Hugo Shong

In 1993, Hugo Shong launched and led IDG Capital starting venture capital investment in China. To date, IDG Capital has invested in more than 1300 companies, supported over 100 leading unicorn companies valued at over $1 billion, and made nearly 400 successful exits through IPOs and M&A in mainland China, Hong Kong China, the United States, and Europe. IDG Capital has invested in numerous star companies, including Tencent, Baidu, Xiaomi, Meituan, Pinduoduo, Xpeng, Nio, Pony.ai, MGI-tech, SenseTime, Qi An Xin Technology, Kingsoft Cloud, iQiyi, Bilibili, HeyTea, SheIn, Anker, Farfetch, Moncler, Acne Studios, Gentle Monster, Trip.com, Home Inn, Wuzhen and Gubei Watertown.

Mr. Shong completed the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program in the fall of 1996. He conducted graduate studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy 1987-88 and earned his MS degree from Boston University’s College of Communication in 1987. He studied Journalism at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1984 to 1986 and he received a B.A. degree from Hunan University in 1981.

Among his many affiliations, Mr. Shong has served as members of the Board of Trustees at Boston University, Harvard Business School Asia Advisory Committee, and the Leadership Board of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.

Bonnie Arnold

A trailblazer in the world of animation, Bonnie Arnold is an Academy Award® nominee, a Golden Globe winner, and a prolific film producer whose work spans numerous genres.

Whether in animation or dramatic fiction, Arnold has always been driven to tell stories which resonant, move and delight audiences. This passion for storytelling has taken her into production of every type and scope, and advanced animation as an art form. One of the most respected executives in the animation business, Arnold was elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors in May, 2018.

As a producer, Arnold’s range includes the critically acclaimed HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON trilogy, which Arnold has championed the story of Hiccup and Toothless from the beginning and instrumental in bringing the successful franchise to screen combining emotional depth while being ingenious visually. Other producer credits include the pioneering classic TOY STORY, Academy Award® Best Picture winner DANCES WITH WOLVES , the comedy favorite THE ADDAMS FAMILY, and the lauded period drama THE LAST STATION. Her additional animated hits include OVER THE HEDGE and TARZAN. On the studio executive side she oversaw creative development and production for all DreamWorks Animation’s theatrical releases including the recent successes KUNG FU PANDA 3, TROLLS and BOSS BABY.

Amidst the breadth of her career, Arnold has also maintained an interest in educating future generations. She serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of Boston University’s School of Communications and on the Board of Counselors at USC’s Annenberg School of Communications, as well as being a mentor for the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.

Sandra Frazier

Sandra Frazier has over 25 years of public relations and community relations/investor relations experience at both the corporate, non-for-profit and agency levels. In 2005, she founded Tandem Public Relations, a boutique public relations and communications firm. Tandem’s clients include Fortune 500 corporations, non-profit organizations, public institutions, and smaller businesses.

Prior to starting Tandem, Sandra worked for Doe Anderson as a public relations manager, where her work experience spanned both the nonprofit and private sectors, including managing public relations efforts for Community Health Systems, Ashland Inc., Valvoline, Louisville Slugger/Hillerich and Bradsby, and Fifth Third Bank.

Before returning to Louisville, Sandra worked in Boston for State Street Corporation and

as an account executive at Boston public relations firm, Schneider & Associates, where her clients included John Hancock Financial Services, HP Hood, Reebok, Pepperidge Farm, Arthur Andersen, and CVS. Her extensive financial service experience is rooted by her time with FleetBoston Financial Corporation, where she worked on corporate communications and community, employee and investor relations during Fleet’s acquisition of the Bank of Boston.

Sandra serves as a director The Glenview Trust Company, and previously served as a director of Brown-Forman Corporation and Commonwealth Bank and Trust. She currently serves on the boards of 21st Century Parks, the Boston University Board of Trustees, and Impetus for a Better Louisville.

Sandra is a past participant in the year-long Rockefeller Foundation Philanthropy Workshop and Next Generation Leadership Program. She is a past recipient of the Silver Anchor Award by the Friends of the Louisville Waterfront, the Tower Award for Service by Presentation Academy, the Lyman T. Johnson Distinguished Leadership Award from the Louisville Central Community Center, and she was honored by Boston University’s College of Communication as a distinguished alumnus for service and leadership to profession. In 2018, she was inducted into the Junior Achievement Kentucky Business Hall of Fame, has been named as an inaugural member of Business First’s “Power 50,” and was recognized by the Kentucky Gazette’s 2022 list of Notable Women in Kentucky Politics and Government.

A native of Louisville, Sandra has a master’s degree from Boston University, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Hollins College. She lives in Louisville’s Cherokee Triangle neighborhood with her coonhound, Jethro, and her cat, Ricky Bobby.

She is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators and the Public Relations Society of America.