Board Members
Guangcao (Jack) Ji graduated with a B.S. in mathematics from Peking University in 1990. He came to the USA in 1993 and obtained his Ph.D., also in mathematics, from University of Virginia in 1998. Since then he has worked both in academics and industries, including software, energy, and finance. Currently he is working for a major bank. He and his family have lived in Dallas for the last eleven years.
He is very active in local Chinese community. In particular, he was the founding president of Dallas-Fort Worth Chinese Alliance (DFWCA). The mission of DFWCA is: To unite Chinese-Americans and Asian-Americans, to encourage cultural and civil participation, to promote equality, and to improve our representations in society. Before and since the inception of DFWCA we have organized many events, including: large pretest against discriminative behaviors, voter registration, gun ownership and safety, children's education, volunteering, engagement with candidates running for office, petition for different causes important to the Chinese community, and participation in activities in local municipal buildings.
Dongfeng Wu received her BS and MS degree in Probability and Statistics from Peking University in 1990 and 1993. Then she studied in the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1995 to 1999, earning a PhD in Statistics and a MS in Computer Science in 1999. After graduation, she worked as a Research Associate of Biostatistics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston TX. Then she joined the Mississippi State University as an assistant professor; she was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in May 2007. Now she works at the University of Louisville as a tenured Associate Professor of Biostatistics.
Dr. Wu is very active to serve the Chinese community ever since she became a Christian in 1999. She believes in the servant leadership from the Bible: to be a good leader, you have to be a good servant first. She has volunteered as a babysitter in the nurseries, washing dishes at the church kitchens, cooking and serving food at various gatherings. She has led Bible studies to Chinese scholars and students in study groups, and has taught kids and teenagers at Sunday schools. With the help of local brothers and sisters, she and her husband helped to establish the Starkville Chinese Christian Church in July 2005. She is also active in professional service; she served a three-year term as the Master’s program Director of Biostatistics and helped local and international students to be settled in their course work. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, and she is a certified USA stroke and turn official. She volunteers as an official in every swim meets that her twin boys compete since 2011.
Ray Luo received his Ph. D. in Chemistry from University of Maryland at College Park in 1998. After spending three years at University of California, San Francisco as a fellow, he joined the faculty of University of California, Irvine in 2001. He is currently a tenured Professor in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology. He has participated in charity housing projects for low-income families and other community services to promote STEM education for minority students and local high school students. Ray has served on the board of Xing Memorial Fund since 2015.
Yuchen (Richard) Wang is currently pursuing a gap year after graduating a year early from Cornell University with degrees in Economics and Government, after which he will commence employment as an Associate with D.E. Shaw & Co., a multi-asset investment manager headquartered in New York City. He grew up in Northern Virginia after immigrating from China at a very young age, and attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. As a child, Richard became politically involved and volunteered on political campaigns to register and educate voters. At Cornell, Richard served as the co-chair of the United Way Campaign for Cornell, the local branch of a national non-profit providing educational attainment to youth in the Ithaca area. Additionally, Richard served as the Director of Finance for Anabel's Grocery and helped launch it as the only non-profit grocery store on a college campus and the largest social venture at Cornell. He also served as a leader in the pre-professional community, as an Arts & Sciences Representative for the Cornell University Student Assembly, as a Resident Advisor, and as a member of the Quill and Dagger Senior Honor Society.
Advisor
Bonnie Liao (廖冰) is the founder of two nonprofit schools and two nonprofit summer programs. She has served as the Board Chair for three years while attempting to establish a mandarin-immersion charter school, PIACS (Princeton International Academy Charter School). She has also served as the director for HXGNY (HuaXia of Greater New York) Chinese School and PKUAA-GNY (Peking University Alumni Association of Greater New York) and general advisor for PCE (Parents & Children Education) Club, a parenting group in New Jersey. Bonnie has been giving EQ Parenting talks and conduct youth leadership training nationwide. Her professional interests are mental & behavioral health for youth and families. A graduate of Peking University, Bonnie has a Ph.D degree in Physics from University of Houston and an MBA in Finance and Managing Information System from Rutgers University.