbia Global Centers | East Asia
• Lecturer,  Global Health, Harvard Medical School
• Adjunct Professor of Global Health Policy, Tsinghua University
• Expert on Globalization and Global Education, Global Health and Development, Women’s Health and Rights, and Population, Family Planning, Reproductive Health (with focus on China)

Mara Karlin, PhD is a senior executive and national security leader with two decades of experience shaping geopolitics, managing enterprise risk, and leading complex organizations at the highest levels of the U.S. government. She worked inside the Pentagon advising 6 secretaries … Continued

• Managing Director and Chief Strategist at New York-based Silvercrest Asset Management
• An expert in global economy
• Featured by both Chinese and international media including CNN, BBC, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes

• Randy spent 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, most recently serving as the Chief CIA representative in China
• Randy previously spent more than a decade as Managing Partner for Asia of the Mintz Group, managing the Group’s activities across Asia

Rowan [Luo Wenr, 罗 文 ] has been at the forefront of opening and reform in the PRC media and sports industries with over 35 years’ experience working with major rights holders, broadcasters, consumer brands, and their multiple government regulators. … Continued

• Summitted Mount Everest at 25
• World Press Photo winning photographer and film maker
• Inspirational father who solo travels with his toddler children
• Co- Founded The Poverty Line, a global poverty project that was highlighted by the World Bank and exhibited internationally