Matthew Oresman is the Director of the China-Eurasia Forum and is
currently studying Chinese at the Inter-Univeristy Program at Tsinghua
University in Beijing.  Prior to this, he was a researcher with the
Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS), and coordinator for the Freeman Chair's
project on China's Emergence in Central Asia.  As such, he was the
principal author of, China's New Journey to the West: Report on China's
Emergence in Central Asia and Implications for U.S. Interests [LINK?]
(August 2003).  Mr. Oresman has also served at the U.S. Mission to NATO, the Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He received a B.A. in international relations from the
University of Pennsylvania in 2002. In 2000, he studied at Fudan
University in Shanghai.
 

Stephen Ostrowski

Stephen Ostrowski is an attorney in the New York office of the international law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where he specializes in international litigation and arbitration.Stephen Ostrowski spent most of 1999 working at the State Department and the National Security Council working on Kosovo and southeast European issues. Mr. Ostrowski holds a law degree from New York University and a Masters in Public Policy from HarvardÕs Kennedy School of Government.

Ali Oveissi

Mr. Oveissi currently works for an energy company that operates in Africa. Previously, he worked in the telecom, economic development and management consulting businesses, both domestically and internationally. He holds masters degrees from the London School of Economics and George Washington University.