Cheng-Ling Chen Email & Phone Number

California, United States

• Advisor, investor, and donor in ventures and projects serving social justice and the greater good. Focus in women-founded social enterprises and creating capital for women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs.
• Trained in investor bootcamp to understand startup ecosystem
• Served on an investor panel for entrepreneur pitchesOrganizations I have advised:
• International legal nonprofit advancing human rights of women and girls (Women's Link Worldwide)
• International development nonprofit expanding economic opportunity, gender equity and climate justice in Asia (The Asia Foundation)
• . Global advocacy organization for fair pay and climate justice in the fashion industry (Remake)

Lightbeam is a storytelling platform that connects global audiences seeking inspiring stories with brands seeking to align with their customers’ values. Lightbeam's mission is to close today's empathy gap through stories that spark a contagion effect of caring for others. Lightbeam is the first-ever storytelling platform for premium-quality shareable.

Story LLP is AI for legal, working to provide a solution for folks who think they might need a lawyer but don’t know what kind. Story’s mission is to help everyone get equal access to quality, affordable legal counsel, regardless of privilege or personal networks. Story’s method helps clients and lawyers save energy, time and money.

Blendoor is a diversity analytics and hiring software company. Its BlendScore rating is the Moody's of corporate DE&I. Analyzing tens of thousands of ESG-related data sets, Blendoor provides solutions to impact investors, executive talent, and corporate boards where DE&I is top of mind to manage risk, branding, and compliance.

Bright Funds powers a technology platform that makes workplace giving, volunteerism, and grants management more effective for companies, more meaningful for employees, and more impactful for the world.

San Francisco And Shanghai

• Lived in China working on joint ventures, financings and corporate transactions

San Francisco Bay Area

• HERliograph.com is an online platform that profiles everyday heroines, showcasing women’s talents and fostering connections between women.
• Creator and initial developer
• Interviewer, photographer, writer, and connector

• Vice Chair of Board, Co-Chair Trustees and Governance Committee
• Served on active board of startup school in San Francisco with roles on the Executive Committee, Trustees and Governance Committee, Communications Committee, Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee and Finance Committee
• Provided leadership and governance for preeminent progressive Mandarin-immersion pre-K through 8 independent school through three Heads of School transitions, two large capital campaigns, construction of two new wings.

• Completed book-length nonfiction manuscript composed of thirteen essays about growing up Taiwanese in Latin America; main themes include family, identity and self-discovery through language learning
• Fitness columnist for online women’s forum
• Copywriter for interior design e-commerce sites
• Editorial expertise in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays

San Francisco Bay Area, Hong Kong, Shanghai

• Managed large-scale project finance transactions, closing deals in half billion-dollar range
• Communicated regularly and effectively with domestic and foreign clients, opposing counsel and third parties
• Drafted loan agreements, company prospectuses, and joint venture agreements, legal documents to capture unique deal structures involving multiple parties and objectives
• Advocated for immigrant women and their children who were victims of domestic abuse and helped them obtain independence and safety under the VAWA Act.
• Worked on over $1B in financing deals for power plants, late-stage startups, healthcare companies, and IPOs.
• Petitioned on behalf of immigrant women and their children who were victims of domestic abuse; obtained successful results for their independence and safety under the VAWA Act

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

Master'S Degree, Creative Writing