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Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Risk Officer

Target Corporation

Don H. Liu is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Risk Officer

for Target Corporation. In this role, reporting directly to Brian

Cornell, Chairman and CEO, he is responsible for all of Target's

legal, government affairs and risk and compliance functions.

Prior to joining Target, Mr. Liu was Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Xerox Corporation. Previously,

Mr. Liu was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief

Compliance Officer for Toll Brothers, Inc. and Senior Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary of IKON Office Solutions, where he

was also IKON’s Corporate Compliance Officer and Chair of IKON

Diversity Council.

Before joining IKON, Mr. Liu was Vice President and Deputy Chief Legal Officer of Aetna U.S. Healthcare

(and its predecessor entity, U.S. Healthcare). Prior to becoming in-house counsel, he worked as an

associate at two New York City law firms from 1987 to 1992, specializing in securities and mergers and

acquisitions – first at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and then at Richards & O’Neil (now Bingham

McCutchen). He served as a Law Clerk to Justice Stewart G. Pollock at the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

His professional affiliations include serving on the Board of Managers of Haverford College and the

Board of Directors for CaringBridge, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people during a health journey. He

is also a former member and the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Minority Corporate

Counsel Association (a non-profit organization promoting diversity in the practice of law); former Vice

Chair of the Asian American Diversity Advisory Council and a former member of the Executive

Committee of the Joint Diversity Council, Comcast Corporation; a former member of the Board of

Directors of the Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County; a former member of the New York Stock

Exchange Commission on Corporate Governance; a former member of the Board of Directors of

Association of Corporate Counsel; a founder and a member of the Advisory Board of MoreBank (an

ethnic community bank); a member of the American Law Institute; a former member of the Board of

Trustees of Mercy Health System (a Catholic hospital chain); a former member of the Board of Directors

of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund; and former Chair of the In-House Counsel

Committee of National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.

He is the recipient of America’s Top General Counsel Honor from NYSE Euronext’s Corporate Board

Member, National Law Journal - America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel recognition, the Legend in

Law Award from the Burton Foundation and The Library of Congress, the Pinnacle Award from the Asian

American Business Development Center, Inside Counsel magazine’s Transformative Leadership Award,

Connecticut Law Tribune’s Legal Department of the Year – In-House Counsel Management Award,

MCCA/America Lawyer Media Diversity Award, the Edwin Archer Randolph Diversity Award from the

Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity, the Spirit of Asian America Award from the Asian American

Federation, the Diversity Award from ABA’s Council on Legal Education Opportunity, the Justice in Action

Award from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the ICON Award from the National

Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Founders Award from the Asian American Lawyers

Association of Massachusetts, the Achievement Award from Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association

of New Jersey, and the Business Leadership Award from the Korean American Coalition.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Mr. Liu and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1972. He received his B.A. degree

in Philosophy and Religion from Haverford College with Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors.

He earned his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

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Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Tyson Foods

Amy Tu is responsible for Tyson’s legal, government

affairs, corporate communications, ethics and

compliance, and internal audit functions enterprise-

wide. She has oversight of all legal matters including

litigation and investigations, corporate securities and

governance, mergers and acquisitions, international,

labor and employment, environmental and health and

safety.

Amy also leads Tyson Ventures, a venture capital fund

investing in companies developing breakthrough

technologies, business models and products to sustainably feed the growing world

population. She is a member of Tyson Foods’ enterprise leadership team and reports

to President and CEO Noel White.

Amy joined Tyson from The Boeing Company where she held progressive leadership

positions in law and corporate development and strategy departments. She served as

chief counsel for Boeing global law affairs, commercial airplanes and aviation services

divisions, supporting multiple business and functional leaders worldwide. Amy was

also instrumental in helping to shape the global law affairs practice as Boeing’s first

regional counsel based in London, U.K., with responsibilities for commercial, military

and defense matters in Europe, Russia, and Israel. Prior to joining Boeing in 2001,

Amy led global transactions and international legal matters as an international

corporate counsel at the Gap and Walmart.

During her career, Amy has developed deep expertise establishing and supporting

global operations, executing complex cross-border, international and domestic

transactions, and developing and integrating teams and new ventures into existing

businesses. Her skill set, coupled with Tyson’s experienced venture capital team,

allows Tyson to unlock bold, cutting-edge opportunities through partnerships and

investments, keeping the company at the forefront of new food innovations and

furthering Tyson’s strategic growth initiatives.

Amy earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law

and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Wellesley College. She is a director

on the University of Arkansas National Alumni Board and was selected as a Johnson

Fellow for the University.

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Chief Legal and Policy Officer

FOX Corporation

Viet D. Dinh is Chief Legal and Policy Officer for Fox

Corporation, where he leads all legal, compliance, and

regulatory matters, and also oversees government and

public affairs. In addition, Mr. Dinh serves as a member

of the Office of the Chairman.

