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  • U.S. Ambassador to China (2017-2020)
  • Longest serving governor in U.S. history
  • During his tenure, Ambassador Branstad’s two greatest achievements were the signing of the historic Phase One Trade Agreement between the U.S. and China in January of 2020 and successfully lobbying the Chinese government to stem the flow of fentanyl into America
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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
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  • 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)
Taiya Smith
  • Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s top advisor on China.
  • Designed and managed the U.S.- China Strategic Economic Dialogue, highest level dialogue between the two countries governments.
  • Architect of the U.S-China Ten Year Cooperative Framework on Energy and the Environment, which continues to serve as the foundation of the bilateral relationship on energy and environmental issues. Launched the EcoPartnership dialogue.
  • A leading advisor to international companies and governments looking to engage in China.
  • Founder and CEO, The Green Trust, a platform for innovation in environmental and clean energy technologies.
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  • Co-Founder and CEO of ADDO AI
  • Futurist and Artificial Intelligence Expert
  • Philanthropist
  • Chairman of 21C GIRLS, a charity that delivers free coding classes to girls in Singapore
  • Co-Author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization
  • Served on the Singapore Ministry of Education’s ASPIRE Steering Committee that developed a blueprint for transforming the national higher education system towards innovative industries
  • An education, technology, and urbanization expert
  • Co-Founder of the Hybrid Reality Institute, a research and advisory group established to analyze emerging technologies and their social, economic and political implications
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  • Corporate Entrepreneur
  • Futurist of Work
  • Future Boards
Laura Dowling
  • Former White House Chief Floral Designer
  • Author of the book Floral Diplomacy at the White House
  • Distinguished Flower Ambassador (Royal Horticultural Society of Belgium)
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  • The first Chinese woman to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents and to ski to both the North Pole and the South Pole.
  • Expert and Coach on Mental Strength training, Setting Right Goals, Sustainable Motivations, Building a Passionate Team.
M.J. Greeven
  • Academic: Chinese speaking Dutch Professor of Innovation and Strategy with decade long China research
  • Author: Pioneers, Hidden Champions, Change Makers and Underdogs: Lessons from China’s Innovators (MIT Press, forthcoming); Business ecosystems in China: Alibaba and competing Baidu, Tencent, Xiaomi and LeEco (Routledge, 2018)
  • Thinker: Selected on the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 next generation business gurus
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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)

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