An avid advocate for the power of education to change lives, Janet held the position of COO for six years before being named CEO in 2020； Board of education of the Iowa City Community School District in September 2017 and serves on the boards of Kirkwood Community College Foundation and MidWestONE Bank; Past board president of the Iowa City Community School District Foundation.

Andrew Taylor has worked in education for over 20 years. He has worked in a number of countries including the United Kingdom, The United States, India, Qatar, Colombia and the United Arab Emirates. He has experience in K-12 Education in both the traditional academic and the vocational (CTE in USA) sides of that space as well as in the global Higher Education space. His resume includes being part of the global leadership team for Edexcel GCEs and iGCSE and leading the operational programs for scoring and results delivery for national and international exams for Pearson UK. He has successfully managed partnerships in a number of locations including working with the Supreme Education Council to develop and launch a new awarding body for essential skills in Qatar, working to standardize curricula with SENA in Colombia and partnering with Arizona State University to help build their online campus to one of the biggest in the world. He has also been the editor in chief for a number of vocational educational publishing partnerships including with the National Center for Construction and Education, and the National Restaurant Association. Having worked for 19 years with Pearson he joined ACT in April 2020 and has responsibility for all non-Domestic products and services including the flagship GAC. He also leads our Workforce portfolio including the WorkKeys and National Career Readiness Certificates (NCRC).

Eng Han is the Vice President (Asia) for ACT Education Solutions, Ltd. He is responsible for all businesses in the territory including the ACT Test, the ACT Global Assessment Certificate (GAC) Program, and EPP Program.

Ms. Zheng oversees Regional Academic Directors and Academic Managers globally for ACT’s International Program – Global Assessment Certificate (GAC), which is now delivered in 10 countries worldwide.

哲学博士，曾任北京四中校长助理，北京四中璞瑅学校执行校长，海嘉教育研究院执行院长

Mr. Yang Xiaoke is the President of Fayao Education Group and the head of the Farragut School Brand in China. Since returning to China to introduce Farragut School in 2013, Mr. Yang Xiaoke has led the team to set up three campuses in Tianjin, Dongguan, and Shanghai, becoming a well-known brand in the field of international high schools. Mr. Yang Xiaoke graduated from Albany, State University of New York and is currently studying at Harvard Business School. Mr. Yang Xiaoke’s social responsibilities include serving as an executive member of the Tianjin Branch of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, and vice-chairman of the Tianjin Private Education Industry Chamber of Commerce.

MA in Education, University College London; Former Academic Principal, International Department at Beijing No.4 High School; Previously worked at Tsinghua University and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Ph.D., Professor, Ph.D supervisor, Editor-in-chief and Director of the Editorial Board of Confucius Institute Journal，Vice-Director of China Association of Second Language Acquisition. Major research expertise in second language acquisition, corpus linguistics, CEFR and foreign language education and lexicography; responsible and participated over 20 projects; author and co-authored over 8 books, 8 textbooks and about 30 journal articles.

Wu Xinping has been working in international education for over 30 years. As senior education officer, he works closely with education groups, international schools, and UK institutions. Xinping is a frequent speaker at industry events. He has rich experience in developing B2B partnerships, managing national projects and exploring insights for internal and external stakeholders. He graduated from Federation University Australia, prior to joining British Council, Xinping worked for Visa Section of American Embassy for 3 years.

Ms. Ning Deng is International ACAC Executive Board member, fellow of “Inviting Visitor Leadership program” selected by the US Department of States, and receiver of “Best Contribution award “given by Education USA, previously served as Director of College Counseling of Shenzhen Vanke MeiSha Academy. Ms. Deng holds College Counseling & Certificates from UCLA and Career planning certificate from UC Berkeley. She is also certified as a Strength Development Coach by Gallup. She is an experienced college counseling office engineer through over ten years of practices in public and private international programs and pioneer of college counseling profession in China. Her current interest is in developing an ethical college counseling office model in high school and the professional development of college counselors to best advocate international students. She has been working with over thousands of students to get into the top tier universities in the world with a large amount of scholarship.

Phoebe You has eleven years of management and operational experience in international higher education field. As the founder of The Ohio State University’s first overseas office in Shanghai, Ms. You focuses on developing Ohio State’s alumni network in the Greater China area, liaising the university with the Chinese higher education institutes, exploring the market for various educational training programs as well as providing assistance for faculty research, student recruitment, and student career services.   As an active international higher education advocate, Ms. You served on the steering committee of AUCA which also known as American Universities' China Association since 2016, which aims at developing a professional platform to connect educators working for US and overseas institutions in China. Ms. You is frequently consulted by US higher education administrators about establishing China operations and strategies to enter the China market.  Ms. You’s previous experiences include co-op experience in top 150 largest law firm Schottenstein Zox & Dunn and legal research experience with renowned professor from Moritz College of Law. She has a LLM from Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University and a LLB degree from East China University of Science and Technology. 

Dr. Kuo, Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Applied Psychology, is an educational psychologist who earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Iowa. He served as Associate Professor of Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality at Beijing Normal University, ACT visiting scholar, and Senior Research Associate of Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kuo received significant awards and honors to recognize his research and teaching accomplishments, including UIC President's Award for Teaching and Service in 2016, Guangdong High-Level Talent in 2017, and Guangdong Superior Talent Card in 2019. In addition, he has dedicated himself to the services in various academic communities. He is serving as Managing Editor of Innovative Teaching and Learning and Editorial Board Member of Gifted Education International, while he served as President of Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association between 2016 and 2018. Dr. Kuo’s research interests include social and emotional learning, large-scale assessments in education, development of innovative assessments, and college teaching and learning. As of date, he has authored more than 40 publications and 70 conference presentations.