Press Release Details
Yale-China Appoints New Executive Director
April 29, 2009
The Yale-China Association Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Nancy Yao Maasbach as Yale-China Executive Director, effective July 1, 2009. Ms. Maasbach is the first Chinese-American to lead the organization since its founding in 1901.
Ms. Maasbach comes to Yale-China from her position as Managing Director of Corporate Affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Highlights of her career include six years with Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong, where she served variously as Vice President (Investment Banking) and as Director of Policy Research (Global Markets Institute); a stint as Director of Asia and New Programs for the Center for Financial Research and Analysis; and three years as a Research Associate on China and Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. She has a degree in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Ms. Maasbach also has conducted research in Taiwan as a Richter Fellow and in Japan as a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi International Affairs Fellow.
“The entire Search Committee was extremely enthusiastic about selecting Nancy,” said Yale-China Trustee Mr. Tony Reese, who served as the Chair of the Search Committee. “Her past experiences in both the private and nonprofit sectors have given her a remarkable set of skills—navigating between cultures, and managing people and money, to name just a few—that will serve the Association in good stead as she helps lead Yale-China at a time of challenges and opportunities.”
Ms. Maasbach replaces Professor Ann Williams, who has served as acting executive director of the association since February 2008. Professor Williams holds the Jayne Professorship of Nursing at the Yale School of Nursing, and is also a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Yale-China is grateful to Professor Williams for her leadership during this period of transition for the organization.
“The staff is excited about Ms. Maasbach’s appointment, and our longtime partners in China are looking forward to meeting and working with her as well,” said Professor Williams. “I hope that our members and partners around the world will join me in welcoming her to the Yale-China community.”
Ms. Maasbach comes to Yale-China from her position as Managing Director of Corporate Affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Highlights of her career include six years with Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong, where she served variously as Vice President (Investment Banking) and as Director of Policy Research (Global Markets Institute); a stint as Director of Asia and New Programs for the Center for Financial Research and Analysis; and three years as a Research Associate on China and Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. She has a degree in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Ms. Maasbach also has conducted research in Taiwan as a Richter Fellow and in Japan as a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi International Affairs Fellow.
“The entire Search Committee was extremely enthusiastic about selecting Nancy,” said Yale-China Trustee Mr. Tony Reese, who served as the Chair of the Search Committee. “Her past experiences in both the private and nonprofit sectors have given her a remarkable set of skills—navigating between cultures, and managing people and money, to name just a few—that will serve the Association in good stead as she helps lead Yale-China at a time of challenges and opportunities.”
Ms. Maasbach replaces Professor Ann Williams, who has served as acting executive director of the association since February 2008. Professor Williams holds the Jayne Professorship of Nursing at the Yale School of Nursing, and is also a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Yale-China is grateful to Professor Williams for her leadership during this period of transition for the organization.
“The staff is excited about Ms. Maasbach’s appointment, and our longtime partners in China are looking forward to meeting and working with her as well,” said Professor Williams. “I hope that our members and partners around the world will join me in welcoming her to the Yale-China community.”
