Since 2018, Craig Allen has served as president of US-China Business Council (USCBC), a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing over 260 American companies doing business with China. 

Prior to joining USCBC, Craig had a distinguished career in US public service, serving at the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) as Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Asia, and later as DAS for China. Craig also served as US ambassador to Brunei Darussalam.

Michael Andretti leads his business with the same focus and determination he showed behind the wheel. When he ended his racing career in 2003, the 1991 champion left as the winningest driver in CART history and remains fourth on the all-time win list. Now after nearly 20 years of team ownership, Andretti oversees a diverse racing brand with teams competing in seven championships worldwide. Andretti’s teams have recorded 16 series titles and over 240 victories, including five Indy 500 wins.

Neveen Awad is a managing director and partner at the Boston Consulting group (BCG) and she sits on the North American Leadership Team as well as the executive leadership team of the technology advantage and digital practice at BCG. Neveen has extensive experience in digital and technology driven transformations across the public (state and federal) and private sectors. She is a leader in local economic strategy and change management, and is the Office Leader for the BCG Michigan office.

With a career that spans from a schoolhouse to the White House and now to the Fieldhouse, Dr. Allison Barber has a successful record of building brands and maximizing impact. Barber holds a B.S. in Elementary Education from Tennessee Temple University; a M.S. in Elementary Education from Indiana University; and a Ph.D. In Leadership from Tennessee Temple University. Allison has dedicated herself to creating pathways to help individuals reach their potential.

Tom Bell is President of Rolls-Royce Defense where he leads a global team of 9,500 providing cutting edge power, propulsion, and service solutions for Aerospace, Naval, and Nuclear Submarine applications to customers in over 100 countries. Tom is also Chairman and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. (RRNA), with oversight responsibility for all activity in North America. Tom has over 35 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry.

Gail Boudreaux serves as president and chief executive officer at Anthem, Inc., where she leads the company in improving the health of humanity and simplifying healthcare. Her career scaling multi-billion-dollar businesses in the healthcare industry spans over 30 years. Today, she oversees Anthem’s nearly 100,000 associates and 118 million people served, and a growing portfolio of plans and subsidiaries that generated revenue of more than $137 billion in 2021.

As CEO of McLaren Racing, Zak Brown has overall responsibility for the organisation’s strategic direction, operational performance, marketing & commercial development across all its global racing series. Born & raised in California, Zak raced professionally around the world for 10 years before founding JMI, which became the world's largest and most successful motorsport marketing agency. JMI was acquired by CSM in 2013 and Zak became its CEO, before joining McLaren towards the end of 2016.

Dr. Don Brown is the Founder and CEO of LifeOmic, a precision health and wellness software company that covers the entire healthcare continuum. Previously, Don founded and served as CEO of Interactive Intelligence which was acquired by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories in 2016 for $1.4 billion. Don received a bachelor’s in physics from Indiana University, a master’s in computer science from IU, an MD from IU School of Medicine, and a master’s in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.

Cordell brings more than 20 years to his pursuit of a society and organizations where everyone belongs and has equitable opportunities to thrive. He is currently managing principal of Expectant Advisory, an equity-focused consulting collaborative, executive director of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program, a global education forum, founding director of the Aspen Institute’s Project on Belonging and founder of the Festival of the Diaspora annual convening.

Bradley B. Chambers is Secretary of Commerce for the State of Indiana, serving on Governor Holcomb’s cabinet and leading the Indiana Economic Development Corporation since his appointment in July 2021. Chambers is the founder of Indianapolis-based Buckingham Companies, a national leader in multifamily and mixed-use property development with investments exceeding $3B. He is also a civic leader; he created the Buckingham Foundation and actively serves many nonprofits. View full bio

Albert Chen is the founder and Executive Chairman of Telamon Corporation. Founded in 1985, Telamon provides telecommunication and wire harness manufacturing solutions. Telamon has 18 locations with $765M in revenue and 2,000 employees in 2021. Albert established Telamon Enterprise Ventures, LLC in 2017 which provides renewable energy and smart manufacturing solutions. 

