杨宁，男，美籍华⼈， 已婚， 1977年出⽣于福州亭江，从1998年 从中国移民到美国时不懂英语，就读于格兰德岛社区⼤学，学习英⽂和
美国风俗。杨宁曾做过：洗碗，打杂，服务员，厨师和寿司厨师，以及前台经理等⼯作来学习餐饮业的技能。
2006年，杨宁和他的妻⼦黄凌媚在内布拉斯加州格兰德岛市开创了Wasabi Bistro。在2015年和2018年，他又开设了两家新餐厅，即Tso’s亚
洲自助餐厅和 Jinya Ramen Bar,开拓不同的餐厅概念和美食。在2017年，杨宁还尝试了与他在食品和饮料⾏业的专业知识⽆关的业务，杨宁成为Nebraska EB5投资区域中⼼和A-1 Development开发公司的联合创始⼈。经过两年半的准备，占地为65英亩的铿琳翰湖村发展为具有300套单户住宅和联排别墅的普瑞比亚风格的住宅小区，目前已经在修路⽔电三通中，再过5个月可以建房⼦了。
杨宁对食品和饮料⾏业充满热情，⽽其它⼀切都只是副业，经过⼏年的辛勤⼯作和奉献，他得以从外卖小餐厅到自助餐厅，然后逐渐将家
庭式商店转变为⼤型餐厅。他摆脱了传统模式，从社区雇用老外，解决了餐厅请不到⼈的后顾之优，杨宁拥有多年的⾏业经验，因此了解到客户和员⼯的价值观对他创建自⼰的拉面品牌产⽣了影响，自创拉面品牌店正在如⽕如荼的准备中，希望 2021 年夏天开业于⼤家见面。
From not knowing English when he first immigrated to the United States from China in 1998, Ning Yang only hoped to one day own his own
restaurant. He attended Grand Island Community College to learn English and American customs. Ning worked as a dishwasher, odd job man, server, cook, and sushi chef, and front of house manager to learn the skills of the restaurant industry. In 2006, Ning and his wife was able to open Wasabi Bistro, in Grand Island, Nebraska. In 2015 and 2018, he opened two new restaurants, Tso’s Asian Buffet and Jinya Ramen Bar, to venture towards different restaurant concepts and cuisines.
In 2017, Ning also attempted something unrelated to his expertise in the food and beverage industry. Ning became the co-founder of Nebraska EB5 Investment Regional Center and Nebraska A-1 Development. After 2 ½ years of preparation, the development of the 65-acre Lake Cunningham Village into Prefurbia style residential complex consisting of 300 single-family homes and townhouses has begun.
Ning’s is passionate about the food and beverage industry and everything else is just secondary professions. After several years of hard work and dedication, he was able to work his way from Chinese takeout restaurants to buffet shops and slowly changing family owned shops into large scale restaurants. He broke from traditional model and hired from the community instead of just Asians. Therefore, providing local jobs as well as preventing the restaurant from having the problem of not being able to hire people. Having experience this industry for so many years, Ning has learned about what customers and staff values which has influences him to create his own ramen brand.