Mr. Joseph Chen is an inspired humanitarian. With a master degree in theology, Mr. Chen's charitable inspiration is solidly based on his belief in faith, hope, and love for his fellow human beings.

As the Chair of the the Asian American Fund (AAF), Mr. Chen helped establish the China Foundation USA in 1997. The AAF was founded in 1984 to serve Asian American community because of the enthusiastic encouragement of President Ronald Reagan during a meeting at the White House in 1984. Mr. Chen tirelessly promotes the mission of AAF through supporting Asian American community initiatives like the China Foundation. As the current President of the China Foundation USA, Chen has made significant contributions to help implement projects to build 123 Health Centers in the poorest regions in China. Tenth of millions children and patients had been benefitted from those facilities and services.

Working with world leading health experts, Mr. Chen helped plan and organize numerous International Health Conferences in Taipei and Beijing. His recent efforts include the joint-project with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the Ministry of Health, the World Bank, and the Shanxi Provincial Government to train physicians and health workers to prevent and control the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and build Boarding School/Homes for AIDS orphans. As a humanitarian and Asian American national leader, after the 911 terrorist attack in 2001, Mr. Chen took initiative to organize the official visit of the suffering New York community by the US Presidential Advisory Council on AAPI the day after the council's inauguration at the White House. In 2003, White House initiated the Global AIDS Initiative to fight HIVS/AIDS worldwide with $15 billion dollars, Asia with 40 million AIDS victims was somehow not included initially. It was Mr. Chen who successfully took the policy initiative, by working with the Asian American communities nationawide as well as the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, to advocate the inclusion of 40 milllion AIDS patients in Asia. This includes Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Philippine, China, India, and other Asian regions.

Since his youth, Mr. Chen has been profoundly inspired by Albert Schweitzer's life and thoughts. To fulfill his purpose and mission, Mr. Chen studied both theology and medicine at the Quaker seminary and the University of Texas Medical School.

Dr. Bing Yao was Professor at Purdue University and the University of Maryland. He was active in database systems research and published widely for over 20 years. Dr. Yao founded XDB Systems to develop and market client/server database systems and tools. He also founded Jinfonet Software in 1998 to develop and market JReport for web-based information delivery and analysis. Dr. & Mrs. Yao have been making major continuous contributions to build libraries and schools in rural China.

Dr. Yuanli Liu is the Assistant Professor of International Health at the Department of Population and International Health of Harvard School of Public Health. Currently, Dr. Liu is leading a panel of international experts to help design, implement and evaluate pilot medical assistance programs for the urban poor in China. From 1994 to 2000, he co-led a 7-year research/intervention study of provision and financing of health care in China's poor rural areas. Dr. Liu served as a coordinator of the Global Health Equity Initiative and he is currently a Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Global Health Equity Gauge Alliance and a Member of the UN Millennium Development Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and access to Basic Medicines.

The Honorable Jill Kent was Assistant Secretary, US Department of Treasury and Assistant Secretary, US Department of State. She has a strong background in public administration and financial management. She was Vice President in IPAC's Health Services Group and advised health care and related organizations on marketing, management development, financial design and strategic planning.

Mark Solomons, Esq. is a Principal Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP. He specializes in appellate litigation and litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States. He represented US Insurance Companies and designed health insurance and workers compensation policies. Dr. Solomons also served as Legislative Counsel to the US Department of Labor and a Member of the President's Task Force on Occupational Disease. He is a Master of the Prettyman-Leventhal American Inn of Court and a Principal of the Council of Excellence in Government.

Mark Solomons (middle with a camera) visiting a traditional Chinese medical clinic in Beijing

Dr. Killingsworth is the Managing Director, International Relations, Joint Commission International. Before taking this position in 2005, Dr. Killingsworth was a Senior Country Advisor and Technical Officer for WHO, China for health system development and finance. He has advised China's Ministry of Health, the National Development Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance in a wide range of health care subjects. He has served as a Senior Health Advisor with Stanford Research Institute of Menlo Park, California in Saudi Arabia and as Senior associate with Maxwell Stamp PLC of London. He is a Professor of Health Policy and Administration at Texas Woman's University and Visiting Senior Scientist at Brandeis University in the Schneider Institute of International Health. Dr. Killingsworth has more than 25 years of research and teaching experience with health programming in North American and developing countries, ranging from the development and direction of managed care systems, private and public hospital systems, a variety of payment systems through the planning of national health care systems. His most recent work has focused on macro and micro-level health economics for developing countries, specifically those in South and Southeast Asia and China and quality assurance development for China's hospitals.

Mrs. Rena Hung is the Vice President of Public Relations for Endiva Software, Inc. She worked as a computer consultant for 12 years before her early retirement. Mrs. Hung served on the Board of East Asian Art Center for Towon University. She was a sponser and volenteer for the Waters Art Galery East Asian Art Department. Mrs. Hung sponsored the program of Financial Aid for Rural Chinese Students. Mrs. Hung owns an East Asian Antique shop. She is working on a book about Oriental Antiques. Mrs. Hung has served as the Board Member of the China Foundation since 2000.

Dr. Haiping Luo received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Kentucky. In the past few decades, Dr. Luo worked as an economist, a computer specialist, and an enterprise architect for government agencies and private companies. Dr. Luo has publications on agricultural policies, computer application development, and enterprise architecture management. She is in charge of public relations and responsible for designing and managing the web site of the China Foundation.

Conrad practices opthalmology and eye care in private clinics in Colorado and Georgia. He is a Fellow of American College of Surgeons and a Member of several medical honor societies. Dr. Conrad founded a non-profit organization, Gansu, Inc. in 1990 and has been President of Gansu, Inc. since. The mission of Gansu, Inc. is to provide eye care through surgery and teaching for the underserved people of West china and Tibet, specifically, Gansu Province of China.

Dr. Hirsh has been a staff radiologist at Summa Health System in Akron since 1973. He has served as Acting Chief of Nuclear Medicine and Division Chief of Diagnostic Radiology. He is an Assistant professor of radiology at Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio. Dr. Hirsh founded Radiology Mammography International, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing mammography technology, training and public education to developing regions. Dr. Hirsh's projects include China and other countries.