After weeks of deliberation, we’ve narrowed the group of nearly 300 applicants for the Project Pengyou Leadership Fellows Program down to just 40.

The finalists come from a diverse range of backgrounds and represent 38 different China programs between them. We are excited to meet and learn with them this weekend at the Leadership Training Summit.

We are grateful to everyone who applied and all those who submitted references on their behalf. Thanks to all the supporters who made this weekend possible. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Without further ado, allow us to introduce the inaugural group of Project Pengyou Leadership Fellows!

	Bethany Allen New Haven, CT Yale University Hopkins Nanjing Center, NSLI-Y		Tyler Bleuel New York, NY Horace Mann School NSLI-Y
	Adam R. Bohan Omaha, NE Creighton University ISA		Dorronda Bordley Winston-Salem, NC Wake Forest University CIEE
	Russell Brodie Raleigh, NC University of Southern California, Saint Augustine’s University Confucius Institute		Han Chen Washington, DC American University Brookings Institute, Tsinghua, IUP, Peking University
	Emily Cheung Ellicott City, MD University of Maryland University Studies Abroad Consortium China Programs		Jarlene Choy San Francisco, CA Teach for China
	Charlotte Cotter Middlebury, VT Middlebury College Newton Beijing Jingshan School Exchange Program, Confucius Institute		Frank Dolce Pittsburgh, PA University of Pittsburgh CET
	Shahin Firoozmand San Diego, CA University of California, San Diego St. Mary’s College of Maryland Semester Program at Fudan University		Alec Grigorian Boston, MA Boston College High School NSLI-Y
	Jordan Hayward Oxford, MS University of Mississippi Language Flagship Program, University of Mississippi in China		Olivia Henshaw Savannah, GA American University CLS, China Studies Institute
	Kelicia Raeshauwn Hollis Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan University of Michigan Program		Meredith King Lexington, KY University of Kentucky CLS, Confucius Institute
	Orin Lincoln Atlanta, GA Georgia Institute of Technology		Mack Lorden Columbus, OH Ohio State University Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, AIESEC, Freeman Asia, CLS
	Maria Loverde Williamsburg, VA College of William & Mary Tsinghua University		Ymara Magloire New York, NY Medgar Evers College Preparatory School APSA, 100K Strong Foundation Ambassadors, NSLI-Y
	Avinash Mahbubani Tampa, FL University of South Florida Nankai University		Ervin Edward Mitchell III Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Country Day School IES, Beijing Foreign Studies University
	Sara Monteabaro New York, NY New York University China Studies Insitute , CRCC		Natalie Nagorski New York, NY Saint Ann’s School China Institute
	Kyle Obermann Northfield, MN St. Olaf College Beijing Language and Culture University		Marjorie Perry Atlanta, GA Emory University CUHK
	Lillian Prueher Seattle, WA University of Washington Critical Language Scholarship, CET		Michele Helen Reyes Valparaiso, IN Valparaiso University Lutheran Colleges China Consortium
	Margaret Rudy Grinnell, IA Grinnell College Beijing 21st Century International School		Natalie Sammarco Cincinnati, OH Hopkins-Nanjing Center
	Lillygol Sedaghat Berkeley, CA University of California, Berkeley Peking University		Simonetta Simmons Fairfax, VA George Mason University Appalachians Abroad Teach in China Program
	Evan Staff San Antonio, TX Beloit College Beloit College Cities in Transition		Andrew Switzer Northfield, MN St. Olaf College Beijing Foreign Studies University
	Karen Thang Lancaster, CA University of California, Berkeley Appalachians Abroad Teach in China Program		Brice Turner Washington, D.C. Johns Hopkins University Peking University, CIEE
	Alicia Underhill Charlottesville, VA University of Virginia University of Virginia in Shanghai		Annabel Virella Prescott, AZ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University CLS
	Matthew Werth Newark, DE University of Delaware Confucius Institute, CLS		Matthew Williams Phoenix, AZ Arizona State University Fulbright Program, CET