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Team

Management
  • Dr. Demos Vardiabasis, President
  • Leslie XiaoYu Li, Vice President of Finance and Investments
  • Lucy Dan Liu, Vice President of Government Relations
  • Sally Li, Vice President of Corporate Relations
  • Johnny Lu, Vice President of US Operations
  • Sotirious Stathakis, Vice President of European Operations
  • Yuxiong Yang, Vice President of China Operations
  • Katerina Vardiabasis, MBA, Vice President of Marketing
  • Bill Stiefvater, Advisor to EB-5 Projects
  • Eden Kao, Director of Natural Resources
  • Joshua Huang, Director of Technologies and Special Projects

Board of Advisors
  • CO-CHAIRMAN: Demos Vardiabasis (California Economic Development Commission, Chairman of Entertainment and Tourism Committee)
  • CO-CHAIRMAN: Albert Huang (Founding Director, American Plus Bank and Former Mayor, City of San Gabriel)
  • FINANCE- U.S.: Chris Marshall (Former CFO, Bank of America and CFO, North America Financial Holding)
  • FINANCE- China: Peter Li (Principal, JP Investment Advisor Ltd.)
  • INFRASTRUCTURE: Henry Cisneros (Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary, United States)
  • HEALTH: David Feinberg (CEO, UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospitals)
  • TECHNOLOGY: Danton Mak (Principal, Sheldon Mak Rose Anderson)
  • LEGAL: David Fong (Partner, Asia Pacific Capital Group)
  • REAL ESTATE: Michael Mugel (Chairman/CEO, Red Mountain Retail Group)
  • ENTERTAINMENT: Scott Rosenfelt (Producer, "Home Alone" and over 70 top movies)
  • HOSPITALITY: Charles Noh (General Manager, Millennium Hotels and Resorts)
  • RETAIL: Andrew Fang (Former Development and Leasing Manager for Panda Restaurant Group, partner for Hooter's Franchisee)
  • FASHION: Ming Lee Wilcox (President, Z-Ply Corporation)
  • ANIMATION: Kenny Yee (Principal, Wei Links Media Consultant)
  • INVESTMENT: Marshall Nickels (Professor, Finance and Investments at Pepperdine Business School)
  • GAMING: Javier De La Rosa (Former Executive, Las Vegas Sands - Venetian/Palazzo Resort Casinos - and Hilton Hotels Corp.)
  • FOOD SERVICES: Jimmy Huang (President, Tian Ren USA)
  • ARCHITECTURE: Victor Regnier and TAG Architects (Former Dean, USC School of Architecture and Professor, USC Gerontology School)
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