Meet China Bibliography of Past Guests

United Nations Officials:

Dr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)

Maurice Strong, Under Secretary General of the United Nations

Christian Saunders, Chief of United Nations Procurement Division

Connie Thomas, Director of International Labor Organization, Beijing Bureau

 

Government Officials:

Gary Locke, Governor of Washington State

Lorraine T. Hunt, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Vera Katz, Mayor of Portland, Oregon

Toshihiro Nikai, Member of Japanese House of Representatives

Paul Schell, Mayor of Seattle, Washington

Jean Paul L'Allier, Mayor of Quebec, Canada

Jacques Valade, Senator of Gironde Region, France

Nils R. Sandal, Governor of Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway

Willie Lewis Brown, Former Mayor of San Francisco, California

Garry Moore, Mayor of Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

Laura Miller, Mayor of Dallas, Texas

Ross Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City

Gina McCarthy, Commissioner for the Department of Environment, Connecticut

R.T. Rybak, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ross C. Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

Jullapong Nonsrichai, Thailand Ambassador to China

Mr. Ahn Sang-soo, Mayor of Incheon City, South Korea

T. M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa

Bern Beecham, Mayor of Palo Alto, California

Ruth Asmundson, Mayor of Davis, California

Stephen Mandel, Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

L. Brooks-Patterson, Chief Executive, Oakland County, Michigan

Anna Cabellero, Mayor of Salinas, California

Thomas Tait, Secretary of Tourism of Nevada

Nancy Cozean, Mayor of Poughkeepsie, New York

Philip Amicone, Mayor of Yonkers, Upstate New York

Matthew W. Daus, Chairman of New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

Bruce Silverglade, Legal Director of American Center for Science in the Public Interest

Masaru Hayakawa, Mayor of Toyohashi, Japan

Phil Gordon, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona

Patrick McCrory, Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

Andrew J. Spano, Executive of Westchester County, New York State

Michael D. Antonovich, Supervisor of Los Angeles County, California

Randy Johnson, Commissioner of Hennepin County, Minnesota

Armando Peres, Vice Mayor of Venice, Italy

Stefano Bruni, Mayor of Como, Italy

Douglas H. Palmer, Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey

Michael A Guido, Mayor of Dearborn, Michigan

Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut

Roland Bunten, Councilor of Konstanz, Germany

Marie Salat, Vice Mayor of Grenoble, France

Volodymyr B. Yalovyi, Vice Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine

Ion Bara, Vice Executive of Tulcea, Romania

Seppo Keskiruokanen, Mayor of Riihimaki, Finland

Jozef A.Wiktor, Mayor of Nowy Sacz, Poland

Ka'er TaShaofu, Mayor of Zaporozhye, Ukraine

 

Business Leaders:

Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of American Intl Group (AIG)

Bernie Ecclestone, President and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One
Administration

Jack Welch, Chairman and CEO of General Electric Company

Mark A. Erwin, President, Continental Airlines, Asia Pacific

Mr. Lee Yi Shyan, CEO, International Enterpise Singapore

Steve Roach, Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley Investment Bank

Jonathan Schwartz, President and COO of Sun Microsystems

Thomas O. Ryder, Chairman and CEO of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.

Winthrop H. Smith, Jr., Chairman of Merrill Lynch International Inc.

Dr. Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania, United States

Jack Perkowski, President and CEO of ASIMCO, China

Peter Gelb, President of Sony Classical

Christian Murck, Acting CEO of APCO Asia

Virginia Kamsky, Founder and CEO of Kamsky Associates, Inc.

Ethan Cohen, Director of Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York City

Tim Solso, Chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc.

Delford Smith, Founder of Evergreen International Aviation, Inc.

Tony Beattie, Chairman of the International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers

Charles M. Martin, President, The American Chamber of Commerce in China

Hideo Sawada, Chairman of the Skymark Airlines, Japan

Gary Knell, President and CEO of Sesame Workshop

Volker Kronseder, Chairman of the Executive Board of Krones Group, Germany

Yong-The Lee, Chairman of TriGem, Korea

 

Celebrities and Notable Civil Figures:

Dr. Henry Lee, World Famous Detective, and Professor of Forensic Science, University of New Haven, USA

John Holden, President of the American National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University

Jan Noterdaeme, Senior Director, CSR Europe, Brussels, Belgium

Michael Lee, Chairman and World President, International Advertising Association

Andrew Ives, President of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), London

Robert Kuhn, Investment Banker and Corporate Strategist, America

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Member of the Board, Library of former president Richard Nixon

Tanimura Shinji, Japanese Musician

Richard Glasgow, Fashion Designer, New York City

Jon A. Perlman, American Plastic Surgeon

Mark Hyman, Co-medical Director at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires Health Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts

Reese Schonfeld, the Co-founder of CNN

Nile Rogers, American Music Producer and Singer

Christine Maziar, Vice President and Provost of University of Minnesota, U.S.

Tony Tanaka, Japanese Makeup Artist