Extraordinary Endeavors in Turbulent Times: Asian Innovation, Inclusion, and Impact during COVID-19

ASIA BUSINESS COUNCIL HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 8 6 Author Biographies Extraordinary Endeavors in Turbulent Times Colleen Howe Colleen Howe is Program Associate at the Asia Business Council, where she supports research, communications, and events. Previously, she was a reporter with the energy and commodities news agency Argus Media in Singapore and Washington D.C. Colleen holds a B.A. in history from Pomona College, an M.A. in energy, resources, and environment from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a graduate certificate in Chinese studies fromNanjing University. A recent transplant to Hong Kong, she was selected as a member of the Class of 2021 for the American Chamber of Commerce Future Leaders program. She speaks Mandarin, German, and Spanish, and her translations of Chinese scholarly works have appeared in journals and other publications. A Phoenix, Arizona native, she enjoys hiking and competitive ballroom dance. Chun Hei Hung Chun Hei Hung is a research intern at the Asia Business Council and a final year Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) student at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He has worked as a risk advisory intern at Deloitte Hong Kong and will join McKinsey as a business analyst in the London office after graduating in 2021. Chun Hei’s academic interests include microeconomics, probability & statistics, as well as 18th and 19th century history. In the future, Chun Hei would like to work in policy research, economic consulting, or academia. In his spare time, he enjoys video gaming and trivia (as well as video game trivia). Theodore Chow Theodore Chow is a research intern at the Asia Business Council and a freshman at Columbia University in the City of New York. Theodore is an editor for the Columbia Economics Review and his academic interests are in economics and psychology. He is also a volunteer at Columbia’s Youth for Debate program, having distinguished himself as an avid debater. Some of his achievements in debating include: captaining the Champion team of the 33rd Sing Tao Interschool Debating Competition, twice representing Hong Kong to compete at the Oxford Schools Debating Competition, and leading his school team to place first in the high school category in the Thailand Debate Open.