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Washington State China Relations Council
2012 Board of Directors
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nelson G. Dong
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Nelson Dong is a partner with the Seattle office of the Dorsey & Whitney international law firm. He is chair of his firm's National Security Law Practice Group and co-chair of its Asian Law Practice Group. He specializes in international technology-based business transactions and investments, including product distribution or sourcing arrangements and intellectual property licenses, particularly in the Greater China region, where he collaborates with colleagues in his firm's Shanghai and Hong Kong offices. He was the 2006 President of the WSCRC and remains on its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He is a director of the National Committee on US-China Relations in New York City. He is also a member of the Pacific Council of International Policy in Los Angeles and the Committee of 100 in New York City. 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 on the Yale Law School Association Executive Committee.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, WA 98104 USA Phone: 206-903-8871 Fax: 206-903-8820 Email: dong.nelson@dorsey.com URL: www.dorsey.com
Edwin Green
Deloitte Services LP
Edwin is an international tax principal in the Deloitte Tax Seattle office. His practice focuses on assisting companies expand their international footprint while managing their effective tax rate and cash tax expense. Edwin’s experience includes creating and implementing global earnings management solutions, structuring transactions to minimize the impact of subpart F and the PFIC regime, identifying appropriate jurisdictions/sites for business expansion, and solving withholding tax, treaty interpretation, and international controversy issues.
He earned his B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado, his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law, and his LL.M. from New York University School of Law. Edwin is an Ellen Gabriel Fellowship alum, Deloitte’s national leadership program.
Deloitte Services LP 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104-1126 Phone: 206.716.7274 Fax: 206-965-7000 Email: edwgreen@DELOITTE.com URL: www.deloitte.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.
108 Interlake Road Moses Lake, WA 98837 Phone: 509-765-8845 Email: mharis@potatoes.com Web: www.potatoes.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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206-359-3402 Email: gyates@perkinscoie.com Web: www.perkinscoie.com
Tong Zhu
Chief Commercial Officer 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.
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 WASHINGTON STATE CHINA RELATIONS COUNCIL
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