Advisory Boards

Working Together for Change

Our advisory boards bring together individuals committed to supporting our work across Asia and the Pacific.

Lotus Circle

The Lotus Circle Advisors are a group of committed philanthropists and business leaders who provide advice and generous support to The Asia Foundation’s work in gender equality to create more opportunities for disadvantaged girls and women across Asia and the Pacific to improve their lives.

  • Joan Cummins

  • Nobuko Sakurai

  • Stephanie Sun

  • Umbreen Sheikh

  • Lilly Huang

  • Elizabeth Keatinge Scheideler

  • Jennifer Cabalquinto

  • Sydnie Kohara

  • Antoinette Mayer

  • Swati Bhisé

  • Debby Carter

  • Alice Young

  • Monica von Zadora-Gerlof

  • Faye Sahai

  • Lin Jamison

  • Lucy Lee

  • Missie Rennie

  • Amanda Minami

  • Ruth Wilcox

  • Deshi Singh

  • Susan L. Beningson

  • Linda Filardi

  • Hee-Jung Moon

  • Smita Pillai

  • Priya Ghandikota

  • Janet Montag

  • Tina Kwok

  • Kellee Marlow

  • Laurette Slawson Hartigan

President’s Leadership Council

The Asia Foundation’s President’s Leadership Council is a select international group of business leaders working to nurture and support young leaders in Asia and the Pacific.

  • Vishal Wadhwa

  • Bill S. Kim

  • Wendy Johnstone

  • Clint Reilly

  • Marlene Pelage

  • Jerome L. Dodson

  • Michael Kobori

  • Lilly Huang

  • Marsha Vande Berg

  • Ranjana Clark

  • Kellee Marlow

  • Lisa M. Lum

  • Larry Berger

  • Phyllis C. Tien

  • Priscilla Baek

  • Glen S. Fukushima

  • Fred M. Levin

  • Pam Joyce

  • Stephen Graziani

Supporting Partners in Asia and the Pacific

The Asia Foundation, Australia

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stephanie Fahey
Former CEO of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission

Geoffrey Garrett
Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair in Business Administration, Marshall School of Business, USC

Andrew MacIntyre
President, Monash University, Indonesia

Jack Whelan
Secretary, The Asia Foundation, Australia Board of Directors

Deanne Weir
Trustee of the Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation, Singapore

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Manu Bhaskaran
Partner, Centennial Group, Inc

Ong Keng Yong
Executive Deputy Chairman and Director of the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Ambassador-at-Large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs and nonresident High Commissioner to Pakistan
Former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Former Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia

Friends of the Asia Foundation Korea

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

H.S. CHO
Vice Chairman, Hyosung Group

HONG Jeongdo
Vice Chairman & CEO of JoongAng Holdings; and CDXO of JoongAng Ilbo & JTBC

KIM Eun Mee
President, Ewha Womans University; Professor, The Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University; Director, Ewha Global Health Insitute for Girls

KIM Jin-Hyun
Chairman of World Peace Forum; Advisor, Park Systems Corp; Former Minister of Science and Technology

LEE Kyung-sook
Director of Programs/Acting Country Representative, The Asia Foundation Korea

MIN Sun-Shik (Chair)
Chairman, YBM Holdings

Kathleen STEPHENS
President & CEO, Korea Economic Institute of America; Former William J. Perry Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University APARC; former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

SUNG Rae Eun
Group Vice Chairman & CEO, Youngone Holdings Corporation

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