Dear Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the 53rd Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative event, featuring a Masterclass for Individuals on “Personal Marketing and Mentorship”

Throughout the many events we have held over the years, one of the observations that comes out repeatedly is the importance of engaging in effective personal marketing, having a strong network inside and outside of the organizations that you are part of, and developing mentors. This event will feature insights from three accomplished panelists who have expertise on this topic from their current professional responsibilities as well as their own personal careers: Raj Gupta, Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors, Johns Hopkins GUPTA-KLINSKY India Institute; Former CEO, Rohm and Hass; Bob Lee, Chairman of the Board, Blue Shield of California; and Deb Liu, former President & CEO of Ancestry.

Peter Young, Committee of 100 Board Member and New York Regional Chair, and Chair of the Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative, will moderate.

After the conclusion of the fireside chat, there will be a Q&A session during which members of the audience may ask questions.

The webinar will be held on February 17, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Eastern Time / 5 pm to 6 pm Central Time / 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Pacific Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-2-17-2026.eventbrite.com

We hope you will join us.

Best regards,
Peter Young

Chair, Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative

Committee of 100 Member and New York Regional Chairman

Committee of 100
Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative

February 17, 2026 Webcast

▦ Topic: “Personal Marketing and Mentorship”

▦ Speakers:

Raj Gupta, Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors, Johns Hopkins GUPTA-KLINSKY India Institute; Former CEO, Rohm and Hass

Bob Lee, Chairman of the Board, Blue Shield of California

Deb Liu, former President & CEO of Ancestry

▦ Moderator: Peter Young, Committee of 100 Board Member and New York Regional Chair, and Chair of the Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative

▦ Time: 6:00 pm EST

Asian Americans succeed at the entry and the middle ranks of many professions, but consistently do not do as well in the senior ranks. Over the last five years, Committee of 100 has hosted many webcasts, seminars and summits that have brought experts forward to share their research and individuals from many different fields, genders and age groups to discuss their experiences, observations and solutions. Two years ago, we started a Masterclass Series for Individuals that features speakers who provide tutorials and advice to help individuals succeed in their careers.

Throughout the many events we have held over the years, one of the observations that comes out repeatedly is the importance of engaging in effective personal marketing, having a strong network inside and outside of the organizations that you are part of, and developing mentors. This event will feature insights from three accomplished panelists who have expertise on this topic from their current professional responsibilities as well as their own personal careers.

The webinar will be one hour long. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions during the last ten minutes of the webinar.

There is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-2-17-2026.eventbrite.com

▦ Speaker Bios:

Raj Gupta, Co-Chair of the Board of Advisors, Johns Hopkins GUPTA-KLINSKY India Institute; Former CEO, Rohm and Hass

Raj Gupta was born in a small village in Uttar Pradesh, India. As a 22-year-old in Spring 1968, he came to the United States with only $8 in his pocket to do graduate studies in Operations Research/Computer Science at Cornell. He built a 39-year career at the global Fortune 500 specialty materials company Rohm and Haas, where he retired as Chairman and CEO in April 2009.

Over his career, he has served as a director at 15 public companies across a wide range of industries, including Hewlett Packard, DuPont, Arconic/Howmet, Delphi/Aptiv, Airgas, Tyco and Avantor. He also held long-term Board Chair positions at Delphi/Aptiv (7 years) and Avantor (12 years), both Fortune 500 companies. In addition, he has served on the boards of six private companies, including Vanguard Group, IRI, StrozFriedberg, and Aceto. Raj received a BTech(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from IITBombay in 1967, followed by an MS in Operations Research/Computer Science from Cornell in 1969 and an MBA in Finance in 1971 from Drexel University.

After retiring from Rohm and Haas Company, Raj and his wife Kamla established their family’s Ujala Foundation (which means “light” in Hindi), focusing on education and healthcare, equally directed to India and the U.S. Since its inception, the Ujala Foundation has contributed towards an endowed professor at Hopkins, initial funding for the Drexel University Gupta Governance Institute, fellowships at Drexel’s Business School and Cornell University’s School of Biomedical Engineering, and other causes, including Raj’s alma mater IITBombay, and several civic and cultural organizations in India, such as Pratham and AIF, and the United States, such as the Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia Art Museum, and the Franklin Institute. To date, the Johns Hopkins Gupta-Klinsky India Institute represents the Ujala Foundation’s single largest commitment.

