<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2022/alice-gao-east-west-bank.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>04/25/2022</pubDate><title>Alumna, Banking Industry Leader Encourages Students to Take Advantage of Every Opportunity</title><description>Alice Gao ’94 MBA has closely collaborated with individuals and businesses in the U.S. and China throughout her distinguished banking career. Now a senior vice president for East West Bank in Pasadena, California, she is growing and leading a new cross-border team that is bridging banking in and between the U.S. and China, the world’s two largest markets.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>April 25, 2022</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2022/alice-gao2.jpg" alt="Alan Roberts posing for a photo, sitting on a bench."/></image><image-caption>Alice Gao ’94 MBA outside East West Bank’s location in Pasadena, CA.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2022</tag></tags></item>