Anka Lee works at the intersection of international politics and strategy, business, and media. Prior to his current role in the technology industry, he advised the California State Assembly Speaker on international affairs, where he created new bilateral initiatives for legislators to address shared policy challenges with foreign counterparts and positioned California to lead on key issues of local and global significance.  

Before returning to California, he was Senior Director at Albright Stonebridge Group, a Washington, DC-based global strategy firm, where he advised the firm’s co-chairs – former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former National Security Adviser Samuel Berger, and former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez – on developments in East Asia. He also worked closely with C-suite executive clients to navigate political and regulatory landscapes and build relationships in overseas markets. 

His work in international affairs also included stints as an intelligence analyst studying the security dynamics in the Asia Pacific for the U.S. military; as a Congressional staffer advising members on human rights and rule of law issues in China; and, as a journalist covering democratic movements and politics in Asia. Before working in foreign affairs, Mr. Lee was a political reporter in California and served as a legislative aide at the California Legislature. 

His written and on-air commentaries on U.S.-China relations have appeared in The Atlantic, Bloomberg, The Diplomat, NBC News, POLITICO, Time, and San Francisco Chronicle. He is a Fellow and former Co-Lead of the Asia Expert Group at the Truman National Security Project. Mr. Lee is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University.