Yona Yang serves as senior program manager for EGA China, based out of Beijing. She specializes in policy observation and analysis, communications strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and media relations for multinational companies and NGOs. Her clients have included Walmart, Mars, NBCUniversal, Novo Nordisk, the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations, and others.
Prior to Edelman, Ms. Yang worked with the American Chamber of Commerce in China for more than two years in public relations where she focused on the Chamber’s stakeholder communications strategies, marketing campaign, media relations and media activities, and corporate social responsibility efforts. She developed a deep understanding on positioning US business groups in China in the context of the US-China trade war during her time working with AmCham China executives. She practiced digital marketing campaigns and managed multiple social media platforms in Chamber’s media matrix. Previously, she had international communications consultancy experience with DeVries Global in consumers and lifestyle. Ms. Yang received a master’s degree in communication from the University of Miami.