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- Former White House Chief Floral Designer
- Author of the book Floral Diplomacy at the White House
- Distinguished Flower Ambassador (Royal Horticultural Society of Belgium)
- Founder and President, PureLiving China
- An indoor air quality expert and indoor environmental quality systems designer
- A frequent public speaker for radio, television, CEIBS Business School, and industry associations including CoreNet and IFMA
Maaike Doyer is a trailblazer in entrepreneurship, education, and investment with a unique passion for numbers. Starting her career in Mergers & Acquisitions, she swiftly rose to become the global CFO of a leading design firm, spearheading its successful expansion … Continued
- Grief informed trauma therapist
- Writer, grief advocate, and educator
- MA, LICSW (Masters Degree in child development and Masters Degree Social Work)
- Senior Fellow, the Director of Congressional Affairs, and a member of the leadership team at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
- Over 25 years of global affairs, public policy, legal, legislative, regulatory and political experience
- During the Obama Administration, Reta served as the U. S. Department of States’ first-ever Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs, under Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry from 2010 to 2013. She was the lead interlocutor in negotiating and executing the first historic agreements to solidify subnational cooperation and engagement efforts with BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries and with targeted countries in the European Union
- She serves as a Member of the Biden National Finance Committee, National Security Leaders for Biden, a Biden member of the Rules Committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, and she is the National Chair of Women of Color for Biden
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
- Founder, Center10 Consulting LLC which is focused on Innovation, Strategy, Talent and Organizational Change
- An expert in strategy, innovation and operational
- Senior Fellow, Center for Talent Innovation which does cutting edge research on workforce factors and innovation
- 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