Chairman

The Honorable Michael H. Moskow

Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the Global Economy

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 

Honorary Chairman

The Honorable George Hisaeda

Consul General of Japan at Chicago

Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

 

Chairman Emeritus

The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson
Chairman

SC&M Investment Management Corp.

 

President

Edward A. Grant (Retired)

Principal

Arthur Andersen LLP

 

Executive Vice Presidents 

 
Tetsu Hayashi

Vice President & General Manager

Mitsubishi International Corporation

 

Robert W.  Karr, Jr.

Partner

Jones Day

 

Secretary

John Bukacek

President

Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services

 

Treasurer

Kumiko Watanabe

Director

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Mitsukuni Baba
Executive Director
Japan America Society of Chicago

 

 

Directors

John D. Angster

 

Fumihiko Aoki 

General Manager

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

 

Rita R. Athas

President

World Business Chicago

  

David Baeckelandt

Director, Sales and Marketing

Segall, Bryant & Hamill

 

Jack D. Beem

 

The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel

Vice President for Community, Government & International Affairs

DePaul University

 

Benita Boettner

 

Patrick Canavan

Founder

Canavan Consulting LLC

 
Robert A. Center

 

Sam Cremin

Managing Director

Green Tree Products

 

Kenneth A. Dixon

Partner

Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Drew Edwards

Vice President

Advisory Research, Inc.

 

Mark W. Finn

Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting and International Business

Kellogg School of Management

Accounting and Information Management

Northwestern University

 

William L. Florida

Vice President

Advisory Research, Inc.

 

Ryutaro Furukawa

Senior Vice President

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 
Marcia E. Goodman
Partner

Mayer Brown LLP

 

Walter Hladko (Retired)

Regional Manager

Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka

 

Eileen Hubbell

 

Kenji Iijima

Senior Vice President & General Manager

Sumitomo Corporation of America

 

David D. Johnson

Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO

Molex Inc.

 

Ken G Kabira

Group Manager of Membership, Service Activities & Communications

Lions Clubs International

 

Yuji Kajikawa

President & CEO

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.

 

Steven L. Katz

Principal

Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

 

Janice Katz

Associate Curator of Japanese Art

Art Institute of Chicago

 
Shunichiro Kishioka

Chairman

I.T.A., Inc.

 

Taka Kosaka

President

Uni-Con, Inc.

 
Jody E. Kurtzhalts

President & COO

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.

 

Sang-yul Lee

Shareholder

Polsinelli Shughart PC

 

Harumi Lory

Lecturer

East Asian Languages & Civilizations

The University of Chicago

 

Dr. Phyllis I. Lyons

Associate Prof. African & Asian Languages

Northwestern University

 

Calvin Manshio

Attorney

The Manshio Law Firm, P.C.

 

James A. McClung

Chairman and CEO

Lismore International Inc.

 

Joseph McCluskey

Vice President, International Operations

W.W Grainger, Inc.

 

Greg Merkley 

President

TT&M Consulting

 

Mark Miller

President

Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc.

 

 

 

Dana E. Morrison

President

Genieco, Inc.

 

Robert Murphy

Managing Partner

Moveo Integrated Branding

 

Kazunobu Narita

General Manager

Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc.

 

Timothy Newlin

Vice President, Middle Market Banking

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

 

Motohisa Noguchi

Treasurer & Secretary to the Board

Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

 

Ryuji Ohno

VP & General Manager

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

 

Hiroko Osaka

Associate Director

Center for Market Leadership

Kellogg School of Management

Northwestern University

 

Mr.  Thomas F.  O'Toole
SVP & Chief Marketing Officer
United Airlines Mileage Plus Holdings
 
Emily Reynolds

Vice President, Major Accounts

Xerox Corporation

 

David A. Riggle

Partner

Riggle and Craven

 

Honorable David M. Roden

Vice President & Group Manager

Fifth Third Bank

 

Howard J. Romanek

Illinois State University

 

Hironori Sawada
Deputy Consul General
Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

 

August W. Schaefer

SVP & Public Safety Officer

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

 

Patrick P. Shannon

Chief Financial Officer

United Healthcare of Illinois, Inc. 

 

Akira Shibata

Vice President, Chicago Regional Sales Office

Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America

 
Yoshio Shibazaki

Senior Tax Manager

Plante & Moran PLLC

 
Kazuo Shimizu

President & COO

Kikkoman Foods, Inc.

 

Tatsuhiro Shindo

Chief Executive Director

JETRO Chicago

 

Shane Stiles

President

gate39MEDIA

 
William A. Streff, Jr.

Partner

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

 

Thomas Studney

Business Management Officer

Sunstar Group

 

Mary Sutherland

 

Bridget Sweeney

Director, Business Operations

The Boeing Company

 

Sachio Takahashi

Vice President

NYK Line (North America) Inc.

 

Kentaro Tsuchiya

Deputy General Manager

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

 

Mike M. Tsuruga

President

Pacific Advisory Service, Inc.

 

Shawn Y. Valukas

Account Vice President

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

 

Shogo Wakamiya

Vice President & Regional Manager

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

 

Ritsuko Okuno Welch

Vice President, International Finance

Fifth Third Bank

 

Michael P.  Whelan

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

 
Mari Yamamoto Regnier 

Partner

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

 

Dr. Hisashi Yamamoto

Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Professor

Department of Chemistry

The University of Chicago

 

Masao Yoshida

President & CEO

Astellas US LLC

 

Board of Governors

 

Jack D. Beem

 

Dan L. Boho

Attorney

Hinshaw & Culbertson

 

Thomas J. Boodell, Jr.

Partner

Boodell & Domanskis LLC

 

Clyde O. Bowles, Jr.

Of Counsel

Harrison & Held LLP

 

John Bukacek

President

Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services

 

Dr. Arthur I. Cyr

A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor, Political Economy & World Business

Director, Clausen Center for World Business

Carthage College

 
Clyde Dickey

 

Ralph Fujimoto

 
David Ghaussy

Senior Vice President

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
 
Masataka Harashima

President & CEO

E-Hay International Corp.

 

Lyric Hughes Hale

 

Shunichiro Kishioka

Chairman

I.T.A., Inc.

 

Jody E. Kurtzhalts

President & COO

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.

 

James A. McClung

Chairman and CEO

Lismore International Inc.

 

Thomas P. McMenamin

Principal

Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

 

Adlai E. Stevenson
Chairman

SC&M Investment Management Corp.

 
Josie Tomes