Carol Chyau
Founder, "Shokay"
Social Entrepreneur & triplet mom living in Shanghai/Taipei. She is the co-founder of “Shokay” (www.shokay.com), a socially responsible lifestyle brand based in China that promotes yak down. Shokay has won numerous distinctions, and through this work, Carol is also an Echoing Green Fellow and an Asian Finalist for the 2009 Cartier Women’s Initiative Award. Carol graduated from Harvard Kennedy School’s Masters in Public Administration / International Development (MPA/ID) program and the University of Pennsylvania’s joint-degree Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business (BS/BA). During the course of her studies at Harvard, Carol worked with the United Nations Development Programme in New York City and Thailand. She completed projects studying Information Communication Technologies in Thailand and Growing Sustainable Business projects in New York. She also studied Internet connectivity in rural areas in Cambodia as a World Resources Institute case writer and worked in micro-finance with EDPYME Edyficar in Lima, Peru. Carol loves to travel and is fluent in Chinese, Spanish, and English.
