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SUMMARY:Raj Subramaniam\, President and CEO of FedEx
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-depth\, one-on-one dialogue between Raj Subramaniam\, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation\, and CNBC’s global markets correspondent Seema Mody. The conversation delves into Subramaniam’s dynamic leadership philosophy\, his bold strategic vision for guiding one of the world’s largest transportation and logistics companies\, and his approach to navigating the complexities of today’s global economy. As FedEx plays a critical role in powering global supply chains\, this interview reveals how Subramaniam drives cutting-edge innovation\, cultivates a people-centric culture\, and harnesses advanced data-driven technologies to revolutionize the logistics industry. \nReception 5:30-6:30 PM\nProgram 6:30-7:30 PM \nSpeakers\nRaj Subramaniam is the President and CEO of FedEx Corporation\, a global leader in transportation and logistics. Joining FedEx in 1991 as a marketing analyst in Memphis\, Subramaniam rose through various leadership roles\, including Vice President of Marketing for Asia-Pacific (1996–2003)\, Regional President of FedEx Canada (2003–2006)\, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications (2006–2013)\, and Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communications (2013–2019). He became President and CEO of FedEx Express in 2019\, then COO of FedEx Corporation\, before assuming the CEO role. He has been a member of the FedEx Board of Directors since 2020 and chairs its Executive and Strategic Management Committees. Subramaniam is proficient in English\, Hindi\, Tamil\, and Malayalam. Subramaniam’s leadership emphasizes empathy\, adaptability\, and people-centric innovation\, drawing from his Indian heritage and global experience in cities like Hong Kong\, Toronto\, and Memphis. He also serves on advisory boards\, including the U.S.-India Business Council and the U.S.-China Business Council\, advocating for business as a force for global stability. \nSeema Mody is a technology and global markets correspondent for CNBC\, focusing on the intersection of foreign policy\, Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Given her experience reporting overseas\, she helps synthesize complex international stories for CNBC’s investor audience. Within technology\, she covers the software and cloud services companies at the leading edge of artificial intelligence adoption. She also reports on the globally diversified industrials sector. She has broken several stories in her coverage of the travel industry and reported from the frontlines on the catastrophic effect of the pandemic that nearly forced some of the most iconic hospitality names into financial distress. She joined CNBC in July 2011 as a reporter covering the tech and IPO market from the NASDAQ. Her career then moved to London where she was co-anchor of “Worldwide Exchange” and covered major international stories including Brexit and China’s historic currency devaluation that roiled global markets. Mody began her career in broadcasting as a reporter and anchor at CNBC-TV18 in Mumbai\, India where she reported extensively on the country’s economic boom. During her time at the network\, she co-anchored “Power Breakfast” and “After the Bell” as well as co-produced and anchored special features. Mody broke stories on private equity deals and M&A activity across the emerging market\, exclusively interviewing global private equity heads including Warburg Pincus CEO Chip Kaye\, and provided daily market updates for CNBC World’s “Capital Connection” and “Cash Flow.” Mody graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was recently appointed to Pratham’s tristate board.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/raj-subramaniam-president-and-ceo-of-fedex/
LOCATION:Asia Society NYC\, 725 Park Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,In Person,Interview
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SUMMARY:Wendy Evans Joseph Lecture on Art and Architecture: Mel Chin
DESCRIPTION:Mel Chin | The Funk & Wag from A to Z\, 2012. Image courtesy Mel Chin \nThe annual Wendy Evans Joseph Lecture on Art and Architecture showcases artists whose work addresses the built environment\, and humanity’s impact on the earth and other living things. \n\n\n\nMel Chin will present his work in a public lecture\, followed by a conversation with architect Tei Carpenter. The event will include an audience question-and-answer session. \nMel Chin is a conceptual artist known for a broad range of approaches to artmaking\, including public initiatives realized through multidisciplinary\, collaborative teamwork and works which enlist science as an aesthetic component to elaborate complex ideas. Throughout his career\, Chin has developed a diverse portfolio of projects that employ artistic methods to not only address but intervene in urgent social\, political\, cultural\, and environmental landscapes. \nChin’s artworks include: \n\nFundred Project Prompted by a visit to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina\, Chin initiated this campaign to raise awareness of childhood lead poisoning through the collaborative creation and dissemination of “Fundred Dollar Bill” drawings in schools\, arts institutions\, and civic settings across the country.\nIn the Name of the Place In 1995\, Mel Chin formed the GALA Committee\, a collective which conducted a two-year\, covert public art project on the television show Melrose Place\, creating and inserting conceptual and often subversive props into the popular primetime soap opera.\nThe Funk & Wag from A to Z This installation comprises 524 unique collages which re-edit images from Funk & Wagnall’s The Universal Standard Encyclopedia to pose contemporary and historical cultural critiques.\n\nSince the 1980’s\, Chin’s work has been exhibited in arts institutions around the world and installed across the United States through site-specific projects\, from the ongoing Revival Field\, a pioneering application of green remediation practices initiated in 1990\, to Unmoored\, a 2018 mixed reality experience located in Times Square that envisions a submerged future. Chin was one of the artists featured in the first season of the PBS Series Art of the 21st Century\, focused on the theme of “consumption.” His 40-year survey exhibition at the Queens Museum\, All Over the Place\, was named the best art exhibition of 2018 by Hyperallergic. \nChin is the recipient of numerous awards and grants\, including the MacArthur Fellowship in 2019\, his election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2021\, and the Hiroshima Art Prize in 2024. His work is included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, The Menil Collection\, and the Whitney Museum of American Art\, among others. \nFollowing his presentation\, architect Tei Carpenter will join Chin in discussion. Carpenter is the founding director of Agency—Agency\, a New York City based architectural design practice specializing in cultural and public projects. In parallel to design work\, Carpenter is an assistant professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture and creates and leads participatory design and advocacy engagements\, with past partners including the Ali Forney Center and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Her project New Public Hydrant\, with Chris Woebken\, is held in MoMA’s permanent collection. \nFree for League members; $20 general admission.\nAdvance registration in required.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/wendy-evans-joseph-lecture-on-art-and-architecture-mel-chin/
