Ryan McElveen

DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING AND DEVELOPMENT

Ryan McElveen (麦瑞安) serves as director of programming and development for the U.S.-China Education Trust.

Ryan’s experience spans the public- and private-sectors, NGOs, and academia. Before joining USCET, Ryan served for 12 years as associate director of the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, where he supported a team of resident and nonresident scholars, research staff, and interns; launched and coordinated the U.S.-China Leaders Forum at Sunnylands and U.S.-China track II dialogues on topics ranging from artificial intelligence and national security to food security to economic and trade relations; implemented large-scale research projects; hosted major public events, retreats, and study tours in the U.S. and Asia; initiated the Brookings China Council and managed donor relations; oversaw longstanding partnerships with other global think tanks and academic institutions like Tsinghua University and Yale University; and coordinated with the Brookings-Tsinghua Center in Beijing.

His work with colleagues on the U.S.-China Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and National Security laid the groundwork for the November 2024 agreement between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons, and he oversaw the creation of a U.S.-China glossary of AI terms to serve as a basis for future negotiations and agreements.

Ryan has also worked for the International Operations and Policy office of the Boeing Company, The Clinton Foundation and The Clinton Global Initiative, Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute, The China Institute, the University of Virginia Center in Shanghai, and the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and his writing has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, CNN, Current History, Lawfare, China-US Focus, the Cairo Review of Global Affairs, and the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.

Ryan is serving in his third term as an at-large member of the School Board in Fairfax County, Virginia — the ninth largest school system in the country. When he was first elected to the position in 2011, he was the youngest person ever elected to the Board and the youngest elected official in Virginia. In that position, Ryan has advocated for, among other things, internationalizing the curriculum, increasing global language programs, and enhancing student civic engagement. Ryan is also the founder and managing director of the Global Leaders of Fairfax County program, which prepares county high school seniors to be global citizens and change agents in their community and the world.

Ryan is the recipient of the University of Virginia Cultural Fluency Award, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Award, the Charles S. Robb Young Leaders Award, the Richard Rausch Equality Award, and he was runner-up in the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” contest. He holds a Master’s of International Affairs in human rights from Columbia University and a B.A. in Anthropology and East Asian Studies from the University of Virginia.

麦瑞安（Ryan McElveen）是美中教育基金会的项目与发展总监。他长期致力于促进中美交流与合作，拥有丰富的公共部门，私营企业，非政府组织，以及学术机构的工作经验。在加入美中教育基金会之前，他曾担任布鲁金斯学会约翰·桑顿中国中心副主任十二年，负责学者研究团队管理，组织美中二轨对话，推动人工智能与国家安全、粮食安全、经贸关系等重要议题的交流，并主导重大研究项目与捐赠。他参与推动的“人工智能与国家安全美中对话”为2024年习近平主席与拜登总统就“确保核武器决策保持人类控制”达成协议奠定了重要基础。

除智库工作外，麦瑞安还曾任职于美国中国学会，弗吉尼亚大学上海中心，及美国参议院常设调查小组委员会。他是美中关系全国委员会成员，其文章发表于《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》等主流媒体与学术刊物。

麦瑞安自2011年起当选弗吉尼亚州费尔法克斯县教育委员会委员，是该委员会历史上最年轻的当选成员。在那里， 他积极推动课程国际化，语言项目拓展及学生公民参与以培养青年成为具备全球视野的公民。

他曾荣获弗吉尼亚大学文化流畅力奖、伊丽莎白·凯迪·斯坦顿奖、查尔斯·S·罗布青年领袖奖、理查德·劳施平等奖，并在《华盛顿邮报》“美国下一位伟大评论员”大赛中获亚军。麦瑞安拥有哥伦比亚大学国际事务硕士（人权方向）学位，以及弗吉尼亚大学人类学与东亚研究学士学位。