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The
World Affairs Council is governed by a highly dedicated Board of
Trustees. These
committed volunteers choose to make a contribution to the community
through service on the Board of the World Affairs Council.
Chris
Ajemian is
a specialist in U.S. foreign policy and Northeast Asian political
military affairs. He co-directed the John Kerry presidential campaign’s
Asia task force in which a team of more than 40 policy experts developed
policy positions on China’s economy and Taiwan Straits conflict,
the conflict on the Korean Peninsula, and the U.S.-Japan security
treaty. He also has expertise in nuclear non-proliferation, homeland
security, and U.S. election law. Chris practiced corporate and securities
law after serving as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit. He was a Congressional Fellow on the House International
Relations Committee and covered the White House and Congress as
a correspondent for the Kyodo News Service. He has traveled widely
and speaks Japanese and Spanish. He currently serves on the executive
committee of the World Affairs Council Board and on the board for
the National Council of International Visitors.
Alicia
Austin grew up in Seattle with
a passion for the outdoors and an interest in environmental issues.
After the birth of her children, she and her husband began a series
of moves to Eastern Washington, California and New York before returning
to the Northwest. During this time she learned to fly small planes
(currently inactive) and worked for Hewlett-Packard in their corporate
offices.
After two-years of telecommuting, Alicia returned to school and
earned her teaching certificate. She has been teaching for the past
five and a half years, earning her Masters in Education in 2005.
Alicia enjoys traveling internationally and gaining an understanding
of how people in other countries view the U.S.
Kristi
Branch, who served as the interim
director of the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security of
Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is an internationally
recognized expert on social impact assessment, public involvement,
and institutional analysis. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia,
and has worked on community and natural resource development in
a variety of countries in Africa and Asia. She has played an active
role in the application of social impact assessment techniques to
the identification and evaluation of environmental policies and
implementation strategies and in the incorporation of public involvement
into program and community decision-making and regional cooperative
efforts. She is a specialist in helping organizations achieve effective
involvement of interested and affected parties to achieve transparency,
build confidence, and reduce tensions. Her principal areas of interest
are environmental and energy security, regional stability, and the
role of nonproliferation and human security in international development.
Aaron
Brown is an attorney by
training, who left the full-time practice of law to dedicate much
of his time to various endeavors in the non-profit sector. Aaron
graduated from Brigham Young University in 1997 with a degree in
Russian and International Relations, and from Harvard Law School
in 2000, where he was President of the Harvard Latin American Law
Society. Aaron spent several years practicing law in Los Angeles
, until he relocated to Seattle 4 years ago. He now spends his time
working as an independent consultant/trustee overseeing asset management
and legal trust work, serving as a board member and advisor for
various non-profit organizations, and handling political asylum
cases. Aaron has lived in Argentina and Russia , and has traveled
widely throughout Latin America, Europe and Asia . He is a fluent
Spanish-speaker, and has some proficiency in Russian. Aaron lives
in Magnolia with his wife and daughter.
Beth
Carter is currently a Consultant
for the Mercer Island Group, a boutique marketing and business strategy
consultancy. She became involved in the World Affairs Council as
a graduate student, when she worked part time in the Global Classroom
program. Prior to working at the WAC, Beth earned a degree in Sociology
at the University of Puget Sound. After graduating, she spent four
years working in mainland China, where she worked as a teacher in
a rural town with the Amity Foundation for two years before moving
to Beijing and opening a restaurant. Beth earned an MA in International
Studies at the University of Washington in 2006, and continues to
be actively involved in the World Affairs Council through YPIN.
Barbara
Charlton holds a Ph.D.
at Northwestern University in Human Learning, went on for post-doctoral
training in Physiological Psychology, working on effects of drugs
and sensory stimulation on lower organisms. She taught at the university
level, and then went into university administration. This choice
led her through several institutions from deanships, to a provost
position, and finally to two chancellor positions, the first at
the University of Missouri, Columbia and the second, at the University
of California, Santa Barbara. At Missouri, a medical school and
hospital, a major sports program, and significant budget cuts added
some particular challenges. Her publications include scientific
articles and articles on administration, governance, planning, finance,
and international education. She has served on the Meredith Corporation
Board of Directors, the Mercantile Bancorp Board in St. Louis and
a number of non-profit boards among which were the Boards of the
American Council on Education, The National Center for Food and
Agricultural Policy, The National Center for Higher Education Management
Systems and on the Advisory Board to the Comptroller Accounting
Office. She was also a Presidential appointee to the National Council
on Educational Research. She moved to Seattle with her husband,
Ric Charlton, in January, a base from which they both do some consulting.
Bill
Christopher holds a Doctor
of Arts in Biology from Idaho State University. He has been involved
in community college education for the past 31 years. Dr. Christopher
currently serves as President of Cascadia Community College in Bothell
WA. At Cascadia, he is working with faculty, staff and the community
to expand the college’s role in enhancing global awareness
on the Eastside. Prior to coming to Cascadia in 2005, he served
as Campus President at Portland Community College. As Campus President,
he was instrumental in the development of the college’s International
Education Program, initiated several international training contracts
and was a member of the Portland World Affairs Council. Prior to
going to Portland he spent 18 years in the Washington Community
College System as Dean of Instruction at Whatcom Community College
and Division Director at Olympic College. He began his community
college career in 1976 as a faculty member and Science Department
Chair at Southern Nevada Community College. Dr. Christopher serves
on the boards of the Bothell Chamber of Commerce and Leadership
Eastside and is a member of the Eastside Business Round Table. He
has completed a Fulbright Scholar program in Germany, worked with
the Education Commission of Changchun, China to develop a two-year
technical institute and regularly takes students to Costa Rica in
a language and culture immersion program. Dr. Christopher also serves
as a member of the American Association of Community College’s
Commission on Global Education.
Mark
H. Dawson serves as a senior
portfolio manager and equity research analyst. He began his investment
career in 1985 with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (New York),
managing equity and balanced portfolios for foreign clients. In
1991 he joined Badgley, Phelps and Bell, Inc. in Seattle, where
he served as a portfolio manager and director of research. Since
joining Rainier Investment Management in 1996, he has been profiled
by Investor's Business Daily and has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg
TV, CNNfn and KCTS-TV's Serious Money. Mark holds the Chartered
Financial Analyst designation. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in History from the University of Washington and a Master of Arts
in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
He is a member of the Association for Investment Management and
Research.
Consul
General John Gokcen has
represented the Republic of Turkey in Washington State as an Honorary
Consul General since 2002. He is a member of the Washington State
Consular Association, and sponsor of the Seattle International Film
Festival, Seattle International Children's Festival, City of Seattle
FESTAL, Garfield High School-Global Technology Academy Computer
Aid & Cultural Exchange, Children's Gathering for Peace, and
World Affairs Council's Passport to World & Educators Tour projects.
He
has initiated many disaster relief drives to help the Turkish, Indian,
Pakistani, and Indonesian communities affected by earthquakes; organized
inter-community and inter-faith events to promote peace, friendship
and better understanding amongst many communities in the Pacific
Northwest region.
John also initiated the annual Turkish Cultural Festival-Turkfest
celebrations at the Seattle Center and the Turkish Film Festival
that have become part of the FESTAL project, and is an executive
board member of the festival organization. He organized the first
Turkish Trade Delegation visit to the Washington State in 2002,
and is working on a WA trade and goodwill delegation visit to Turkey.
Advisory Board Member of the University of Washington’s Near
Eastern Languages & Civilization Department, and led the project
to establish a Turkish Studies Endowment Fund at the University
of Washington. He is a founding member of the nation-wide Turkish
American Scientists & Scholars Association (TASSA) network.
He
is a founding member of the Boeing Engineering & Manufacturing
Diversity Council, and his 28 years of diversified aviation experience
have resulted in more than 20 awards for technical achievements
and community and customer services. He is married and has one son.
Kevin
Gruben is a corporate securities
and mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Preston Gates & Ellis
in Seattle, where he focuses on transactional work that includes
international business transactions. He has a BA in Government and
International Relations from the University of Notre Dame, and a
law degree from Seattle University. During his time at Notre Dame,
Kevin studied abroad in Innsbruck, Austria and worked in Moscow,
Russia for an English language business publication. He lives in
Renton with his wife Ann, who is finishing her final year of law
school as well. Kevin enjoys hiking and skiing, and recently returned
from a trip to New Zealand where he and his wife did a three day
hike through New Zealand’s Southern Alps.
