The Board of Trustees of Sofia University is the corporate body established by the charter with complete responsibility for the government and welfare of the University and all the interests pertaining thereto including students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
RESPONSIBILITIES
In the exercise of this responsibility, the Board is guided by both WASC and ABG and the following policies:
The Board of Trustees shall carry out certain responsibilities as a Board, without delegation. These responsibilities are, in short:
BOARD DESIGN
The board consists of 9 voting members: 8 independents and 1 affiliates. In addition to the voting board members, there are non-voting members from staff, faculty, and deans. There are multiple committees including the Financial Plan Committee, Audit Committee, Executive Committee, and the Academic & Student Service Committee.
Education:
• Hochshule für Musik, Frankfurt, Germany
• Master’s Degree Music with Distinction, Indiana University
• Bachelor’s Degree Music with Distinction, McGill University, Montreal
Experience:
• 2016-present: CEO, Victoria Symphony where she is responsible for all financial management, artistic programming, contract negotiations, strategy development, fundraising, marketing, communications and HR management
• 2009-2014: President, Camosun College where she held responsibility for a budget of $115 million and staff of 950 and for the development and delivery of applied programs, degrees, diplomas and certificates. Developed successful relations with the community, government, industry and major stakeholder groups. While in that position she achieved a 33% increase in revenue over 3 years
• 2006-2009: President and Vice Chancellor, Mount Saint Vincent University where was accountable for all operations with a budget of $40 Million and staff of 450, responsible for the development and delivery of academic programs, degrees and certificates, and she delivered balanced budgets during a period of unpredictable government funding
• 2005-2006: Vice-President Administration, University of Regina, where she was responsible for the areas of finance, IT, IR, HR and physical plant. She oversaw an operating budget of $120 million
• 1999-2004: Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Regina where she oversaw an operating budget of $5million and staff of 60 and she was responsible for all fine arts academic program development and delivery
• 1994-1999: Chair, Department of Music, University of Regina. In this position she oversaw a $1 million budget and was responsible for day to day operations and delivery of programs and program development
• 1985-206: Professor of Music, University of Regina. In this position she developed and delivered numerous undergraduate and postgraduate courses
Professional Development:
• 2015: Executive Mini MBA, York University Schulich School of Business
• Center of CEO Leadership Member, University of British Columbia’s Saunders School of Business
• Canadian Board Diversity Council Get on Board Training Program for board directors Nova Scotia CEO Forum
• Harvard University Faculty of Education President’s Forum
• Senior University Administrator’s Senior Management Training Program
Board Directorship:
• 2016-2016: Victoria Conservatory of Music
• 2009-2014: Camosun College
• 2006-2009: Mount Saint Vincent University
• 2013-2014: Association of Canadian Community Colleges
• 2012-2013: Post-Secondary Employers’ Association, BC
• 2013-2014: Resource Training Organization of BC
• 2009-2014: Pacific training institute of Sport Excellence
• 2008-2009: United Way Chair of Post-Secondary Division
• 2009: Scotia Festival of Music
• 1999-2004: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
• 1999-2003: Sask Film
Awards and Acknowledgements:
• 2008: Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEO’s
• 2005: YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture
Education:
• Ph.D., University of Alabama, Education
• MA, Eastern Kentucky University, Special Education
• BA, National Chenchi University
Experience:
• 2007-2009: President, University of the West
• 2003-2007: Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs, University of Northern Colorado (UNC)
• 1999-2003: Associate VP for Research and Dean of Graduate School, UNC
• 1997-1999: Dean, College of Education, UNC
• 1995-2007: Executive Director, Bresnahan and Halstead Endowment, UNC
• 1978-2007: Assistant, Associate, Chair and Professor of Special Education Division, UNC
• 1972-1975: Head Teacher, Madison County School of Hope
• 1966-1970: Teacher, Taipei Kuting Jr. Highschool
International:
• 2009-present: President of Global Higher Education Consulting Group. In this position, Dr. Huang supports innovative multicultural education ventures for clients, including Beifang Education Group, China
• 200-present: Advisor, Beifang Group, China
Education:
• CA, BC, Canada
• CPA, DE, USA
• BComm, Accountancy, Concordia University, Quebec
• Graduate Diploma in Accountancy, Concordia University, Quebec
Experience:
• 2017 to present: CFO BEGC Holdings Ltd., Canada
• 2014-2017: Partner, Michael Zhu CA, Canada
• 2012-2014: CFO, Mineral Hill Industry Ltd and Nass Valley Gateway Ltd., Canada
• 2009-2012: Manager in Assurance & Business Advisory Business, Manning Elliott LLP, Canada
• 2006-2009: Senior Research Analyst in Valuation and Business Modelling, Ernst & Young LLP, Canada
• 2005-2006: Senior Accountant, Bessner Gallay Kreisman, S.E.N.C.R.L., LLP, Canada
• 2004-2005: Accountant, Rabinovitch Luciano, C.A. Firm, Canada
• 2002-2003: Accountant, Nasir Akram, C.A. Firm, Canada
• 1997-1998: Stockbroker, Everbright Securities Co., Ltd., China
• 1993-1997: Research Analyst, Jillian Province International Trust & Investment Corp., China
Professional Development:
• 2008 to present: Chartered Business Valuator Program, Canada
• 2006: Chartered Accountant, BC, Canada
• 1999: Canadian Securities Course
Education
• Master’s Degree, Calgary University
• Bachelor’s Degree, Tsinghua University
Experience
• 2019-present: Principal Software Engineer at Fortinet. One of the main contributors to Fortinet’s cloud security infrastructure development.
