Peggy Liu

Chairperson, Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE)

Peggy Liu has helped over a billion people leapfrog towards personal and planetary health. Widely recognized as one of the world’s most impactful environmentalists, she is the Chairperson of JUCCCE, an NGO at the heart of the greening of China since 2007.
Peggy catalyzed China’s dramatic leaps into clean energy, Smart Grid technology, eco-cities, efficient lighting, green bonds, and sustainable diets. She has trained over 1,000 mayors and central government officials across China on sustainability. Her strategic workshops on reimagining prosperity sustainably helped birth the national slogan “China Dream.” She currently serves as a Senior Executive Advisor to the sovereign Nation of Hawaii.

Leadership Frameworks, Executive Coaching & Author
Peggy empowers global leaders, executives, and visionaries to navigate rapid change through her proprietary frameworks, holistic coaching, and media insights:
* Tornado Leadership: A methodology empowering visionaries to build rapid momentum for big ideas, orchestrate large-scale societal change, and bring in a better future faster.
* Super Senses: A transformative definition of 8 perceptive capacities enabling leaders to navigate complexity and make decisive calls when traditional analytics fall short.
* Energy Healing & Executive Coaching: Peggy credits her training in Taoist wisdom and South Shaolin Qigong practices as a vital part of her success across multiple domains. Today, she shares these secrets globally as a Master Energy Healer and Executive Coach to business leaders.
* Best-Selling Author: Author of Mesmerize the Media: Maximize Your Impact With More Press, a guide to transformational speaking and media strategy.

Honors, Awards & Press Recognition
Peggy’s groundbreaking work has received international acclaim:
* Hillary Step Award: Dubbed the "Nobel" for climate change solutionists.
* Time Magazine: Named a "Hero of the Environment" (2008).
* World Economic Forum: Honored as a Young Global Leader.
* The Economist: Called "one of the most innovative thinkers in Asia."
* CEO Magazine: Named a "Top 20 Sustainability Thought Leader."
* Media Recognitions: Dubbed the "Green Goddess of China" (Global Times) and a "Green Miracle" (Beijing Tatler). Featured in cover stories for Vogue China, Oriental Outlook, Jessica, and L'Officiel.

Previous Advisory, Academic & Board Roles
Throughout her career, Peggy has lent her expertise to premier academic, environmental, and corporate institutions:
* Past Academic Roles: Distinguished Professor at the China Academy of Governance; Lecturer at the China Executive Leadership Academy of Pudong and the National Academy for Mayors of China.
* Past Governance & Board Roles: Board Member of Project Drawdown, Governor of the Hillary Institute, and Thought Leader at the Criticaleye CEO network.
* Past Advisory & Judging Roles: Executive advisor to Marks & Spencer, HP, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils. Advisory roles with the FTSE Environmental Markets Committee, EAT Forum, and Volans. Recurring judge for The Circulars at Davos and the Hult Prize.

Technology Pioneer & Venture Capital Career
Prior to JUCCCE, Peggy was an early tech visionary and venture capitalist in Shanghai. In the 1990s, she was featured on the cover of Red Herring Hits as a Silicon Valley Internet Pioneer for heading Channel A, one of the earliest e-commerce platforms.
Her executive leadership spans roles as General Manager of Consumer Applications at Zaplet and VP of Marketing at SeeUthere.com. She served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, a software product manager for Internet Chameleon (the first graphical user interface for surfing the web on Windows), and a product manager for Symantec C++ and Norton OEM products.

Education
* B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
* Global Leadership & Public Policy Programs: Harvard Kennedy School of Government & Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore)

Media & Keynotes: A frequent speaker at the World Economic Forum and TED, Peggy appears regularly on the BBC, Discovery Channel (Power the Future, How China Works), and Voice of America (A Single Step: Journeys of Women Leaders).

Learn More: juccce.org/peggyliu | peggyenergy.com

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