Bobby has been involved in GCC since 2011, when he was a member of the Beijing committee. From 2012-2013, he was the global Media Director for GCC, with a focus on improving social media and other marketing activities both internally and outside of the organization. Bobby moved to Shanghai in the summer of 2013 and currently is a manager for international marketing at Giti Tire, in addition to having past marketing and operations experience in the US and overseas. He is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and is very interested in Asia business and the region’s relationships with the United States and other countries. As an undergraduate student at Drexel University, he also studied and interned in Tokyo, Japan. Bobby is married to a Chinese native and lives in Shanghai with their daughter.

April was the president of GCC Shanghai Committee back in 2012-2013, and one of the founders of Shanghai Committee. Then she founded the NYC Alumni Chapter during her graduate study in New York University in 2014-2015. April is passionate about bringing people together to help them create meaningful, lasting and delightful connections. April currently lives in Shanghai and works as senior brand manager at AB Inbev. Her favorite beer is Sapporo.

Jason Luo is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Stanford University, focusing on China’s political economy and social scientific methodology. His current research examines economic development and information technology in authoritarian regimes, particularly the impact of governmental use of AI and big data. He also adapts machine learning methods to inform causal inference in social science studies. Outside academia, Jason is active in people and civic exchanges between Mainland China, Taiwan, and the United States. He served as CEO for Global China Connection (GCC) from 2013-2014. He is also a co-founder of the Beijing 706 Youth Space, a leading independent hub for current and public affairs dialogues in today’s China.