Dr. Chok, received his PhD in Business Administration from the University of Southern California (USC) and joined academia after several years of professional experience working in a variety of organizations outside the United States. A significant part of his employment experience was developed in varied institutional contexts across transnational organizations such as the World Bank Group and ExxonMobil, and across large government agencies such as the military and the Treasury (the Singapore Ministries of Finance and Defense). Dr. Chok has also held research positions at three very different educational institutions (INSEAD, the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and USC Marshall) before teaching at the Keck Graduate Institute. Among the various academia-related service that Dr. Chok perform, the most consequential, wide-ranging role is the Accreditation Liaison Officer (Faculty ALO). Dr Chok assumed the faculty ALO position in May 2021. With some self-deprecating humor, Dr. Chok likens his role to something like an “infrastructure worker”, bridging KGI with WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) to foster a collaborative, value-adding relationship between university and institutional accreditor.