Ting is an international development strategist and ecosystem builder in youth social entrepreneurship, with nearly a decade of experience across East and Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East.

As the Founder and Principal Consultant at Athari Advisory, she helps businesses, governments, and development partners strengthen supply chains and build new value chains through ethical sourcing, public-private partnerships, and climate-smart innovations, with a focus on coffee value chains and Special Economic Zone integration. She brings technical expertise in coffee quality and sustainability, with certifications from the Sustainable Coffee Institute and advanced training in sensory analysis through the Coffee Quality Institute’s Q Grader program, including cupping protocols for both Arabica and Robusta. She has also supported the ITC in training Ugandan producers and processors to improve post-harvest practices, elevate quality standards, and access premium global markets.

Ting’s cross-sector development experience includes early roles at UNESCO, Restless Development, and Grameen, where she led youth engagement initiatives, elevated youth voices in intergovernmental consultations, and delivered communications campaigns that reached millions. At the Global Development Incubator, she catalyzed a $50M donor collaborative to advance global ethical labor mobility and facilitated impact assessments and knowledge-sharing across four regions, influencing over $800M in blended capital across 70+ social and environmental ventures.

She has also led social impact and intercultural learning workshops with Impact Hub, Rotary International, B Corps, and universities across China, the U.S., and Thailand, and scaled a Gates Foundation–backed fellowship that supported over 100 youth in transitioning into social impact careers and entrepreneurship.

Raised between China and the U.S., Ting has lived, worked, and traveled in over 40 countries across five continents. She holds a BA in Global Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with academic exchanges at the National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong, and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology.

A World Economic Forum Global Shaper and active contributor to global development discourse, her writing has been featured in The Diplomat, Migration Policy Institute, and Mixed Migration Review, where she received the Alternative Perspectives Essay Award.