We’re honored to feature global icon Stan Shih, Co-founder and Honorary Chairman at Acer and board director at TSMC as our featured keynote speaker. Limited seating… reserve early.

In addition leaders will share a global supply chain perspective and discuss global opportunities across the supply chain, giving attendees unique global information, ideas and connections.

Who Should Attend? And Summary…

• Leaders open to global strategic connections and information, in-person or virtual
• In-person Wednesday, Feb 19th in Phoenix, U.S. 1:00pm MT – 6:00pm / AZ
• Zoom/virtual times Parts 1 and 2, information when you sign up.
  • Part 1: 1:30-3:30pm AZ / 3:30-5:30pm ET / 9:30-11:30pm UK
  • Part 2: 4:00-6:00pm AZ / Feb 20th 7:00-9am Taipei / 8:00-10am Seoul+Tokyo
• Part 3: Post-Summit at Thunderbird – 6:15pm by ASU (info below, tickets above)
• Part 4: NAJAS Event at the Garden – Friday, 4-6pm HERE
• Part 5: Arizona Matsuri – Saturday and Sunday HERE

Agenda 

Gathering 1:00pm MT/AZ In-Person

*** 1:00 – 6:00 PM Full Program + 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Upstairs with ASU/JCCIAZ ***

*** 1:00 – 1:30pm Connect with Optional Campus Tour ***

*** Part 1… 1:30 – 3:30 PM AZ/MT Welcome + N.A. Semiconductor ***

* Welcome and Opening Remarks – 2025 Program ***

•    Eduardo Gonzalez : Advisory Board Chair, Global Chamber® Phoenix
•    Dr. Lena Booth : Deputy Dean, Thunderbird Academic Enterprise
•    Mayor Kate Gallego
•    Senator Mark Kelly (via video)
•    Doug Bruhnke : Founder/CEO at Global Chamber®

* Semiconductor Initiatives at Arizona State University *

•    Kyle Squires : Sr Vice Provost, Dean & Professor at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
•    Matt Salmon : Special Advisor on International Affairs at Arizona State University

* Supply Chain Updates and Opportunities *

•    Intel – Jason Bagley, Senior Director, State Government Relations at Intel
•    Global Industry – Robert Quinn, Semiconductor Industry Influencer and Evangelist
•    Global Leadership – David McCann, Sr VP, Chief of Staff, Business Unit, Amkor Technology
•    Cynthia Aragón, former Director, U.S. Department of Commerce, CHIPS for America
•    CHIPS Act – Michael Patterson, Shareholder at Spencer Fane
•    Compliance and Export Controls – Melissa Mannino & James Perry at BakerHostetler

* Supply Chain Updates and Opportunities – North America *

•    Arizona Semiconductor – Dean Simms, Program Manager at Plug and Play Tech Center
  •    Spotlighted Arizona Company Presenters Include Crystal Sonic, Beamline, Densec ID
•    Arizona Region – Thomas Maynard, Sr VP, Business Development, GPEC
•    Texas – Drew Scheberle, Sr. Advisor, Reshore Supply Chain, Texas Association of Business
•    East Coast – Robert “Bob” McCollar, Int’l Business Development at Loudoun County
•    Mexico – Fernando Alba Quiñonez, Chihuahua Secretariat of Innovation & Econ Development
•    Mexico (continued) – Mario Juarez, Executive Director at Chihuahua Global EDC

*** 3:30 – 4:00 PM AZ/MT BREAK ***

*** Part 2… 4:00 – 6:00 PM AZ/MT Global Semiconductor ***

* South Korea Updates and Opportunities, Roundtable *

•    Korea – Dr. Peter Wonsok Yun, Commissioner, James (Jung-Beck) Kim, Director at IFEZ
•    Korea Company Update – YB Lee, President, Haesung DS USA / KOTRA – Silicon Valley
•    Korea Innovation – Dr. Sihoon (Sean) Ryu, President at Korea Innovation Center – DC
•    US-Korea – Mi Jeong Hibbitts, CEO at Robert & William; Global Chamber® BWI

