Li Qiang - Executive Director

The founder and Executive Director of CLW, Li Qiang, played a leading role in organizing networks of labor activists, researching factories and conducting worker education and legal assistance programs before coming to the United States in 2000. His rich experience and ongoing contact with colleagues in China represent a valuable resource. Li Qiang has contributed opinion pieces to China Youth Daily, South China Morning Post, Nanfang Chuang and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and has been referenced in The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNN and others. In 2004, Li Qiang taught as a visiting scholar at The Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University.

Brutus Li - Legal Advisor

Brutus Li graduated from Yale University with a degree in International Affairs and from New York University with a J.D. Mr. Li has extensive experience in the human rights field.

Julia Gooding - Program Assistant 

Julia graduated from Colgate University in 2008 with a Double Concentration in Asian Studies and Spanish. Julia received a Fulbright grant to China from 2008-2009. She studied Chinese at Middlebury Summer Language School and Associated Colleges in China in Beijing. Before joining China Labor Watch, she also worked on product development and CSR evaluation with CRD Analytics, and was a Program Coordinator for projects in mainland China and Taiwan with the Woodenfish Project.

Dorothy J. Solinger, Board Member. Dr. Solinger is a professor of University of California at Irvine in political science.

William J. Hurst, Board Member. Dr. Hurst is an assistant professor of University of Texas at Austin in Asian Studies.

Tom Deluca, Board Member. Mr. Deluca is the Founder and CEO of CCI Consulting and member of the Advisory Board of Social Accountability International.