He is the founder of two organizations: Asian American Alliance and the America China Society of Indiana.

Mung Chiang is John A. Edwardson Dean of College of Engineering at Purdue University and executive vice president for strategic initiatives, and led Purdue Engineering to its first back-to-back top 4 graduate ranking in the U.S. For research in wireless networks, he received the 2013 Alan T. Waterman Award, the highest honor to an American researcher under age 40 each year. An inventor and entrepreneur, he also served as the Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State in 2020.

Cathy Engelbert currently serves as the Commissioner of the WNBA and is charged with bolstering visibility for the sport of women’s basketball, empowering WNBA players and enhancing fan engagement.  Cathy retired as the CEO of Deloitte in June of 2019 after 33 years with the firm.  In addition to her WNBA role, Cathy also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of McDonald’s Corporation and Royalty Pharma.  In 2021 she was elected to the USGA Executive Committee.

Keyvan Esfarjani is executive vice president and chief global operations officer at Intel Corporation. He is responsible for the company’s worldwide manufacturing operations and strategic planning, supply chain, corporate quality assurance, and corporate services.  He has been with Intel since 1996 and has held leadership roles in process engineering, yield, and manufacturing.  Esfarjani earned his BS and MS degrees in industrial engineering from Purdue University.

Paolo Ferrari is President & CEO of Bridgestone Americas, a position he has held since January 2020. He also serves as Executive Officer, Joint Global Chief Operating Officer and Global Chief Business Solutions Officer of Bridgestone Corporation. Ferrari leads the growth strategy for Bridgestone across North and South America, in April 2022, he was named Joint Global COO, giving him accountability and oversight for Bridgestone EMIA in addition to Bridgestone Americas.

Mitch Frazier serves as CEO of AgriNovus Indiana, a nonprofit focused on growing the agbioscience economy. Prior to AgriNovus, he served as CEO of a regional John Deere retailer and held leadership roles in tech companies, including Salesforce and ExactTarget. At ExactTarget, he led a successful IPO on the New York Stock Exchange and the company's $2.5B acquisition by Salesforce. He also served in the U.S. Army – both as a Civilian communications leader in Iraq and as a Soldier on active duty.

Since joining the Pacers’ organization in 1984, Rick Fuson has been influential in shaping events within Market Square Arena, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and across the city and state. A lifelong Indianapolis resident, Rick is chair of the Indiana Sports Corp and has helped execute some of the most significant sports events in our history, including the 1985 NBA All Star Game, the 1987 Pan Am Games, and the 2012 Super Bowl. Rick also leads philanthropy and community investment throughout the city.

Karol is a State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy. His main agenda includes energetics, supporting programs and chemical substances topics. Previously, he served as representative of the NC, member of the Economic Committee and chairman of the Technological Development Committee. He is a team-leader for energetics in the political party Freedom and Solidarity, focuses on transparent regulation, elimination of political intervention in electricity prices, electricity trade, renewables etc.

Ting Gootee serves as the President & CEO at TechPoint, Indiana’s industry thought leader and grow accelerator for its tech economy. Ms. Gootee comes with 16 years experiences in alternative investment, entrepreneurship and community development, including as a founding member and Chief Investment officer of Elevate Ventures, the most active seed investor in the Great Lakes region, Deputy Director of 21 Fund and Entrepreneurship at the IEDC, and an analyst at an international hedge fund.

Eric Holcomb is the 51st Governor of Indiana, first elected in Nov. 2016. A lifelong Hoosier, Gov. Holcomb is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, served as the state’s 51st Lt. Governor, was a trusted advisor to Gov. Mitch Daniels and Sen. Dan Coats, worked for Congressman John Hostettler and was chairman of the Indiana Republican Party. Under his leadership, Indiana has had five consecutive record years for job commitments. In 2021, 300 companies committed to create 31,710 jobs in Indiana. View full bio

Martha Hoover owns a successful collection of restaurants in Indianapolis, Indiana —Café

Patachou, Petite Chou Bistro & Champagne Bar, Napolese Pizzeria, Public Greens, Apocalypse Burger and Bar One Fourteen. Founded in 1989, Hoover used premium ingredients, prepared from scratch, and partnered with local vendors and farmers — years before the phrase “farm to table” was first uttered.