* Additional Global Updates *

•    India Update & Opportunities : Gunjan Bagla, CEO at Amritt
•    Philippines Update & Opportunities : Dan Lachica, President of SEIPI
•    Malaysia : Irvin Francis, Consul, Consulate General of Malaysia + Louis Lau, CEO at Vohrum
•    EU Semicon Opportunities : Carolin Gey, Honorary Consul, Federal Republic of Germany, AZ
•    Odette Wilhelmina Bakker – Head of Gov’t Affairs USA, ASM; Honorary Consul, NL in AZ
•    Japan Update : Shinichiro Suzuki, CEO, CFE Corp; Chris Masuyama, CEO of JCCIAZ
•    NAJAS / Japan-America Society Friday Gala – Andrew Wylegala
•    Matsuri and Japan – Honorary Consul Kelly Moeur

* 5:00 PM AZ Keynote and Roundtable on Taiwan, Semiconductors, TSMC and More *

•    Stan Shih : Co-founder and Honorary Chairman at Acer; Board Member TSMC
  • Current State of the Semiconductor Industry and What Comes Next
•    Mayor Kate Gallego : City of Phoenix
•    Matt Salmon : Special Advisory on International Affairs at ASU
•    Francis Tesmer : CEO at LEAD | Rolfs; Principal at LKglobal

Wrap-up then Post Summit Event Starting at 6:30pm with ASU/JCCIAZ.

* 6:30 PM AZ ASU + Japanese Chamber (JCCIAZ) Reception and info Session

• Doors Upstairs at The Pub Open at 6:15pm. Program begins at 6:30pm
• Presentations will include the following ASU Departments
  • Corporate Engagement – Katie Smith
  • Economic Development – Kimberly Hanes
  • Core Facilities – Wendy Crosby
  • Career Services – Safali Patel
  • Ira Fulton Schools of Engineering – Dario Solis
  • W.P. Carey School of Business – Raghu Santanam

The week wraps up on Friday by NAJAS at the Garden – February 21st, 4-6pm HERE

Sponsors

• ASU
• Spencer Fane
• BakerHostetler
• Intel Corporation
• Bank of America
• Lee & Associates
• Chihuahua Global EDC
• Mayor Kate Gallego and City of Phoenix
• Thunderbird School of Global Management
• Cities of Scottsdale, Surprise & Peoria
• Korea Innovation Center (KIC-DC)
• KOTRA Silicon Valley

Tables

• Executive Education, Thunderbird

Collaborators

• JCCIAZ
• Phoenix Japanese Friendship Garden
• Japan America Society / Japanese Culture Club of AZ
• Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA)
• Semiconductor & Electronics Industry of the Philippines

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For those attending the Summit in person, please arrive by 1:00pm local time to get you seated for a starting time of 1:30pm.

Attend via zoom or in-person (401 N 1st Street). Parking is available at street meters all around the downtown ASU campus. There are many spots available at this time of day, and it’s at the regular rate of $3/hr. Also consider the parking garages nearby, which are $20. The AZ Republic Parking is adjacent to the building, though remember that you’ll need to come around to the 1st Street side via Polk Street for the main entrance to Thunderbird.

• AZ Republic Parking – 455 N 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
• Sheraton – 340 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004 – It’s right next to the AZ Republic Parking
• Chase Parking – 160 E Monroe St, Phoenix, AZ 85004 and the ASU

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Speaker Biographies

Stan Shih

Stan Shih is Co-founder and Honorary Chairman at Acer, and a Director since July, 1979. Mr. Shih is a Member of the Board at TSMC and Nan Shan Life Insurance. He’s also Representative Director for Hung Rouan Investment Corp., and a Member of the Investment Committee at Acer.

Mr. Shih co-founded Acer in 1976 under the name Multitech, and served as Chairman and CEO until his initial retirement in 2004. He returned in November 2013 to help lead Acer through its third corporate transformation. In June 2014 he stepped away from the daily operations and became Honorary Chairman.

Senator Mark Kelly

Mark is U.S. Senator for the State of Arizona.

Senator Kelly is the son of two police officers, and he attended public schools from elementary school through the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. As a naval aviator, he served on the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Midway and flew 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm. Senator Kelly was later selected as an astronaut in 1996 in the same class as his twin brother Scott. He flew his first of four missions into space in 2001 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour and retired from the Navy and NASA after commanding the final flight of Endeavour in 2011. Senator Kelly was sworn into his Senate seat on December 2, 2020 to finish the term of the late Senator John McCain. He lives in Tucson with his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

Matt Salmon

Matt Salmon is a Special Advisor on International Affairs at ASU. Formerly, he represented the 5th District of Arizona for five terms in Congress. Matt served three terms before honoring a self-imposed term limit and leaving Congress in 2000, at which time he worked as a consultant to ASU on matters related to education policy. He returned to Congress in 2012 and was re-elected in 2014 and retired in 2016.Salmon was a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, serving as chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and as chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. In that capacity he has led numerous delegations to China.

From 1977 to 1979 Matt lived in Taiwan as a Mormon missionary and speaks fluent Mandarin. During his tenure in Congress, he introduced several pieces of legislation to expand Taiwan’s international stature, such as the bill to include Taiwan in Interpol. In 2017, Matt joined GTI’s delegation to Taiwan for a conference with Taiwan Think Thank. Matt graduated from ASU in 1981 and holds a Master’s of Public Administration from Brigham Young University.

Dr. Peter Wonsok Yun

Commissioner, Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ), Policy Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea, Executive Director, Global Chamber Seoul (and Busan, Daegu, Daejeon and Gwanju), CEO and Founder, Meta Globe Corp, Co Chair, Global Korea Business Forum (Korean National Assembly)

Dr. Yun is Executive Director of Global Chamber Korea, with 5 main chapters. He is CEO of Meta Globe and Co-Chair of Global Korea Business Forum. He is an expert in Market Intelligence, Presidential Economic Diplomacy: Trade Development and Trade Show, In-Out bound Investment including M&A.

Dr. Yun has successfully served international posts such as Deputy Director of KOTRA Miami, U.S. (1991-1994); Head of Commercial Section (KOTRA) of Korean Embassy Nairobi, Kenya (1998-2001); Chief Trade Commissioner of KOTRA Vancouver, Canada (2003-2007); Head of KOTRA Busan, Korea (2008-2009), Chief Trade Commissioner of KOTRA, Los Angeles (2010-2012). He holds Phd. in Business Administration from Sungkyunkwan University. Dr. Yun was awarded the Order of Industrial Service Merit from President of Korea.

Mi Jeong Hibbitts

CEO at Robert & William and Executive Director, Global Chamber Baltimore/Washington

An accomplished international business and marketing expert, Mi Jeong Hibbitts is the CEO of Robert and William, a strategic consulting firm based in Maryland, USA, specializing in US-Asia market entry. She came to the US in 1997 and has decades of expertise and experience. With a diverse background in international trade, marketing, advertising, journalism, finance, technology, and the US government, she offers strategic counsel and practical support for innovative companies of all sizes, including startups, engaged in cross-border trade and investment between the US and Asia.

Additionally, Mi Jeong serves as the Executive Director for Global Chamber® Baltimore/Washington DC, where she drives efforts to grow cross-border trade and investment for members in various industries.

She holds a degree in English Language and Literature from Ewha Womans University and an MBA from the University of Hawaii.

Dr. Sihoon Ryu – President, Korea Innovation Center Washington DC

Dr. Sihoon Ryu brings his 17 years of hands-on venture investment experience in the mobile, semiconductor, and automotive industries to his role at KIC DC as President.

Prior to joining KIC DC, Sihoon worked as an investor at SKTelecom Ventures, Daedeok Venture Partners, and Hyundai Mobis Ventures.

He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Yonsei Univ. and a Corporate Valuation certification from Wharton Executive Education.

Mike Patterson – Partner at Spencer Fane

Gunjan Bagla

Gunjan has over 25 years of global sourcing, engineering, and marketing experience. He has held senior positions in technology sales and marketing. Bagla has managed teams sourcing products and services from China, India, Japan, and the rest of Asia. He began his career as an engineer for Larsen & Toubro, Bangalore, a prominent Indian industrial firm. Mr. Bagla came to the U.S. and later worked as Director of Program Management for Tandon Computer.He is the founder and Managing Director of Amritt, Inc. Gunjan gives his unique insight into many of the news events, business developments, and business trends affecting India and those companies who partner with India today in a more informal format.  Visit the The India Expert to learn more.

Based in California, he is the author of the acclaimed title “Doing Business in 21st Century India: How to Profit Today from tomorrow’s most exciting Market” published in 2008 by Warner/Hachette Books and was the technical editor on John Wiley’s Doing Business in India for Dummies (2007). He  created the executive seminar “Business with India” for Caltech, the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California and has also taught executives at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix, Arizona. These books and seminars are a direct result of his work as an India Business Consultant for major Western clients.

