Lieutenant Commander John Zhang Li (US Navy), along with Stanford University student, Anika Yadav, discusses the essential nature of past experience, even failures, to inform how to be effective and successful in the future.
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ABOUT THE FELLOW & MENTEE
Lieutenant Commander John Li, US Navy, is a national security affairs fellow at the Hoover Institution for the 2024–25 academic year. As a surface warfare officer, he has served on various ships, including amphibious command ship, guided missile destroyer, and littoral combat ship, in roles including chief engineer, antisubmarine warfare officer, and electronic warfare officer, participating in operations across US Indo-Pacific Command, Central Command, and European Command.
Anika Yadav is a rising sophomore at Stanford University and is a consultant for the Stanford Marketing Group and director of the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students.
