Board
Honorary Chairman
The Honorable Masashi Mizobuchi
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
Senior Counsel
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Ken G. Kabira
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
Narita Manufacturing, Inc. (Retired)
Stephen M. Kozik
CFO, Traction Division
Nidec Motor Corporation
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Secretary
Benjamin F. Gould
Principal
Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd.
Treasurer
Kumiko Watanabe
Principal
RevUp Advisors
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 & President (Retired) | Omron Management Center of America, Inc. |
| John | Bukacek | President | Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services |
| Robert | Corder | Vice President, Attraction & Development | Battle Creek Unlimited |
| Sam | Cremin | Vitrek (Retired) | |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Ken | Innami | Vice President, Industry Solutions Group | Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. |
| Ralph | Inforzato | Special Advisor | JETRO Chicago |
| David D. | Johnson | Molex, Inc. (Retired) | |
| Robert W. | Karr, Jr. | Partner | Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| Victoria M. | Liwag | Senior Manager, Human Resources | Komatsu America Corp. |
| Harumi | Lory | University of Chicago (Retired) | |
| 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 |
| Ella | McCann | Head of Partner Activation | The Executives Club |
| James A. | McClung | Chairman & CEO | Lismore International Inc. |
| Amy | Merdian | Director of Finance | Molex, Inc. |
| Mark | Miller | President | Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc. |
| Jun | Nagano | Partner | PwC US Tax LLP |
| Kimiyo | Naka | President | KCommunications |
| Takashi | Nakagawa | Chief Executive Director | JETRO Chicago |
| Takuya | Nara | Assistant Director, Administration, Central Region, U.S.A. | Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
| Yoko | Noge Dean | ||
| Takao | Nogi | Deputy Head of Finance & Accounting HQ | Omron Management Center of America, Inc. |
| Kohei | Omori | Head of Japanese Corporate Banking (Midwest) | MUFG Bank, Ltd. |
| James | Otto | Vice Chairman | Savills |
| Peggy | Parfenoff | ||
| Jamie | Rhee | Commissioner | Chicago Dept. of Aviation |
| David M. | Roden | Corporate Advisor & Honorary Consul | |
| August W. | Schaefer | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Retired) | |
| Yoshio | Shibazaki | Senior Manager, Business Development | Plante & Moran PLLC |
| Dr. Sangram S. | Sisodia | Thomas Reynolds Senior Family Professor of Neurosciences | The University of Chicago |
| Scott | Summerville | President & CEO | Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. |
| Chie | Tanaka | Partner, Tax | KPMG LLP |
| Michitaka | Tanoue | Chicago Office General Manager | Sumitomo Corporation of Americas |
| Yutaka | Terao | Vice President, Central Region , USA | All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. |
| 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) |
96th Annual Program Sponsors
Joyce Chelberg
Bradley J. Hamm
Jean & Jim McClung
Suzanne and Michael Moskow
Ann & Stephen Potter
