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Washington State China Relations Council
2010 Board of Directors
Matt Adler
DLA Piper
Matt Adler is a corporate partner with the international law firm of DLA Piper and has practiced in Greater China since 2000. He has extensive experience representing Asian companies in public and private securities offerings in the US, and in US-related M&A (both outbound and inbound). In 2005, Mr. Adler founded the Beijing office of DLA Piper. He now divides his time between that office and the firm’s Seattle office.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
Contact Information:
DLA Piper
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7000
Seattle, WA 98104 USA
Phone: 206-839-4800
Fax: 206-839-4801

DLA Piper
20th Floor, South Tower
Beijing Kerry Center
1, Guanghua Road
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100020
+86 10 6561 1788 T
+86 10 6561 5158 F

E-mail: matt.adler@dlapiper.com
URL: www.dlapiper.com
Dennis Bracy
Avatar Studios
Dennis Bracy is Chairman of Avatar Studios, a company that produces television programs and websites for clients around the world, including pioneering television programming in China.

Avatar's work ranges from creating 30-second television and radio spots to producing full-length television programs. Bracy led the first American team that co-produced prime-time television programs in China. The team produced a number of highly popular series, including a sitcom, a variety program, a travel series and a number of documentaries.
  • Board Chair
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Communication Committee
Contact Information:
819 Virginia, Suite 1102
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-778-7556
Email: dbracy@avatar-studios.com
URL: www.avatar-studios.com
Victor Chan
U.S. Bank
Victor Chan, Vice President, U.S. Bank, International Banking Group, serves as the country manager for Greater China and Southeast Asia region. He is responsible for managing the bank's business portfolio and credit risk exposure in those regions. He was educated in Singapore and the USA and has an MBA from the University of Washington. Victor has 20 years of corporate and international banking experience in the United States and Southeast Asia.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Education Committee
Contact Information:
Overseas Banking Division
Email: victor.chan@usbank.com
Linda S. Cheever
Fluke, Subsidiary of Danaher Corporation
Linda Cheever is President of the Danaher China Management Board and has oversight of Danaher sales and manufacturing operations including for Fluke and other Danaher operations. Responsible for driving strategic growth initiatives across Danaher companies in China, developing leadership talent and organizational capability to support that growth, providing “incubation” for Danaher companies new to China, and supporting sourcing and manufacturing strategies for domestic and export markets.
  • Board Secretary
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee
Contact Information:
6920 Seaway Blvd, Everett, WA 98306
Phone: 425-446-5512
Email: Linda.Cheever@Fluke.com
URL: www.Danaher.com or www.Fluke.com
Allen D. Clark
Davis Wright Tremaine
Al Clark is a partner in the Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine. He has recently returned from living and working in China, where he was the Partner-in-Charge of Davis Wright Tremaine’s Shanghai office and acted as a client advisor in China for 3½ years. Mr. Clark is a business and commercial transactions lawyer whose practice emphasizes foreign direct investment in China. He is a frequent speaker on doing business in China and works closely with the Shanghai office in advising clients on investments and business operations in China.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • General Counsel
Contact Information:
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200
Seattle, WA 98101-3045
Phone: 206-757-8026
Mobile: 206-295-3935
Fax: 206-757-7026
Email: alclark@dwt.com
URL: www.dwt.com
Michael A. Craig
Seattle Chongqing Sister City Association
Michael is a founding member and Immediate Past President of the Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Communication Committee
Nelson G. Dong
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Nelson Dong is a partner with the Seattle office of the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. He is co-chair of his firm's Asian Law Practice Group and its Technology Commerce Group and specializes in international technology-based business transactions and investments, including product distribution or sourcing arrangements and intellectual property licenses. Much of that recent work has been in the Greater China region with his colleagues in the Shanghai and Hong Kong offices of his law firm. He was the 2006 President of the WSCRC and was previously Vice President and a director of the Council. He is also a member of the Pacific Council of International Policy in Los Angeles and the Committee of 100 in New York City and serves as a director and legal advisor of the latter organization.  He is a frequent speaker and author on international business and technology law matters and has an extensive background in U.S. national security matters and export control law. He was a White House Fellow, senior Justice Department official and federal criminal prosecutor. He previously served as a trustee of Stanford University and is currently a member of the Yale Law School Association Executive Committee.
  • Past Board Chair
  • Member of the Executive Committee
Contact Information:
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
Phone: 206-903-8871
Fax: 206-903-8820
Email: dong.nelson@dorsey.com
URL: www.dorsey.com
Greg Guldin
Cross-Cultural Consulting Services
Gregory Eliyu Guldin is an applied anthropologist with expertise in cross-cultural facilitation and international development projects with experience garnered throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. He has organized international workshops and training seminars on a wide array of topics and has decades of experiences working with Asian government ministries and international organizations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, as well as private sector firms such as Shell, BP, and Union Bay.

