Online via Zoom webinar
Thursday, June 5 at 5:00-6:15 PM (Pacific Time)
Friday, June 6 at 8:00-9:15 AM (Beijing Time)
The goal of the Global Chinese Philanthropy (GCP) Research and Training Program is to integrate networking building, research, and training to bridge intellectual inquiry and professional practice in the field of Global Chinese Philanthropy. The program also seeks to foster passion and interest in volunteerism, stimulate innovative research ideas, and encourage the sharing of best practices related to Global Chinese Philanthropy.
The 2025 Public Forum on Global Chinese Philanthropy will feature scholars and practitioners who will discuss and share their experiences from a variety of perspectives. Please note that a closed-group discussion and members-only workshop for registered GCP Training Program participants will follow the panel, on Thursday, June 6 from 6:30-8:00 PM (Pacific Time) / Friday, June 7 from 9:30-11:00 AM (Beijing Time).
- Chair: Jeannie Chen, Center Administrator (Asia Pacific Center at University of California, Los Angeles)
- Moderator: Marina Harper, Senior Director for International Development (University of California, Davis)
- Panelists: Ming Hu, Assistant Professor (Macau University of Science & Technology); Yonghui Yu, Associate Professor (South China Normal University)
Dr. Hu Ming is Assistant Professor at Macau University of Science & Technology. He obtained his PhD in Civil Society and Community Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include nonprofit management, volunteering and giving, and community development.
Dr. Yonghui Yu is Associate Professor at South China Normal University and a current Visiting Scholar at the UCLA Asia Pacific Center. She obtained her PhD in Economic Sociology from Sun Yat-sen University. Her research takes a comparative approach towards the study of Chinese entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial family wealth management, as well as specifically on the donation behaviors of Chinese entrepreneurs.
Dr. Marina Harper is Senior Director for International Development at UC Davis. She obtained her PhD in Philanthropic Studies in 2019 from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University. As Founding Director of the Development Office at NTU, she made a deep and transformational impact on students, faculty and the university through private support. Within her first year of joining the Development Office in 2005, she tripled the value of funds raised and increased the number of alumni donors 20-fold. Marina has also done much to build, train and inspire a new generation of fundraising professionals in the non-profit ecosystem in Singapore and the region. With 28 years of experience in fundraising, she chaired the 2011 CASE Asia-Pacific Advancement Conference, was faculty at the CASE Asia-Pacific Institute for Educational Fundraising in Melbourne from 2011 to 2013, and presented at CASE conferences, seminars, workshops and CASE on CAMPUS events.
This event is part of the Global Chinese Philanthropy Research and Training Program and made possible with the support of the Cyrus Tang Foundation.