Bagla has been interviewed on BBC World News, BBC Television’s The Hub with Nik Gowing and National Public Radio’s To The Point with Warren Olney and Fox Business Television. He’s been quoted in in the New York Times, the Financial Times,  the Los Angeles Times, Business Week, Business with India, the Hollywood Reporter, and other global media for his expertise on India. His articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review,  Business Week, CIO Magazine, Purchasing Magazine, Quality Magazine, Business World, Daily Variety, and more.

Dan Lachica

Dan is the President of Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation, Inc. (SEIPI), the association representing the electronics industry which accounts for 62.3% of total Philippine commodity exports and employs over 3M direct and indirect workers.

Dan has over 40 years of senior management experience in semiconductors, electronics and consumer goods manufacturing, 16 of which were in front-end semiconductor wafer manufacturing in Silicon Valley. Prior to his early retirement from the Lopez Group of companies, he was a SVP with First Philippine Holdings Corp. and concurrent President of the group’s electronics/solar manufacturing companies. He returned to the Philippines in 1996 as the expatriate Managing Director of Iomega Corporation of Utah. He also held leadership positions at Hewlett Packard in California, Motorola in Arizona, American Microsystems Inc. in Idaho, and Procter & Gamble in the Philippines.

Dan is an expert in world-class initiatives such as Six Sigma (Black Belt & U.S. IQPC Judge), Balanced Score Card, and Total Productive Maintenance. He had received several awards including the Dr. Joseph Juran National Medal from the Philippine Society for Quality, and Outstanding Electrical Engineer from the University of the Philippines (U.P.). He has BSEE from U.P. Diliman, an MBA from San Jose State University in California, and a DBA (With Distinction) from De La Salle University. Dan is a Philippine Science High School (PSHS) alumnus and currently sits in the Board of the Philippine Science High School System (PSHSS). He is a member of the Advisory Councils of DOST’s SEI, ITDI, and AmCen. For DTI, Dan sits in the Export Development Council ExCom and Co-Chairs the EMB NCTPPS and the Electronics TWG. He is the Chief of Party for the USAID AMDev Program.

Robert “Bob” McCollar – International Business Development Manager at Loudoun Economic Development

Robert “Bob” McCollar serves as the international business development manager for Loudoun Economic Development. He works to promote the department’s services throughout the international business community, and acts as a resource for the county and Commonwealth of Virginia to attract, grow and maintain international business in Loudoun.

A Loudoun resident for almost 20 years, Bob is a licensed attorney with 30 years of executive business development and legal experience, working with international businesses in a diverse range of markets. He serves on the Board of Directors for the British American Business Association, and is a member of dozens of Chambers of Commerce and various Trade Groups. He is a co-founding member of the Dulles International Global Group, and is a frequent speaker at various Embassy events in Washington, D.C. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Trinity University and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from William Mitchell Law School.

Melissa Mannino, Partner, BakerHostetler

Melissa Mannino, co-leader of the International Trade and National Security team and a Chambers ranked attorney, is an experienced export controls, foreign investment (CFIUS) and economic sanctions practitioner. Her broad based national security practice includes advising a range of companies, from start-ups to industry leading businesses, across a variety of sectors on compliance with the U.S. export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations and the CFIUS laws and regulations. She also represents clients through each stage of proceedings before the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury and State on export control, CFIUS and sanctions matters.

Melissa previously served as the Chief of the Enforcement and Litigation Division, Office of Chief Counsel for Industry and Security, at the U.S. Department of Commerce. She leverages her government and private practice experience to provide strategic and practical legal advice to clients.

James Perry, Associate, BakerHostetler 

James Perry has a well-rounded and broad international trade practice assisting domestic and international clients with trade-related concerns before various U.S. Government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Industry and Security and other partner government agencies.

James advises clients in a multitude of industries on U.S. Customs laws and regulations that directly impact clients’ importing activities in the U.S., ranging from HTSUS classification, country-of-origin determinations and marking requirements, customs audits, EAPA investigations, international trade agreements (USMCA/KORUS) and other trade remedy matters involving Section 201, 301 and 232 tariffs. He also counsels clients on a variety of export-related matters, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), U.S. economic sanctions and embargo programs and development of export compliance programs for oil and gas machinery manufacturers and related energy service companies.

