Board
Honorary Chairman
The Honorable Jun Yanagi
Consul-General of Japan in Chicago
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago
Chairman
Stephen N. Potter
Northern Trust (Retired)
Chairman Emeritus
The Honorable Michael H. Moskow
Vice Chairman & Distinguished Fellow, Global Economy
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
President
Bradley J. Hamm, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Executive Vice Presidents
David Alexander
Attorney at Law
Alexander Law, LLC
Ken G. Kabira
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
Narita Manufacturing, Inc.
Stephen M. Kozik
CFO, Traction Division
Nidec Motor Corporation
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Secretary
Timothy J. Hill
Treasurer
Kumiko Watanabe
Japanese Business Group US National Leader
Grant Thornton LLP
Executive Director
Marion M. Friebus-Flaman, Ph.D.
Japan America Society of Chicago
Directors
| First | Last | Role | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| David J. | Anderson | Founding Family Member | Anderson Japanese Gardens |
| Mitsukuni | Baba | Japan America Society of Chicago (Retired) | |
| Jack D. | Beem | Baker & McKenzie LLP (Retired) | |
| Nigel | Blakeway | Chairman & CEO | Omron Management Center of America, Inc. |
| John | Bukacek | President | Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services |
| Robert A. | Center | EY (Retired) | |
| Robert | Corder | Vice President, Attraction & Development | Battle Creek Unlimited |
| Sam | Cremin | Vice President | Vitrek |
| Matthew | Dye | President | Mitutoyo America Corporation |
| Drew | Edwards | Head of Japanese Equities | Grantham Mayo von Otterloo "GMO" |
| William L. | Florida | Managing Director | Advisory Research, Inc. |
| Koichiro | Fujishima | Vice President & Regional Manager Central Region, U.S.A. | Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
| Koji | Fukushima | General Manager | Sumitomo Corporation of Americas |
| Ryutaro | Furukawa | Executive Director, Global Corporate Bank | JP Morgan Securities LLC |
| Marie | Gaudette | Executive Director | Midwest U.S. - Japan Association |
| Travis | George | Chief Financial Officer | Molex, Inc. |
| Abiódún | Gòkè-Pariolá | President | North Central College |
| Kevin B. | Goldstein | Partner | Winston & Strawn LLP |
| Marcia E. | Goodman | Partner | Mayer Brown LLP |
| Benjamin F. | Gould | Principal | Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. |
| Edward A. | Grant | Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) | |
| Ken | Hennessy | Vice President | Aker Technology |
| Walter | Hladko | Special Advisor | Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka |
| Matthew C. | Howard | Managing Director, Audit & Assurance | Deloitte & Touche LLP |
| Kathryn | Ibata-Arens | Professor & Director, Global Asian Studies | DePaul University |
| Ralph | Inforzato | Special Advisor | JETRO Chicago |
| David D. | Johnson | Molex, Inc. (Retired) | |
| Robert W. | Karr, Jr. | Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | Blommer Chocolate Company |
| Janice | Katz | Associate Curator of Japanese Art | Art Institute of Chicago |
| David | Kinzelman | Senior Vice President, Global Airport Operations | United Airlines |
| Naoya | Kishi | Deputy Consul General | Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago |
| Shin | Kishioka | President | ITA, Inc. |
| Bernard | Koh | Executive Director, Multinational Corporations | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
| Wataru | Kukita | Managing Director | Mizuho Bank, Ltd. |
| Jody E. | Kurtzhalts | Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) | |
| Sang-yul | Lee | Partner | K&L Gates LLP |
| Victoria M. | Liwag | Senior Manager, Human Resources | Komatsu America Corp. |
| Harumi | Lory | ||
| Dr. Phyllis I. | Lyons | Northwestern University (Emerita) | |
| Amb. John R. Malott | |||
| Margo | Markopoulos | Director, Office of Trade & Investment | Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity |
| Masa | Matsumura, Ph.D. | Vice President | Vaughan Nelson Investment Management |
| James A. | McClung | Chairman & CEO | Lismore International Inc. |
| Amy | Merdian | Director of Finance | Molex, Inc. |
| Mark | Miller | President | Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc. |
| Robert | Murphy | Managing Partner | Moveo Integrated Branding |
| James H. | Mutchnik | Partner | Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
| Jun | Nagano | Partner | PwC US Tax LLP |
| Kimiyo | Naka | President | KCommunications |
| Takashi | Nakagawa | Chief Executive Director | JETRO Chicago |
| Atsushi | Nakao | Vice President, Central Region, USA & General Manager, Chicago Office | All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. |
| Yoko | Noge Dean | ||
| Kohei | Omori | Head of Japanese Corporate Banking (Midwest) | MUFG Bank, Ltd. |
| James | Otto | Senior Vice President | CBRE, Inc. |
| Peggy | Parfenoff | ||
| Jamie | Rhee | Commissioner | Chicago Dept. of Aviation |
| David M. | Roden | Corporate Advisor & Honorary Consul | |
| August W. | Schaefer | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Retired) | |
| Dan | Seals | Chief Executive Officer | Intersect Illinois |
| Yoshio | Shibazaki | Senior Manager, Business Development | Plante & Moran PLLC |
| Dr. Sangram S. | Sisodia | Thomas Reynolds Senior Family Professor of Neurosciences | The University of Chicago |
| Lisa | Stafford | President | Stafford Communications |
| Scott | Summerville | President & CEO | Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. |
| Chie | Tanaka | Partner, Tax | KPMG LLP |
| Ryohei | Tsuji | President & COO | Kikkoman Foods, Inc. |
| Yoshiko | Urayama | President Emeritus | The Chicago Shimpo, NFP |
| Shawn Y. | Valukas | Senior Vice President - Wealth Management | UBS Financial Services, Inc. |
| Promod | Vohra | CHRO | FRWRD |
| Ion | Warner | Senior Vice President, Marketing and Investor Relations | The Manitowoc Company, Inc. |
| Michael P. | Whelan | Partner | EY |
| Keith | Williams | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Retired) |
Board of Governors
| First | Last | Role | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack D. | Beem | (Chairman) | Baker & McKenzie LLP (Retired) |
| John | Bukacek | President | Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services |
| Arthur I. | Cyr | The Clausen Center, Carthage College | |
| Edward A. | Grant | Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) | |
| Shunichiro | Kishioka | ITA, Inc. (Retired) | |
| Jody E. | Kurtzhalts | Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., (Retired) | |
| James A. | McClung | Chairman & CEO | Lismore International Inc. |
| Thomas P. | McMenamin | Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. (Retired) | |
| August W. | Schaefer | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Retired) |
94th Annual Program Sponsors
Joyce Chelberg
Edward A. Grant
Bradley J. Hamm
David D. Johnson
Jean & Jim McClung
Suzanne & Michael Moskow
Ann & Stephen Potter
