Chinese Heritage Speakers

Political Commentator & Columnist, Lawyer & Author, "The Great U.S.-China Tech War"

Award-Winning Actress & Director

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist & Executive Producer; Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; " Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home"

Interior Designer; HGTV & TLC TV Host; Interior Product Designer; Bestselling Author; UNICEF Ambassador; Washington Post Columnist

Transgender Model, Activist & Artist; Director of the Award-Winning Film "The Beauty of Being Deaf"

Dancer, Actor, Choreographer and Singer; Best known for his role as Mike Chang on 'Glee'

Oscar-winning director of films like "Life of Pi," "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

Fashion Designer; Designer of First Lady Michelle Obama's Inaugural Ball dress in 2008

Emmy Award-Winning Television Personality & Decades-Long Host of CBS' "Big Brother"; Author, "When I Grow Up" & "But First, God"

Legendary Television News Broadcaster; Diversity Advocate; Known as First Asian Woman to Co-Anchor Broadcast Evening News

Top Chef Winner, Michelin-Starred Chef, Advocate for LGBTQ & AAPI Communities

Visionary Entrepreneur; Co-Founder & CEO of DoorDash

Chinese Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Known for "Nomadland" & "Hamnet"; First Asian Woman to Win Academy Award for Best Director

Prominent Chinese Economist; Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics & Director of the Center for China in the World Economy at Tsinghua University

Chinese American Actress; Best Known for "Top Gun: Maverick"

Top Chef Runner Up, Cookbook Author & Owner of Ms. Chi Cafe

Previous Tech Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur; Founder of Chineasy; Author of Four Best-Selling Books on Software

Entrepreneur, Documentary Producer & Seed Investor; Co-Founder & CEO of Plympton; NYT Bestselling Author of "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles"

Tony Nominated Actress & Singer Known for "Hamilton"