INSPIRING GENERATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Alia is the Chief Executive Officer of Mother’s Choice, and communicates the vision, sets the strategy, and leads our team of 150+ staff and 800+ volunteers to work towards every child in a loving family. Alia was a corporate lawyer in Hong Kong for Hogan Lovells and in New York for Skadden, Arps before she joined Mother’s Choice as CEO in 2012. She holds a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Centre and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from the George Washington University.
Alia was born and raised in Hong Kong, where she and her six younger siblings had the opportunity to volunteer at Mother’s Choice through childhood. Alia lives with her husband, an entrepreneur from Ireland, and their seven children. As a family, they are passionate about inspiring the wider community to play a role in transforming the lives of vulnerable children, youth, and families in our city. Because every child deserves a family.
WHICH CORE VALUE RESONATES MOST WITH YOU?
For our vision to be realized, we need to be a catalyst for positive social change across our whole community, as the issues that we tackle are complex. Our work in building families impacts not just one, but multiple generations.