International House Board of Directors

2020-2021 Officers & Directors

Chair
Chancellor Carol Christ, University of California, Berkeley

Vice Chair
Jamy Faulhaber, Rancher, Central Valley & former IBM Executive

Treasurer
William Wiebe, Managing Member 1776 Investments LLC & Mediator, U.S. District Court

Acting Chief Executive Director 
William Gong, International House

Secretary
Bonnie Johnston, International House

Board Members

John Bronson, Principal, Bronson Consulting LLC

Mark Cavagnero, Mark Cavagnero & Associates

Curtis Chong, Principal, Boulder Associates

Robert Duffy, Partner Emeritus, A. T. Kearney

Jawahar Gidwani, Chairman and CEO, QuSwami Inc.

Ernest Gundling, Cofounder and Managing Partner Operations, Aperian Global

Charles Guo, Ernst & Young

Joan Kask, Director of Administration in the International and Area Studies program in the College of Letters and Science, UC Berkeley

Milan Kaur, Educator

Matthew Kocher, Sr. Director of Engineering, Pivotal Labs

James Lichau, Sr. Manager, Assurance, BPM Accounting & Consulting

Kit Choy Loke,  Equity Partner, Winston and Strawn LLP, Retired

Bukola Mabadeje, Attorney, Buchalter

Daniel Mouen Makoua, Founder of Bwamanga Sustainable Investments Advisors

Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, Manager, University Partnerships and Association Relations, Chevron Corporation

Richard Palmer, Managing Director Private Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley

Jay Paxton, Attorney and Shareholder Real Estate Practice Group, Buchalter

Peter Robertson, Vice Chairman, Retired, Chevron Corporation

Ronald E. Silva, Founding Principal, President, and CEO of Fillmore Capital Partners

Kwei Sang Ü, M.D., Retired

Jordan Tse, Sustainability Program Manager, Facebook

Robert Wong, Architect, NBBJ, Retired

Eugene Yano, Yano Accountancy Corporation

Christopher Zand, Partner & Director with Osterweis Capital Management

Three International House Resident Council Members

International House Berkeley

Welcome New Members!

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James Lichau
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Cynthia Murphy-Ortega
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Jordan Tse

Why I Serve

Kwei Ü

"To me, I-House is very personal; it was my home away from home. When I arrived in September, 1961, I had just turned 17 and was the youngest resident. Immediately, all the other residents adopted me and started worrying about me, their younger brother. They made sure I took the right classes and got good grades, made sure I had enough sleep and had the right friends, etc. In addition, having come from the rather narrow perspective of the, then, British colony of Hong Kong, I was exposed to the smorgasbord of languages, cultures, histories of all the different residents from all over the world. I tell everyone I "grew up" (i.e., matured) in I-House, my second home for the next four years. This fall, my nephew moved into I-House. He  represents the fifth member of my family, in the third generation, to be members of I-House. The unique experience of living in I-House should be preserved for future scholars coming to Berkeley."

Kwei ÜDr. Kwei Ü was born in China and received his B.A. in physics and biology from UC Berkeley in 1965 and earned an M.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1969. He had externships in Germany and England and completed his residency at UCLA's Department of Neurology. Now retired, Dr. Ü practiced medicine since 1976 and was affiliated with the Chinese Hospital, the California Pacific Medical Center and the Saint Francis Memorial Hospital. Among his professional memberships are the San Francisco Medical Society and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Ü has served as the Vice President for American Bach Soloists and has a continuing avid interest in the cultures of Polynesia.