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• Diplomat in Residence at the Asia Society Policy Institute
• Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Former Special Assistant to President Obama
• Former National Security Staff Senior Director for Asian Affairs

• Author of I am My Mother’s Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love
• Author of Crush Cancer and the Crush Cancer Workbook
• Creator of crazyperfectlife.com with over 200,000 followers

• Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief and Correspondent
• Dean of foreign correspondents in China with 30-year media experience 
• Founding President, Peking University Overseas Students’ Alumni Association (2012-Present)    

• 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

• President & CEO of Ken Miller Capital, LLC (“KMC”)
• Former Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and Credit Suisse First Boston
• An active member of the Council on Foreign Relations

• Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS
• Founding Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
• Former President, UNSC (Jan 2001 and May 2002)
• Former Permanent Secretary (CEO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
• Honorary International Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Visiting Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

• Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Visiting senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore
• Chairman, Asia Pacific Region, at the CEO advisory firm Teneo
• An expert in China-US relations and the Asia-Pacific region
• Former Principal Assistant to the US President’s National Security Advisor and the China Director in the White House

• Senior Fellow, Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia.
• Award-winning journalist and author

Alex WONG served in senior positions at the U.S. Department of State overseeing high-stakes negotiations and initiatives at the forefront of U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Alex was nominated by the President and unanimously approved by the Senate Foreign … Continued

• Certified Health Coach and Founder of Well Being Nourish
• An expert in Healthy Lifestyle, Lifestyle Improvements, Detox, Energy Breakdown, Dietary Counseling
• Member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP)