Board of Directors
John Hancock Dickson, Chairman
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Georgia Tech
Masters in Human Relations, University of Oklahoma
2nd Degree Black Belt Won Wha Do Martial Arts
Professional and/or community service achievements: Having established World Trade Centers in Afghanistan and Okinawa, John Dickson currently serves as the founding chairman of the World Trade Centers Association s Committee on Peace and Stability through Trade. He initiated the WTCA s Forum on Globalization and Cultural Identity in 1999, which has developed into a series of conferences held throughout the world. In October 2007 he negotiated the licensing of a World Trade Center in Shenyang, China that will support the future World Trade Center Pyongyang.
John has recently served as advisor or board member to the Wholistic Peace Institute, Service for Peace Northwest, Oregon Multicultural Education Association, the Immigrant and Refugee Consortium of Oregon and Washington, the Native American Leadership Alliance, Native American Communications, and the Universal Peace Federation.
Past connection to the China Society:
Governing Council Member
Desired contribution to the China Society:
Since my first visit to mainland China in 1982 and extensive work in Okinawa during the 1990's, I have understood the cultural, geopolitical and economic significance of modern China. I am interested to support the China Society to enhance friendship and cultural and economic relations with various organizations in the US and internationally.
B.A., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
M.S., New York State Univerity, New Paltz, N.Y.
Professional and/or community service achievements: Currently I am with China Foundation as Vice President of Strategy. China Foundation is a US based foundation focused on health and education.
Prior to China Foundation, I was with Lockheed Martin as International Business Development Manager in charge of Asia and South America. Worked with the Mainland China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Argentina.
Prior to Lockheed Martin, I was with IBM Poughkeepsie, New York as Project Manager and System Architect.
Served as President, Greater Washington BEINU Alumni Association.
Past connection to the China Society:
Executive Committee Member
Current Interests
US and International Politics and Issues
Art, literature and Film
The Honorable Matthew J. Salmon
Arizona State University in Tempe (BA)
Brigham Young University, Master's in Public Administration (MPA)
Achievements: Congressman Salmon has over twenty years experience in both the public and private sector. He has emphasized managing relations at all levels of government and in the process has garnered significant media relations experience. Salmon began his career in public service as an Arizona State Senator, a position in which he served from 1991 to 1995. While in the Senate, he served as the Assistant Majority Leader and chaired the Rules Committee. From 1995 to 2001, Salmon was the U.S. Congressman from Arizona, serving on the International Relations, Education, Small Business, and Science Committees. He also served for six years on the Helsinki Commission and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) where he developed myriad and key relationships with parliamentary members from OSCE. He was an active and influential member of both those organizations. While in Congress, he led several U.S. Congressional delegations to China to improve trade relations and bilateral relationships. He was the only Member of the U.S. Congress in America’s history who speaks Mandarin Chinese. This expertise served him well as one of the leading advocates of a positive U.S. and China relationship. He was instrumental in bringing Yao Ming to pay in the NBA.
Past Connection with China Society:
event speaker
Desired contribution to the China Society:
Possible exchange of information on organic agriculture and carbon sequestration regarding climate change.
Dr. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1995, and M.S. in Environmental Monitoring in 1988 in the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.S. in Surveying and Land Management, Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping, China in 1982.
Professional and/or community service achievements:
Dr. Ping He is the founding president of the International Fund for China s Environment (IFCE). He has coordinated IFCE s activities in public relation, fundraising and project development since 1996. He has developed cooperative relationship with international environmental and conservation organizations and programs, US and Chinese governmental agencies, NGOs and the private sector. He developed numerous projects in environmental NGO support, technological exchanges, policy advising and public education in China.
