Speaker #1 Grace Hsai Haberl
Grace Hsia Haberl, Ms.E, is an award-winning startup founder and the CEO of Warmilu, a company dedicated to reducing infant hypothermia globally through non-electric, patented warming technology. With over 12 years in economic, business, and program management, Grace has raised over $6.6 million and scaled Warmilu’s operations to serve 106 hospitals across 23 countries. She is also Chair Emeritus of the University of Michigan College of Engineering Alumni Board recognized by organizations like Forbes, Crain’s Detroit, and the US Manufacturing Institute for her contributions to innovation and entrepreneurship. Grace's expertise includes product commercialization, failure analysis, and sustainable engineering solutions.
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Speaker #2 Alain Borghijs
Alain Borghijs serves as the Deputy Representative in the North American Representative Office of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a role he has held since 2022. With nearly two decades at ADB, Alain has extensive experience across various departments, including leading Country Partnership Strategies for Afghanistan and Kazakhstan and overseeing grant fund negotiations as part of the Strategy and Policy Department. His previous roles include serving as Principal Economist in ADB’s Central and West Asia Department and as an Advisor with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Before joining ADB in 2004, Alain was a contractual economist at the International Monetary Fund and a postdoctoral visiting scholar at Harvard University. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
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