Founding Team

GRACE C HUANG

PROGRAM LEAD

Grace is one of the early adopters of creating news content on social media. In college, she worked as a news reporter at UCLAradio.com, and led teams on community service initiatives to China. She has 10+ years of management consulting and project management experience in the United States, Asia, and the Middle East.

STEVE CHAO

JOURNALISM OVERSIGHT

Steve is an Emmy-nominated, international news correspondent with 20+ years of experience covering the world’s hotspots (CNN, Channel Four, The Guardian, Al Jazeera). He began his career in Canada working for various networks and was Asia Bureau Chief for CTV News. Steve now runs, Signal Flare Productions, one of the largest production houses in Asia.

ANDREW DOUST

NONPROFIT BOARD ADVISORY

Andrew is a seasoned business professional, including philanthropic work around program development. He has extensive experience in setting up proper board governance of various mission-oriented and value-driven nonprofit organizations, notably at Freedom Fund, Luminos Fund, Kore Venture, and Fellowship Dubai.

MICHAEL LEE

TREASURER

LORY ISHII

INTERIM SECRETARY