Charles
Gust is founder and president
of Equality Network Foundation. Since 1991, he has been a volunteer
activist with RESULTS Seattle which, as part of an international
network of activists, lobbies elected officials to create the political
power to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty. He has visited
anti-poverty efforts in Bangladesh and El Salvador, including a
trip to research the possibilities of what is now the Grameen Technology
Center. Since 1998, he has served on the board of Washington CASH.
Mark
Hansen has been co-managing director,
Americas, for Russell Investments since 2007. In addition Mark is
a member of Russell’s executive and management committees.
Prior to this, Mark was chief executive officer and president for
Russell’s Japan business in March of 2005. Mark was responsible
for all aspects of Russell’s operations based in Tokyo, including
strategic direction, institutional and retail investment management,
and consulting services. Previously, as managing director of client
service for Russell’s U.S.-based investment business, Mark
oversaw asset allocation, investment objective setting, investment
performance reviews, trustee, custody, and investor communications
services to the company’s direct investment management clients.
Prior to that, as director of U.S. institutional sales for Russell,
Mark managed the sales effort for Russell’s transition management
group by helping clients improve their net investment returns by
providing commission recapture, transition management and policy
implementation services. Earlier, Mark held the position of managing
director of global sales and service for Russell/Mellon Analytical
Services, a leading provider of investment information services
and systems to fund sponsors, investment managers and consultants.
Mark currently sits on the board of Russell/Mellon Analytical services.
Mark joined Russell in 1996 as a client executive for Russell’s
analytical services division and was appointed director for U.S.
sales in 1997. He was a recipient of the Russell Leadership Award
in 1999. Prior to his work with Russell, Mark was with Xerox Corporation
for 10 years and was honored as sales manager of the year in 1994.
Doug
Kemper has recently served as
Director of Trade Services for the Commerce Bank of Washington.
He
has been involved with international business
and banking his entire career while residing in Seattle, Portland,
Los Angeles and London. Doug is the Immediate Past Chairman of the
Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle and is either presently
serving or has served on the boards of the Washington Council for
International Trade, the Japan-America Society, the Washington State
China Relations Council, the World Trade Center Tacoma, the American
Red Cross for Pierce County and Seattle University’s Global
Business Advisory Board. He holds a degree in International Business
from Oregon State University and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast
Banking School.
John
A. Kennedy was born and raised
in the Northwest and in college developed an interest in seeing
the rest of the world. His first experience outside the US was a
summer abroad with the Experiment in International Living in Pakistan
followed by five weeks of travel on the cheap through Asia. Two
years later he was assigned to the Far East with the military. At
the end of his tour he and his wife decided to leave the Army in
Okinawa and travel east to west for three months on the way home
– again on the cheap. After these experiences he joined the
international training program of Bank of America. After a year
of training and two years of financing importers and exporters he
was assigned as advisor to an affiliate, The Foreign Trade Bank
of Iran in Tehran for two and a half years. Subsequently he worked
in San Francisco and New York for several banks dealing with import/export
companies and multi-nationals. In 1983 he returned to the Northwest
to manage the Seattle branch of Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC).
Since returning he has been continuously involved in trade and finance
with primary emphasis on Asia. In addition to his involvement with
WAC he has served as Chairman and as Treasurer of the Washington
State International Trade Fair and as a board member of WCIT, WSCRC
and World Trade Center Tacoma as well as an advisory board member
of North Seattle Community College’s International Studies
Program and Pacific Lutheran University’s China Studies Program.
Gary
Konop is Director of VIP Visitor
Relations for The Boeing Company, where he is responsible for planning
and executing company visits in the Puget Sound area from over 2,500
VIPs annually. He was named to this position in September 2008.
Previously, Konop was the director of government relations for Boeing
International Corporation in Tokyo, Japan, where he oversaw Boeing’s
public policy efforts in the Japanese market. He assumed that assignment
in December 2002. Before joining Boeing, Konop served as the commercial
consul at the U.S. Consulate in Nagoya, Japan, 1999-2002, responsible
for managing U.S. Commerce Department programs and activities in
central Japan. Prior to joining the federal government, Konop held
several private and public sector positions in international business
development, focusing on East Asia. He earned a B.A. in political
science and Japanese language from the University of Pittsburgh
and later did graduate work in Japanese studies at the University
of Washington’s Jackson School.
