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Washington State China Relations Council
2006 Board of Directors
David Bachman
University of Washington
David Bachman is a specialist on Chinese politics, foreign policy and U.S.-China relation at the
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies of the University of Washington. He also
serves as the associate director of the Jackson School. In addition to his scholarly research,
he has served as a consultant to major corporations and U.S. government institutions.
He is a member of the National Committee on U.S. China Relations.
Jackson School Box 353650 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3650. Phone: 206 685-1945 Email: dbachman@u.washington.edu
Dennis Bracy
Edelman
Dennis Bracy is Executive Vice President for US-Asia Affairs for Edelman, the world’s largest
independent public relations firm. Bracy has been commuting to China for twelve years, creating
communications programs for clients such as Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, Itron, Procter & Gamble
and British Airways.
1505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 206-268-2251 Email: dennis.bracy@edelman.com URL: www.edelman.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.
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
Michael A. Craig
Certech International, Inc.
Michael is the founder and President of Certech International, Inc.,
specializing in environmental consulting and product marketing.
Michael is also President of the Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association.
Certech International, Inc. 10002 Aurora Avenue North, Suite 4423 Seattle, WA 98133 Phone: 206-527-8532
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 is 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.
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
Tim Farrell
Port of Tacoma
Tim Farrell was appointed as Executive Director of the Port of Tacoma on January 1, 2005.
Mr. Farrell served as the Port’s Deputy Executive Director from 2000 through 2004.
Mr. Farrell joined the Port of Tacoma after eight years with the Massachusetts Port Authority,
where he served as Deputy Port Director, Business and Administration. He authored the Marine Terminal
Optimization Program. Prior to joining Massport, Mr. Farrell spent two years
working at the Port of Seattle conducting market research and financial analysis.
In 2003, Mr. Farrell was recognized as one of the “40 Under Forty”,
40 young executives on the rise in Washington State by the Puget Sound Business Journal
based in Seattle. Mr. Farrell was further recognized as a fresh face among 50 executives who
shaped business in Washington State in 2005 by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Grant W. Gardner, Ph.D.
Russell Investment Group
Russell Investment Group, a global leader in multi-manager investing, provides investment products and
services in more than 39 countries. Russell manages approximately $150 billion in assets and
advises clients worldwide representing US$2.3 trillion. Founded in 1936, Russell is a subsidiary of
Northwestern Mutual and is headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., with additional offices in New York,
Chicago, Toronto, London, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Amsterdam, Geneva and Madrid.
For more information, go to www.russell.com.
Russell Investment Group 909 A Street P.O. Box 1616 Tacoma, WA 98402-5120 Phone: 253-439-1822 Email: ggardner@russell.com Web: www.russell.com
Katherine Chang Grimes
Bank of America
Katherine Chang Grimes is a Senior Vice President at Bank of America International Private Bank
focusing on Asian markets. Katherine has over 15 years of combined experience in banking, mortgage
lending and insurance service. With her capacity at Bank of America, she is able to provide
integrated delivery of financial services including investment management,
personal trust and estate planning, customized lending and banking high
net-worth customers of the Private Bank.
701 Fifth Avenue, 23rd Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: 206-358-3888 Email: katherine.k.grimes@bankofamerica.com Web: www.bankofamerica.com
Greg Guldin
Cross-Cultural Consulting Services
Greg is the President of CCCS and Faculty Associate of the Wang Center at Pacific Lutheran University.
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
Peter Lian
MulvannyG2 Architecture
A Principal at MulvannyG2 Architecture, Peter Lian received his Master of Architecture from the University of Washington. He is responsible for the firm’s international design culture and excellence. For more than 14 years, Peter has been designing and managing large-scale projects, encompassing a broad range of building designs. Peter speaks Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese and Taiwanese.
1110 112th Ave. NE, Ste. 500 Seattle, WA 98004 Phone: 425-463-1220 Email: peter.lian@mulvannyg2.com Web: www.mulvannyg2.com
Tony Liebo
Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank, N.A.
Tony Liebo is Vice President and Loan Team Manager for the Pacific Northwest region.
The Trade Bank is dedicated to serving the international needs of middle market companies including credit,
trade services, and treasury management.
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.
