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MLCCC Board of Directors

In November 2008, the MLCCC received a grant from the Shirley and Morrison C. Boyd Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation. Part of the funding has been used to build a formal Board of Directors. The volunteer group represents a number of Greater Philadelphia community members who come from diverse backgrounds but share common excellence in terms of business and academic profiles.

	Dr. Jun Huangpu 15+ years at Verispan, Prism Pharmaceutical, IMS, AstraZeneca, Sigma-Aldrich, and Denville Scientific Harvard Business School, MBA in General Management Bowling Green State University, PhD in Biology Chinese University of Hong Kong, MS in Biology Zhongshan University, BS in Biology Harvard Business School Club of Philadelphia, Co-Chair
	Terry Cooke Current 2010 Public Policy Scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington DC, researching policy implications of US-China clean energy cooperation/competition Founder of GC3 Strategy, which works with US companies seeking to partner in Greater China Director of the World Economic Forum (2006-2008), responsible for Asian Corporate Partnerships Career member of the US Senior Foreign Commercial Service (1988-2002) UC Berkeley, PhD and MA; Princeton University, BA Diplomatic fluency in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, German and French
	Zhidong Li Founded custom-manufacture of fine chemicals business Currently teaching Chinese language at Drexel University and Community College of Philadelphia Broad entrepreneurial experience in both China and the US with extensive academic credentials from top institutes in both countries
	Theos D. McKinney III 20+ years at AstraZeneca and Hill & Barlow Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts: Law Clerk to Senior Associate Justice Herbert P. Wilkins Suffolk University, JD Harvard College, BA
	Drake Nakaishi 34 years+ Merck, AstraMerck, and AstraZeneca Pennsylvania Governors Commission on Asian American Affairs, Commissioner (2007-Present) The Japanese American Citizen League (Philadelphia Chapter), Board Member (2007-Present) AZ Asian American Pacific Islander Network Group, Co-Chair, Mid Atlantic Business Center California State University, MBA Weber State University, BS in Microbiology
	Carol Neilson 20+ years at Citizens Bank, Morgan Stanley, Mellon Bank, and Fidelity Bank Drexel University LeBow College of Business, MBA Williams College, BA
	Melanie Quackenbush 12+ years at The Glenmede Trust Company, Friends Select School, W.E.B. DuBois College House, Tokyo Classified Magazine, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Computing Japan / J@Pan, Inc., and The Philadelphia Daily News Drexel University LeBow College of Business, MBA University of Pennsylvania, BA
	Eric Settle VP and Financial Advisor at Bernstein Global Wealth Management Consultant at IKON Public Affairs and lead lobbyist for the PA law mandating insurance benefits for children with autism Chief Counsel for UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania and for AmeriChoice, a UnitedHealth Group Company Regional General Counsel for Aetna US Healthcare Deputy General Counsel to PA Governor Tom Ridge Private law practice at Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel and at Wolf Block The George Washington University, JD with honors Colgate University, BA cum laude in political science Trustee of Colgate University and Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital
	John Skolas 25+ years at firms including InfraRed Imaging Systems, EMI Group, Genaera Corporation, Valigen, Coelacanth Corporation, Phytoworks, Inc., Coopers & Lybrand Harvard Business School, MBA in Finance University of Wisconsin, JD State of Iowa, CPA
	Steven Suh 4 years at Shire and AstraZeneca National Association of Asian-American Professionals: Philadelphia Chapter, Officer University of Illinois, BS in Business Administration
	Sonya Weigle Co-founding partner at ESmith Legacy, a commercial real estate development and acquisition company President of Axum Partners, a comprehensive business consulting firm Carnegie Mellon University, MS in Management University of Pittsburgh, degrees in Political Science, Psychology and English Composition Co-founder of the Urban Community Economic Development Initiative Founder of netWorkingMommy, an online community for Moms who are entrepreneurs, business owners, and corporate executives Member of several Boards including The Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Center, Committee member for Achievability, The Elite Companies Charitable Foundation and The African American Chamber of Commerce Recent speaker at the WEEN (Women Entrepreneurs in Entertainment Network) event, the Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce