Peter K. Yap was born in Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar). He brings over 23 years of exceptional experience in both private and public sector management invovling sales, business development, and marketing. He has lived and worked in North America, Africa, and Asia and has a consistent record of leadership in challenging environments. He has held number of executive positions covering both country and regional read more ...

Dr. Nora Y. Yang was born in Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar). She is a pharmacist with more than 22 years of pharmacy experience of which the past 14 years were spent in various management roles. Dr. Yang has worked in VARIOUS pharmacies, clinics and hospitals throughout the state of California. She started as a clinical pharmacist then got promoted to associate chief inpatient pharmacy and now working as an outpatient pharmacy supervisor at the VA hospital.read more ...

Dr. John brings abundance of experience in the area of global management, innovation, business development, and strategy formulation to the Foundation. He has served as a business adviser and consultant to several Fortune 500 corporations, public organizations, advisory firms, and academia establishments. Amongh his many achievements and highlights during his 40 plus years of professional career is the development of the International Space Station Habitat andread more ...

Edward Thaung is from Yangon, Myanmar. He brings an abundance of experience in the area of legal taxation and international investment. Mr. Thaung currently serves as the legal adviser to Petronas Myanmar (Hong Kong) Ltd in Yangon. As a Senior Lawyer for the Attorney General’s Office in the Legal Counsel Department, Mr. Thaung drafted new laws and performed legal translation of existing laws.He was also an Assistant Director for the Environmental Affairs Office read more ....

Aye Thida Chin was born in Laputta township in Myanmar which is located in the delta of the Irrawaddy. She attended Hua Zhong High school where she developed keen interests and connections for linguistic skills development. From the young age of 12 to 16 years, to the time when she graduated from High School, Aye Thida Chin was already Trilingual with the command in both speaking and writing Chinese, English and Burmese languages.read more ....

U Tin Aung a.k.a Victor K. Tan was born in Mawlamyine, Myanmar. Among the youths from the writer community, U Tin Aung is a well-known author for many classical poems. Mr. Tan love for the language landed him number of nationally recognized acclaimed awards in the writing competition since his childhood when he developed his innate passion for writing.Deploying his masterful collection of thoughts and illustrative imaginations, Victor has literally translated hundreds of novels ranging read more ....

Ms. Almaz Negash is the founder of African Diaspora Network (ADN). In 2010, she founded ADN to inform and engage Africans in the diaspora in order to facilitate direct collaboration with social entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders to invest and improve the lives of everyone on the continent. Under her leadership and vision, ADN is now the home of The African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS), a market place for investors and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.read more ....