Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is a voluntary body of community leaders, business representatives, government liaisons, higher education representatives, and others who support the Asia Center’s mission and goals. The primary work of the Advisory Board is to monitor and assist with the direction of the Asia Center through the exercise of advisory powers. In addition, the Advisory Board plays an important public relations role.

Current Advisory Board standing committees are: Business and Industry Partnerships, Education, and Development.

Mr. Glen Krebs, Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs, Board Chair
Mr. Stephen Barnes, Walther, Roark, Gay & Todd PLC
Dr. Dianne Bazell, Council on Postsecondary Education
Ms. Cathy Cao, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Dr. Jane Serumgard Harrison, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Dr. P. P. Karan, University of Kentucky, Geography Department
Ms. Carmen Van Balen Lancho, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Mr. Matt Krebs , Japan-America Society of Kentucky
Dr. Keh-Fei Liu, University of Kentucky, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Mr. Wayne Lowe, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.
Dr. Patricia Pringle, Japan-America Communications, LLC
Ms. Ying Juan Rogers, Kentucky World Trade Center
Dr. Wen-Chen Su, Ashland Oil
Mr. Peiran Sun, Home Loan USA
Dr. Jacqueline Van Houten, Kentucky Department of Education
Ms. Alicia Vinson, Fayette County Public Schools
Ms. Michelle Peck Williams, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Dr. John Yopp, University of Kentucky, Assoc. Provost for University Partnerships
Dr. Wei-Bin Zeng, University of Louisville, Mathematics Department
Ms. Qi Zhou, Kentucky Chinese American Professionals Association
Dr. Ben Arnold, University of Kentucky, ex- officio
Dr. Doug Boyd, University of Kentucky, ex- officio
Dr. James Cibulka, University of Kentucky, ex- officio
Dr. Phil Greasley, University of Kentucky, ex-officio
Dr. Steven Hoch, University of Kentucky, ex- officio
Dr. Devanathan Sudharshan, University of Kentucky, ex-officio