Board
Honorary Chairman
The Honorable Hiroshi Tajima
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, PhD
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
VP Finance, North America & Europe
Nidec Mobility America Corporation
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Secretary
Timothy J. Hill
Head of Stakeholder Engagement
Omron Management Center of America, Inc.
Treasurer
Kumiko Watanabe
Japanese Business Group US National Leader
Grant Thornton LLP
Executive Director
Mitsukuni Baba
Japan America Society of Chicago
Directors
| First | Last | Role | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | Abbott | Director, Government & Diplomatic Programs | The Chicago Council on Global Affairs |
| David J. | Anderson | Founding Family Member | Anderson Japanese Gardens |
| 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 |
| Donna M. | Carroll, PhD | Interim President | North Central College |
| Robert A. | Center | EY (Retired) | |
| Robert | Corder | Vice President, Attraction & Development | Battle Creek Unlimited |
| Sam | Cremin | Director | Halstead Consulting |
| Matthew | Dye | President | Mitutoyo America Corporation |
| Drew | Edwards | Partner, Head of Japanese Equities & Portfolio Manager | GMO LLC |
| William L. | Florida | Managing Director | Advisory Research, Inc. |
| Koichiro | Fujishima | Vice President & Regional Manager Central Region, U.S.A. | Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. |
| 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. |
| 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 | President | International Technology Consulting |
| Walter | Hladko | Special Advisor | Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka |
| Ken | Hong | President | Sunstar Americas, Inc. |
| 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 |
| Akihiko | Ito | General Manager - Accounting & Finance, Cost Planning | Futaba North America Engineering & Marketing Corporation |
| 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. |
| Yasushi | Kubo | Partner-Audit | PwC |
| 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) | |
| Margo | Markopoulos | Director, Office of Trade & Investment | Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity |
| Masa | Matsumura | Senior International Equity Analyst | 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 |
| Kimiyo | Naka | President | KCommunications |
| Atsushi | Nakao | Vice President, Central Region, USA & General Manager, Chicago Office | All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. |
| Hiroyuki | Nemoto | Chief Executive Director | JETRO Chicago |
| Yoko | Noge Dean | ||
| Yutaka | Otsuka | Head of Japanese Corporate Banking (Midwest) | MUFG Union Bank, N.A. |
| James | Otto | Senior Vice President | CBRE, Inc. |
| Peggy | Parfenoff | President | World Chicago |
| Jamie | Rhee | Commissioner | Chicago Dept. of Aviation |
| David M. | Roden | Corporate Advisor & Honorary Consul | |
| William J. | Rowe | Partner | Baker & McKenzie LLP |
| August W. | Schaefer | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Retired) | |
| Dan | Seals | Chief Executive Officer | Intersect Illinois |
| Yoshio | Shibazaki | Senior Manager, Business Development | Plante & Moran PLLC |
| Akihiko | Shono | SVP & General Manager | Sumitomo Corporation of Americas |
| 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 | The Chicago Shimpo, NFP |
| Shawn Y. | Valukas | Senior Vice President - Wealth Management | UBS Financial Services, Inc. |
| Promod | Vohra | President, ProBys & Chief Talent Strategy Officer | ACS Group |
| Ion | Warner | Senior Vice President, Marketing and Investor Relations | The Manitowoc Company, Inc. |
| Takashi | Watanabe | Managing Director | Mizuho Bank, Ltd. |
| 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 | Of Counsel | Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. |
| August W. | Schaefer | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Retired) |
90th Anniversary Sponsors
Platinum
Jean & Jim McClung
Gold
Joyce Chelberg
Terri & Ed Grant
Jane & David Johnson
Suzanne & Michael Moskow
Ann & Stephen Potter
Silver
93rd Annual Program Sponsors
Joyce Chelberg
Edward A. Grant
Bradley J. Hamm
David D. Johnson
Jean & Jim McClung
Suzanne & Michael Moskow
Ann & Stephen Potter
