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Executive Office

The AmCham-China Executive Office has four departments: Government Relations, Membership and Services, Communications, and Operations. You can find details and contact information for the AmCham-China team below. All e-mail names are followed by @amcham-china.org.cn

Michael Barbalas
President
Michael oversees the general administration of the chamber and serves as the link between the Board of Governors and the staff.
E-mail: President

 

Judith S. Karp
Vice President, Membership, Services and Operations


E-mail: JudyKarp

 

Liang-Xia (Kippy) Ye
Vice President, Government Affairs
Kippy works directly with the Chinese government on issues of importance to the AmCham-China membership. He also interfaces with the chamber's Chinese Government Affairs Committee.
E-mail: KippyYe

 

Matt Wisla
Vice President, Communications

Matt is responsible for the chamber's image and oversees the organization's communications activities, including media relations, public affairs, advertising and sponsorships as well as the organization's web presence and online and print publications.
E-mail: MWisla

 
Membership and Services Department
 
Caroline Wang
Member Services Manager

Caroline supports the services and programs that AmCham-China offers to its members.
E-mail: Caroline
 
Millie Hou
Membership Executive

Millie welcomes new members to the chamber and tracks member renewals.
E-mail: Millie
Sally Chen
Membership Officer

Sally fields membership inquiries and welcomes new members to the chamber.
E-mail: Sally
 
Amy He
Membership Database Administrator

Amy updates and maintains the membership database and provides additional support for the Membership and Services Department.
E-mail: Amyhe
text Celine Yi
Member Relations Executive

Celine is responsible for member renewals and provides general assistance to the chamber's membership department.
E-mail: Celine
 
Qian Chao
Business Visa Associate

Qian Chao is one of the point people for the chamber's Business Visa program.
E-mail: QianChao
text Vicky Ding
Business Visa Associate

Vicky Ding is one of the point people for the chamber's Business Visa program.
E-mail: Vicky
 
Government Affairs Department
 

Fannie Chen 
Policy Analyst
 
Fannie tracks and monitors regulatory and legislative changes across a wide variety of industries and sectors, while promoting and executing programs, events, and policy positions relating to U.S. trade and investment in China. She also works closely with the Export Compliance Working Group, Public Policy Development Committee, and on the White Paper.
E-mail: FannieChen

 

Bill Hart
Senior Washington, DC Policy Liaison
 
Jointly hired with the Washington-based US Chamber of Commerce, Bill coordinates the chambers' government affairs policy and advocacy strategies in a number of fields including Financial Services/Capital Markets Reform, Intellectual Property Protection, and Industrial Policies. In addition, Bill spearheads and manages joint-chamber official responses to new CCP and US laws and regulations.
E-mail: Bill.Hart

 

Ema Alvarez
Government Relations Associate
 
Ema helps coordinate a range of new government-related projects and also assists in other government relations activities.
E-mail: Ema

 

Lily Yang 
Executive

Lily works on the chamber's White Paper briefings and other government affairs-related activities including provincial business trips.
E-mail: Lily

 

Catherine Shao
Government Relations Coordinator

Catherine provides general support for the chamber's Government Relations Department and assists with events and activities.
E-mail: Catherine

Breeze Wang
Government Relations Coordinator

Breeze also provides general support for the chamber's Government Relations Department and assists with events and activities.
E-mail: Breeze

 
Operations Department
 

Maggie Huang
Director

Maggie oversees the day-to-day operations of the AmCham-China office as well as the hiring and training of new staff. 
E-mail: Maggie

 
 

Naomi Sun
Forums Coordinator

Naomi supports several of the industry forum committees.
E-mail: Naomi

 
Connie Zhao
Events Logistics Manager

Connie oversees the logistics, promotion and management of AmCham-China events.
E-mail: Connie
 
Winona Qi
Events Executive
Winona is
specifically responsible for the events that AmCham-China holds with the US Embassy. She also supports several working groups.
E-mail: Winona
 
Janet Niu
Assistant to the President

Janet reports directly to the AmCham-China president and provides additional support for other departments.
E-mail: Janet
 
Kathy Wang
Accountant

Kathy processes all payments, from membership dues to event fees.
E-mail: KathyW
 

Ye Lei
Cashier

Ye Lei is responsible for paying vendors and staff members.
E-mail: YeLei

 

Cindy Du
Operations Administrator
Cindy supports the operations department.
E-mail: CindyDu

 

Julie Leng
CSR/ACC Support

Julie supports the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee, the Young Professionals group and the American Community Club (ACC).
E-mail: Julie

 

Elaine Hu
Receptionist


E-mail: amcham

 

Jack Zhang
IT Executive

Jack oversees the chamber's computer systems and assists with the backend programming of the website.
E-mail: itservice

 
Xu Fugang
Xu supports AmCham-China's visa program and is the chamber's driver.
 
Sanying Zhu
Office Maintenance Specialist

Sanying ensures that the AmCham office is kept in ship-shape condition.
 
Public Affairs and Communications

Josh Gartner
Managing Editor of Publications 

Josh oversees and coordinates Amcham-China's publications including China Brief and White Papers.
E-mail: Josh

 

Ben Marino
Website Editor

Ben manages the content on the AmCham-China website, edits the China Wire newsletter and contributes to the chamber's print publications.
E-mail: Ben

 

Felicity Wang
Press Officer
 
Felicity coordinates media interview inquiries and requests and handles all media relations for the chamber.
E-mail: WangPei

 

Christine Yu
Sponsorship Manager
 
Christine generates sponsorship opportunities for the monthly China Brief magazine, the AmCham-China website, the annual Membership Directory and other chamber publications.
E-mail: Christine

 
Tim Zhang
Designer
Tim Zhang is responsible for the design and layout of all AmCham-China publications.
E-mail: Tim
   

Tianjin Chapter

 

Anna Li
Operations Administrator

Anna manages the day-to-day operation in the AmCham-China Tianjin office and provides the support to Tianjin executive committee and AmCham-China headquarters executive staff.
E-mail: Anna - director@amchamtianjin.org

   

Amanda He
Events Executive
Amanda is responsible for the logistics, promotion and management of all Tianjin Chapter events.
E-mail: Amanda - event@amchamtianjin.org

 

   

Raven Yang
Membership & Member Services Executive
Raven is responsible for membership inquiries, Tianjin Chapter member support.
E-mail Raven: membership@amchamtianjin.org

 

   

Amber Liu
Assistant
Amber supports all staff of Tianjin Chapter.
E-mail Amber: secretary@amchamtianjin.org