Advisory Council
Understanding that private sector perspectives can be critical to good project design, the Foundation's leadership established The Asia Foundation's Advisory Council. Consisting of highly-regarded private sector individuals with expertise or strategic interests in Asia, its primary role is to help increase the visibility and relevance of the Foundation's work, and to help better assess the impact of Foundation programming on the economic growth and development of Asian nations. The Council also responds to specific policy issues as needs arise.
Ron Boring
Former Executive, Vodafone Corporation
Bill S. Kim *
Founder and President, Kizan International, Inc.
Stephen Kahng
Founder and Former Chairman and CEO of Power Computing Corp.
S. Timothy Kochis *
President of International Ventures, Principal at Aspiriant
Leo K.W. Lum *
Founder and Chairman, Churchill Capital Asia Limited of Singapore
Janet McKinley *
Former Chair, Oxfam America Board of Directors
Former Chair, The Income Fund of America
Former Director, Capital Research and Management Company (CRMC)
Masashi Oka
President and Chief Executive Officer, Union Bank
Thomas P. Rohlen
Trustee of The Asia Foundation, Liaison to the Advisory Council
Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Stanford University Institute for International Studies
Paul S. Slawson
Trustee of The Asia Foundation, Liaison to the Advisory Council
Treasurer, Board of Trustees, The Asia Foundation
Business Leader
Masaaki Tanaka *
CEO for the Americas, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Former President and CEO, UnionBanCal Corporation and Union Bank, N.A.
* Founding Members of the Advisory Council