Contact Information:
7002 N. 10th Street
Tacoma, WA 98406
Phone: 253-759-8697
Web: www.crossculturalconsult.com
Matt Harris
Trade for the Washington State Potato Commission
Matt Harris is the Director of Trade for the Washington State Potato Commission. His work involves preventing or eliminating unfair market access barriers, educating domestic and foreign trade partners on the potato industry in Washington State and educating Washington potato producers and processors on foreign market opportunities. Mr. Harris has been working in the food and agriculture industry for the past nine years managing regulatory compliance for agricultural commodity organizations.
  • Member of the Program Committee
Contact information:
108 Interlake Road
Moses Lake, WA 98837
Phone: 509-765-8845
Email: mharis@potatoes.com
Web: www.potatoes.com
Tony Liebo
Wells Fargo International Banking and Trade Solutions
Tony Liebo is Vice President and Regional Manager for the Pacific Northwest. Wells Fargo International Banking and Trade Solutions is dedicated to serving the international needs of middle market companies including credit, trade services, and treasury management.
  • Board Treasurer
  • Member of the Executive Committee
Contact Information
999 3rd Avenue, 11th Floor
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone 206-292-3519
Email: tliebo@wellsfargo.com
Web: www.wellsfargo.com
Paul R. Makowicki, AIA
Callison Architecture, Inc.
Paul is a nationally recognized expert in international retail and mixed-use development. A principal with Callison, Paul is a leader in the firm’s Retail / Mixed-Use studio and serves as Callison’s international delivery expert. With more than two decades of international experience, Paul’s market insight and strategic guidance deliver successful projects throughout China, Asia, India and the Middle East. Paul is a member of the Executive Committee of the Washington State China Resources Council and an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the American Institute of Architects.
  • Board Secretary
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee
Contact Information:
1420 5th Avenue, Suite 2400
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-623-4646
Email: paul.makowicki@callison.com
URL: www.callison.com
Sandy Marvinney
University of Washington
Sandy Marvinney is a senior communications specialist at the University of Washington. She is a former president (1990-2000) and current secretary of the Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association and a co-founder and former co-chair of the U.S. China Sister Cities Council. She also serves on the Education Committee of the Seattle Chinese Garden Society.
  • Member of the Communication Committee
  • Member of the Education Committee
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 85032
Seattle, WA 98145
Office Phone: 206-616-8310
Email: sandymar2@comcast.net
Fraser Mendel
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Fraser Mendel is a shareholder with the law firm of Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt and has practiced in Greater China since 1996. Based in Beijing from 1997 to 2008, he has advised companies on investments into China, VC transactions, and inbound and outbound M&A transactions. He has also advised companies on developing intellectual property strategies related to their cross-border transactions. Now based in Seattle, he continues to travel frequently to China.
Contact Information:
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3010
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
Tel +1-206-407-1573
Email: fmendel@schwabe.com
Web: www.schwabe.com
Gregg Rodgers
Garvey Schubert Barer
Gregg Rodgers is an owner in the Seattle office of Garvey Schubert Barer, a law firm of over 100 attorneys with offices in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Washington, D.C., New York, New York; and Beijing, China. He concentrates his practice on the areas of immigration (business, healthcare professionals, and families) and employment law.
  • Board Vice Chair
  • Member of the Communication Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee
Contact Information:
Garvey Schubert Barer
1191 Second Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101-2939
Phone: 206-464-3939
Email: grodgers@gsblaw.com
Web: www.gsblaw.com
Christian Schlect
Northwest Horticultural Council
Christian Schlect is president of the Northwest Horticultural Council, which represents the tree fruit industry of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington on national and international policy issues. In terms of international trade, the Council's work ranges from broad policy, such as matters related to the World Trade Organization, to specific export market access effort on behalf of the Pacific Northwest's apples, pears, and cherries.

