Carol Li Rafferty is an Assistant Dean at the Yale School of Management, and Managing Director of Yale Center Beijing, Yale University’s convening and intellectual hub in China. She currently serves on the board of directors of JD.com (NASDAQ: JD and HKEx: 9618), and previously served on the board of directors of JD Logistics (HKEx: 2618). She is also a co-founder of Lean In China, an organization that has grown into a network of over 100,000 women across the country. Carol previously worked for China Investment Corporation (CIC), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, as Senior Vice President, responsible for cross-border strategic and private equity investments. In 2016, the World Economic Forum (WEF) selected Carol as a Young Global Leader (YGL), and she served as a member of the YGL Advisory Group, the YGL’s global advisory board. Carol graduated cum laude from Yale University, with dual B.A. degrees in Economics and International Studies. She received her J.D. degree from Stanford Law School.