Antonia Dionne - Program Associate at USCPF, Antonia received B.A. degrees in Chinese and Global Studies from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. in Asian Studies from the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Ms. Dionne has studied Chinese intensively at Tsinghua University and Peking University in Beijing, China. As a recipient of the State Department's Critical Language Scholarship, Ms. Dionne most recently spent the summer of 2009 studying Mandarin at Heilongjiang University. You can contact her at toni.dionne@uscpf.org.

Ethan Meick - Research Assistant at USCPF, Ethan is currently a second year master's candidate at American University in the U.S. Foreign Policy program with an area concentration in East Asia, and posesses a B.A. degree from American University in International Studies with minors in Chinese and German. Mr. Meick recently returned from conducting research on the U.S.-China Clean Energy Partnership through a seven-month Boren Fellowship in Beijing. Upon graduation in May 2011, Mr. Meick hopes to pursue a career working to improve bilateral relations.