Drew Scheberle – Sr. Advisor, Texas Association of Business, TCCE Executive Director & ExDir, National Security Innovation Council

Drew is ExDir for the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives – a network of 250 Texas-based Chambers – and serves as Sr. Advisor for Reshore Supply Chain for the Texas Association of Business. Drew has more than two decades of experience at senior levels in the economic development space, including co-founding the National Security Innovation Council, a 501(c)(6) designed to ensure Texas is the partner of choice to accelerate national security decision making and 15 years as the SVP. Drew has also participated in critical Texas-based semiconductor initiatives and led major talent development efforts, secured transcontinental air service, passed major road mobility bonds, community college and school district facility bonds, state legislation to lower property taxes and improve Texas’ economic, human and physical capital competitiveness; conceive and execute initiatives to attract key projects like Army Futures Command, connect veterans to employment and increase regional college attainment rates.

Prior to the Austin Chamber, Drew ran the National Center for State Scholars, an initiative of President George W. Bush, which worked with 12 state Chambers of Commerce, Governors and higher education leaders to ensure state policies supported widespread completion of a well-rounded academic course of study.

Robert Quinn – Semiconductor Industry Influencer and Evangelist

Robert Quinn is a recognized Semiconductor Industry Expert, Influencer, and Evangelist with more than 25 years of experience in equipment and process engineering. As the founder of Quinns Media, he delivers incisive insights into the ever-evolving semiconductor ecosystem, spotlighting daily shifts in business and technology. Garnering over 11 million annual impressions on his LinkedIn articles, Robert has established himself as a trusted voice within the industry.

An engaging and accomplished speaker, he captivates audiences—from 6th graders to CEOs—by demystifying complex semiconductor technologies. His presentations have resonated globally at government organizations, universities, and premier industry events. Through storytelling and thought leadership, Robert not only fosters innovation but also champions technological progress, continually shaping the future of semicon tech.

Arno Merkle, Ph.D – Co-founder and CEO, Crystal Sonic, Inc.

Arno Merkle, Co-founder and CEO of Crystal Sonic is an accomplished leader in the capital equipment and deep tech industries. With a robust background leading product teams and business development at renowned technology companies including Carl Zeiss, Tescan, Xradia, and XRE, Arno has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of advanced electron- and X-ray microscopy systems across various sectors. His strategic contributions led to successful exits at startups Xradia in 2013 and XRE in 2018. Arno holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University (2007) and resides in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife.

Michael N. Kozicki, Ph.D., FNAI – Co-founder of Densec ID

Michael Kozicki joined Arizona State University in 1985 from the semiconductor industry and is currently Professor and Graduate Program Chair in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and Senior Global Futures Scientist at ASU. His research, which has been cited nearly 17,000 times, focuses on the development of novel materials, processes, and devices in applications ranging from information storage to digital identity. He has over 70 US and several dozen international patents granted, which have led to commercialized technologies including Conductive Bridging Random Access Memory (CBRAM), achievements which resulted in his election as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2015. In 2021, Dr. Kozicki co-founded Densec ID LLC, an ASU spin-out company that was formed to develop and commercialize Dendritic Identifier oracle technology for supply chain transparency and track-and-trace applications in markets ranging from agri-food to microelectronics.

Akihiko Oma

Director at NuFlare Technology

Former President/CEO at Toshiba America

Akihiko Oma has taken a leadership role with NuFlare Technology. Previously he held the role of president and CEO for Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) based in Irvine, California, with world HQ in Tokyo, Japan. Under his leadership, TAEC has focused on expanding Toshiba’s HDD, discrete semiconductor and system LSI businesses in key application areas such as IoT, in-vehicle systems, data center, automotive and industrial.

As a 35-year Toshiba veteran, Mr. Oma has held a variety of management, planning, marketing, and sales positions, including his prior role of senior vice president of planning and operations at TAEC. During Mr. Oma’s six year tenure with Toshiba Electronics Asia, Ltd. in Hong Kong, his responsibilities included managing the intricacies of Toshiba’s international operations for electronic components. He then returned to Japan to manage global planning for Toshiba’s semiconductor business, developing the strategy and direction for the company’s global sales and marketing teams.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree as a graduate from Waseda University in Japan.

Consul Kelly Moeur

Consul Moeur is a member of the Japan Business Association of Arizona, and member emeritus of Global Chamber.

He was a founding member and past Principal of Arizona Gakuen School. Arizona Gakuen is a non-profit organization that teaches academic subjects in Japanese language to Arizona children.

In 2015, Consul Moeur was recognized by the Government of Japan for service in promoting international friendship and understanding.