Mr. Dinh joined FOX in 2018 and helped establish the

company ahead of its 2019 spin-off and operation as a

standalone public company.

Before joining FOX, Mr. Dinh was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. He founded Bancroft

PLLC, a leading Supreme Court and high-stakes litigation firm until it was acquired by

Kirkland. He was a Georgetown University law professor for 20 years and U.S. Assistant

Attorney General for Legal Policy from 2001 to 2003. He previously served on the

Boards of Directors for 21st Century Fox, Revlon, LPL Financial, Scientific Games, and

MacAndrews & Forbes Worldwide.

Mr. Dinh is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and clerked for

Judge Laurence Silberman and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

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Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Western Union

Caroline Tsai is Chief Legal Officer and Corporate

Secretary for Western Union and a member of its

executive leadership team. The Western Union

Company is a Fortune 500 (NYSE: WU) financial

services company, based in Denver, Colorado. Tsai is

responsible for the overall strategic leadership and

oversight of Western Union’s global legal affairs,

enterprise risk, public policy and regulatory affairs,

ethics, privacy, and corporate secretarial functions. Tsai

also oversees compliance.

Prior to joining Western Union, Tsai was Deputy General Counsel and Chief

Regulatory Officer at BMO Financial Group. While at BMO Financial Group, Tsai

advised on advocacy and policy initiatives, as well as all bank regulatory and

supervisory issues for BMO’s global operations, including Personal and Commercial

Banking, Wealth Management and Capital Markets. She also served as Chief Legal

Officer, U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking at BMO Harris Bank.

Earlier in her career, Tsai served as Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel

at Bank of America Corporation where she was responsible for a broad range of

issues, including litigation, bank regulatory matters, the CFO Group and Global

Banking and Markets. She began her legal career at the global law firm, Jones Day

specializing in complexed structured transactions for investment banking clients.

Tsai is a strong champion for diversity and inclusion and formerly served as Co-Chair

of the Women's Leadership Network of the National Asian Pacific American Bar

Association.

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tsai is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. She earned a

Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a juris doctor degree,

magna cum laude, from The American University, Washington College of Law and

served as Executive Editor of The American University Law Review.

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Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

Thomson Reuters

Tom joined Thomson Reuters in 1999 as compliance and

legal counsel. Since then, he has held a number of legal

executive roles including as chief counsel for Reuters

News, a business unit general counsel and as the

company’s Chief Compliance Officer.

Before assuming his current role as Chief Legal Officer

and Company Secretary, Tom led the overall separation

of the $6 billion financial and risk data business (now

known as Refinitiv) from Thomson Reuters. Previously,

Tom was the Managing Director of Thomson Reuters’

businesses in China, with P&L responsibility for a circa $130 million business. Prior to

joining Thomson Reuters, Tom was in private practice in San Francisco with the law

firms Baker & McKenzie and Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft (now Duane Morris).

Throughout his career, Tom has led diversity initiatives, having helped launch a reverse

mentoring program and a global diversity advisory council at Thomson Reuters and the

ASCEND Executive Network in New York to aid Asian Pacific Americans rise to the C-

suite. Previously, Tom was named one of the “Best Lawyers under 40” by the National

Asian Pacific American Bar Association. As a leader, Tom believes that purpose drives

people and people drive profit.

Tom obtained undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford University.

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Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Madewell

Michael Wu is Chief Legal Officer and Corporate

Secretary of Madewell, a leading denim and casual

apparel company.

Before joining Madewell in 2019, Michael was the

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

of Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE: CRI), the largest young

children’s apparel company in North America. Michael

joined Carter’s in 2014 and was responsible for legal

and government affairs, compliance, internal audit,

risk management and corporate social responsibility at

Carter’s.

Prior to Carter’s, Michael was general counsel and corporate secretary of Rosetta

Stone Inc. (NYSE: RST), an education technology software company. He joined Rosetta

Stone in 2006 and established Rosetta Stone’s anti-piracy and anti-fraud enforcement

programs. Michael oversaw the company's successful initial public offering on the New

York Stock Exchange in 2009 and the acquisitions of Lexia Learning, Livemocha, Tell

Me More and Vivity Labs.

Before joining Rosetta Stone, Michael was vice president and general counsel at

Montreal-based Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: TLGB), an

international telecommunications provider. Michael led Teleglobe’s acquisition of voice

over IP provider, ITXC Corp., the listing of Teleglobe on NASDAQ in 2004 and the sale

of Teleglobe to the Tata Group in 2006.

Prior to Teleglobe, Michael was a senior attorney in the Hong Kong and Reston,

Virginia offices of Global One, an international joint venture between Sprint, Deutsche

Telekom and France Telecom. He was also associated with Baker Botts LLP in Houston,

Texas and a firm in Washington, D.C. that merged into Morgan Lewis.

Michael serves on the advisory boards of the Georgetown Law Corporate Counsel

Institute and the Asian American Bar Association of New York. Michael is also a

member of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association board of directors.