Janet S. Wong is an independent Board Director and Audit Committee Chairman for Enviva Partners, a leading global energy company (NYSE: EVA). In December 2018, Directors & Board magazine named her as a “Director to Watch.” She also serves on the Advisory Board of BigControls, a San Francisco based cloud software company. Janet is a licensed CPA with more than thirty years of experience in public accounting. She is a retired partner with KPMG where she spent twenty years of her career based in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices. 

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She volunteers as a Lead Executive Advisor to Ascend, the largest non-profit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America, where she is responsible for leading Ascend Pinnacle, the largest network of experienced corporate board directors. Janet co-developed Ascend’s Executive Insight for Asian Women program. She is a co-author of two recent reports published by the Ascend Foundation, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Asian American Leaders in Silicon Valley” and “Lost in Aggregation: The Asian Reflection in the Glass Ceiling”. 

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In addition to Ascend, Janet’s other volunteer roles include serving as a Trustee for the Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, CA; American Heart Association Southwest Affiliate Board of Directors; Louisiana Tech Foundation Board of Directors; and the Executive Leadership Cabinet for Texas Children’s Hospital. Janet is the immediate past Chairman of the Louisiana Tech College of Business Advisory Board. She is a past recipient of the Louisiana Tech College of Business Alumni of the Year award, Silicon Valley Business Times Women of Distinction award, and the Ascend Inspirational Leadership Award. She earned a master of professional accountancy degree from Louisiana Tech University and a master of taxation degree from Golden Gate University. 

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