Bob Holden

Bob Holden -- Chairman & CEO of the US Heartland China Association

Bob Holden served as Missouri’s 53rd Governor, 2001-2005. Prior to being elected Governor, Holden served two terms as Missouri State Treasurer and three terms as a Missouri State Representative.

During Governor Holden's term in office, he chaired the Midwest Governors Association; opened Missouri’s first trade office in China; created Missouri’s first Hispanic Outreach Committee; moved Missouri from 41st to 5th in terms of women in leadership positions; appointed over 200 African Americans to prominent leadership roles; established the state's first Youth Cabinet; and built the first LEED-certified state office building in Missouri.

Bob Holden is currently the Chairman & CEO of the US Heartland China Association, Missouri Co-Chair for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and is an Executive Board member of the Missouri state NAACP Chapter.

After leaving office in 2005, Holden founded the Holden Public Policy Forum and was a professor at Webster University for ten years. While at Webster, he helped bring the first Confucius Institute to Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri.

For over 40 years, Bob Holden has been an active participant in the American Legion Missouri Boys and Girls State Program. He led efforts to bring the first delegations of Chinese students to be participants in this historic program.

鮑勃·霍頓 ——美國中部美中協會的董事長兼首席執行官

2001年 —— 2005年，鮑勃·霍頓先生任選為第五十三任密蘇里州州長。在此之前，已擔任兩屆密蘇里州財政部長，以及三屆密蘇里州眾議院議員。

於州長任職期間，鮑勃·霍頓先生兼任美國中西部州長協會主席，並設立了密蘇里州第一個駐華商務代表處。同時，創建了密蘇里州第一個拉美裔外聯委員會。在領導職位任命上，女性出任的密蘇里州領導職位數量在美國各州從第四十一位上升到第五位，並任命了超過200位的非裔美國人。他組建了密蘇里州第一個青年內閣，建造了密蘇里州第一座獲得LEED認證的辦公樓。

目前, 鮑勃·霍頓先生擔任美國中部美中協會的董事長兼首席執行官，美國全球領導聯盟密蘇里州協會聯合主席，以及全國有色人種協進會密蘇里州分會執行委員會成員。

2005年任期結束後，他創辦了霍頓公共政策論壇，並在韋伯斯特大學擔任了十年的教授，促成韋伯斯特密蘇里州聖路易斯大學第一個孔子學院的誕生。

40多年來，鮑勃·霍頓先生一直是美國退伍軍人協會密蘇里州人才培養項目的積極推動者，並成功將第一批中國學生代表團帶入該項具有歷史意義的項目。