In 2002, Dr, He helped to organize three Caucus meetings for Chinese NGOs at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. He launched the bi-annual NGO Forums on International Environmental Cooperation in China in 1999 and chaired the five forums since then. The Forum has become a major platform for Chinese NGOs for capacity building training, for information exchange and for developing partnerships with international NGOs and agencies. He also chaired the international conference on China Environmental Reform and Strategic Alliance in Beijing in 2000 and New Environmental Technology International Conference 2001 in Hangzhou, China. He led a number of environmental technical and business delegations to visit China since 1999, including delegations on renewable energy in 2005 and 2006. He periodically provides advises and suggestions reports to Chinese governments regarding the environmental management and policy. In 2003, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, invited him as the first Chinese alumni, to deliver a lecture on biodiversity conservation in western China. In 2007, as one of five representatives in US, he was invited to attend the annual meeting of Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference, the highest advising body to Chinese government. He accepted interviews from a dozen of international media, including China Central TV, Phoenix TV, Voice of America, Free Asia Radio and Geo Magazine of France, Time Magazine, etc. on environmental and conservation issues in China since 2000. He is very familiar to international environmental treaties and protocols, along with procedures and requirements of international aids in environment and conservation.
He was a senior consultant of Engineering Systems from 1994 to 1997. He served as Land Management Director for Wisconsin Winnebago Business Committee from 1991-1994. He is a Chinese citizen and a permanent resident of USA.
Past connection to the China Society:
Governing Council Member
1995-1998 Ph.D. in Computer-aided drug design and computational chemistry, State Key Laboratory of New Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Meteria Madica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1984-1987 M.S. in Theoretical Chemistry Department of chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai Department of chemistry,
Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou
Professional and/or community service achievements:
2004-present, Assistant Professor at Howard University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2006-present, President of Chinese Association for Science and Technology, Washington Chapter
2006, Vice Chairman of Hope Chinese School
Past connection/contribution to the China Society: Seminar
Desired contribution to the China Society: Media and Publication, Seminar
Expertise/skills/resources/hobbies valuable to the China Society: Media and Publication
Education:
Bachelor of Law in Sociology, Peking (Beijing) University 北京大学/北京大學
MBA, Georgetown University
Professional and/or community service achievements:
Currently, he is a senior partner and CEO for Asia at the World Trade
Partnership, a global trade, investment and economic development
consulting firm based in Washington, DC. In the US, he has been an
executive or business management consultant for multiple
companies/organizations, such as, Global Peace Festival Foundation,
International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, Booz Allen
Hamilton, BearingPoint, Youth Federation for World Peace, Georgetown
University Hospital, etc.. In China, he used to work for a research
institute of the China Aeronautics and Astronautics Industries in
Beijing.
He actively serves as a volunteer for a number of non-profit organizations, such as, Peking University Alumni Association - DC (President) and Midwest/Chicago (former President), the Union of Chinese American Professional Organizations (Vice President and former Secretary General), Consolidated Society of Chinese University Alumni Associations at Greater Washington Area (Vice President), Chinese Association for Science & Technology - DC (Board Member and former Vice President), DC Hunan Association (Board Member and Vice President), Service for Peace (board member), etc..
Past connection to the China Society:
Executive Committee Members and Founding President
Desired contribution to the China Society: He has strong passion towards the China Society. He desires to work together with other committed members to bring the China Society to a new level to meet the needs and aspirations of the members and the larger society.
M.A. in history Christ s College, Cambridge University,
Professional and/or community service achievements: Michael Marshall joined United Press International (UPI) in 2003 as editor-in-chief, responsible for the service s worldwide editorial operations. He has also served on the board of UPI since 1999.
From 1986 to 2003 he was executive editor of The World &I, a monthly magazine, He helped shape the international, interdisciplinary, and educational character of the magazine, which in addition to its analysis of current affairs, covered developments in science, the arts, literature, scholarship, and public policy.
He was also executive director of the World Media Association from 1998 to 2005, an international organization that provides a forum for media professionals and observers to explore issues related to media responsibility and ethics.
Marshall hails originally from England where, in the 1970s, he edited The London Rising Tide, a bi-weekly publication of social and political commentary, and the New Tomorrow, a monthly general interest magazine.
Past connection to the China Society:
Guest speaker
Desired contribution to the China Society:
To help bridge the China Society to the larger society to fulfill the missions of the Society
Beijing Normal U., BS
Chinese Academy of Sciences, MS
Yale University, MS
Professional and/or community service achievements:
Past connection to the China Society:
Desired contribution to the China Society:
Principal, TargetGroups LLC (Media Service)
President, Association of Chinese Students and Scholar at Yale
Volunteer social works
Executive Committee Member and Coordinator of Infrastructure Support
Organizational support
Infrastructure support
Interested in building specialized sub-interest communities