Assistant chair of Berklee's Music Business/Management Department—the first woman to hold a leadership position in this department
More than 14 years of experience as an entertainment attorney and record label executive
Award-winning motivational speaker, Toastmaster, and author of the self-published career guide The Music Business Is Corrupt, or Maybe You Just Can’t Sing?
Past member of both the Recording Academy’s board of governors and the executive board of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association
Li Gao
Founder of Love Survive, the Berklee Chinese Music Industry Club (CMI), and the Berklee China-U.S. Music Summit
Served as vice president for Berklee's Chinese Students and Scholars Association and Bridge the Gap
Organized the Berklee Chinese New Year Concert, the Love Survive Electronic Music Festival, and shows and tour dates for FanFan, Richard Clayderman, Carta, Junshu & Co., and others
Ben Houge
Associate Professor, Electronic Production and Design
Video game audio development since 1996, including seven years at Sierra and four years at Ubisoft, in addition to consulting for companies including Harmonix, Microsoft, ArenaNet, and Hidden Path
Composed the string quartet soundtrack for the cult role-playing game Arcanum (2001), served as audio director for Tom Clancy’sEndWar (2008), and developed audio for many other game projects including Half-Life: Opposing Force, Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail, and King’s Quest: Mask of Eternity
Developed an ongoing series of food operas, multisensory dining experiences that apply video game techniques in restaurants to provide an immersive, real-time soundtrack to a meal
Shiwei Lu
Journalist, music critic, and culture reporter
Former editor of News Morning News, Southern Entertainment Weekly, China Film News Entertainment Weekly, and Music Weekly
Former marketing manager for Ma Tianyu, Tan Weiwei, Ji Jie, Tan Jing, GAI, and KZ
Review judge for the Chinese Music Media Award
Special commentator of the National Centre for the Performing Arts