Rebecca
Lenaburg is Associate General
Counsel at Microsoft. Rebecca leads the Government and Industry
Affairs team which acts as an internal think tank and is responsible
for policy and strategy development, as well as outreach to Government
and industry in areas including IP, interoperability, competition
and innovation. From 1997-2004 she was based in Sydney Australia
and was responsible for leading a diverse team of lawyers, corporate
affairs professionals and communications specialists located in
six countries in support of 10 Microsoft subsidiaries across Asia
Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India). Before
joining Microsoft in 1997, Becky was a partner in the law firm of
McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enerson (as it was known then, now Bingham
McCutchen) in San Francisco California. At McCutchen, she served
on the firm’s executive committee and was the first woman
to do so. Becky is a Trustee of the Seattle Repertory. Becky obtained
her BA in Political Science from the University of California, Los
Angeles and her JD from Hastings College of the Law.
Greg
Magee is an executive at Paccar,
Inc. Greg attended the University of Puget Sound, majoring in History,
Political Science and German. He later went on to the American Graduate
School to study International Business/Finance. He is very active
in the community and has served on the Board of the University of
Puget Sound, where he also served as the Alumni Board President.
He also served as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees to the World
Trade Center –Tacoma.
Consul H. Ronald Masnik a native
born American, lived and worked in Europe for over fifteen years.
During that period, he resided in Great Britain, Luxembourg and
Belgium. He relocated to Seattle in 1978 to continue his career
in International Banking management, and was appointed Honorary
Consul by King Baudouin of Belgium in 1981. His consular jurisdiction
is the State of Washington. His duties include passport and visa
assistance, and trade/investment promotion. In 1996, King Albert
II decorated him as a knight in the Order of the Crown, Belgium's
second oldest decoration. In 2006, the King further decorated him
as a knight in the Order of Leopold, Belgium’s oldest decoration.
Ron holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the College
of William & Mary in Virginia. He is a Senior Fellow at the
Center for International Banking Studies of the University of Virginia’s
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. He is presently
on the Board of the European Union Center at the University of Washington
and currently serves as the President of the Consular Association
of Washington State.
Pam
McKulka Since adolescence, Pam
McKulka’s life has been centered on bridging international
understanding and creating international dialogue, highlighted by
living in Montreal, Canada in the early years of the Quebecois Separatist
movement, traveling throughout Europe as a college student, living
and teaching in Germany, hosting corporate colleagues and international
visitors to the United States for 25 years (Pam and her husband
served as Home Hospitality Hosts for the International Visitors
Council of Detroit and for the Council in Seattle) and traveling
to more than 40 countries, including China, Russia, Vietnam, Morocco,
Israel, Jordan and Sudan.
Professionally,
Pam’s 35-year career followed two concurrent paths. She has
been an educator in various settings, including junior high teacher,
parent and community educator, college instructor, curriculum consultant
and teacher trainer. Her second career path was in the non-profit
sector, as Executive Director of the first rural Domestic Violence
Prevention Program in Michigan, Project Director for the New Jersey
Public Broadcasting Authority, and co-Director of Development for
the largest mental health Agency for urban children and youth in
Detroit.
After moving to the Seattle area in January, 2005, Pam made a conscious
choice to focus her volunteer service in two life-long passions;
international understanding and interfaith dialogue. Currently,
she serves as Chairperson of the Seattle University School of Theology
and Ministry Ambassadors Committee and as a member of the Dean’s
Advisory Board.
Chris
NeVan has made an impact throughout
the world, working for such diverse organizations like the Sydney
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG - 2000), driving
international support for children with facial deformities as vice
president of global development for Operation Smile, support for
higher education as vice president of regional development for WSU
in Seattle and CIO and co-founder of A-Juice, Inc. Sydney, Australia.
He has raised investment capital and provided development services
to Australia-based LTD Network, The Body Shop, The Cascade Land
Conservancy, Portland, OR-based Pivotal-Investments (green venture
fund) , AquaSeed Corporation, the first MBA super green designated
farm-raised Salmon operation in Rochester, WA, and Bellingham-based
Trillium Corporation.