• 2006-2019: Technical Lead at Cisco Systems. Worked for different business groups. As a Technical Lead, she has ownership of multiple deliverables for the business group. She co-ordinated cross-functional group project development and participated in important decision-making for each deliverable.
• Over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, including Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper, Ciena.
• Active in educational circles in the Bay Area.
Education:
• Ph.D., University of Washington School of Law: Asian and Comparative Law
• LL.M, University of Washington School of Law: Asian and Comparative Law
• GDL, Fudan University.
• LLB, East China University of Political Science and Law.
Teaching:
• 03/2019 – present: Adjunct Professor, Tianjin University School of Law
• 10/2018 – present: Adjunct Fellow, China University of Political Science and Law,
• 05/2008 – 2016: Adjunct Fellow, Beijing Normal University Research Institute of Criminal Law Science
• 06/2000 – 06/2010: Senior Fellow, New York University School of Law US-Asia Law Institute, New York, NY, USA.
o Researched and taught the courses of the Criminal Law and Law & Society in China
• 11/1998 – 10/ 2000: Senior Fellow, Open Society Institute, New York, NY, USA
• 06/1987 – 10/1992: Assistant Professor, Fudan University Department of Law, Shanghai, China
Board Directorships:
• 04/2021 to present: Executive Director, Columbia University Teachers College Education for Persistence, and Innovation Center
• 05/2019 – present: Independent Director, Chuying Nongmu, LLC
• 05/ 2016 – present: Independent Director, STRI Holding, LLC
• 03/2013 – 06/2014: Country Director, American Bar Association (ABA) Rule of Law Initiative China Office
• 07/2010 – 02/2013: Managing Director, UDA Consulting Group, advising Chinese and American corporations in joint ventures
Experience:
• 02/2014 to 03/2021: Independent Consultant,
• 10/ 2007 – 05/ 2008: Consultant, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• 09/ 2007 – present: Business Representative, China Capital Investment Group (CCIG) International
Education:
• PhD. In Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
• MA in Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
• BA in Economics, University of Maryland, College Park
Experience:
• Senior VP with Data Management and Insight Organization at Wells Fargo
• Current: Leader of NLP, Text, and Speech Data Science group in the AI Model Development Center of Excellence, focusing on Natural Language Processing (NLP), Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and cognitive capabilities. Her team builds and delivers AI/ML models and capabilities to lines of business across Wells Fargo
• 2006-2019: Wells Fargo – various leadership roles in Marketing and Risk Organizations across Consumer, Middle Market and Wholesale Businesses
• Teaches “Data Visualization”, a Wells Fargo in-person training course
• Guest lecturer at San Jose State University, California State University at Stanislaus
• Guest lecturer at Berkeley School of Information Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) program
• Veteran guest speaker on California Bay Area’s TV Station KTSF Channel 26
Education:
• Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Philosophy
• B.A., Knox College, Philosophy
Previous Academic positions:
• 07/2016 – present: Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Finance, Graduate School of Education Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• 06/2004 – 12/2015: President and University Professor, Alliant International University, San Francisco, CA
• 09/2000 – 06/2004: President of Cardean University; Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, UNext Llc / Cardean University, Deerfield, Illinois
• 11/92 – 09/2000: Vice-Provost for Institutional Planning, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• 07/1984 – 06/1988: Assistant to the Vice-President for Business and Finance, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 07/1990 – 11/1992: Director, Center for Continuing Studies, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 07/1988 – 11/1992: Associate Provost and Director of Financial Planning and Budgets, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching:
• Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Lecturer, Humanities Collegiate Division, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1988-89: Instructor, Department of Philosophy, ST. Xavier College, Chicago, Illinois
Board Directorships:
• 2019 – present: Monterey College of Law, Board of Trustees
• 2004 – 2015: Trustee ex officio of Alliant International University and its subsidiaries and affiliates including Presidio Graduate School; The Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma; and St. Luke’s School of Medicine (Mexico City)
• 1999 – 2006: Board of Directors, Cisco Learning Institute
• 1993 – 1997: Board of Directors, Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital
