Committee of 100 (United States)

Committee of 100

Formation	1990
Headquarters	257 Park Avenue South 19th Floor, New York, NY, 10010
Website	committee100.org

Committee of 100
Chinese	百人會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bǎi rén huì Gwoyeu Romatzyh Bae ren huey Wade–Giles Pai^3 jen^2 hui^4 Tongyong Pinyin Bǎi rén huèi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Baak3 jan4 wui4 Yale Romanization Bai3 ren2 hwei4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pah-lâng-hōe

The Committee of 100 (Chinese: 百人會) is a group of Chinese Americans whose state aim is “to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China.”^[1] It was founded in 1990. Its current chair is Frank H. Wu, Distinguished Professor, University of California Hastings College of Law.^[2]

Background

The declared key functions of the Committee are to serve as a bridge between the cultures and systems of China and America and also to provide a forum for those issues that Americans of Chinese descent face in bettering their lives in the United States. The Committee aims to serve as "cultural ambassadors" and to foster the exchange of ideas and various perspectives among its membership with those in the community and government.

Membership

The membership, as of September 2016, is as follows, where each name is followed by the member's date of election in parentheses, and the abbreviations Exec. for Executive, Prof. for Professor, and VP for Vice President are used:^[2]

Kelly Cha, TV/radio host, singer-songwriter, author, educator (2010) Chi-Foon Chan, President & co-CEO of Synopsys (2010) Ed Chan, Vice Chair of Charoen Pokphand Group (2002) Ronnie Chan, Chair of Hang Lung Properties (1998) Tony F. Chan, President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2010) David C. Chang, Prof. emeritus of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (1996) Gareth C.C. Chang, Chair and Managing Partner of GC3 & Associates International (1992) Gordon H. Chang, Prof. of American History, Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities, Stanford (2015) Milton Chang, Managing Director of Incubic Management (2001) Morris Chang, Chair of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2005) Albert Chao, President and CEO, Westlake Chemical Corporation (2014) Daniel K.H. Chao]], Senior VP, TerraPower (2001) Wing T. Chao, Former Vice Chair, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; Exec. VP, Walt Disney Imagineering (2006) Micheline Chau, Former President & COO, Lucasfilm (2011)[3] Guoqing Chen, Vice Chair & CEO Pacific American Corp. (2011) Joan Chen, actress (2005) John S. Chen, CEO of BlackBerry Ltd (1997) Lanhee Chen, David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow, Hoover Institution (2015) Lily Lee Chen, Former Vice Chair, Asia Pacific – USA Chamber of Commerce (1990) Pehong Chen, CEO & President of Broadvision, Inc. (1994) Steve Chen, Co-founder of YouTube (2007) Anna Chennault, Chair of Council for International Cooperation (1991) Andrew Cherng, Founder & Chair of Panda Restaurant Group (2000) John Chiang, California State Controller (2000) Leroy Chiao, astronaut (2006) Wei Christianson, CEO and managing director of Morgan Stanley in Asia (2006) David Chu, Founder of Nautica (1996) Chu Ching-wu, physicist (1991) Weili Dai, President and co-founder of Marvell Technology Group (2010) Ivan K. Fong, former general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security (2013) Victor Fung, Group Chair of Li & Fung Group (2000) David Ho, AIDS researcher (1990) Ming Hsieh, founder of Cogent Systems (2008) Ta-lin Hsu, Chair and Founder of H&Q Asia Pacific (2010) Yue-Sai Kan, television host and producer (1990) Charles H.C. Kao, Founder & CEO, Global Views Monthly Magazine (1994) Michelle Kwan, Olympic medalist in figure skating and Senior Adviser for the U.S. Department of State (2008) Stewart Kwoh, President and Exec. Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (1999) David L. Lee, Co-founder of Global Crossing Ltd. (2000) Handel Lee, senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons (2007) Maya Lin, architect (2004) Lucy Liu, actress (2004) Norman Liu, President & CEO of GE Capital Aviation Services (1999) Wallace Loh, President of the University of Maryland, College Park (2012) Li Lu, investment banker and fund manager (2011) Yo-Yo Ma, cellist (1989) Adeline Yen Mah, writer and physician (1992) Dominic Ng, Chair and CEO of East West Bank (2000) I. M. Pei, architect (1989) John J. Sie, former executive at Starz Inc. (1997) Brian Sun, partner of Jones Day (2001) Washington SyCip, founder of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. (2006) Tan Dun, classical composer and conductor (2001) Yuanyuan Tan, principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet (2010) Cyrus Tang, CEO & Chair of Tang Industries Inc. (2001) Donald Tang, President and CEO of Daley & Tang Partners (2003) Oscar Tang, President of Tang Fund (1989) Timothy W. Tong, President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2011) Ming Tsai, television personality and chef (2010) Tu Weiming, Professor at Peking University and Research Professor and Senior Fellow at Harvard University (2000) Cher Wang, co-founder and chairperson HTC Corporation (2010) Chi Wang, Co-chair of the U.S.-China Policy Foundation (1999) Roger Wang, Chair and CEO of Golden Eagle International Group (2007) William Wang, CEO & Founder of Vizio (2010) Andrea Wong, executive at Sony Pictures Television and Sony Pictures Entertainment (2010) Frank H. Wu, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2002)[1] Ken Xie, founder of Fortinet and NetScreen (2010) Dali Yang, Professor at the University of Chicago (2011) Debra Wong Yang, former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (2007) Henry T. Yang, chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara (2006) Jerry Yang, co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! (1997) Shirley Young, Chair, US-China Cultural Institute Pauline Yu, scholar of Chinese literature and president of the American Council of Learned Societies (2007) Teddy Zee, producer (2007)

Former members

The following are former members, as of 2010.

• John B. Tsu, Chinese academic and lobbyist for Asians in the United States (1991, d. 2005)
• John Liu Fugh, United States Army Major General and Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army (2001, d. 2010)

References

1. Didi Kirsten Tatlow (March 21, 2013). "As Hacking Continues, Concerns Grow That Chinese-Americans May Suffer". The New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
2. Committee of 100 Staff (September 29, 2016). "Members, Member Roster". Committee100.org. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
3. Kilday, Gregg (September 5, 2012). "Longtime Lucasfilm President and COO Micheline Chau Retiring". Retrieved September 29, 2016.