Contact Information:
105 S 18th Street, Suite 105
Yakima, WA 98901
Phone: 509-453-3193
Email: schlect@nwhort.org
URL: www.nwhort.org
Greg Stevens
Deloitte Tax LLP
Greg is an international tax director with Deloitte Tax LLP with 19 years of public accounting experience. His career has focused on assisting multinational companies with tax and SEC compliance, audit response, and international tax planning. Greg has considerable experience assisting companies with the expansion of their international operations and investments while managing their effective tax rate.

Before rejoining Deloitte in September 2007, Greg served as the tax director for a US publicly traded company, where he also served as a board director for a large, multinational joint venture headquartered in China. In addition to managing the set up of the legal and global business structure, Greg also oversaw the business and operational aspects of the global joint venture for nearly three years.

Greg is active in various civic and professional activities. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as the Idaho and Oregon Societies of Certified Public Accountants.

Contact Information:
Deloitte Tax LLP
Suite 3900
111 SW Fifth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204-3642
Tel: +1 503 727 5368
Mobile: +1 503 260 2327
Email: grstevens@deloitte.com
David K.Y. Tang
K&L Gates
David Tang is Managing Partner, Asia with K&L Gates. He leads the Asian practice and three China offices and is on the Firm Executive Committee. His practice focuses on foreign investment and international business transactions. He is Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and on the boards of National Bureau of Asian Research, the Pacific Council on International Policy, and National Committee on US-China Relations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was born in Hong Kong and speaks Chinese.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
Contact Information:
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-623-7580
Email: david.tang@klgates.com
Web: www.klgates.com
Starr Tavenner
The Boeing Company
Starr Tavenner is Director Global Strategy and Alliances, China Programs, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
  • Board Vice President
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 3707, Mail Code 21-68
Seattle, Washington 98124
Phone: 206 766 2099
Email: starr.m.tavenner@boeing.com
Web: www.boeing.com
Donald W. Vollmer
Pacific Northwest Advisors
Since 1979, Pacific Northwest Advisors has provided its U.S. and foreign clients with a wide range of business services through its international network of experienced business professionals in Asia, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the United States.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Membership Committee
Contact Information:
Phone: 206-275-3305
Web: www.pnwa.com
George H.G. Yates
Perkins Coie LLP
George H.G. Yates is chair of the firmwide International Practice Group at Perkins Coie LLP, an international law firm with fourteen offices across the United States and in China. As a partner in the firm, Mr. Yates assists numerous foreign companies with respect to their operations in the United States, and numerous U.S. companies with regard to their operations abroad. He is a dual U.S. and French national who has studied in both the United States and France. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle and the French-American Chamber of Commerce, as well as serving as General Counsel to the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
Contact Information:
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101-3099
Phone: 206-359-3402
Email: gyates@perkinscoie.com
Web: www.perkinscoie.com
Tong Zhu
Director, Commercial Strategy, Port of Tacoma
Ms. Tong Zhu is responsible for identifying and pursuing international business and trade opportunities for the Port. She also advises Port Commissioners and senior executives on international business development, political and protocol matters.

A graduate of Sichuan Normal University, Zhu worked for a state-owned trading company in mainland China before moving to the United States in 1999. She is a Cum Laude graduate from the University of Washington Tacoma and has a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Zhu is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Business Society and is a past Vice Chair of the board of directors of the Washington State China Relations Council.
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee
Contact Information:
Director, Department of Commercial Strategy
Port of Tacoma
One Sitcum Plaza, Tacoma, WA U.S.A 98421
Tel: (253) 428-8642
Fax: (253) 593-4570
Email: tzhu@portoftacoma.com
Washington State China Relations Council
Staff
Joseph J. Borich
President
Prior to his current position, Mr. Borich was a Foreign Service Officer. He entered the Foreign Service in 1972 Prior to his current position, Mr. Borich was a Foreign Service Officer. He entered the Foreign Service in 1972 and was closely associated with the China field throughout most of his career, serving under every president from Nixon to Clinton in a China-related capacity. His last assignment was as Consul General in Shanghai from October 1994 through June 1997; he previously helped open this Consulate General in 1980. He also served as Director of the Taiwan Coordination staff in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Department of State, and prior to that as the last Deputy Chief of Mission in the former U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu.
Contact Information:
WSCRC
1301 5th Avenue, Suite 2500
Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 441-4419
Email: borich@wscrc.org

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