[Virtual/Free] America Through the Eyes of Admiral Harry Harris, USN (Ret)

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For the August edition of our America Through the Eyes Of Series, AmChamSG is honored to host Admiral Harry Harris, USN (Ret), the former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea.

Moderated by AmChamSG CEO Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, we look forward to hearing his unique perspectives on what America represents, its strengths and challenges, and how others can better understand the country.

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Speakers

Admiral Harry Harris, USN (Ret)

24th Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei

CEO of The American Chamber of Commerce, Singapore (AmChamSG)

Admiral Harris was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. Sworn in on June 29, 2018, he presented his credentials to the President of South Korea on July 25, 2018. He served until 2021. Previously, he served 40 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring on June 1, 2018. The first Japanese-American to hold four-star rank in the Navy, he commanded the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Sixth Fleet, Striking and Reconnaissance Forces NATO, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1, and Patrol Squadron 46. From 2011 to 2013, Harris served as the Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he was the Chairman's direct representative to the Secretary of State, and was concurrently designated as the U.S. Roadmap Monitor for the Mid-East Peace Process (Oslo Accords). Harris participated in Operations Attain Document, Earnest Will, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Willing Spirit, and Odyssey Dawn. He amassed over 4400 flight hours, including over 400 combat hours.

Harris’ personal decorations include the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award, the CIA's Agency Seal Medal, the CIA's Ambassador's Award, and numerous DoD and Navy awards. He was awarded Singapore's Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) medal. He has also been decorated by the governments of Australia, France, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, and South Korea. Nationally recognized as a champion of diversity, he was awarded the Tufts University Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award in 2021.

A 1978 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he holds master's degrees from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Council of American Ambassadors.

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore — the largest and the most active international business association in Singapore and Southeast Asia representing over 650 companies. Hsien is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Advisory Board, Vice President of the Precision Public Health Asia Society, board member of TalenTtrust, member of the United Women Singapore STEM Advisory Panel, and member of the 2023 FIRST Global Challenge host committee.

Prior to AmCham, Hsien was Vice President, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Medtronic Asia Pacific, where she was responsible for the Medtronic Innovation Centers in Japan and Korea, training and education, and the company’s health systems transformation strategy in the region. Hsien has extensive experience in scientific affairs, corporate and healthcare communications, advertising, public relations, and government affairs.

Hsien has lived and worked in the US, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, UK, and is now based in Singapore. She holds a BA (with honors) in Human Biology from Stanford University and a PhD in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where she was the recipient of a US National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Training Grant. Her doctoral thesis explored the genetic epidemiology of end-stage renal disease and type 2 diabetes. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at National Taiwan University Hospital in the Department of Internal Medicine.

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