Raj and Kamla split their time between suburban Philadelphia, PA and Bonita Springs, FL. They are parents to two daughts and grandparents to three boys. Raj documented his personal and professional journey in a book titled Eight Dollars and a Dream: My American Journey, written in collaboration with Syd Havely and published in 2016.

Bob Lee, Chairman of the Board, Blue Shield of California

At the time of his retirement from Pacific Bell (now a part of AT&T) in May 1998, Bob was a corporate Executive Vice President and President of Business Communications Services, a business unit which included responsibility for $3B in revenue, $1B in direct expense, 15,000 employees and the establishment of two new subsidiaries: Pacific Bell Internet Services and Pacific Bell Network Integration.

During his twenty-six year career, he managed work groups in operations, sales, and marketing. Among his specific jobs at Pacific Bell, he was the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales for five years from 1987-1992. In this capacity, he was responsible for all brand management, product management, market strategy and sales for the consumer and business markets. Several major accomplishments in this role were the expansion of distribution channels to sales agents (a first among the regional Bell operating companies) and extensive market segmentation which had major implications to products and channels. Both measures resulted in revenue growth rates greater than the overall national telecommunications market. In 1997, he negotiated the deal with the San Francisco Giants that resulted in naming their ballpark, “Pacific Bell Park.”

Bob is currently a director for two companies. Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit company with revenues of approximately $14B. He has been on the board since November of 2004. He has been the Chairman of the Board since 2012. Broadvision (NASDAQ: BVSN) is an e-commerce software company with revenues in the $60M range. He has been on the board since September 2004. He chairs the compensation committee and serves on the audit committee.

Bob is also active in several nonprofit groups. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Youth Tennis Advantage, a nonprofit group serving Bay Area inner city kids with tennis and tutoring. He is also the former Chairman of the Committee of 100, a national non-profit group promoting strong U.S.-China relations and advancing the interests of the Chinese American community in the U.S. He is also a past board member of the Asian Pacific Fund, serving the Asian American nonprofit community in the Bay Area. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Councilors for U.S.C.’s School of Engineering. Currently, he is serving as a Big Brother in the Big Brother/Big Sister Program of the Bay Area.

Bob received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Southern California in 1970. He received his MBA from U.C. Berkeley in 1972. In his spare time, Bob enjoys tennis, golf and travelling. He and his wife, Carolyn, live in Moraga, California. They have two grown daughters who have families of their own.

Deb Liu, former President & CEO of Ancestry

Prior to joining Ancestry, Deb was a senior executive at Facebook where she created and led Facebook’s Marketplace, where millions of people buy and sell from one another. She also led the development of Facebook’s first mobile ad product for apps and its mobile ad network, in addition to building the company’s games business and its payments platform, including Facebook Pay. Named by PaymentsSource as one of the most influential women in payments and one of Business Insider’s most powerful female engineers, Deb has worked in the tech industry for over 18 years. Prior to Facebook, she spent several years in product roles at PayPal and eBay, including leading the integration between the two products.

Actively involved with promoting diversity and women in tech, she is the founder of Women In Product, a nonprofit to connect and support women in the product management field. Deb serves on the board of Intuit, and she’s a seed investor and advisor to several startups. She also holds several payments and commerce-related patents.

Deb received a BS in Civil Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. She lives in California with her husband and three children, and she enjoys chronicling their family adventures in her Mommy School comic.

▦ Moderator:

Peter Young

CEO and President, Young & Partners

Committee of 100 Member

Peter Young is CEO and President of Young & Partners, a corporate strategy and boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy, M&A, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers, Schroders and Lehman Brothers, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co., the corporate strategy firm.

Mr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale, an MS in Accounting from NYU, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors, both corporate and non-profit and is President and board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization.

The Committee of 100

The Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts founded 36 years ago.

The Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of:

● Promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community;

● Advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China.

To learn more about the organization, please go to https://www.committee100.org.

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