Our Board
Meet Our Board
Our board members consist of outstanding education graduates and scholars from the world’s top universities, including some of the most exceptional education practitioners, theorists, and innovators from over 10 regions worldwide. We aspire to make remarkable contributions to shaping education for the next century.
Gulnaz Kordanova
Founder | Vice President
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Forbes 30 U 30, CEO of NGO Connected-Ed.kz
Kazakhstan Head
Anthemius (Xiao) Li
Founder | President
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Chairman of the International Education Committee of Asia Pacific Entrepreneurs Association
President of Pinnacle Millennium Education Family Office
2021 Panel Speaker at Harvard China Education Symposium
Jojo Wang
Founder | Vice President
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Over 5 years in cross cultural research experience in the field of adolescent mental health. Two scientific papers on the largest journal in the field of Psychology as first author
Elvis (Haoran) Wu
Founder | External Deputy Vice President
Stanford Graduate School of Education
Vice President of U8 World Summit
Vice President of Stanford China Students and Scholars Association
Serena Zhang
Founder | Public Relationship Chair
Harvard Kennedy School
China Head
Sona Das
Founder | India Head
Harvard Graduate School of Education
CEO of Learnovate
India Head
Zichen Sheng
Founder | Internal Deputy Vice President
Harvard Graduate School of Education
RDEC Digital Music Education C0founders
assist over 100,000 students learn to play instrument in rural China
Alice Cao
Founder | Co-president
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Junhan Zhang
Founder | Public Relationship Chair
Northeastern University, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Advisor of Yunfan Studio
2023 Delegate of China at HPAIR
Yan Liang
Founder | Secretary
Harvard Graduate School of Education
2020 Representative of China at the APEC International Youth Summit
China Co - Head
Wei Chen
Secretary
Harvard Graduate School of Education
President of Harvard GSE International Transfer Students Association
China Co - Head
Meet Our Advisory & Speakers
Our advisors come from leading global educational institutions, non-profit education organizations, educational laboratories, and research institutes. Over the years, we have received strong support from international academic communities, with more than 100 global education scholars joining Harvard GSE APESIA.
Prof. Prashant Loyalka
Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University
Prof. Hatch Thomas
Professor of Education at Columbia University
Director of the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST)
Prof. Jessica Peng
Dean's Global Education Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University
Cultural and linguistic anthropologist
Mr. Douglas Clayton
Board Member at University of Pennsylvania
Board Member at Luxembourg American Camber of Commerce
Prof. Kunal Johar
Former US Department of Defense Technical Scientist
Professor of Computer Engineering and Computational Molecular Biology at George Washington University
Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Openwater
Prof. Zhou Yu
Associate Professor at Columbia University
Co-Founder at Articulate.AI
Prof. Michael Thomas
Professor at University of California, Riverside He has developed and customized educational solutions for multinational organizations such as the US Department of Homeland Security, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
Ms. Serene Wang
National Chinese American Youth Federation, Ten Outstanding Youths of the US-China Public Diplomacy Association Former Columbia University and New York University Lecturer
Mr. Charles Liu
President of Harvard Venture Club
H29 Capital CEO & Cofounder
2022 Forbes 30U30
Ms. Dou Dou
Founder and Chairperson of the Asian Society for Social and Emotional Learning at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
CPCC Certified International Leadership Coach
Guest Speaker at the 2019 Harvard China Education Forum