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My name鈥檚 Sarah. I鈥檓 from New Jersey and I came to China for the first time in 1989 as a student. I went on to graduate with a degree in Chinese and Political Science from Wellesley. Afterwards I went to The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a Rotary Fellow for a year and there I got a job with the International Wool Secretariat. I came to Shanghai for the first time in 1991 with Procter and Gamble and never left.

Now I run a strategic insights innovation and design consultancy called Shanghai Blossom Innovation. We work with Fortune 500s, helping them find ways to grow. It鈥檚 all insight driven, so we help our clients discover cultural insights, market insights, category insights and use them for growth.

In 2013, I co-founded the Women鈥檚 Executive Network (WEN). I was asked by the to help them develop a pipeline of women leaders to support their board (they had no women on it). We started holding low-profile cocktail parties for CEOs and it took off like wild fire. We were officially established in 2014 as a committee of and today we have about 400 members, regional directors and up. And our focus remains to help these women, not just go to the AmCham boardroom (today we have 5 of 11 seats), but to other NGOs and corporate boards.

I鈥檝e always been active in the 鈥渨omen鈥檚 space鈥�. I founded the Wellesley Club and I worked for five years on Shanghai TEDx Women. I went to a women鈥檚 college so it鈥檚 kind of my mission to advance women.

What I realized when I was working with WEN, is that it鈥檚 very hard to get women on boards because they鈥檙e closed ecosystems, so I started looking for other ecosystems that I can connect one to. One of them was the start up scene, so I became a mentor for . Most of my mentees there have been men, so I鈥檓 an equal opportunity mentor!

Back in 1998 when U.S.-China relations were at a low, a bunch of venture capitalists approached me to open a theme park. I was skeptical (I鈥檇 never even been to a theme park!), but at this point I had a track record in China, I had delivered on the re-launch of Head and Shoulders and launched Tide detergent here. What interested me was not the theme park itself but the notion of sponsorship, alternative media.

It was tough because no one understood the word 鈥渢heme park鈥� -- they just thought it was like Disney. We ended up making a commercial that ended up being a case study in business schools because it was almost unprecedented in terms of its impact.

I love almost everything about Shanghai, I love the energy, the dynamism, the speed. What I don鈥檛 like is no one鈥檚 speaking Mandarin anymore. Or you don鈥檛 need it to thrive here. In some ways Shanghai鈥檚 losing a little bit of itself. I was riding my bike recently and just feeling a bit wistful of the things it used to be. I think they have to be really careful to protect some of the cultural heritage that鈥檚 here before we end up with something like Hong Kong.

I bike everywhere. I just bought myself a new 28 inch black cruiser and I was so thrilled about it. Most people are buying cars, but I鈥檓 very pleased with my new bike. I used to have a clunker, it was 16 years old and it was just time to go to bike heaven. I still love exploring old neighborhoods by bike and Shanghai has also done a great job greening the city since the Expo.

I鈥檓 a cocktail drinker. My favorite bar is still for a Basil Gimlet. Generally I like the old style cafes 鈥� I鈥檓 a garden-caf茅 girl because I have two dogs. I love , they鈥檙e redoing right now, they have a big lawn in the back you can just let your dogs run and have a great cup of coffee. They also do an all-day brunch. I don鈥檛 like eating in the morning but love breakfast food so I love and .

I will always be a Chinese business person but I don鈥檛 know if I鈥檒l live here forever. I do love the communities here just to name a few: Unravel, the FCC, Historic Shanghai, the Royal Asiatic Society, AmCham, and Rotary Fresh Start. I鈥檝e just set up another program, She Speaks!, which will feature inspiring female speakers, hosts, and panelists.

I鈥檓 actually really honored I鈥檝e been asked to give a speech at Rotary in October. Thirty years after they bring me here I鈥檓 giving a speech. It鈥檚 all come full circle!