Mark Sidel is Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a specialist in U.S.-China relations, philanthropy, civil society, and the nonprofit sector. Sidel worked for a number of years in program positions at the Ford Foundation in Beijing, Hanoi, Bangkok, and New Delhi, including serving on the team that opened the Ford Foundation’s office in China in the late 1980s and directing Ford’s efforts in Vietnam. He currently serves as chair of the board at the Washington-based International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) and at Myriad/Give2Asia, the largest and longest-serving organization channeling philanthropic giving to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Sidel has written or co-edited 11 books on Asia, philanthropy, civil society, and the nonprofit sector, and many academic and policy articles on these themes. He consults widely for American, European, and other funders; international NGOs; aid agencies; and others, particularly on China, India, and Vietnam and on philanthropic and civil society programming. Sidel also serves as visiting chair in global justice at the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice, and on the boards of the China Medical Board (a private U.S. foundation working in China and Southeast Asia) and Latitude Global (an international risk and compliance firm serving the nonprofit community).