Who We Are
Board of Directors
Faith Yao Yu Chao
Faith is a full professor of Mathematics at Golden Gate University She received her BS from Agnes Scott College, MS from Emory University and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Toronto. Faith has been involved in Math education for a number of years, having published and presented 25 scholarly papers at international conferences, especially in the area of using Information Technology to enhance the teaching of Mathematics. She received the best teacher's award in 2007 from Golden Gate University and was elected as its outstanding alumni by Agnes Scott College in 2008. Her interests in assisting rural China in building modern school libraries started in 1994 when she helped with the rebuilding of an elementary school in northern Jiangsu. In 2001, Faith founded and served as the president of the Evergreen Education Foundation, whose mission is to help rural Chinese communities have access to library information resources through the development of modern high school libraries. Evergreen has assisted nearly forty libraries in rural China and won the 2004 Access to Learning Award given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Faith is a full professor of Mathematics at Golden Gate University She received her BS from Agnes Scott College, MS from Emory University and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Toronto. Faith has been involved in Math education for a number of years, having published and presented 25 scholarly papers at international conferences, especially in the area of using Information Technology to enhance the teaching of Mathematics. She received the best teacher's award in 2007 from Golden Gate University and was elected as its outstanding alumni by Agnes Scott College in 2008. Her interests in assisting rural China in building modern school libraries started in 1994 when she helped with the rebuilding of an elementary school in northern Jiangsu. In 2001, Faith founded and served as the president of the Evergreen Education Foundation, whose mission is to help rural Chinese communities have access to library information resources through the development of modern high school libraries. Evergreen has assisted nearly forty libraries in rural China and won the 2004 Access to Learning Award given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Eileen Liching Tang
Eileen Tang ( Her Chinese name is Yu, Liqing ) is a licensed pharmacist in Taiwan. Before she moved to California in 1978, she is very much devoted to creative writing. Over the years, she has authored more than 40 books in Taiwan and China. Currently she lives in Berkeley after having retired from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in UC Berkeley. She is also a co-founder and actively involved in volunteering work as a bookkeeper for Evergreen Education Foundation for years.
Eileen Tang ( Her Chinese name is Yu, Liqing ) is a licensed pharmacist in Taiwan. Before she moved to California in 1978, she is very much devoted to creative writing. Over the years, she has authored more than 40 books in Taiwan and China. Currently she lives in Berkeley after having retired from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in UC Berkeley. She is also a co-founder and actively involved in volunteering work as a bookkeeper for Evergreen Education Foundation for years.
Jo Bell Whitlatch
has a Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies and an M.A. in Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the Evergreen Education Foundation Board of Directors and a past president of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Her research interests and areas of special competence are: information seeking needs and behavior, user studies in libraries, evaluation of service organizations, and management of academic libraries. Publications include two books, The Role of the Academic Reference Librarian (1990), Evaluating Reference Services (2000), and articles in RQ, College & Research Libraries, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and the Reference Librarian. Her extensive library experience covers three academic libraries in many areas, including collection management, acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, reference, interlibrary loan, and library management. From 1987-2009, she also taught at various times, Information Organizations & Management, Advanced Information Resources & Services, Reference & Information Services, and Information & Society, in the San Jose State University Graduate School of Library & Information Science.
has a Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies and an M.A. in Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the Evergreen Education Foundation Board of Directors and a past president of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Her research interests and areas of special competence are: information seeking needs and behavior, user studies in libraries, evaluation of service organizations, and management of academic libraries. Publications include two books, The Role of the Academic Reference Librarian (1990), Evaluating Reference Services (2000), and articles in RQ, College & Research Libraries, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and the Reference Librarian. Her extensive library experience covers three academic libraries in many areas, including collection management, acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, reference, interlibrary loan, and library management. From 1987-2009, she also taught at various times, Information Organizations & Management, Advanced Information Resources & Services, Reference & Information Services, and Information & Society, in the San Jose State University Graduate School of Library & Information Science.
Jingyi Yu
is working in a medical device company as clinical data manager. She received her BS in Biochemistry from Wuhan University, P.R. China, MS in Biology from National University of Singapore. Jingyi volunteered in SOAR foundation for about 3 years. She joined Evergreen Education Foundation since 2001.
is working in a medical device company as clinical data manager. She received her BS in Biochemistry from Wuhan University, P.R. China, MS in Biology from National University of Singapore. Jingyi volunteered in SOAR foundation for about 3 years. She joined Evergreen Education Foundation since 2001.
