The Founders of the Center are leaders from diverse fields, professions, cultures and countries. They represent a unique and rare intersection of business, science/technology, academia/education, social development, governmental regulation, and artistic expression. Dr. Alan Brown, a retired university professor and the president of the Sias University Foundation, is coordinating the center’s development and launch.
It is the intent of the Center to attract and utilize fearless and imaginative thinkers and doers who are comfortable working within a team structure focused on innovation, adaptation, and the cutting edge of technology. They will concentrate on innovation as an unique activity and develop and present systemic applications and transfer in a number of different fields.
Founding Members
Dr. Alan Brown
Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Former President, Sias University Foundation in Zhengzhou, PRC.
Xianghong Shen
Party Secretary and Vice President, Jiaxing Science and Technology Bureau
Dr. Bingbing Zhang
Legal Representative -Technology Services
Bangyang Peng
China Office Coordinator
Chunyan Zhu
Education Coordinator
Dr. Vanda Vitali
Senior Consultant to the International Museum Institute
Dennis Burke
Legal Counsel, Ballard Spahr LLP
Hao Pan
Legal Representative – Education
Founding Senior Advisers
David Aguilar
Partner / Global Security and Investigative Strategies / Former Director of United States Border Control
Robert Atwill, PhD
Western Institute of for Food Safety / University of California Davis
Dror Ben-Naim
Founder and CEO, Smart Sparrow Adaprive and Personalized Learning Technology
Ray Coleman
Director, Pine Jog Education Environment Center, Floriday Atlantic University
Steven Freilich, PhD
Retired Director, Materials, Science and Engineering, Dupont Corporation
Rod Grimm
Partner, Dimensional Learning Solutions Corporation
Steve Lommel, PhD
Associate Dean and Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University
Xunde Li, PhD
Manager, Western Institute for Food Safety, University of California Davis
John Robinson
Founding Director, 5D Learning Corporation
Mark Sullivan
Partner, Global Security and Investigative Services / Former Director, United States Secret Service
Brian Talbott
Founder and CEO, Dimensional Learning Solutions Corporation / Former Director, Association of Educational
Services Agencies / Board Chair, Universal Administration Services
Norris Tolson
President/CEO (retired), North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Marc Wilder
Environmental Consultant, ALW and Associates / Former Vice Mayor, City of Long Beach, California