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
Craig T.J. Miller
Key Technology, Inc.
Craig Miller is Sr. VP and General Manager with Key Technology headquartered in Walla Walla, WA.
Key Technology designs and manufacturers machine vision and process automation equipment and technology
which is used in a variety of industries such as Food, Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical, Minerals, Tobacco
and Material Recycling. Key has operations located Washington, Oregon, Australia, Europe and very shortly in China.
Contact Information:
150 Avery St. Walla Walla, WA 99362 Phone: (509) 394-3666 Email: cmiller@key.net Web: www.key.net
Norman B. Page
Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Norm Page is a partner with the Seattle-based international law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
He is the chair of the firm's Executive Committee and, along with former Governor Gary Locke,
is the co-chair of the firm's China Practice Group including its Shanghai office. In the early 1980s,
Norm was an Attorney-Advisor with the Agency for International Development in Washington DC and, since 1985,
has practiced in the area of finance and commercial transactions, as well as China business transactions.
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
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
David Tang is a Partner with Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP. He serves as Chairman of the Board
of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and on the boards of the Pacific Council of International
Policy and on the National Committee on US-China Relations. He has worked on investment, financing and
commercial transactions in China for 25 years. He speaks Chinese.
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98104-1158 Phone: 206-623-7580 Email: dtang@prestongates.com Web: www.prestongates.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
Jackson Tse
China Pacific Group (CPG)
Jackson Tse is Founder/Chairman of the China Pacific Group (CPG), a Bellevue-based Washington corporation engaged in
doing business in China and Asia Pacific in the following areas: Consulting, Executive Travel,
and manufacturing/export of gourmet food products (wine, coffee, smoked salmon and chocolates).
He has more than 25 years of experience in international business, focusing on branded consumer
products and services.
Mike Voegtlin
Primus International, Inc.
Mike Voegtlin is with Primus International as Vice President of China Program Management and Corporate Procurement.
He has been on two greenfield start-ups in China and has been involved in Chinese Aerospace for many years.
Contact Information
Primus International 10500 NE 8th St., Suite 1910 Bellevue, WA 98004 Office Phone: 425-688-0444 Mobile Phone: 206-919-0527 Email: mjvoegtlin@primusint.com Web: www.primusint.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
Georges 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
J. H. Jerry Zhu
Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Jerry Zhu is a Partner with Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP., and founder of its Shanghai law office.
He has been representing U.S. companies doing business in China and Chinese companies doing business in
the U.S. for the past twenty years. He also served as an Affiliate Professor with the University of Washington
School of Law, teaching its Chinese law course for nine years.
Contact Information:
2600 Century Square 1501 Fourth Avenue Seattle, WA 98101-1688 Phone: 206-628-7772 Email: jerryzhu@dwt.com Web: www.dwt.com
Ms. Tong Zhu joined the Port in February 2005. Zhu oversees the Port’s five business representatives in
Asia, and she 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.
Prior to joining the Port, Zhu managed Washington State’s trade development programs and three foreign
operations in greater China. In that role she was responsible for opening the State’s second trade office
in Guangzhou, China and for strategizing and organizing Governor Gary Locke’s two successful trade
missions to China. She advised the Governor and Washington companies on Chinese business and cultural practices,
helped negotiate business contracts and arranged high-level business and government signing ceremonies.
Zhu played a key role in orchestrating two regional business events featuring opportunities related to
the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
Prior to that position, Zhu served as deputy executive director of World Trade Center Tacoma. In that capacity,
she developed and managed membership, trade services and office operations.
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 serves as Vice President 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
Executive Director
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:
Washington State China Relations Council 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 440 Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 441-4419 Email: borich@wscrc.org
R. Scott Heinlein
Deputy Director
As Deputy Director, Mr. Heinlein is primarily responsible for daily business operations at the Council.
He joined the WSCRC in February 2000. As Deputy Director, he has been instrumental in developing many new programs
and initiatives including: the education proposal that was agreed to by Governor Gregoire and Chinese
President Hu Jintao, the monthly Member's Forum and expansion other services provided by WSCRC.
Contact Information:
Washington State China Relations Council 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 440 Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 441-4419 Email: Heinlein@wscrc.org WASHINGTON STATE CHINA RELATIONS COUNCIL
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