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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

● International Conductor, Composer, and Leadership Mentor
● Founder of Israel Stage Orchestra
● Entrepreneur and manager of the hugely popular “Conducting Success” and “Master Class”
● Leading expert on using music for personal development

Roy D. Kamphausen is an internationally recognized expert on Indo-Pacific regional security issues, U.S.-China strategic competition, and China’s People’s Liberation Army. He was president and CEO of America’s leading policy research institution focused exclusively on the Indo-Pacific – the National … Continued

Susan A. Thornton is a retired senior U.S. diplomat with almost three decades of experience with the U.S. State Department in Eurasia and East Asia. She is currently a Senior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in Law at the Yale University … Continued

- Founder and CEO of Young China Group
- Author of Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World, which explores a wide and deep range of identity questions impacting the country’s emerging young generation
- Fluent Mandarin speaker