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Roberta Lipson

Founder, United Family Healthcare; Vice Chair, New Frontier Health

Ms. Roberta Lipson is the founder of United Family Healthcare, the Vice Chair of New Frontier Health, Vice Chair of Amcham-China and Director of the U.S.-China Business Council. She has over 40 years of experience as a pioneer in the healthcare industry in China. She originally co-founded United Family Healthcare’s predecessor company Chindex in 1981, expanding the business from China’s top medical equipment distribution company into China’s first and largest foreign-invested healthcare system. After over two decades, UFH’s healthcare platform includes 11 hospitals and almost 20 clinics in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Qingdao, Hainan and Shenzhen, as well as an internet hospital serving patients nationally. United Family Healthcare was rated in 2016 as “The Most Trusted Healthcare Brand of China” by the Chinese Business Journal. Ms. Lipson also founded and leads the United Foundation for China’s Health, a not for profit charity providing lifesaving interventions and health management for underserved populations. Ms. Lipson is an active leader in the business community in Beijing and Washington, is a co- founder of Beijing’s Jewish Community - Kehillat Beijing. Ms. Roberta Lipson holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MBA from Columbia University