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Shirley Yu (張欣珠)

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Shirley Yu (張欣珠)

Shirley Yu (張欣珠) is listed as 團體董事 on the official board of the |Taiwan Center Foundation of the Greater Los Angeles (大洛杉磯台灣會館).

Identity Snapshot

Life and Career

Shirley Yu (張欣珠) studied social work, earning a B.A. in Social Work from National Taiwan University in 1970 and an M.S.W. from Wayne State University in 1976, later adding an M.B.A. from USC in 1997. She moved into healthcare leadership, serving as CEO of Kindness-Care Home Health (from 1996), CareNet Health System (from 1997), and CareNet Medical (from 2002).

She is recorded in the TAH Who’s Who encyclopedia (#306, 2015/02) and on the |taiwancenter.org board listing.

Family: husband 游弘; daughters 游世寧 and 游依寧; son 游世傑. See also |Samantha Yu (游蕙綾).

Source Notes and Confidence

  • Content priority A: Name and role on https://www.taiwancenter.org/board (archived taiwancenter-org-board.md)
  • Hub: |taiwancenter.org
  • Content priority C (updated 2026-09-14): full biography from TAH #306 is now absorbed on-page (Education/Employment/Timeline/Family); the taiwancenter.org board listing corroborates the 團體董事 role.

Sources

Education

  • National Taiwan Univ. — 1970 — B.A., Social Work
  • Wayne State Univ. — 1976 — MSW Social Work
  • USC — 1997 — MBA

Employment

  • Kindness-Care Home Health — 1996 — CEO
  • CareNet Medical — 2002 — CEO
  • CareNet Health System — 1997 — CEO

Timeline

  • 1970 — B.A. Social Work, National Taiwan Univ.
  • 1976 — M.S.W., Wayne State Univ.
  • 1996 — CEO, Kindness-Care Home Health
  • 1997 — CEO, CareNet Health System; M.B.A., USC
  • 2002 — CEO, CareNet Medical
  • 團體董事 (board director), Taiwan Center Foundation of the Greater Los Angeles

Family

  • Husband: 游弘
  • Daughter: 游世寧
  • Daughter: 游依寧
  • Son: 游世傑

Role in the Community (absorbed from corpus, 2026-09-14)

  • 亞美社會福利基金會 董事長: spoke on 長輩居家照護 (in-home elder care) at the 4th 大洛杉磯台灣會館線上生活座談會 (2021-04-25, alongside 黃勝雄醫生 on COVID vaccines) — taiwanjustice.net 2021-05-09.
  • Taiwan Center contact: listed as a contact (714-366-5585) for the 老人健康研習會講座系列 at 台灣會館 (Rosemead), with 黃勝雄醫師 lecturing on depression — taiwanjustice.net 2025-03-28.
  • Director: named among the 38 台灣會館董事 in the announcement of the 2024 第26周年年會晚宴暨募款活動 (fundraiser for the US$20M rebuilding project) — taiwanjustice.net 2025-04-20.
  • 台大校友紀錄: signed the 2018 alumni protest letter over 南加州台大校友會 inviting 管中閔, listed as 張欣珠(社會) — the letter records her as 社會; the TAH profile lists B.A. Social Work. Recorded as-is, not resolved. taiwanjustice.net 2018-07-21.

From the record

  • 2020-01-18 — named first among the 聯絡人 (714-366-5585) for 亞美社會福利基金會’s 〈老人健康研習會講座系列〉 on 憂鬱症 Depression, 主講人 黃勝雄醫師, at 台灣會館, Rosemead; the session originally set for 2020-01-19 was postponed to 2020-02-23 because 黃醫師 was still in Taiwan. taiwanjustice.net 2020-01-18.

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