Global Chamber® is growing 14 chapters in Japan, building off the long history of working in Japan by founder Doug Bruhnke who lived in Tokyo and traveled to every corner of the country.

We appreciate Kelly Moeur and his leadership, which helped Global Chamber® to host Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki in our beginning days, kicking off our global expansion to Japan and the world. Thank you Kelly, Senator Sinema and all our supporters and collaborators. We also appreciate the support of the Country of Japan to Global Chamber including our hosting leaders including Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki and top executives at Toyota Motor, and the support to create the Global Chamber Semiconductor Summit.

Consulate General of Japan

Thank you to the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles for the collaboration for 10+ years, with special thanks to Brian Swords and the Japanese Government. We’re honored to have Brian now serving on the Global Chamber® Los Angeles advisory board.

Carolin Gey

Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, AZ

Carolin has over 25 years of experience building upon her early work in European health care and wellness. Armed with a working knowledge of how the European community conducts business she located to the United States in 2002. There she has been responsible for the start up of several businesses in the health care/wellness, sports, and manufacturing industries that have international ties. Common to these companies was her success in building business partnerships between the US and non-US companies. Carolin’s focus in each of these enterprises was in company management, US and international distribution, product development, and branding.

Carolin brings a unique diversity of formal education in business management and entrepreneurial ownership in growth driven companies. Her formal education comes from her home country of Germany where she graduated with a Masters Degree in business economics from the University Erlangen-Nueremberg. Subsequently she received an Erasmus scholarship and wrote her thesis during the time she studied at the University of Sevilla in Spain. She has been engaged in multiple international business cultures and speaks fluently in German, English, and Spanish.

In February 2020 Carolin was inaugurated as the Honorary Consul to the Federal Republic of Germany in the state of Arizona. She also is on the Global Chamber Phoenix Advisory Board. She lives with her husband and son in Scottsdale, AZ.

The Honorable Odette Wilhelmina Bakker

Honorary Consul of The Netherlands

Head of Government Affairs at ASM USA

Odette has taken on the role of Head of Government Affairs at ASM USA since 2024. Before emigrating to the USA, Odette finished Amsterdam Law School and started working for the Dutch Federal Government. As a Public Policy Adviser with the Department of Homeland Security & Interior Affairs, she rotated several positions. In 2016 she made the step back to public service with City of Phoenix including Community and Economic Development Department as an Economic Development Manager (Int’l & National Attraction/Retention).

Since Summer 2020 Odette was appointed as the new Honorary Consul of the Netherlands in Arizona. Odette has two children (Ashton who is 17 and Savannah who is 16), is an avid Team Handball player, loves hiking, good food and serving the community in various capacities. She is actively involved in Arizona Forward, the state’s leading sustainability organization driving major initiatives for quality of life and economic growth in Arizona. And recently she was elected to the Diplomatic Corps Arizona Executive Board, as Board Secretary, and named to the Global Chamber Phoenix Advisory Board.

Doug Bruhnke – founder/CEO at Global Chamber

Doug is a global entrepreneur, speaker and author dedicated to helping members of Global Chamber® reach new markets across metros and borders more successfully. In addition we have the opportunity of attracting more leaders to global business, making our world a better place.

• Founder/CEO of Global Chamber®, operating in 525 metros, 195 countries
• Career with DuPont that included expat assignments in Tokyo and Singapore
• B.S. Chemical Engineering from University of Utah, with 5 chemical process patents
• Executive MBA Michigan State with 38 years of exporting and global trade experience
• Led major consulting projects at General Motors, Johnson & Johnson and two Olympics
• Worked in all segments including tech, materials, pharma, auto, aerospace and healthcare
• Member of the Arizona District Export Council and Advisor for U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
• Connect with Doug here.

Hear the Global Chamber® story HERE. Why Global Chamber®? Listen HERE. And MORE.

Special thanks to the Global Chamber® chapters in Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Brussels, London, Amsterdam and Phoenix. Check out our advisory board leaders in Phoenix here.

Global Chamber® is a growing and collaborating community of CEOs, executives, professionals and leaders in 525 metro regions around the world… connecting member businesses to new opportunities and advancing growth and success. It’s the only chamber of commerce in the world operating in hundreds of locations that helps leaders to export, import, and invest through warm introductions to clients, partners, projects, employees and resources. Global is good! The global tribe has fun engaging with the world!

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