Sally Chen currently serves as vice president at PWE Group, an engineering consulting and construction management company. She is also an attorney practicing immigration law at S L Chen & Associates PLC, serving as a consultant to entrepreneurs and businesses abroad who wish to establish or expand their business in the U.S. She has served as the managing attorney at a recognized business immigration law firm in Denver, Colorado and later headed the immigration law practice of a business law firm in Southern California. In addition, she has extensive experiences in nonimmigrant and immigrant visa processing with a focus on temporary work visas, extraordinary ability foreign nationals, executive and manager transferees and investor visas. She has successfully represented a wide range of business clients in various fields including Hi‐Tech, Engineering, Consulting, Accounting, Finance, Banking, Insurance, Medical, Biotechnology, Legal, Architecture, Construction, Entertainment, Import and Export,
and Higher Education Institutions.

Sally received a Master of Law degree in transnational business practice from McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, and a Bachelor of Law degree from the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. Prior to establishing her practice in the U.S., she has worked as a trial attorney in Taiwan in a wide variety of areas such as civil, real estate, intellectual property, employment, criminal, and labor law matters.

Sally has been serving on the Board of Chinese Linguistic School of Phoenix since 2014 as Bylaw Director, Chairwoman, and Advisor. She is an attorney licensed in both the U.S. and Taiwan, and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has been living with her family in the Phoenix area since 2006.

Sandy Pho Casement is a Government Relations Advisor at Freeport-McMoRan where she manages Freeport’s geopolitical risk management function. She also provides analysis on federal and international policies impacting the mining industry. Prior to joining Freeport, Sandy spent 8 years as a senior policy analyst focused on China and US policy in Asia. Her research and analysis has been featured in NPR, CNN, The National Interest, and Real Clear World. Following her time in DC, Sandy rode out the pandemic at the Salt Lake City Mayor’s office as a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff. She ended her time in SLC as a Senior Innovation Consultant responsible for developing and executing strategies that foster innovation and service process improvements. Sandy is a proud product of Arizona’s public school system and currently lives in Phoenix where she was born and raised.

Jessica Moran is a skilled public relations leader and corporate communications specialist whose mission is to influence hearts and minds for positive change.

For close to two decades as in-house public relations or external agency counsel, Jessica has worked with a range of clients/customers in the health, healthcare and medical industries to tell their stories in top-tier and trade media, manage reputational issues, and increase executive visibility and thought leadership.

Currently, Jessica is a senior external affairs communicator (VP) for W. L. Gore & Associates, a global materials science company commonly known for its popular GORE-TEX waterproof fabrics. She leads issue/crisis communications and media relations for the company’s medical manufacturing operations.

Jessica joined Gore four years ago from Edelman, the top public relations agency, where she served as a senior health media strategist in the agency’s healthcare practice. She specialized in pharma, medical technology, life sciences and consumer/lifestyle health with clients such as Medtronic, McKinsey Health, Astellas Pharma, Alzheimer’s Association, and the American Heart Association.

As in-house PR counsel, Jessica spent seven years with YMCA of the USA as a public relations manager/specialist, where she led national media outreach for health and wellness, nutrition and education initiatives, as well as executive visibility. She also managed an anti-hunger initiative with the Walmart Foundation for five consecutive years, generating national media to lift local recruitment of participants.

Early in her career, Jessica, a Chicago native, worked as a reporter and editor for the Chicago Crusader and as a freelance journalist for the Chicago Defender.

Passionate about community and industry engagement, Jessica is a member of industry organizations including the Public Relations Society of America and ColorComm.

Jessica holds an M.A. in Journalism from Columbia College Chicago and a B.A. in English from Chicago State University. She lives in Phoenix with her husband Ramon and their sons.