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Board Introductions

Learn more about our board!
President: Yi Guo
Dr. Guo was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Mayo Clinic. She has been working as a parent advocate for supporting math enrichment and math competition in the past 10 years at Rochester. These experiences inspired Dr. Guo to start Rochester Math Club to fulfill the critical needs for Rochester area math enrichment and math contest programs. As President, Dr. Guo serves as the chief executive officer for the creation, organization and operation of Rochester Math Club. She is responsible for the overall supervision and control of all functions of the organization. Dr. Guo is also the Minnesota Director for Math Kangaroo.
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Honorary President: Richard Huang
Richard was the captain of Century’s Math League Team and Minnesota’s All-State Math Team. He has been involved in competition math since elementary school, joining both Math Masters and MathCounts. As a seventh grader, Richard placed fourth at the state MathCounts tournament and participated at the National Competition. Richard is a Top 10 MN Math League finisher for two years. He has been part of the All-State Math Team for five years and is attending collage in California now. We highly appreciate all the hard work Richard performed for organizing RMC and inspiring younger students for their interests in math. 
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Honorary President: Tracy Zhang
Tracy was the captain of Century's Math League team. While living in China, she suddenly became interested in math in fourth grade. After moving to the U.S., she participated in MathCounts in middle school. In her freshman year, she joined Century’s Math League team and began participating in the AMC series. She became a part of the MN All-State Math Team and attended two college-hosted tournaments her sophomore year. Surprisingly, she enjoys geometry problems a lot despite dreading the subject when she first encountered it. We highly appreciate all the hard work Tracy performed for organizing RMC and inspiring younger students for their interests in math. 
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Honorary President: Benjamin Yan
Benjamin Yan is a computer science student at Stanford University who worked as a machine learning intern at Mayo Clinic. At Mayo, he conducted and published research in high-tech medical imaging and computer vision technology. He is a U.S Presidential Scholar, one of the nation’s rarest and prestigious honors for students, a two-time International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) finalist, and a state high school math champion. With over four years of teaching experience, he has orchestrated several classes in programming, AMC 8/10, and MATHCOUNTS, where he coached a team to 4th place at State. In his free time, Ben delights in watching his hometown Minnesota Vikings, listening to Taylor Swift and Coldplay albums, going on bike rides, and playing soccer and tennis games.
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Honorary Secretary: Zoey Chen
Zoey Chen is an incoming freshman at Duke University, where she currently plans to double major in Computer Science and International Comparative Studies. At Century High School, she served as co-captain for the debate team and the girls tennis team. In her community, she was involved in various educational initiatives, serving as secretary and coach for Rochester Math Club, operations manager for Living Room Tutors, and a coding teacher at a local elementary school Some may know her for her love of art and painting, as she's taught many acrylic paining classes online throughout the pandemic.

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Treasurer: Min Huang
Min Huang has been an management system auditor for over 10 years in a world leading company, and she is familiar with business operations and process control. Besides that, she had been in manager roles in different organizations with budget planning experience. She has received special training in the course “Understanding & Analysis for Finance”. She is interested to devote her spare time to promote Math for young generations for local community. As Treasurer, Min serves as the chief financial officer for planning and managing the budget, and interacting with Rochester Area Foundation for grant management and financial reporting.
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Director of Public Relations: Bin Zhang
Dr. Zhang is a cardiovascular surgeon in China. He has been a parent advocate for math enrichment programs and a professional photographer for the past 10 years. He volunteered for a Minnesota Nonprofit Organization, Children’s HeartLink, for eight years. As Director of Public Relations, Dr. Zhang serves as the communicator to media such as Post Bulletin, taking photos to document activities, and posting photos on social media.
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Paul Kinion
Paul Kinion has a Master’s degree in Mathematics with a Minor in Computer Science. He is a faculty member in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Rochester Community and Technical College. He led the RCTC math team as coach prior to serving on the test writing committee for the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Student Math League. Paul will be the lead coach for High School level programs.
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Dennis Mays
Dr. Mays is an Assistant Professor in College of Medical School at Mayo Clinic. He has many years’ experience for graduate school-level education. He is also the President of Rochester Chess Club (a Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation), has more than 10 years’ experience for Rochester Youth Chess education and fund raising for Youth activities. ​Dr. Mays advises the RMC club organization and support grant applications and fund raising events.
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