In 2013, Hoover created The Patachou Foundation to feed healthy meals to food insecure children in Indianapolis.

Carlie Irsay-Gordon is in her 11th season as vice chair/owner of the Indianapolis Colts. She joined the Colts as vice president in 2008 and, along with sisters Casey Foyt and Kalen Jackson, represents the next generation of ownership of the club. Raised in and around the organization, Irsay-Gordon is involved in all aspects of the organization and specifically helps direct the team’s growing digital, social media, content and production operations.

Industry professional with 25 years of experience in Manufacturing industry with proven track record in building and deploying large scale industrial solutions around the world. Consistently applied new technologies like IoT / AI-ML to streamline and transform traditional engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and aftermarket process.  Envisioned and Leads Energy INsights program from AWS to transform manufacturing businesses in State of Indiana - https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/article

Radovan Javorčík has assumed his current position as the Ambassador of Slovakia to the United States in January 2021. In 1995, he joined Slovak Foreign Service. He served at Policy Planning Department and as Head for Security Policy. His foreign postings included missions at NATO and Chargé d’affaires in London. He also served as Slovak Ambassador in Israel and Slovak Permanent Representative to NATO.

Ranil Jayawardena MP was appointed as Minister for International Trade in May 2020.

Prior to his election to Parliament, he served as Deputy Leader of the Borough of Basingstoke and Deane. An alumnus of London School of Economics, he combined his service in local government with working for Lloyds Banking Group plc and is a Freeman of the City of London.

He has wide ranging commercial experience.

Ranil now lives in the north of Hampshire, with his wife, son and two daughters.

Micael Johansson is the President and CEO of the Swedish defense and Security company Saab AB. Mr Johansson took up his position on October 23, 2019. Mr. Johansson brings around 40 years of experience within engineering, sensor systems and defense. He is an experienced leader, and has served within many different areas and at many different levels of Saab AB through the years. Most recently, he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Deputy CEO for Saab AB.

Eric John is a president of Boeing Korea and vice president of Boeing Int'l since May 2014. He integrates and advances all Boeing Korea activities, leads government relations, and directs implementation of Boeing’s strategy to expand its presence in Korea and grow the business and is based in Seoul. Before joining Boeing, John served as a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service for 32 years.

Robert King is EVP, Crop Protection Business Unit, Corteva Agriscience. King is an experienced specialty chemicals and agriculture industry executive who has led teams in the U.S., Canada, China and U.K. Prior to Corteva, King served as SVP Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer at Nouryon, as VP Global Operations for PPG’s industrial segment, and as VP Global Supply Chain for Nutrien. King holds a BS in chemical engineering from Texas Tech University and is a master black belt in Lean Six Sigma.

Keith Krach is Chairman of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, former CEO of Ariba and DocuSign, and unanimously confirmed Under Secretary of State. He is noted for bringing transformational leadership to robotics, engineering, eCommerce, education, and even the way people sign. Krach is nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for using the “Trust Principle” to create the 60-nation 5G Clean Network, strengthening US-Taiwan relations, and advocating against the CCP’s genocide of Uyghurs.

Ravi is President at Infosys. He leads Infosys’ Global Services Organization across all industry segments. He is also Chairman for Infosys Foundation USA focused on computer science education in K12 Schools in the U.S. He is on the Board of the US Chamber of Commerce as also on the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. He chairs the IT & Business Services Workforce Council for the Governor in Connecticut, and is a member of Skills Consortium of the World Economic Forum.

Tom Linebarger is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Cummins Inc., the world’s largest independent manufacturer of engines and related technologies. Cummins has almost 60,000 employees in 190 countries. Tom has been Cummins’ Chairman and CEO for a decade. Tom serves as Chair of the U.S.-China Business Council, Chair of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Co-Chair of the Hydrogen Council and last year he joined the CEO Climate Dialogue Group.

