Management Team

Our talented & professional team includes the following senior leadership:
 

• Jason Wing-Keung Lau
  Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
  Ph.D. candidate (ABD), Higher Education Management,
  Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
  The University of Iowa, USA
   
• Winnie Wing-Sze Wong
  Co-Founder
  Doctoral student, Leisure, Youth and Human Services,
  College of Education
  University of Northern Iowa, USA
   
• Courtlandt Butts
  Senior Vice President, Marine Environmental Education
  Regional Director of Family and Community Engagement,
  Pacific Educational Group
   

Our Advisory Group:        
 

• Ning Ziheng, Ph.D., Senior Advisor
  Professor, School of Physical Educational and Sports, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macau
  Visiting Professor, University of Northern Iowa, USA
   
• Jane Zhou, Ph.D., Senior Advisor
  Associate Professor,
  Asia Pacific Centre for the Study of Leisure, Zhejiang University, China
  Physical Education Department, Education College, Zhejiang University, China
  Visiting Professor, University of Northern Iowa, USA
   
• Sonia Akiko Yoshizawa, Advisor
  MAE Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education, University of Northern Iowa, USA
  Research Associate, Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, USA
  
   

Jason Wing-Keung Lau
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Jason Wing Keung Lau is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Higher Education Management in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies at The University of Iowa.

Jason graduated, summa cum laude, from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in 1999, receiving a B.A. in Leisure, Youth, and Human Services (Programming). He was a UNI Purple and Old Gold Award recipient for Meritorious Scholarship in Leisure Services. Jason received his M.A. in Leisure, Youth and Human Services Administration (UNI) in 2002. He also holds a Diploma in Social Work from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Certificates in Tourism (UNI) and School-Age Care Leadership (UNI)

Jason has more than 10 years of professional experience in child and youth services and over 5 years of administrative experience in higher education. He served as the Assistant Director of the Camp Adventure™ Child and Youth Services program in the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services at UNI. In this position Jason was responsible for assisting in the preparation and management of grants and contracts and engaging in marketing activities including the preparation of brochures, advertisement, corporate sponsorships, and other public relation functions. Jason was directly responsible for securing federal contracts and international agreements with contract partners, including all 4 branches of the U.S. military, U.S. embassies, corporate clubs, international schools and universities in Asia.

During his tenure with Camp Adventure™, Jason also served as the Project Coordinator in the United Kingdom (2000), the Japan Project Director, and the Regional Field Supervisor in Asia for 10 years. In 1999, Jason directed Camp Adventure™ Youth Services program operations in Taiwan, overseeing program operations at the Taipei American School.  Jason also directed a special winter holiday program operated in conjunction with The Resort, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Macau during the transfer of sovereignty ceremony in 1999. Prior to that Jason directed a newly initiated program operated in conjunction with the Macau Polytechnic Institute in Macau known as Campo Adventura (1998) and one operated in conjunction with the Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education, The People’s Republic of China (1997).

Jason has been serving as a Play Consultant for Play Infinity (Hong Kong) since 2001. Play Infinity, an educational organization specialized in play, is dedicated to promoting play as a means of recreation, education and counseling. Play Infinity provides staff development training, parent-child activities, and play workshops for a wide range of clients, including Citibank, AXA, Swire, HKSAR Recreation and Leisure Department, the Hong Kong Chinese University, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

 

Winnie Wing-Sze Wong
Co-Founder

Ms Winnie Wing Sze Wong is currently a doctoral student in Leisure, Youth and Human Services at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). She received a master’s degree in Leisure, Youth and Human Services Administration from UNI. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Winnie is the founder and Executive Director of Play Infinity and Play Infinity (Macao). Play Infinity is an organization dedicated to promoting play as a means of recreation, education and counseling. Encouraging the development of a play culture in Hong Kong, Play Infinity provides a number of custom-made programs for children, youth, adults and older person.

Winnie’s recent publications include “Play Infinity-101 Creative Games”, “Play Infinity-60 Interactive Fun Games”, “Play Infinity-Family Games and Play”, and “Play Infinity-78 Parent Child Games”. She has taught at the School of Continuing Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She also has taught games and drama training at Harlow Church in England.

She has worked for TREATS (Hong Kong), an organization dedicated to integrating youth with and without disabilities through recreation and play. She is also the former Executive Director of the Trinity Theatre. She is an active participant in the forum theatre, playback theatre, theatre sport, movement therapy, and nature discovery.