Thuy Vu, Moderator

Thuy is a seven-time Emmy award winning journalist who has more than two decades of experience covering news and public affairs. Most recently, she was the sole anchor of “KQED Newsroom” on KQED, one of the nation’s highest-rated public media stations. The in-depth program features newsmakers, thought leaders and analysis of the top political, economic and social issues confronting our society.

Currently, Thuy is Co-founder and President of a new venture called Global Mentor Network. Started by Keith Krach (former Co-Founder of Ariba and former CEO/Board Chair of DocuSign), GMN is a new destination site featuring online interviews with leaders in business, media, non-profits, sports, arts and entertainment. GMN’s mission is to build the next generation of transformational leaders. 

Thuy has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, CBS5, San Francisco Chronicle and 7x7. In 2017, the Bay Area News Group named her as one of the region’s Most Inspiring Women. She has long been a familiar face and voice to San Francisco Bay Area residents. She was a news anchor and reporter for various stations - ABC7, CBS5, KTVU, KQED-FM and was based in San Francisco for National Public Radio.

Her commitment to journalism has earned many honors. Thuy’s special series on the devastating legacy of Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War won nine regional and national awards, including National Headliner, Society of Professional Journalists and a prestigious Edward R. Murrow award. She has also covered the kidnappings of American tourists in Mexico, drug smuggling from Canada into California and the 2000 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the contested Florida vote in the presidential election.

She has been honored three times by the national Alliance for Women in Media, in addition to four national awards from the Asian American Journalists Association and four honors from the Associated Press West Coast Mark Twain competition.

Thuy immigrated from Vietnam in 1975, fleeing Saigon with her family at the end of the Vietnam War. She lived in two refugee camps before resettling in Duluth, Minnesota. It was in Minnesota that she saw snow for the first time and learned conversational English by watching “The Brady Bunch” and “Partridge Family.”She currently lives in Silicon Valley and holds a B.A. with Honors in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley.