Adam is Founder and Executive Director of EducAsian. He oversees the long-term strategic planning of the organization and is responsible for maintaining academic and institutional relations, marketing, recruiting, and the implementation of new programs. 

 
 

Adam outside Tibetan temple.

 

Adam was formerly founder and president of PictureTime, a product marketing company which was acquired by Timex and Kodak and managed by Adam as a joint marketing venture. Adam is also co-founder and executive vice president of a wholesale/retail distribution and franchising company that has opened nearly 75 retail outlets throughout China specializing in international and domestic Chinese skin care products. Additionally, he oversees significant real estate and IPO investments in China.

Adam also serves as Director of Admissions (Asia) for Rollins College.

 

A native of New York City, Adam is a chronically disappointed Knicks, Jets and Mets fan although shamelessly willing to lay claim to the Yankees and Giants when they're winning. He is addicted to NPR, the New York Times, rock and roll, and the blues and likes to play harmonica and acoustic guitar, albeit very badly. He recently completed a solo cross-country bike ride from New York City to San Fransisco. 

 

Adam has lived in China (Beijing, Shanghai, and Qingdao) on and off for nearly 20 years. He has travelled extensively throughout Asia -- including nearly a year of travel that included backpacking through India and the Himalayas in Nepal, hitch-hiking through Turkey, and riding the trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Beijing. Adam holds an MA in East Asian Studies and a BA in Economics from Columbia University.

 
 

 

Peter in Tibet

Peter has been working with EducAsian since 2005 and is our Program Director.

 

A native of Copenhagen, Denmark, Peter has lived in Shanghai since 1997. He loves listening to American Jazz greats Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Charlie Parker. Peter is a self avowed "foodie" and enjoys dining in some of the world's finest and most critically acclaimed Michellin star-rated restaurants. Peter is an avid cyclist and in 2011 he completed a solo bike ride from Shanghai to Saigon, Viet Nam.  He is currently planning another ride from Kunming in western China to Malaysia in 2013. In April 2012 he toured around Huizhou and Huangshan.

 

Peter has travelled extensively and is fluent in Danish, English, and Mandarin Chinese. He studied at Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University and is a graduate of the Copenhagen Institute of Technology where he studied architecture.

 
 

Grace has been working with EducAsian since 2008 as our Program and Office Manager.

 
 

Grace in Red Rocks, Colorado.

 

A native of Shanghai she attended one of Shanghai's most reknown prep schools before studying at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand where she received a BA in Business Administration. 

She is the proud, doting "mother" of Noodle, a white bichon frise. Grace would be more than happy to show you pictures and tell you all about Noodle's latest esapades.

 

Grace and Noodle

Loved by students and faculty, Grace doesn't like bike riding, walking, or exercise of any kind but really enjoys bossing people around (especially Adam & Peter).