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| Chairman: | William Brice Miller | Chairman: | Larry P. Horist |
| Vice Chairman: | President: | Xie Ying Yi | |
| Board Members: | Pheng Chen Ph.D. | Vice President of Marketing: | Jill B. Horist |
| Phil Groves | International Manager: | Cyril P. Lim | |
| Donald Hackl |
Technology Manager: |
Xiong Neng Her | |
| Brendan P. Head | |||
| Michael L. Hetzel | |||
| Nha Hoang | |||
| Michael J. Johnson | |||
| Robert Kinsella | |||
| Bill Liu | |||
| Merrit Widen | |||
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| Peng Chen, Ph.D., Board Member | |||
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Dr. Chen received his bachelor’s degree in industrial management engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology and his master’s and doctorate in consumer economics from Ohio State University. |
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| Phil Groves, Board Member | |||
| Phil Groves, the President of both DAC Management and Distressed Asset Consulting (DAC), is a certified public accountant with years of experience working with high net worth individuals and their investments. Phil and DAC have been active distressed debt and distressed asset buyers in China since 2001. Prior to forming DAC Management and DAC, Phil worked with both Arthur Andersen and myCFO, Inc. in Chicago. At the latter, Phil was the Managing Director of the firm’s strategic advisory services (STARs) and oversaw the firm’s involvement with Chinese distressed asset investments. Phil holds a B.S. in accounting and economics from Boston College and an MBA from Notre Dame and currently resides in Glenview, Illinois. | |||
| Donald Hackl, Board Member | |||
 Donald
Hackl is the President of international architecture, planning and design
firm Loebl Schlossman & Hackl. Under his direction, the firm has been
internationally recognized for the quality of its design through numerous awards
and winning design competitions. Mr. Hackl currently serves on the Executive
Committee as Treasurer, Union Internationale Des Architectes in Paris, France;
he is a Professor of the International Academy of Architecture,
Sofia, Bulgaria; Professor of Urban Planning,
Design and Development, Shenyang, China, and was just named Special Consultant
for Planning Affairs to the city of Changchun, China. Mr. Hackl is a former
Director/Vice President of the Chicago Building Congress. |
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| Brendan P. Head, Board Member | |||
 Brendan P. Head is a partner
in the corporate department of the international law firm Winston & Strawn
LLP. Mr. Head concentrates his
practice in public and private equity and debt offerings, acquisitions,
divestitures, mergers and joint ventures. Mr.
Head also represents public companies in connection with general corporate
matters, including compliance under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
applicable SRO rules and regulations. Mr.
Head is a 1988 graduate of Georgetown University and a 1993 graduate of
Georgetown University Law Center. He
is admitted to practice in Illinois and the District of Columbia. Mr. Head is also a licensed real estate broker in Illinois. |
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| Xiong Neng Her, HBE Manager of Administration and Technology | |||
 Xiong Her, came to Chicago
in 2004 to complete his schooling and to join TJI
International as an intern. In 2005, he was promoted
to Special Assistant to the President of TJI International
and began working as HBE's technical advisor. He has
been responsible for the management of the HBE website and email
systems.
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| Michael L. Hetzel, Board Member | |||
 Michael
L. Hetzel is Vice President / Americas with Pro QC
International (www.proqc.com),
a Taipei based quality and engineering services firm with
four offices in China and operations in thirty countries. He
also engages in international strategic and transactional
projects for small and midsize manufacturers as President of
Northern Galaxy Corporation (www.northerngalaxy.com).Michael has over 20 years of precision manufacturing experience in positions ranging from technician to 9 1/2 years as CEO, has been actively engaged in trade with Asia-Pacific countries since 1993 and he regularly lectures and publishes articles on the subjects of global trade and global competitive strategies for manufacturers. He's a member of the Federal Reserve Bank Chicago District Industrial Roundtable and serves on several corporate boards. |
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| Nha Hoang, Board Member | |||
 Nha
Hoang is a native of South Vietnam and currently resides in Winnetka,
Illinois. He served in the government of the Republic of Vietnam as Chief of
Staff to the President, Chief Advisor to the President on the Paris Peace
Accords negotiations and Minister of Information. Since moving to the
United States he has had 27 years of global business experience through
diversified senior positions at the General Electric Company, FMC Corporation,
and Monsanto Company. His experience and track records span a variety of
industries and business disciplines in many countries of the world, and he has
built successful operating teams across vastly different economic, social and
cultural backgrounds. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical
Engineering from Oklahoma State University. |
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| Jill B. Horist, HBE Vice President of Marketing | |||
 Jill B.
Horist is Chairman of Thomas and Joyce,
Inc., (TJI) a domestic business consulting and public policy firm specializing
in strategic problem solving, company structuring, issue management, community
relations, lobbying, law-related communications, special events, government
relations, fundraising, and campaign consulting, She is Senior
Vice President for business development and marketing for TJI International, LLC,
a firm specializing in Chinese economic affairs.
In 2000, she was appointed Special Foreign Investment Advisor to the City of Harbin, P. R.
China.