Appointed Ambassador of Portugal to the USA on April 2022. Permanent Representative of Portugal to the UN, NY, (2017/22). Director-General for Foreign Policy (2014/17). Director-General for European Affairs (2012/14). Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister (2009/11). Counsellor at the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the EU. Posted to Islamabad and Copenhagen. Entered the Diplomatic Career in 1989. Law degree, Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa, 1986.

Kristina Lund is the president and CEO of AES Indiana and Ohio. The utilities are leading the inclusive clean energy transition, as new technologies make it possible to better meet customers’ objectives of reliability, affordability, and sustainability. Lund has spent 15 years in strategic leadership roles with AES across the U.S. and international markets. Lund has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Wellesley College.

Damien Ma is the founding Managing Director of MacroPolo, the Paulson Institute’s think tank. He is the author or editor of several books on China and serves as adjunct faculty at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Previously, Damien helped build the China practice at the political risk firm Eurasia Group. His advisory and analytical work has served institutional investors, multinationals, and governments. He has also published and appeared widely in media.

As Shell’s Executive Vice President, Sectors & Decarbonisation based in London, Carlos Maurer is responsible for Shell’s global organisation of more than 3,380 people, who will work sector by sector to address individual customer decarbonisation needs. Teams with specific sectoral experience and deep industry knowledge are accountable for supporting customers in reducing their emissions and working with them to identify and accelerate decarbonisation strategies and pathways.

Her Excellency Karin Olofsdotter was appointed Ambassador of Sweden to the United States September 2017. Ambassador Olofsdotter has previously served as the Swedish ambassador to Hungary, in numerous leadership posts at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, at the Swedish delegation to NATO, the Swedish EU Representation in Brussels, the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow and at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC.

Kevin Parzyck has over 35 years of experience in the development, design, and implementation of large-scale infrastructure and building projects and over 10 years developing utility-scale renewable energy projects throughout the US. He has successfully developed over 4,500 megawatts of wind, solar and energy storage project and the associated project debt and equity financing $3.5 billion. He has negotiated over $700 million in Power Purchase Agreements with utilities and other associated energy

Roger Penske is the founder and chairman of Penske Corporation, a closely-held, diversified, on-highway, transportation services company whose subsidiaries operate in a variety of industry segments, including retail automotive, truck leasing, transportation logistics and professional motorsports. Penske Corporation manages businesses with consolidated revenues of more than $37 billion, operating in over 3,200 locations and employing more than 63,000 people worldwide.

Alfred Poor became CEO of Ideanomics in February 2019, having previously been the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Alf is a seasoned executive experienced in scaling disruptive cross-border technology companies and has been either founder or executive management at several successful start-ups which were sold to public companies and private equity firms, including Aol TimeWarner’s (NYSE:TW) acquisition of Relegence, and Wix.com’s (Nasdaq:WIX) acquisition of Websplanet.

Bob Pryor is CEO of NTT DATA Services, which delivers consulting, systems integration and digital transformation services for large enterprise clients. He previously was COO and Chief Integration Officer overseeing the 22-month post-merger integration of Dell Services into NT DATA. He started his career as a systems engineer at EDS and progressed to senior roles leading sales, vertical industries and geographic businesses. He also held senior executive positions at EY, Capgemini, HP and Fujitsu.

Dave Ricks became CEO and Chair in 2017. He served as president of Lilly Bio-Medicines from 2012-2016 and led Lilly USA from 2009-2012. Prior to that, Dave served in general manager for Lilly China, and Lilly Canada. He joined Lilly in 1996. He serves on several national and international boards, including Adobe, PhRMA, and IFPMA. Closer to home, he serves on the CICP and Riley Children’s Foundation boards. Dave holds a B.S. from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.

Matt leads North American operations for the diagnostics division of Roche Group, and serves as a member of Roche’s global diagnostics leadership team. He’s passionate about transforming healthcare through disease prevention, early diagnosis, personalized treatment and improved outcomes. Having experienced the delivery of healthcare around the world in senior leadership roles for Roche, Matt is a committed advocate for broader patient access to healthcare innovation.

