Prior to joining the faculty and staff at USF, she served as Associate Director of International Relations at the University of California, Berkeley (Nov. 2011 – Aug. 2012) where she worked in the areas of international relations and development for the entire campus with a particular focus on prospect development and stewardship for leadership and major gifts from the Asia-Pacific region. From Sept. 2008 – Nov. 2011, she was Assistant Director for Strategic Planning at the Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley where her responsibilities included strategic planning, project management, global communications, development, and event management. She previously worked at USF as the Associate Director of Research at the Center’s Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History.