Since 2002, Chris has served as Principal of BAJ Capital, LLC, an investment and holding company that specializes in short and mid-term investments world-wide. Chris has a long standing commitment to community service through active roles with Washington State University College of Liberal Arts Dean's Advisory Board, the Cascade Land Conservancy's Cascade Agenda Cabinet, the World Affairs Council and Operation Smile, as well as the downtown Seattle Rotary. Chris also has a personal passion for independent theatre and film in the PNW, as both an investor and exhibitor. Chris is a Washington State University alumnus.
Brent
Olson is a part-time consultant
and community activist, who retired from the U.S. Foreign Service
in 1992 and now lives on Bainbridge Island, WA. In the Foreign Service,
Brent held management officer positions in various Embassies in
Latin America and Asia, including Bangladesh, Honduras, Trinidad,
and Mexico. In Washington, he was an intelligence analyst for Central
America, a designer of human resource systems, the chief of a computer
systems staff, the regional manager of all U.S. Foreign Buildings
in the East Asia region, and the Deputy Director of the State Department’s
International Narcotics Control Programs. He concluded his career
as a senior management inspector with the Foreign Service Inspection
Corps. In the 1960s, Brent was a U.S. Navy Officer on a new Destroyer
and a Management Instructor at the Navy Supply CorpsSchool in Athens,
GA. Brent has completed graduate work at Harvard’s Kennedy
School, George Washington University and the University of Washington.
He is a 1985 graduate of the National War College.
He is involved in the Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County and Greater
Seattle Communities. He is a past president of a highly successful
Rotary club and still very active in Rotary’s international
work; the County Chair of Boy Scouts after years as a youth leader;
an elder and very active in his church, and has worked on many community
and school initiatives, including leading fund-raising, school levy
and political campaigns. He enjoys working with youth and often
shares his experiences with college, high school and middle school
groups. Brent has been married for 37 years to Madeline Yentz Olson,
of Fall River, MA. Their two grown sons are Chris, a manager at
a local computer firm, and Darren, a junior in business at the University
of Washington.
Nathan Rosenbaum
left Microsoft in 2009, after working with the company for 13 years
in the Treasury, Operations, Online Services and Windows Live business
units. Prior to Microsoft, Nathan served as a financial consultant
in Sri Lanka under a project funded by USAID. From 1986 to 1994,
Nathan worked with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Houston,
where he marketed and structured corporate finance products with
enterprise accounts, directing a $200M portfolio. Nathan interned
with Chase Manhattan Bank in Paris, France.
Nathan is a tournament
bridge player, avid scuba diver, and former member of Houston and
Seattle Symphony Choruses. Nathan is an active member of Pangea,
a Seattle-based donors circle that makes grants to small community
development groups in rural areas in East Africa, Central America,
and Southeast Asia. He has an MBA in Finance from The University
of Chicago and a BA in History from Cornell University. Nathan and
his wife, Sabrina, live with their daughter, Julianna, and two energetic
dogs in the Madrona neighborhood.
Kanwarjit
(KJ) Singh is a native of
Punjab, India, who completed his education at Oxford (M Phil- Economics),
MIT (MBA) and Columbia (MD). He is board certified in Internal Medicine.
He worked as a consultant at McKinsey and has had extensive experience
in pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors at GSK, Amgen and Bayer.
At the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation he is part of the Business
Strategic Planning group within Global Health as a Senior Program
Officer.
Eva
Wahl was born in the Czech Republic
and was raised in Argentina. She received her undergraduate degree
in Economics and her MBA in International Business from the University
of Washington. She is also a Certified Public Translator from the
University of Buenos Aires. From 1973 to 1975 she worked for the
Port of Seattle as an International Economist. She continued her
work as an International Economist for the Rainier National Bank
in Seattle and London from 1975 to 1979. In 1980 she became a Commercial
Real Estate Broker for Colliers International. She left in 1985
to become Vice-President and Broker for Wahl and Associates. She
stayed there until 2000 and was involved in sales, leasing and development
of retail, industrial and office properties.