Eric Schmidt is an accomplished technologist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He joined Google in 2001 and helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology alongside founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Eric served as Google’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman from 2001-2011, as well as Executive Chairman and Technical Advisor.

Jeff Simmons serves as CEO of Elanco Animal Health. Elanco provides products & services to improve animal health and welfare. As the head of Elanco for the past decade, Simmons has directed the company’s transformation into a premier global player with a diversified business, & one of the only companies with the ability to reach the world’s animals. His vision is to help make Indiana an epicenter where innovators are able to access capital, collaborate and innovate to bring new solutions.

Jasjit Singh is the Executive Director of SelectUSA, a U.S. government-wide program that works to attract foreign direct investment to the United States. In this role, he  leads the strategy and implementation of SelectUSA’s mission to create jobs, spur economic growth, and promote American competitiveness. He also oversees the SelectUSA Investment Summit, an annual event where U.S. officials make the case to global companies that the United States remains the top destination to do business.

Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO is Australia’s Ambassador to the United States. Previously Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science and a New South Wales Senator, Ambassador Sinodinos held several roles through his parliamentary career, including Cabinet Secretary and Assistant Treasurer. Ambassador Sinodinos served as Chief of Staff to the Hon. John Howard AC for nine years. He started his Public Service career in 1979, rising to Senior Executive Service in the Department of Treasury.

Thomas Sonderman joined SkyWater in 2017 as the lead executive, driving the company’s successful transformation from an IDM to a pure play foundry. Leading the only U.S.-based & U.S.-owned semiconductor foundry, he is focused on reinstating a strong commercial manufacturing presence in the U.S. He received his Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Missouri University of Science Technology and his Master of Science in electrical engineering from National Technological University.

Ichiro Soné was appointed Executive Vice President of the Japan External Trade Organization in October 2019. Previously, Mr. Soné served as Director-General of JETRO Osaka. Before Osaka, he served as Chief Executive Director of JETRO Chicago, where he oversaw the office’s activities designed to facilitate trade and investment between Japan and 12 Midwestern states. Mr. Soné was named an Honorary Hoosier in 2017. His previous overseas postings were JETRO offices in LA, San Francisco and Chicago.

Holly Sullivan is the Vice President of World Wide Economic Development at Amazon. She spearheaded the search for Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington, VA, bringing 25,000 jobs to the region and also led the development of the 5,000 employee Amazon Nashville location and 18 North American Tech Hubs with more than 50,000 corporate and tech roles. Holly has worked with local leaders to foster the growth of the company’s operations footprint and job creation efforts around the world.

Jean-Luc TeTe started an agri-business to address food security in Africa in 2017 after extensive experience running large industry & software tech companies within Valeo, Faurecia, Parrot Groups. He founded HORUS IMPACT which is using regenerative agriculture to produce food in Africa, while having a strong positive environmental and social impact.

He has led businesses in Europe, Africa, US, Mexico and China. He is a Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni, engineer, and eco-farmer.

Pamela Whitten became the 19th president of Indiana University on July 1, 2021. An accomplished educator and researcher, she has held a variety of leadership roles in higher education, including at Michigan State, the University of Georgia, and Kennesaw State University. She serves on the boards of directors of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and the Indiana Innovation Institute, and was named to the Atlanta Business Chronicle's list of "Atlanta's Most Admired CEOs" in 2020.

Becky Wood serves on Sidley’s Global Life Sciences Leadership Council and leads Sidley’s Washington, D.C. Healthcare and FDA group. Becky focuses her practice on providing counsel on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious FDA regulatory and litigation issues to clients and investors in the life sciences industry. Becky previously served as Chief Counsel (general counsel role) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under former Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D.

Jacky Wright is the Chief Digital Officer and Corporate VP, Microsoft US, where she inspires and leads teams to help businesses leverage technology to drive innovation, adopt sustainable and accessible business models, and digitally transform. Wright has extensive experience leading large-scale organizations driving digital transformation and market making solutions at Microsoft, GE, and BP. She uses her broad platform to drive thought leadership for social, economic, and environmental change.