LOCATION:Scholastic’s Big Red Auditorium\, 130 Mercer Street\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Interview
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SUMMARY:Talk with Elaine Chao\, former US Secretary of Labor and Transportation
DESCRIPTION:The Honorable Elaine Chao\, who was the 24th U. S. Secretary of Labor\, the 18th U. S. Secretary of Transportation November \, 2025 at 6 pm ET.\n\n\nDear Friends\, \nWe are pleased to invite you to attend the seventh Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes” event that will feature The Honorable Elaine Chao\, who was the 24th U. S. Secretary of Labor\, the 18th U. S. Secretary of Transportation. The event will be held on November 25\, 2025 at 6 pm ET. \nSecretary Chao is the first Asian-Pacific American woman to serve in the President’s cabinet in American history. She has been confirmed to two cabinet positions by the United States Senate on a strong bipartisan basis: U. S. Secretary of Labor and U. S. Secretary of Transportation. \nThis Committee of 100 Conversations program features 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 feature a live broadcast. The video and podcast recordings of the interview will be made available as part of a library of the interviews. \nChinese 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. \nPeter Young\, Committee of 100 Member and Board Member and Chair of the Conversations Program will moderate. The broadcast will be on November 25 from 6 pm Eastern Time to 6:45 pm Eastern Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-11-25-2025.eventbrite.com. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website. \nWe hope you will join us. Thank you! \nBest regards\,\nCommittee of 100 \n  \nCommittee of 100 Conversations\nRecollections\, Pioneers and Heroes \nNovember 25\, 2025 Webcast \n  \n▦ Speaker \nThe Honorable Elaine Chao \n24th U. S. Secretary of Labor \n18th U. S. Secretary of Transportation \n  \n▦ Moderator: \nPeter Young\, CEO\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member and Board Member\nChair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program \n  \n▦ Time: \n6:00 pm Eastern Time \n  \nThe 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. \nThere is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-11-25-2025.eventbrite.com. \n▦ Speaker Bios: \nThe Honorable Elaine Chao \n24th U. S. Secretary of Labor \n18th U. S. Secretary of Transportation \n  \nSecretary Chao is the first Asian-Pacific American woman to serve in the President’s cabinet in American history. She has been confirmed to two cabinet positions by the United States Senate on a strong bipartisan basis: U. S. Secretary of Labor and U. S. Secretary of Transportation. She is also the longest serving Cabinet Secretary since World War II. \n  \nAt the U. S. Department of Transportation\, Secretary Chao focused on keeping America’s transportation system safe and efficient; invested over $300 billion in infrastructure over three and a half years; and\, engaged with new technologies including autonomous vehicles\, drones\, and commercial space launches to build the transportation system of the future. During the COVID-19 health crisis\, Secretary Chao’s decisive actions kept America’s transportation networks safe and moving. \n  \nAs U.S. Secretary of Labor\, Secretary Chao focused on increasing the competitiveness of the American workforce in a global economy. She set new records for workplace safety and health and ensured the retirement security of 44 million retirees by spearheading the passage of the most significant pension legislation in 30 years\, the Pension Protection Act of 2006. \n  \nPrior to becoming U. S. Secretary of Labor\, Elaine Chao was President and CEO of United Way\, where she restored public trust by reforming the governance structure and instilling a new culture of accountability and transparency after the organization had been tarnished by previous financial mismanagement and abuse. \n  \nElaine Chao also served as head of the Peace Corps\, where she launched programs in the newly liberated Baltic nations and former Soviet Union\, including Ukraine. She began her public service working on transportation and trade issues at the White House. She was promoted in rapid succession to Deputy Maritime Administrator\, U. S. Department of Transportation; Chairman\, Federal Maritime Commission; and Deputy Secretary\, U.S. Department of Transportation. In the private sector\, Elaine worked as Vice President of Syndications at Bank of America and Citicorp. \n  \nElaine has been a director on numerous public boards while out of government including News Corp\, HCA Healthcare\, Ingersoll Rand\, Wells Fargo\, Protective Life\, Dole Food Company and NASD. She currently serves on the boards of Kroger and technology companies in the mobility space. She has also been a director and trustee on many nonprofit boards including Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors\, Harvard Business School Global Advisory Board\, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\, United Way Worldwide\, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute\, Los Angeles 2028 Organizing Committee of Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28)\, and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Advisory Board. \n  \nBorn in Taiwan\, she immigrated to America at the age of 8 not speaking English and received her citizenship at age 19. Elaine earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College\, and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She is the recipient of 38 honorary degrees. Please visit her website: http://www.elainechao.com and her family’s story at Harvard Business School https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/chaofamily/. \n  \n▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program \nPeter Young \nCEO\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member and Board Member \nChair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program \nPeter 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. \nMr. 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. \n  \nThe Committee of 100 \nThe 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. \nThe Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n\nPromoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community\nAdvancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China\n\nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org. \n  \n  \n 
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