Rodney Amen谢哲光
A retired Engineering and Management professional with 30 years experience with consumer electronics corporations including Apple, where he designed laptop computers, and Microsoft, where he managed the engineering team that developed the Xbox game console. Rodney’s expertise is in product development, manufacturing test engineering, and management; and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of the Pacific in California . Co-founded Village Children’s Fund, a non-profit that built 3 schools in Guizhou Province . He is now leading Evergreen Education’s Solar Lamp project. Rodney lives in San Jose , California , USA
A retired Engineering and Management professional with 30 years experience with consumer electronics corporations including Apple, where he designed laptop computers, and Microsoft, where he managed the engineering team that developed the Xbox game console. Rodney’s expertise is in product development, manufacturing test engineering, and management; and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of the Pacific in California . Co-founded Village Children’s Fund, a non-profit that built 3 schools in Guizhou Province . He is now leading Evergreen Education’s Solar Lamp project. Rodney lives in San Jose , California , USA
Mandy Guo
With a background in computer science and business, Mandy Guo (??) has always been interested in applying information technology to improve local communities, bridging digital gaps in rural China through social entrepreneurship. Mandy's involvement in non-profit practice primarily focus on fund raising, volunteered at foundations such as Education and Science Society and ShinShin Education Foundation since 2000. Mandy involved in securing a SBIR grant from NSF to commercialize a distributed computer system to enhance distance learning in 2004. Experienced in ranging from start-ups to universities, Mandy currently works at Shutterfly, a leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing services. With BS and MS in Computer Science, Mandy received her MBA from University of Chicago.
With a background in computer science and business, Mandy Guo (??) has always been interested in applying information technology to improve local communities, bridging digital gaps in rural China through social entrepreneurship. Mandy's involvement in non-profit practice primarily focus on fund raising, volunteered at foundations such as Education and Science Society and ShinShin Education Foundation since 2000. Mandy involved in securing a SBIR grant from NSF to commercialize a distributed computer system to enhance distance learning in 2004. Experienced in ranging from start-ups to universities, Mandy currently works at Shutterfly, a leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing services. With BS and MS in Computer Science, Mandy received her MBA from University of Chicago.
John Lee
"John has held senior I.T. leasdership positions in biotechnology companies, international financial and banking companies, shipping logistics company and utility company. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and has given UC Berkeley Extension course. His non-profit involvements have included, MentorNet.net, Red Cross, Soar Foundation and Peach Foundation."
"John has held senior I.T. leasdership positions in biotechnology companies, international financial and banking companies, shipping logistics company and utility company. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and has given UC Berkeley Extension course. His non-profit involvements have included, MentorNet.net, Red Cross, Soar Foundation and Peach Foundation."
Daniel Peng
Daniel Peng got his B.S, M.S. from Peking University, in 1988 and 1991, and PhD from UCLA in 1999. He was a lecturer at Tsinghua University from 1991-1994. From early 1999 to later 2000, he was senior financial software engineer at Barra Inc in Berkeley working on building equity and fixed incoming security models; From late 2000 to late 2002, he was project lead at Brience in San Francisco working on implementing efficient algorithm for searching, caching and management of distributed network systems. From late 2002 to present he has been working at Luminescent, a EDA start up, first as staff scientist, and then manager of core technology group and chief scientist. He was responsible for building the lithography models and the core inversed algorithm.
Daniel Peng got his B.S, M.S. from Peking University, in 1988 and 1991, and PhD from UCLA in 1999. He was a lecturer at Tsinghua University from 1991-1994. From early 1999 to later 2000, he was senior financial software engineer at Barra Inc in Berkeley working on building equity and fixed incoming security models; From late 2000 to late 2002, he was project lead at Brience in San Francisco working on implementing efficient algorithm for searching, caching and management of distributed network systems. From late 2002 to present he has been working at Luminescent, a EDA start up, first as staff scientist, and then manager of core technology group and chief scientist. He was responsible for building the lithography models and the core inversed algorithm.
Peter Zhou
Assistant University Librarian and Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant University Librarian and Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
