Independent Director
TAFT Foundation
Xiaoye (Grace) Yang | Independent Director
Cross-sector Leader in Technology Innovation & Educational Governance
Ms. Grace Yang serves as President of Beijing Liangye Biotechnology and is the Funding Principal of Beijing Miyun Huixue Training School, with over 20 years of executive leadership in technology R&D and educational innovation. Her strategic vision has been molded by key roles at global companies. She led China market expansion for IDEX’s biometric solutions as Country Manager.
Led APAC commercialization of biometric products at Synaptics.
Built Gemalto’s OEM electronics business ecosystem across Asia.
Ms. Yang, a systems thinker with dual expertise, holds an Electronics Engineering degree from Jilin University and an MBA from Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management. Her early career at China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has given her a unique perspective on STEM talent development.
As an education innovator and principal of a private school, she transformed Huixue Training School into a leading K-12 STEM institution, incorporating engineering methods into its teaching. At the TAFT Foundation, she manages strategic compliance for ed-tech projects, aligning with the mission: “Advancing educational equity through empowering students in innovation and technology.”
“True education transformation lives at the intersection of technological accessibility and human-centered design,” embodies Ms. Yang’s governance philosophy for TAFT.