We are pleased to welcome the following presidents who will serve on the APRU Steering Committee, the executive body of the network which oversees its strategy, policy, programs and finances, for the year 2024-2025.
Steering Committee members (in alphabetical order of the name of universities):
- Rocky TUAN, Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, APRU Chair
- Dawn FRESHWATER, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland, APRU Vice Chair
- Kohei ITOH, President, Keio University
- Teck Hua HO, President, Nanyang Technological University Singapore
- TAN Eng Chye, President, National University of Singapore
- Honglim RYU, President, Seoul National University
- Joy JOHNSON, President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University
- Kuiling DING, President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- David GARZA, President, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Xiang ZHANG, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
- Deborah TERRY AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Queensland
- Rosa DEVÉS, Rector, Universidad de Chile
- Gary MAY, Chancellor, University of California, Davis
- Pradeep KHOSLA, Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
- Carol FOLT, President, University of Southern California
A special thanks to Chancellor Gene Block, UCLA who is stepping down from the APRU Steering Committee and retiring as the 6th Chancellor of UCLA since 2007. He has served on the APRU Steering Committee for 11– years and 7 years—as APRU Chair. Chancellor Block was honored at the APRU Annual Presidents’ Dinner Gala Dinner with a Certificate of Appointment as APRU Ambassador for his longstanding stewardship of APRU.
Comprising elected presidents representing various regions of Asia-Pacific, the Steering Committee is responsible for driving the activities of the association and giving direction to its impact and advocacy work across the region.
Click here for the biographies of Steering Committee members.