Edward Timperlake, a Naval Academy with an MBA from Cornell University, has served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, as a professional staffer in Congress, and in the Defense Department. He now serves on the board of the Vietnam Children's Fund, a pro bono effort to rebuild elementary schools in Vietnam. Timperlake lives near Washington D.C.

William C. Triplett II if the former chief Republican counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has more than thirty years of experience working on China and national security. He lives with his family near Annapolis, Maryland.