Gloria Pan

Gloria is a communications professional, with a focus on Internet-based media. Most recently, she was principal at Turner Strategies, a public policy communications firm in Washington, DC. She conceived, organized and administered Turner Strategies' pro bono project, Feminism2.0. Previous to joining Turner, she directed communications at The Media Center where, through the strategic use of Internet marketing and outreach, she helped transform a small, newspaper-industry-specific enterprise into an influential, widely recognized media thought leader. Gloria was editor of The Media Center's morph blog and a driving force in its annual We Media conference, a must-attend event for the media vanguard. Before that, she managed communications for the American Press Institute. From 1991 to 2000, she resided in Tokyo, Japan. After completing a masters program in development economics at Sophia University, she became international editor and writer for The Nippon Foundation, the largest philanthropic organization in Japan. Gloria holds a BA in political economy from Barnard College and speaks Mandarin Chinese and some Japanese.