Chao Wu (Judge)
Delegate, MD

Member of House of Delegates since January 11, 2023. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 2023- (education subcommittee, 2023-; local revenues subcommittee, 2023-).Member, Board of Education, Howard County, 2018-22.

University of Science and Technology of China, B. E., 2001; National University of Singapore, M.E., (electrical & computer engineering), 2003; University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D. (electrical & computer engineering), 2009. Senior Electrical Engineer, Maryland Aerospace Inc., 2010-11. Aviation Software Engineer, Garmin International, 2011. Founder, ATOP Intelligence, 2011-15. Senior Research and Development Engineer, Hillcrest Labs, 2011-18. Senior Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton, 2018-21. Member, Maryland Association of Boards of Education, 2021-22. Member, River Hill Community Association, 2012-18; Columbia Association, 2015-18; Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County, 2015-20.

Ping Lv (Judge)
President of CAAGW

Dr.Lv Ping graduated from Zhejiang Medical University (now Zhejiang University School of Medicine) in the 1980s and obtained a doctorate in clinical cardiology from Shanghai Changzheng Hospital in the 1990s, mainly engaged in clinical medicine and scientific research. In the mid-1990s, she went to the United States and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Internal Medicine of Harvard Medical School and the Institute of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology, New England Medical Center, Tufts University, and published many articles in Science, Nature Medicine, and other journals. Dr. Lv Ping has been engaged in social service activities for many years. In 2019, she won the Gold Award of the “Presidential Volunteer Service Award” in the United States, and won the Maryland “Governor’s Volunteer Award” in 2020 and other awards.

Weihong Cui (Judge)
Board Member of International Leadership Foundation (ILF) , Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee

Mr. Cui received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D.’s degree in philosophy from Fudan University. From 1989-1996, he was a faculty at East China Normal University, He has also served as Secretary General of Chinese and Western Philosophy and Culture Comparative Research Center in Shanghai. He was visiting professor of Pacific University in Oregon 1996-1997 and visiting scholar of Department of East Asia Studies in Harvard University, and Havard-Yenching Institute in Boston 1997-1998. He has been engaged in international trading, commercial real estate and e-commerce business since 2000 in New York, Miami and Los Angels. Mr. Cui has been Board Member of International Leadership Foundation (ILF) , Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee since 2018

Ting Tang (Judge)
CEO of Yuan Foundation

Mr. Tang has more than 20 years’ experience in media. He was a visiting professor at the Shanghai Academy of Visual Arts. He has been a reporter, chief editor, and producer of Shanghai Media Group (SMG). He is currently CEO of Yuan Media Group, and vice president of American Chinese CEO Society, District of Columbia branch.

Karl Zhang (Judge)
Director of Chinese Language and Literature Program of Modern and Classical Language Department in the George Mason University

Karl Zhang earned his BA and MA from Fudan University in world literature in Shanghai, and his joint PhD degree in Humanities and German Studies from Stanford University. He came to the Greater D.C. Area in summer 1999 to join the faculty of Modern and Classical Language Department of George Mason University, now serving as the director of its Chinese Language and Literature Program. He used to be on the board of directors of the Hope Chinese School in the Greater D.C. Region. Currently Dr. Zhang is on the board of directors of the Chinese Teachers Association in the National Capital Region and President of the Fudan University Alumni Association of the Greater Washington D.C.