Peggy Liu
Peggy Liu, Chairperson of JUCCCE, is one of the leading international experts on China's sustainability landscape and fostering international collaboration with China. JUCCCE is a non-profit organization most noted for its multi-sector convening power. Key JUCCCE milestones: holding the first public dialogues between US & China on clean energy, introducing Smart Grid to China, educating 600 Chinese government leaders on how to build sustainable cities, creating the China Dream initiative to reimagine prosperity for sustainable consumerism, creating early consumer awareness on the use of energy efficient lightbulbs and pollution masks.
She is also an executive advisor to Marks & Spencer, an advisor to the World Economic Forum Project Board on Sustainable Consumption, and Volans. She is a member of the FTSE Environmental Markets Committee, and a Thought Leader at Criticaleye. She served as a sustainability advisor to HP in 2013, a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Councils on Sustainable Consumption 2012-13 and on New Energy Architecture 2011-12, and an energy adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative in 2008.
As one of the leading green voices in China, Peggy was honored as a Time Magazine Hero of the Environment, a Forbes "Women to Watch in Asia", a China top 50 innovative business leaders by China Business News Weekly, WEF Young Global Leader, the Hillary Step for Climate Change Solutions. Also features such as Oriental Outlook ("China Dream"), Global Times ("Green Goddess"), Beijing Tatler ("Green Miracle"), Vogue ("3 Women Who Better the World"), Madame Figaro "Top Life" award, L'Officiel ("China's Most Successful Women").
In 2007, Peggy organized the MIT Forum on the Future of Energy in China from which JUCCCE was formed. This forum was the first public dialogue between US and Chinese government officials on clean energy in China. Prior to JUCCCE she had a diverse career as a venture capitalist in Shanghai, an ecommerce pioneer in Silicon Valley, a software marketing executive, a McKinsey consultant, and a computer programmer. She is a graduate of MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and completed programs at Harvard Kennedy School and at Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy.
Peggy has a passion for making the world a better place. She believes in the power of one person to inspire collaborative change, that the most helpful skill is telling a good story, that cultural translators are the most important job of the next generation, and that those who can, should. Peggy is Chinese-American and resides in Shanghai with her husband and two sons.
Peggy Liu, Chairperson of JUCCCE, is one of the leading international experts on China's sustainability landscape and fostering international collaboration with China. JUCCCE is a non-profit organization most noted for its multi-sector convening power. Key JUCCCE milestones: holding the first public dialogues between US & China on clean energy, introducing Smart Grid to China, educating 600 Chinese government leaders on how to build sustainable cities, creating the China Dream initiative to reimagine prosperity for sustainable consumerism, creating early consumer awareness on the use of energy efficient lightbulbs and pollution masks.
She is also an executive advisor to Marks & Spencer, an advisor to the World Economic Forum Project Board on Sustainable Consumption, and Volans. She is a member of the FTSE Environmental Markets Committee, and a Thought Leader at Criticaleye. She served as a sustainability advisor to HP in 2013, a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Councils on Sustainable Consumption 2012-13 and on New Energy Architecture 2011-12, and an energy adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative in 2008.
As one of the leading green voices in China, Peggy was honored as a Time Magazine Hero of the Environment, a Forbes "Women to Watch in Asia", a China top 50 innovative business leaders by China Business News Weekly, WEF Young Global Leader, the Hillary Step for Climate Change Solutions. Also features such as Oriental Outlook ("China Dream"), Global Times ("Green Goddess"), Beijing Tatler ("Green Miracle"), Vogue ("3 Women Who Better the World"), Madame Figaro "Top Life" award, L'Officiel ("China's Most Successful Women").
In 2007, Peggy organized the MIT Forum on the Future of Energy in China from which JUCCCE was formed. This forum was the first public dialogue between US and Chinese government officials on clean energy in China. Prior to JUCCCE she had a diverse career as a venture capitalist in Shanghai, an ecommerce pioneer in Silicon Valley, a software marketing executive, a McKinsey consultant, and a computer programmer. She is a graduate of MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and completed programs at Harvard Kennedy School and at Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy.
Peggy has a passion for making the world a better place. She believes in the power of one person to inspire collaborative change, that the most helpful skill is telling a good story, that cultural translators are the most important job of the next generation, and that those who can, should. Peggy is Chinese-American and resides in Shanghai with her husband and two sons.
The China Dream.
Reimagining prosperity to reshape consumption. The path to moving from conspicuous consumption to a more sustainable China Dream.
Stone Soup Collaborative Leadership.
A new model for training collaborative leaders and organizations to help society and institutions address today's larger, more complex challenges.
Is China really going green?
Beyond solar and wind manufacturing, what's happening in China's energy and environment scene? Does China really want to go green? Can it go green fast enough?
City design can shape sustainable behavior
As China invents the urban future as it builds whole cities at a rapid pace to accomodate the largest urban migration in history, it can shape cities to influence citizen behavior.
Cultural Bridges- the New Service Jobs.
In a more global business world, cultural convening will be an important new service job to find new business opportunities. How can we help our students prepare for these jobs?
How Women Can Change the World For the Better.
Today's global challenges need collaborative leaders to convene, facilitate, and catalyze change. How can we identify and nurture these women? What organizations do we need to surround them with to succeed?
