Bio

Leda Summer has over 30 years of experience in the hardware and software engineering fields. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering and a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, specializing in instrumentation.

Leda has dedicated about 20 years to community volunteer work and has been involved with Birmingham Sister Cities since 2008.

She served as President of the Chinese-American Business Association of Birmingham from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2018 to 2020. During her tenure, she organized an event in collaboration with Birmingham-Southern College featuring a performance by the worldrenowned Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe alongside local Birmingham artists. She also introduced the BNI (Business Network International) networking philosophy to ChineseAmerican business members.

From 2007 to 2009, Leda consecutively served as Vice President and President of the Birmingham Chinese Association. In this role, she and her colleagues united local Chinese organizations — including BCA, BCFA, CABAB, USCPFA-Birmingham, the Birmingham Asian Cultural Center Chinese Garden Foundation, and UABUSSA — to conduct fundraising events for Sichuan Earthquake Relief.

Leda served as President (2009–2010) and Vice President (2016–2018) of the Birmingham Chinese Festival Association, and as a board member for 12 years. She initiated the participation of artists from Chaoyang and Beijing in the Birmingham Chinese New Year Festival at Boutwell Auditorium through the Birmingham Sister City Commission.

From 2005 to 2009 — and currently — Leda has served as the Vice President of the Board of the Birmingham Chinese Garden–Asian Cultural Center Foundation, now renamed the Alabama Asian Culture Center Foundation.

Additionally, Leda volunteered with the Vestavia Hills City Mayor’s Diversity Committee from 2008 to 2012.

She has been a dedicated member of the Rotary Club since 1998, achieving over twenty years of perfect attendance, and has actively served the Vestavia Hills community for more than two decades.