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

Principal

Arthur Andersen LLP

 

Executive Vice Presidents

William L. Florida

Vice President

Advisory Research, Inc.

 
Tetsu Hayashi

Vice President & General Manager

Mitsubishi International Corporation

 

Secretary

John Bukacek

President

Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services

 

Treasurer

Jonathan Y. (Young Jin) Kim

Partner

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Executive Director

Mitsukuni Baba
Executive Director
Japan America Society of Chicago

 

Directors

John D. Angster

Vice President, Human Resources

Komatsu America Corp.

 

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 (Retired)

Baker & McKenzie LLP

 

Amb. J.D. Bindenagel

Vice President for Community, Government & International Affairs

DePaul University

 

Benita Boettner

Executive Director, Corporate & Diplomatic Programs

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

 

Patrick Canavan

Canavan Consulting LLC

 

Robert A. Center (Retired)

Ernst & Young LLP

 

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

 

Ryutaro Furukawa

Senior Vice President

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

Marcia E. Goodman
Partner

Mayer Brown LLP

 
Debra Hindley

Director Passenger Sales

Japan Airlines International

 

Walter Hladko

Regional Manager

Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka

 

Eileen Hubbell

Director of International Relations

Office of the Mayor

 

Osamu Ishimura

Senior Vice President & General Manager

Sumitomo Corporation of America

 

David D. Johnson

Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO

Molex Incorporated

 

Ken G Kabira

Managing Principal

TrueWorks

 

Naoto Kamada

General Manager

Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

 

Seigo Kashii

President & CEO

Astellas US LLC

 

Steven L. Katz

Principal

Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

 

Janice Katz

Assistant Curator of Japanese Art

Art Institute of Chicago

 

Shunichiro Kishioka

Chairman

I.T.A., Inc.

 

Taka Kosaka

President

Uni-Con, Inc.

 
Robert W. Kumaki

Principal

The Ronin Group

 

Jody E. Kurtzhalts

President & COO

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.

 

Sang-Yul Lee

Shareholder

Polsinelli Shughart PC

 

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.

 

Greg Merkley

President

TT&M Consulting

 

Kimitoshi Minami

President & CEO

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.

 

Dana E. Morrison

President

Genieco, Inc.

 

Robert Murphy

Managing Partner

Moveo Integrated Branding

 

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

 

Emily Reynolds

Vice President, Major Accounts

Xerox Corporation

 

David A. Riggle

Partner

Riggle and Craven

 

David M. Roden

Vice President & Group Manager

Fifth Third Bank

 

Howard J. Romanek

Illinois State University

 

August W. Schaefer

SVP & Public Safety Officer

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

 

Patrick P. Shannon

Chief Financial Officer

United Healthcare of Illinois, Inc.

 

Toru Shibasaki

President

Mitsubishi Engine North America, Inc.

 

Akira Shibata

Vice President, Chicago Regional Sales Office

Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America

 

Yoshio Shibazaki

Senior 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 Offices

Sunstar Group (Sunstar Suisse SA)

 

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.

 

Ritsuko Okuno Welch

Private Banking Manager, Intl. Finance

Fifth Third Bank

 

 

Michael P. Whelan

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

 

Mari Yamamoto Regnier

Partner

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

 

Board of Governors

 

Jack D. Beem (Retired)

Baker & McKenzie LLP

 

Dan L. Boho

Attorney

Hinshaw & Culbertson

 

Thomas J. Boodell, Jr.

Partner

Boodell & Domanskis LLC

 

John Bukacek

President

Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services

 

Clyde O. Bowles, Jr.

Of Counsel

Harrison & Held LLP

 

John A. Challenger

CEO

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

 

Joyce Chelberg

 

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 (Retired)

Arthur Andersen LLP

 

Ralph Fujimoto (Retired)

Ernst & Young LLP

 

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.

 

Thomas P. McMenamin

Principal

Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

 

Adlai E. Stevenson
Chairman

SC&M Investment Management Corp.

 
Josie Tomes