Ms. Horist has been recognized as one of the "Outstanding Young
Women of America" and is listed in several Who's Who publications. |
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| Larry P. Horist, HBE Chairman (United States) | |||
 Larry P. Horist is
Founder and President of the Harbin Business Exchange, which promotes business
relationships with Harbin, People’s Republic of China. He also serves as
President of Thomas and Joyce,
Inc., (TJI) a domestic business consulting and public policy firm specializing
in strategic problem solving, company structuring, issue management, community
relations, lobbying, law-related communications, special events, government
relations, fundraising, and campaign consulting; and President
of TJI International, LLC (TJI-I), a consulting firm focused on business
development in China. In 2000, he
was named Special Foreign Investment Advisory to the city of Harbin. |
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| Michael J. Johnson, Board Member | |||
| Michael J. Johnson is Chairman and CEO of Drake Group Holding Corporation, an international trade and investment firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois. He previously served for 20 years as Vice President, International Affairs, for Chicago-based FMC Corporation, a diversified manufacturer of machinery and chemicals with annual worldwide sales of over $6 billion. Mr. Johnson received a B.A. degree from Macalester College, an M.A. from the University of Minnesota, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He has been an active board member with U.S. Business Organizations involved with big emerging market nations such as Turkey, Russia, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and Taiwan. Over his long career, he has also held leading positions on key committees in most major U.S. Business associations including the Business Roundtable, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association, National Board of Sister Cities International and World Press Institute and Foundation for Arts and Education. Mr. Johnson was Vice Chairman of the American League for Exports and Security Assistance as well as the Past Chairman of both the American Turkish Council and the U.S. Arab Chamber. | |||
| Robert Kinsella, Board Member | |||
 Robert
J. Kinsella, President, founded Kinsella Group in 1988.
Over the past 25 years he has developed a broad range of
experience in acquisitions, sales and turnaround management
consulting. Mr. Kinsella began his professional career
with a Fortune 500 company, negotiating both product and
company acquisitions. In 1981, he began acquiring, building
and then selling businesses for his own account, in the
process gaining significant knowledge of the printing, metal
forming and office furniture industries, as well as product
sourcing in Asia. Mr. Kinsella also has extensive
experience in managing turnarounds in the construction
industry and a wide range of manufacturing and distribution
industries. He has successfully led a number of acquisition
search initiatives for middle-market, privately held
clients, divisional searches for billion-dollar-plus
publicly traded clients, and platform searches for private
equity firms. |
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| Cyril P. Lim, HBE International Manager | |||
 Cyril
Lim comes from a background of international
marketing and special event planning having worked previously in the nonprofit
and education sector. He has been involved in multiple projects with the
Auckland Learning Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Museum of Science of Industry
and the Kellogg School of Management. In his current role as International
Manager, he is responsible for the planning and marketing for TJI-I’s projects
related to the international market. He has significant work experience and
cultural understanding of the Asia Pacific region, in particular, with Malaysia,
China, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, Cyril is also an avid aviation
enthusiast. |
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| Bill Liu, Board Member | |||
 Bill
Liu is Vice President of NaviAsia Consulting, a strategy consulting firm
specializing in supply chain management and global expansion strategy.
Prior to this, he used to work for PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Lucent Technologies
and Waste Management, Inc.. A
native of China and a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management, Mr. Liu currently serves as the Chairperson of the Asia/Pacific
Committee of the Kellogg Alumni Club of Chicago and is part of various
China-related committees of the City of Chicago and the Chicago Council on
Foreign Relations. |
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| William Bricen Miller, Chairman | |||
 William Bricen Miller has a distinguished career in international business. He is founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Washington, D.C. - based International Business-Government
Counselors, and was the first Chairman of the Illinois Export Advisory Committee, which opened Illinois’ first foreign trade office. |
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| Merrit Widen, Board Member | |||
 Merritt
Widen is the President and CEO of
Heartland Financial, which he founded in 1989. Heartland is a boutique
investment bank represented in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles,
Chicago and Paris. It provides special value-added, hands-on experience to
start-ups, troubled companies, and foreign projects.
Mr. Widen has worked personally with more than 60 companies, start ups
and turnarounds, in various industries, including telecom and wireless, IT,
aerospace, medical devices, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, specialty
foods, and retailing.
He has been involved in projects in the U.S., Mexico, Romania, Russia,
Canada and the UK, and is currently extending his interest to China.
Prior to Heartland, Mr. Widen was managing partner of Great Lakes Trading
Company, an organization with memberships on the Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Chicago Board of Trade, American Stock Exchange, Kansas City Board of Trade, and
Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
He also was a financial manager with Henry Crown and Company, which
manages the vast and diverse financial and real estate holdings of Chicago’s
prominent Crown Family.
He resides in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife, Autumn Hyun Widen
and two-year old son Adam. |
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| Xie Ying Yi, HBE President (China) | |||
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Peng
Chen, Ph.D., CFA, is President of Ibbotson Associates, a subsidiary of
Morningstar, Inc.
Yingyi
Xie has degrees of law and economic management, achieved the
professional training by the Supreme Court of People’s
Republic of China, joined Dongli District Court of Harbin in
1985 as Office Manager, Presiding Judge, Member of the
Adjudicatory Committee and Senior Judge respectively.
During the period taking these positions he was a visiting
professor at Heilongjiang Province Politics and Director
Management Academy and Law School of Northeastern Forest
University, and invited as Special Researcher at Law Affair
Research Center of Politics Research Institute of
Heilongjiang Province Social Science Academy. Wrote
<Litigation Notice> and published several powerful papers in
China in 1996. After retiring in 2003, he became Law
Consultant to Harbin Dark Swan Electric Machine Company,
Harbin Time Company, Harbin Furniture Association,
Heilongjiang Province China Travel Agency and other national
or private enterprises. He now works full-time in TJI
International Company.