Leslie Tang Schilling

Leslie Tang Schilling was born in New York. Before the age of 1, her family moved to Hong Kong where her father, Jack Tang, managed South Sea Textile Manufacturing, Limited; a family owned business which eventually went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Growing up in Hong Kong, Leslie graduated High School from Hong Kong International School. She then attended University of California at Berkeley where she graduated with a double degree in Political Science and Economics. After working for Wells Fargo Bank for two years, Leslie returned to school to earn a Masters in International Management.

Leslie has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area almost continuously since graduate school. She manages her own investment management business together with her husband, Alexander Schilling, Jr. They are both active on non-profit boards as well on the boards of several businesses. Leslie has a long history of serving on business sponsored Boards, such as the SF Chamber of Commerce, and the Small Business and Agriculture Advisory Board to the Federal Reserve 12th. District. She is currently on the Board of the Bay Area Council. In the “for profit world”, Leslie has a history of serving on Boards for companies in the financial world. After 10 years as a Director of the Pacific Bank N.A., she currently is in her 5th. Year as a director of Golden West Financial publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.