Dear Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the first Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” event. This new program will feature interviews of Chinese Americans who have contributed to the success of America through their pioneering efforts, heroic achievements, or recollections of important events. Each interview will start with a live broadcast, followed by video and podcast recordings that will be available as part of a library of the interviews.

Chinese Americans have contributed greatly to advance the success of this country in many walks of life – science, the arts, agriculture, philanthropy, political leadership, architecture, business, and more.

Our first Committee of 100 Conversations event will feature two of the founders of the Committee of 100, Henry Tang and Oscar Tang, who will talk about the founding of the organization, their own personal histories, the impact that the organization has had over the years, and the important role that the Committee of 100 hopes to continue to have far into the future.

Founded 36 years ago, the Committee of 100 is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, science, technology, and the arts. The organization was formed following the aftermath of Tiananmen Square. At the urging of Dr. Henry Kissinger, renowned architect I.M. Pei assembled an exceptional group of Chinese Americans to address the critical issues impacting the Chinese community in America and help foster positive relations between the U.S. and Greater China. This group of luminaries — Yo-Yo Ma, I.M. Pei, Henry S. Tang, Oscar Tang, Chien Shiung Wu, and Shirley Young — became the first generation of Committee of 100 members.

Committee of 100’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community; and advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China.

Peter Young, Chair of the Initiative and a Committee of 100 Member, will be the moderator. The fireside chat will be held on June 11, 2025 from 6:00 pm Eastern Time to 7:00 pm Eastern Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-6-11-2025.eventbrite.com. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website.

We hope you will join us. Thank you!

Best regards,
Committee of 100

Upcoming Committee of 100 Conversations – Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes Events

June 26, 2025 at 3 pm ET – Gordon Chang, Critically acclaimed author and historian, Professor of History at Stanford University will speak about the history of Asian American contributions to America and his just published book on the topic.

July 10, 2025 at 6 pm ET – David Ho, Innovative AIDS research scientist;

Founding Scientific Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; his elegant studies unraveled the dynamic nature of HIV replication in vivo and revolutionized our basic understanding of this horrific disease. This knowledge led him to champion combination antiretroviral therapy that resulted in unprecedented control of HIV in patients.

July 29, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Linda Tsao Yang, Governance Pioneer, Former U.S. Ambassador and the first woman and the first minority to represent the United States on the board of a multilateral financial institution, she will talk about her pioneering efforts and the challenges of good governance.

Committee of 100 Conversations
Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes

June 11, 2025 Webcast

▦ Topic:

“The Founding of the Committee of 100”

▦ Speakers:

Henry Tang

Managing Partner of Carnegie Towers Strategic Investment Advisory

Co-Founder of the Committee of 100

Oscar Tang

Expert on Chinese Culture and Art, Leading Philanthropist, Investment Management Pioneer

Co-Founder of the Committee of 100

Co-Chairman, New York Philharmonic

Chairman, Metropolitan Museum of Art Asian Art Visiting Committee

▦ Moderator:

Peter Young, CEO, Young & Partners, Committee of 100

▦ Time:

6:00 pm Eastern Time

During this webcast, our two speakers will talk about their own careers, but will focus primarily on the events that led to the founding of the Committee of 100, the formation of its twin missions, the rationale of its structure, the early recruitment of members, its activities over the years, the significant impact it has had overtime and today, and the future expectations that the members and the leadership have for the organization.

The interview will be moderated by Peter Young, Committee of 100 member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program. The broadcast will be 45 minutes long.

There is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-6-11-2025.eventbrite.com

▦ Speaker Bios:

Henry Tang

Managing Partner of Carnegie Towers Strategic Investment Advisory

Co-Founder of the Committee of 100

Henry Tang is a seasoned 30-year investment banking veteran of Wall Street having participated in and observed the global transformation of the capital markets. As a securities management executive an one of the early Chinese American senior financial executives, he has been engaged in global investment and banking activities in Europe, Asia and the U.S. for several of the largest Wall Street investment banks including Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Prudential.

Henry Tang’s business experiences have also been enhanced by a broad participation in numerous public and community activities. He has been active in many efforts to help bridge cultural and economic understanding between the China region and the U.S. and between Chinese Americans in the U.S.

Together with I.M. Pei, Yo-Yo Ma, and a group of prominent Americans of Chinese heritage, Mr. Tang helped found the Committee of 100, whose 159 person membership now includes Computer Associates CEO Charles Wang and renowned AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho, to help create a better understanding of American and Chinese cultural and economic events.

In addition, Mr. Tang also has a long-standing commitment towards fostering conditions for the advancement of Asians into senior leadership positions in business, politics, academia, medicine, science, and government. Several years ago, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission chaired by then Labor Secretary Lynn Martin.

Mr. Tang has also served as a director of the Committee on Economic Development, the Federation of Protestant Agencies, the Chinese American Planning Council, the Asian Financial Society, and the Chinese American Executive Forum. He also served as a member of the New York-Beijing Sister City Commission. In 1987, Mayor Edward Koch granted him the Ethnic New Yorker Award. He is also the first recipient of the Asian American Business Achievement Award. In 1994, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Oscar Tang

Expert on Chinese Culture and Art, Leading Philanthropist, Investment Management Pioneer

Co-Founder of the Committee of 100

Co-Chairman, New York Philharmonic

Chairman, Metropolitan Museum of Art Asian Art Visiting Committee

Oscar L. Tang has been a private investor since 1993 when he retired from Reich & Tang, an asset management firm he co-founded and served as CEO for 23 years. He now devotes his time to supporting arts and culture and educational organizations.

He is the Co-Chairman of the New York Philharmonic and was part of the leadership which along with Lincoln Center led the historic renovation of David Geffen Hall in 2022. He participated in the recruitment of Gustavo Dudamel to be the next Music Director, including endowing the position in his and his wife’s name.

Tang has served as a trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than 30 years. He also serves on the boards of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and USA Bobsled and Skeleton Foundation. In 1989 he co-founded the Committee of 100 with Yo-Yo Ma, I.M. Pei and others to advance US-China relations and Chinese American inclusion, and serves on its board.

In 1990 Tang was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities; he later served on the New York State Council on the Arts from 2002 to 2004.

A graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover, Tang served on the Academy’s board of trustees from 1995 to 2012 and as board president from 2004 to 2012, during which time Andover became the first American preparatory school to go “need blind”. He attended Yale University and Harvard Business School, and has founded centers of academic excellence at Andover, Princeton, Columbia and Berkeley and recently the Hsu-Tang Library for Classical Chinese Literature at the Oxford University Press.

▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program
Peter Young

CEO, Young & Partners

Committee of 100 Member, New York Regional Chair and Board Member

Peter Young is CEO of Young & Partners, a 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 with Distinction 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 a board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive.

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 35 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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