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Daniel Russel - USA

Served as the 22nd Deputy Secretary of The United States Department of State
Chairman and Co-Founder of The Asia Group
From 2009 to 2013, Kurt served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Author or editor of ten books, including most recently The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

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

Served as the principal deputy national security advisor in the second Trump administration from January to May 2025
Served as Deputy Special Representative for North Korea
Prior to his North Korea work, Alex led the State Department’s efforts to craft and implement the Free & Open Indo-Pacific Strategy as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional & Security Affairs in the State Department’s East Asia bureau
Prior to his time at the State Department, Alex was the Foreign Policy Advisor & General Counsel to Senator Tom Cotton (R- Ark.)

Co-Founder and CEO of AI for Education
Through her work, Amanda has reached hundreds of schools and thousands of educators worldwide, committed to helping them maximize their potential through the responsible and equitable adoption of AI.

Co-Founder and CEO of ADDO AI
Futurist and Artificial Intelligence Expert
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

Founder of Mehlman Consulting
Served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy under President George W. Bush
Worked as a senior leadership aide in the House of Representatives, general counsel to a national political party committee and policy counsel to Cisco Systems

Served for 36 years in intelligence and policy positions as one of the U.S. government’s foremost experts on China and the Indo-Pacific region
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Asian Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service
Served as the China Director and then as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia

Founder and CEO of Climate Alpha Global
Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap
The leading next-generation voice in geopolitics and global markets
One of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century”
Senior Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore