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• Political Consultant
• Expertise in government relations, legislative processes, and U.S. state politics
• Former national security advisor to Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate and senior aide for North Korea policy at the U.S. Department of State
• Directed NGO offices in Asia, focused on humanitarian aid and good-governance

Mara Karlin, PhD is a senior executive and national security leader with two decades of experience shaping geopolitics, managing enterprise risk, and leading complex organizations at the highest levels of the U.S. government. She worked inside the Pentagon advising 6 secretaries … Continued

• Randy spent 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, most recently serving as the Chief CIA representative in China
• Randy previously spent more than a decade as Managing Partner for Asia of the Mintz Group, managing the Group’s activities across Asia

• President of Harves Investment Group
• Founder of The Wade Group
• Former Senior Vice President and Head of China Operations at Green Tech Automotive

• Correspondent, Beijing Bureau of The Economist

Admiral Christopher Grady is a senior defense and national security leader with more than four decades of operational, strategic, and institutional experience at the highest levels of the U.S. government. He has commanded at every level, including three ships, a … Continued

Admiral Mike Gilday is the son of a Navy Sailor. A surface warfare officer, he is anative of Lowell, Massachusetts and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.  He holds master’s degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and the National War … Continued

• Journalist based in Beijing
• Author of Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China
• Co-editor of While We’re Here, an anthology of stories from China
• Founder and editor of the Anthill, a ‘writers’ colony’ of stories from China

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

Aliza KNOX was named the IT Woman of the Year (Asia) in 2020, in the top 100 Women in Tech 2021 (Singapore), the AWA Singapore International Business Woman of the Year in 2015, elected to Chief Executive Women (Australia) in … Continued