Biography

Margaret Liu Collins is called to share the Good News about God in every aspect of her life from her intimate life with her family to her business practices and philanthropy, and into her leadership and testimony in her Christian Community and beyond.

She was born in Chongqing, China and attended Kowloon tong elementary school, Kowloon HOng Kong, and high school, St. Stephen’s Girls College, Hong Kong. She later graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley. After being a science teacher, she later became the founder and CEO of a real estate brokerage firm, Liu Realty, Inc., and is the founder and CEO of Liu International Management LLC.

Margaret has served as a director of nonprofit organizations including Grace Cathedral, The Episcopal Dioceses of Northern California, California Pacific Medical Center, The University of California Berkeley Foundation Board, and the San Francisco Symphony. Her for-profit board memberships include: Cmos, ComplianceEase, and Servgate.

Margaret has supported her Alma mater, University of California, Berkeley, establishing a fellowship endowment, “T. O. Liu Memorial Fellowship” in Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute in honor of her father. In 2010, she established an undergraduate scholarship to provide financial resources for deserving students who come from families led by single parents.

San Francisco Business Times, in 2011, named Margaret one of the “150 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business”.

In 2013, she collaborated with her late Aunt, Qin Ziao-men to write a book about her beloved father A Twentieth- Century Chinese Profile Tien Oung Liu available on Amazon.

In 2016, Margaret endowed Chair Professorship in Traumatic Brain Injury to world-renowned neurosurgeon, Geoffrey T. Manley, MD, PHD, Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Weill Institute of Neurosciences and Chief of Neurological Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

In 2022 , Margaret endowed Chair professorship in Neurotechnlogy to Dr Cong Peng ,Peng Cong, PhD, has recently joined UCSF as Professor of Neurological Surgery and Psychiatry, and Director of Brain Interface Technology. Dr. Cong is an accomplished device electrical engineer with significant industry experience in the realm of neural interface technology. He joins UCSF from Google’s Verily, where for the last six years he has held leading positions in neuromodulation, spearheading a number of engineering projects.

She is called to share the Good News about God in every aspect of her life from her intimate life with her family to her business practices and philanthropy, and into her leadership and testimony in her Christian Community and beyond.She offers support for fellow Christians along with inspiring articles, videos, and resources on her website at: VictoryGlory.com and margaretliucollinsauthor.com

Margaret and her adoring husband, Ted Collins split their time between homes in San Francisco and Sonoma County, taking special pleasure in watching their grandchildren grow