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Xingdi (Cindy) Zhou

Xingdi spent her whole life in China before moving to Seattle in 2016. Her professional experiences are mainly in business development, M&A and strategic marketing working in a boutique investment banking firm and in Fortune 500 multinational companies.

Currently, she is a Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner at Baird.

Born and raised in a small village, she strongly believes in education, which is the primary instrument of change in her life.


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Nor Coquillard

Nor spent three decades living in Korea, Japan and China. He ran the operations for the international agri business firm Cargill in these three countries. In 2010, he became the CEO of the non-profit Enactus and also served as China Chairman for IMA Asia, a company runs CEO forum in 5 cities in Austral-Asia.

Nor has recently become the Executive Director of the oldest state level organization devoted to improving bi-lateral relations between China and US; the Washington State China Relations Council.

Nor leads an active life outside of the office. He is an avid sailer, sports car racer and skier. He also loves to travel.