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• Grief informed trauma therapist
• Writer, grief advocate, and educator
• MA, LICSW (Masters Degree in child development and Masters Degree Social Work)

• Chief of Beijing Bureau Newsweek
• Journalist specializing in Asian culture and politics
• President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China

• Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Former director of Asian affairs at National Security Council (NSC)
• Member of the American Council on Foreign Relations

• Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director at the Washington Institute
• Senior Director for the Near East and North Africa at the US National Security Council from 2005-2008
• Co-chair of Mitt Romney’s 2012 State Department transition team
• Diplomatic advisor to the Romney presidential campaign in 2012
• Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice from 2004-2005

• 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

• Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019
• British Conservative Politician

Dr. Pippa Malmgren is an economist who makes sense of the world economy and geopolitics by writing books, by founding tech businesses, by advising policymakers around the world and through public speaking and teaching. Her speciality is understanding the nexus … Continued

• Leading expert on e-commerce and the Internet in China and emerging markets
• Former Vice-President at Alibaba Group (2000-2008) as the company grew from an apartment into the world’s largest e-commerce company
• Entrepreneur, e-commerce consultant and director of award-winning documentary film, Crocodile in the Yangtze: the Alibaba Story

• 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

Rick HELFENBEIN is the former president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association, the national trade association representing more than 1,000 brands in the apparel, footwear, and accessories industry. Rick is credited with overseeing a full overhaul of the … Continued