Eva’s community involvement has included being a Trustee for
the University Child Development School (1990-1993) and Parent Council
(1997-2007) and Annual Fund Chair (1999-2001) for the University
Preparatory Academy. She is currently on the Grant Committee of
the Impact Assessment Committee for the Washington Women’s
Foundation. Eva is a member of the Washington Athletic Club, the
Broadmoor Golf Club, and the Seattle Tennis Club. She is a volunteer
translator and interpreter for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
and is fluent in Spanish and English, has a good working knowledge
of Czech and French, and knows some Italian and German.
John Walsh is
currently Vice President for U.S. Bank’s International Banking
Division. His responsibilities include risk assessment of emerging
markets and analysis of both corporations and foreign banks. He
publishes a monthly newsletter entitled “Global Markets Update,”
which is available through an email distribution list or found on
U.S. Bank’s Web site. He also gives presentations to corporate
clients to inform them of current events in emerging markets and
to develop appropriate international strategies. Walsh received
his MBA from the University of Washington in 1981, concentrating
in Finance and International Business. Prior to joining U.S. Bank,
he served as an International Lending Officer at Seattle First National
Bank and as the Chief Financial Officer for Cruising Equipment Company,
a high-growth, high-tech company in Seattle.
Mimi
Warner concentrates her practice
in employee benefits. She has advised employers on a wide range
of human resource issues including designing and drafting all types
of benefit plans and related trusts, assisting employers with plan
implementation and operational compliance issues, assisting employers
in mergers and acquisitions with due diligence relating to compensation
and benefits programs, plan redesign and integration, and assisting
employers with spin-offs and reductions-in-force including severance
programs and early retirement windows. Qualified retirement plan
experience includes drafting and design of traditional defined benefit
plans, cash balance plans, money purchase plans, 401(k) and profit
sharing plans, Forms 5300 applications, Model QDROs and related
administration manuals, IRC 7805(b) relief and ERISA 404(c) compliance.
Ms. Warner also has experience in executive compensation including
SERPs, deferred compensation plans and stock-based compensation
and incentive plans. Her work in the area of health and welfare
plans includes cafeteria plans, domestic partner issues, VEBAs,
COBRA, MEWAs, retiree medical plan design and funding alternatives,
dependent care plans, FMLA, ADA and reporting and disclosure.
Anand
Yang is Golub Chair of International
Studies and Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International
Studies. Prior to joining the University of Washington in 2002,
Yang taught at the University of Utah and Sweet Briar College. At
Utah he was chair of the History Department for five years and,
subsequently, Director of its Asian Studies Program for six years.
Yang received his B.A. from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in
History from the University of Virginia in 1976. He is the author
of two books, The Limited Raj: Agrarian Relations in Colonial India
and Bazaar India: Peasants, Traders, Markets and the Colonial State
in Gangetic Bihar; numerous articles in journals in Asian Studies,
History, and the Social Sciences; and editor of a volume on Crime
and Criminality in British India. Currently, he is working on a
book on Indian convicts in Southeast Asia and a number of other
projects relating to South Asian and world history.
Yang is the former editor of The Journal of Asian Studies and Peasant
Studies, and has been and is a member of the editorial boards of
several journals in Asian and South Asian Studies and in the discipline
of History. He is actively engaged in world history projects at
the collegiate and precollegiate levels that are aimed at enhancing
our historical understanding of our contemporary world.
A member of the Board of Directors of the American Council of Learned
Societies and of the Executive Committee of the Association of Professional
Schools of International Affairs, he is also active in local community
organizations, including the World Affairs Council of Seattle/Tacoma.
Born in Shantineketan, India, of Chinese parents, he grew up and
attended school for much of his early years in New Delhi. From there
he moved to Mexico City, where he finished high school before moving
to the United States to attend college.
Soon
Beng Yeap has more than 20
years experience in reputation management, brand communications
and social marketing. In addition to his current role as the Associate
Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Seattle University,
he was also the Founding Director and Professor at the Center of
Strategic Communications. Before joining Seattle University, Soon
Beng served as Senior Vice President at global communications agency,
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, and prior to that, he headed reputation
management and strategic communications in 36 countries for Starbucks
Coffee Company. Soon Beng started his career as a journalist in
London, United Kingdom, and Malaysia before joining academia as
Assistant Dean for the School of Communication Studies in Singapore
and Head of the Journalism in Monash University, Australia. He is
also is also well-published in the areas of communications, media
globalization and politics of culture.
Note:
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