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• Founder and principal of Klinck Global LLC
• He is a global strategist, business executive, retired U.S. Army Colonel, former diplomat, and international policy expert
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia in the first Trump Administration
• Serves as Director of Army International Affairs. Assigned to U.S. diplomatic missions in China for 7+ years, he was one of the longest-serving Military Attachés at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the Consulate-General in Hong Kong

• Former Trump for President Senior Communications Advisor
• Former Trump Transition Team Communications Director
• CNN Political Commentator
• Managing Director, Teneo Strategy

• CNN’s chief national security analyst and anchor of The Brief with Jim Sciutto
• Throughout his career, he has reported from more than 50 countries across the globe
• Author of four books, including the New York Times Bestseller, The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China and the Next World War, published in 2024 by Dutton Books
• Served as chief of staff and senior advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke

• Partner at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group
• Served as the Chief Representative of BASF in China for 27 years, where he was responsible for guiding the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiating large projects and leading the company’s government relations
• Served as President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China three times

Kate Andersen Brower recently co-authored the New York Times bestseller We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America with Norah O’Donnell. She is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Residence, which was made into a television series produced by Shonda Rhimes for … Continued

• 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

• David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy, Stanford University
• Member, United States Social Security Advisory Board
• CNN Political Commentator
• Former Senior Adviser to the 2016 Presidential Campaign of Senator Marco Rubio
• Policy Director, Romney-Ryan 2012 Presidential Campaign

• Former White House Chief Floral Designer
• Author of the book Floral Diplomacy at the White House
• Distinguished Flower Ambassador (Royal Horticultural Society of Belgium)

• 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

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