2012 Speakers
Ronald A. Altoon
Founding Partner
Altoon + Porter Architects (LLP)
Los Angeles
Feng An
President and Executive Director
Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation(iCET)
Beijing & Pasadena, CA
Steve Arnold
International Sales
FedEx
Los Angeles
Ann Bacher
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, US Embassy
Mexico City
Gunjan Bagla
Founder, Amritt Ventures
Los Angeles
Judy Benn
Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand
Bangkok
Nick Bennenbroek
Senior Vice President, Head of Currency Strategy, Wells Fargo & Company
New York
Jonathan Bensky
Director, South Asia-US Business Services, Pacific Northwest Advisors
Seattle
Michael Bobrove
Representative Director & President
Nihon Medrad K.K.
Tokyo
Maryavis Bokal
Senior International Trade Specialist
U.S. Department of Commerce
William Brekke
Commercial Officer, U.S. Consulate General
Shanghai
Brian Brisson
Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Consulate General
Sao Paulo
Mike Bryant
Managing Director
UPS Capital
Atlanta
Baizhu Chen
Director of Global Exec MBA Program and Prof of Finance & Business Economics
USC Marshall School of Business
QiWei Chen
Chairman
Asia Business Consulting
Shanghai
Evan Chuck
Partner and Office Managing Partner, Los Angeles & Shanghai
Bryan Cave
Herb Cochran
Executive Director
American Chamber of Commerce
Ho Chi Minh City
Ambarish Dasgupta
Executive Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited
India
Richard Drobnick
Director, CIBER
USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles
George Drysdale
Chairman and CEO
Marsman-Drysdale Group
Manila
Clayton Dube
Associate Director
USC US-China Institute
Los Angeles
Ronald A. Duecker
President, JWC Environmental
Costa Mesa, CA
James Ellis
Dean and Professor of Marketing, USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles
Douglas Erber
President
Japan America Society of Southern California
Los Angeles
Tony George
Post Manager
Senior Trade and Investment Director
Australian Trade Commission
Los Angeles
Christopher Goode
President and Managing Director
White Drive (China) Products
Hopkinsville, KY
David Gossack
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy, Indonesia
Jakarta
Daniel E. Harris
Regional Director for East Asia/Pacific, U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington D.C.
Lawrence E. Harris
Professor of Finance and Business Economics
USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles
Marianne Hughes
Export Finance Manager
Export-Import Bank
Irvine, CA
Helen Hwang
Sr. Commercial Officer
American Institute
Taiwan (Taipei)
Sunder Iyer
Managing Director
International Subsidiary Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
New York
Stephen Jacques
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Mario Juarez
Trade & Investment Commissioner
ProMexico
Los Angeles
Joseph Kaesshaefer
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy, Australia
Sydney
Sarah Kemp
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy, Vietnam
Hanoi
Dennis Lee
Managing Director
Dennis M. Lee & Associates
Irvine, CA
John McCaslin
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy, Russia
Moscow
Michael McGee
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy, Thailand
Bangkok
Mu Dan Ping
Executive Director
World Heritage Foundation
Los Angeles
Aileen Crowe Nandi
Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial Service
San Jose, CA
Jun Niimi
Consul General, Consulate General of Japan
Los Angeles
William Overholt
Senior Research Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School
Cambridge, MA
John Peters
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Tokyo
Randy Pflughaupt
Group Vice President, Sales Administration, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.
Los Angeles
Bruce Pickering
Executive Director, Asia Society Northern California Center
San Francisco
Tom Plate
Syndicated Columnist and Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Michael Rae
President, Argus Limited
Rockville, MD
Sidney Rittenberg
President, Rittenberg and Associates, Inc.
Fox Island, WA
James Rooney
President
J.P. Rooney and Associates
Bangkok
Stan Rosen
Professor
Political Science, University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Patrick Santillo
Senior Commercial Officer
Amercian Embassy, Singapore
Haruo Shinjo
Senior Director
Corporate Strategic Planning
Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA
Cypress, CA
James Sullivan
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Seoul
Carl Voigt
Professor of Management & Organization, USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles
Patrick Wall
Senior Commercial Officer
American Embassy
Manila
Andrea Wu
President
American Chamber of Commerce
Taipei
Andrew Wylegala
Sr. Commercial Officer, U.S. Consulate General,
Hong Kong
Alex Xu
Founder, Chairman and CEO, GreenTree Inns Hotel Group
Shanghai
William Zarit
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs
American Embassy
Beijing