Singapore American School Newsflash, October 2004

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Board of Governors Edison T. Liu Ryan Padgett

(SAS Board member since 2004) Number of children at SAS: Three: Aged 8, 13, 18 (recently graduated from SAS) Occupation: Executive Director, Genome Institute of Singapore (Physician, Researcher) Employer: Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore Expected stay in Singapore: No plans to leave Educational background: B.S. in Chemistry and Psychology: Stanford (1973) M.D. Stanford University (1978) Community Involvement (Singapore): 2001-2003 University Promotion and Tenuring Committee (National University of Singapore) 2002 Ministerial committee to revaluate Singapore’s secondary school system (Ministry of Education) 2002 National University of Singapore: Feasibility study team for the establishment of a multi-campus university. 2002-2004 General Motors Award, General Assembly (USA) 2003 Bioethics Advisory Committee (Advisory to Parliament, Member), Singapore 2004 University Autonomy, Governance, and Funding Steering Committee (MOE, Singapore, Member) 2004 Chair, Singapore Science Center. Committee for Life Sciences

SAS Family Connections: Andrew is a Senior, he started at SAS in 3rd grade. Erica is in 8th grade, she started at SAS in 2nd grade. Julian is in Pre-K, his first year at SAS Teresa has been very active in many parent support roles with both PTA and Boosters Employment: ING Bank Singapore Managing Director Regional Head of Treasury Other Directorships: ING Vysya Bank Limited, Bangalore, India ING Investments Asia Limited, Hong Kong Relevant Background: 22 years experience in banking and finance. 19 years living in Asia 12 years in Singapore Exposure to other international programs: HKIS, Canadian International School, British and Australian primary schools.

Sheila Wang Number of children at SAS: Kendrick, grade 7; Kevin, grade 4 Occupation: Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate Business School, National University of Singapore Other Work Experience: Worldwide Director, Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies, 1987-2002 Scope: Managed US$1.2 billion business volume with reporting staff from US, Europe, and Asia. Adjunct Professor, California State University, San Jose, 1988-1989 Expected Stay: Arrived 2000, no current plans to leave

Educational Background: Doctor Business Administration Candidate, University of Newcastle, Australia M.S., Stanford University in Management Science and Engineering, 1987 B.S. (top of class honors), U.C. Berkeley in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, 1983 Community Involvement: Business Board of Visitors, University of Puget Sound, since 2001 Advisor, EMBA program, National University of Singapore Various classroom and PTA assistance, Singapore American School (and previously at Hong Kong International School and Chinese International School in Hong Kong) Member, American Club Member, Tanah Merah Club Board of Advisors, California State University, San Jose, 19881990


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