Dr. Li-Wen Zhang was elected to our Board of Directors in June 2003. Dr. Zhang is a permanent staff member of the United Nations Department of General Assembly Management Affairs currently in Economic and Social Council Servicing Branch. As part of the managing staff, Dr. Zhang provided consulting services to the Delegation of Beijing Fiscal Bureau on socioeconomic issues in November of 2000. In 1996, Dr Zhang helped organize a conference in Shanghai with Chinese authorities regarding the Development and Management of Special Economic Zones in a Transitional Economy. Dr. Zhang received a Ph.D. in International Comparative Education from Columbia University in 2001 and holds a Masters degree in Economic Policy Management from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and International Affairs. |