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Sanyin Siang    

Executive Director of Duke University's Coach K Leadership & Ethics Center at its Fuqua School of Business & Author

Sanyin Siang is an acclaimed figure in the field of leadership, investing, and coaching. She helps leaders launch and create value by focusing on mindset, behavioral change, and team and culture building. Siang is an influential CEO Coach, an advisor to tech founders, VCs, boards, sports industry execs, and Fortune 500 CEOs, and also an Author. She serves as the founding Executive Director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) at Duke University, a leadership laboratory that engages all of Duke’s Daytime MBA students and hosts high-level think tank gatherings to examine today’s intricate leadership opportunities and challenges.

Her work extends to advising for GV (former Google Ventures), Duke Corporate Education, The Sports Innovation Lab, and Ripcord. Her thought leadership has appeared in esteemed publications like Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN, and she is recognized as the world's Most Influential Coach and Mentor by Thinkers50. With a LinkedIn following of over one million, she was named a LinkedIn Top Global Influencer Voices in 2017 and 2018. She also teaches as an adjunct associate professor with Duke's Pratt School of Engineering and is a Sr. Fellow with Duke Divinity School's Ormond Center.

Siang actively contributes to the community by serving on boards of startups, nonprofits, and advisory boards, including the National Board of the Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center, the Governing Board of the Emily Krzyzewski Center, Museum of Life & Science, the US Congressional Award Foundation Advisory Board, and the National Governing Board of USA Taekwondo. Her engagement with audiences has expanded beyond the boardroom, to The White House, military officers, Fortune 500 companies, and CHROs, illustrating her versatility as a speaker.

She is an alumnus of the prestigious 86th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. In her award-winning book, "The Launch Book: Motivational Stories for Launching Your Idea, Business, or Next Career," she motivates readers to build a leadership mindset for addressing changes in their careers, businesses, and lives. Siang is a proud holder of a BSE in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA, both from Duke University.

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