William Wang was born in Shanghai, China, in 1936, the son of a successful businessman who owned commercial and residential properties in the city and farming land in a nearby village. The family survived the Japanese occupation during World War II, and when the Communist Chinese government took over China in 1949, things started to turn even more unfavorable. The Communists considered the Wang family to be one of the undesirable elements in society, because they were wealthy. So, on Chinese Lunar New Year in 1951, the Wang family quietly left Shanghai, escaping to Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. William finished high school in Hong Kong and in 1956, he immigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of his sister, who was already a US citizen. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1957, served two years active duty in Fort Ord and Fort Sill, and four more years in the reserves while still in college in Indiana. While serving in the 41st Field Artillery Group in Fort Sill, PFC Wang was selected as the Post’s Soldier of the Month in February 1959. William earned a BS degree in civil engineering from Trine University in Angola, Indiana. After graduation, William worked as a bridge engineer for the Indiana State Highway Department. In 1966, he realized that engineering was not his true calling, so he took a bold move and applied to the FBI for a special agent position. He passed the test, the physical, and the interview, and he was accepted into the FBI Academy in November 1966. After graduating from the FBI Academy, William was assigned to the Seattle Office, then to the New York Office and ultimately to the Washington Field Office, where he retired. He worked primarily in counterintelligence and espionage matters in the Bureau. With his knowledge of several Chinese dialects and understanding of Chinese history and culture, he was often called upon to participate in Chinese Criminal investigations in the FBI and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. His last assignment before retirement was to supervise the Washington Field Office Special Surveillance Group for the Espionage Division.

Dr. Kingman Wong retired as an FBI Special Agent after nearly 25 years of service. During his FBI tenure, he held investigative, supervisory, management, and senior executive positions, to include working undercover domestically and overseas against Chinese secret society, aka triad, members; Head of the Asian Organized Crime Squad in San Francisco; Chief of the Asian Criminal Enterprise Unit at FBI Headquarters leading the National Asian Organized Crime Program; Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Program in FBI San Diego leading the investigation of drug cartels, organized crime, violent crime, and major offenders; Chief of the International Operations Section, Office of International Operations at FBI Headquarters, overseeing the FBI’s 75 foreign offices and sub-offices around the world; and Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations and Cyber Division, FBI New York office, where he created the FBI’s first Cyber Branch to focus on cyber-related national security, criminal, and computer forensic matters. Dr. Wong was also selected by the FBI director to serve two overseas assignments, first as Chief the FBI Hong Kong office to collaborate and coordinate FBI activities with the governments of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and then as Chief of the FBI Ottawa office to work closely on national security and criminal matters with the Canadian government, a Five Eyes intelligence partner. Upon his retirement from the FBI, he was recruited by Las Vegas Sands to serve as the Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Sands China Limited in Macau and Hong Kong and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, both being the key subsidiaries of Las Vegas Sands. While at Sands, he built and led a highly successful compliance program and mitigated money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, and corruption risks faced by the company. During this same time, he was repeatedly invited by the U.S. government to train regulators and investigators from 12 countries on Asian organized crime, money laundering, and casino crime investigation. Following his corporate stint in Asia, he returned to the U.S. as an adjunct professor of Cybersecurity at the George Washington University. During this time, he also worked to support the investigation of domestic and international money laundering syndicates at the Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Section, U.S. Department of Justice. Later, he was recruited by Google to join as the company’s Law Enforcement Compliance Lead. Mr. Wong holds a PhD in Public Policy and Administration - Homeland Security; a Master of Science in Cybersecurity; a Master in Public Administration; a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice; and professional certifications as a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified Protection Professional. He was the recipient of numerous law enforcement awards, such as a U.S. Attorney General Award, a FBI Director’s Award, a New York State Senate proclamation, a New York Federal Executive Board Award, and a California State Assembly proclamation.

Carol Lee became a special agent in 1986, serving first in the Honolulu Division and then the San Francisco Division, where she investigated Asian criminal enterprises. In 2005 she was named assistant special agent in charge of the San Diego Division, and two years later became a section chief in the International Operation Division. In 2009, she was named special in charge of the Albuquerque Division. In 1999, Ms. Lee was promoted to the Asian/African Criminal Enterprise Unit in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters, where she served as a Supervisory Special Agent. She was responsible for management of the Asian Criminal Enterprise, African Criminal Enterprise, Drug Smuggling, and Alien Smuggling investigative programs. Ms. Lee returned to the San Francisco Division, Oakland Resident Agency in 2002, where she supervised national security matters. She was named Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Division in 2005. In that capacity, she managed the office’s National Security Branch, which included the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Intelligence programs. She served in that role until 2007, when she was appointed Section Chief of the International Operations Section II within the Office of International Operations. Her responsibilities included oversight of the FBI’s Legal Attachés around the world. Ms. Lee was the recipient of the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Studies and a Juris Doctorate from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.