Board MemberS & Management Team
Xin Ge, Board, Secretory (US)
Xin has been working in the financial industry since 2000. As a child, she was influenced by her father's dedication to helping underprivileged college students at the college where he taught. Even though the family was in debt, he donated all his best teacher rewards to qualified students. Xin joined CTEF in 2008.
Gia Guo, Board, Vice President (US), Treasurer
Gia graduated from the Business School of George Washington University, and worked as a professional CPA for a few years. After she moved from New York to Seattle in 2009, she decided to apply her passion to a real estate career. Gia became interested in CTEF after the annual dinner in 2015, and she is active in community service and dedicated to helping disadvantaged children in her home country.
Mindy He, Project Manager for 1+1 Student Sponsorship
Mindy He was a teacher at a teacher school in Beijing. As a teacher, Mindy believes that education can change the future of anyone. After learning about CTEF through a friend, she became a member of CTEF and committed herself to helping underprivileged students in China. She is now in charge of the 1+1 program.
Mengke Li, Project Manager for Teacher Award
Mengke works as a software engineer at Microsoft and develops products and services as part of Microsoft's Office 365 solutions. She joined CTEF in 2012 and has been serving as a board member since 2013. Her passion is helping the students and oversees various school projects. Starting in March 2017, Mengke started to help with the treasurer duties for CTEF. Mengke received her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to that she graduated from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan city.
Ting Weng, Board, Co-Treasurer
Ting Weng worked as an accountant specializing in Non-Profit sector in Greater Boston Area for many years. After moving to Greater Seattle Area in 2015, she was inspired by the mission of CTEF to help disadvantaged children in China and joined the organization in 2017. She has been involved in the organization's activities ever since, especially in finance related activities.
Dennis Su, Board
During his thirty years of experience in architectural design in the Pacific Northwest, Dennis has been heavily involved with many community activities.
He has been either president or board member of many community organizations since the 80s. He is a firm believer that merging his eastern background into the western environment will enhance the understanding and harmony between the east and the west. Ever since he entered into semi-retirement from architecture in 2000, he has been leading CTEF in helping rural children in remote parts of China get a basic education.
One of his many hobbies is travelling - he's been to many parts of Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.
aDVISORS
Zhibing Zhang
Zhibing Zhang is a Chinese lawyer, a partner of the B.D.L. International law Firm in Beijing. She passed the bar exam in 1986 and got a Chinese lawyer qualification certificate and practicing license in 1987. She has practiced in law for 30 years. In 2016, She was admitted by Washington State Bar Association as a foreign law consultant.
Shirley Li
Shirley has been working as a tax CPA in various national and regional public accounting firms since 2008. She has extensive experience in tax compliance and consulting for NFP organizations, partnerships, corporations and individuals, with federal and state income tax, as well as related international tax filings. Shirley is a contributing editor of the 'Form 990 Compliance Guide', an online treatise published by the CCH. She is also a member of AICPA and WSCPA.
Michelle Zou
Founder and CEO at Pacific Technologies Consulting Group (PTCG), Michelle Yingyi Zou is building a consulting, training, coaching, and marketing business focusing on US-China cross border opportunities, and facilitating organizations to learn from each other across the Pacific Ocean. In addition, she is a business and leadership coach specializing in helping leaders and professionals grow their business and achieve their career goals. She is also a management and marketing consultant and trainer for Microsoft, a board of director at Washington State China Relations Council, and a public speaker frequently speaks in China invited by the US Embassy in China. She is passionate about education and have been leading and volunteering in China Tomorrow Education Foundation (CTEF), and has served as the president of CTEF in the past.
Xi Xiao
Ms. Xiao Xi received the Bachelor of Law degree (L.L.M.) from Zhongnan Political and Law College in 1993 and the Master of Law degree from Zhejiang University in 2006. She is currently a lawyer in the Zhejiang Wulian Law Firm, P.R China. She also serves as the Deputy Director of the Labor and Social Security Professional Committee in the Hangzhou Lawyer Association. Her specialties are insurance law, company law, and labor law in China.