Curtis S. Chin

An experienced globetrotter and Board member, Curtis served as the 15th US Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, based in Manila, Philippines; had a 20-year career with global communications giant Burson-Marsteller in Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.; served in four U.S. Presidential Administrations; and as the son of a career U.S. military officer and a registered nurse, spent his youth in Bangkok, Seoul, Taipei and the U.S. states of Arizona, Maryland and Virginia. He is the inaugural Asia Fellow of the Milken Institute, was a senior fellow and executive-in-residence with the Asian Institute of Technology, and currently advises a range of non-profit organizations and emerging ventures on Board development and start-up issues. He is a managing director with RiverPeak Group, LLC, a Board member of CFSI and of World Education Services, and a regular speaker on corporate social responsibility and continued advocate for good governance, public-private partnerships and development based on people, planet and partnership.