Lead Bigger: Book Talk with Anne Chow

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, the Asian American Authors Book Club and China Institute in America are proud to co-host a special book talk featuring Anne Chow, trailblazing business executive and author of Lead Bigger: The Transformative Power of Inclusion. Anne made history as the first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s history and continues to shape the future of business through her leadership and voice.

In conversation with Susan Yuqing Feng, Director of Programs at China Institute, Anne will reflect on her personal and professional journey—spanning more than three decades in technology and corporate leadership—and share powerful insights from her new book.

This conversation will offer inspiration not only for AAPI professionals, but for anyone seeking to lead with purpose and authenticity in a complex, ever-evolving world.

Copies of Lead Bigger can be signed by the author on site.

SPEAKER

Anne Chow

Anne is a transformative business leader whose trailblazing corporate career spans over three decades in the technology and business sectors. She is currently Lead Director on the Board of Directors of FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC) and also serves on the Board of Directors of 3M (NYSE: MMM) and CSX (NASDAQ: CSX). Anne is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and actively supports numerous local and national organizations, including serving on the Dallas Mavericks Advisory Council and Georgia Tech’s President’s Advisory Board.

In her prior role as CEO of AT&T Business, she was the first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s 140+ year history, responsible for leading a $35B global operating unit comprised of over 35,000 people. Appointed to this position in 2019, she guided her team, through the pandemic amid unprecedented market upheaval around the world, to serve customers with communications solutions across all sectors. This includes small and medium-sized businesses, global multinational enterprises, the public sector and nearly all the Fortune 1000.

Anne’s leadership experiences and expertise over the decades span product management, marketing, sales, strategy, customer service, operations, network engineering and more. Widely recognized for her role model inclusive leadership and her impact in driving success at the intersection of people, culture, and technology, Anne was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business twice, Forbes inaugural CEO Next List of Leaders set to revolutionize American business, Most Inspiring Woman in Communications by Light Reading, and is one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices.

Her recent accolades include being recognized by The Johnson School at Cornell University with the L. Joseph Thomas Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement, the highest honor for distinguished alumni, being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Business by the Dallas Business Journal and becoming the first leader of Asian descent to be inducted into the Dallas Business Hall of Fame since it’s inception in 1999.

As a lifelong learner committed to inspiration and impact, Anne engages with local, national, and global audiences through keynotes, panel discussions, and published works. She is the national best-selling author of LEAD BIGGER: The Transformative Power of Inclusion, by Simon & Schuster and co-author of The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams. Anne holds B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA with Distinction from Cornell University and is a graduate of the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music.

MODERATOR

Susan Yuqing Feng

Susan Yuqing Feng joined China Institute as Director of Programs in October of 2023. Before joining CI, Susan was the Editor in Chief of Bitpush News, a leading block chain media based in New York and a columnist for the Financial Times Chinese Edition.

Throughout her journalism career, Susan conducted interviews with a multitude of world economic and political leaders, including Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan, Paul Volker, President Clinton, Zbigniew Brzeziński, Michael Bloomberg, Thomas Friedman, and many more. Susan has also directed the documentary series “World Movers” which was released in March 2018. It illustrated the emerging new world order 70 years after WWII, shedding light on what has changed the U.S. and the world and the forces affecting everyone. It focused on the relationships between technology and globalization, the impact on immigration, and the future of U.S.-China relations.

Susan graduated from Columbia University and got her MA in International Affairs.

Host or Publisher China Institute