Staff & Board
Staff
Director & Associate Director
Tomoko Arakawa
Director
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Associate Director
Osamu Arakawa
Associate Director, Education Director
General Affairs & Research
Kaori Sakuma-Vero
General Manager (Head of General Affairs)
Kaori Andô
General Affairs
Mitsue Kimijima
Accounting
Raku Izawa
General Affairs
Ecumenical Relations
Kathy Froede
Head of Ecumenical Relations
Fundraising & Domestic Programs
Takashi Yamashita
Head of Fundraising & Domestic Programs
(External Programs & Nasu Seminar House Manager)
Ruyipa Vero
Nasu Seminar House
Hiromi Satô
Sales, PR, General Affairs
Masayo Fukushima
Food Processing
Yûko Emura
Supporters’ Support
Noriko Nakayama
PR, Education Programs
Thomas Itsuo Fujishima
PR, Brand Strategist
Curriculum
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Curriculum Coordinator (Head of Curriculum)
Manosi Chatterjee-Abe
Admissions
Steven Cutting
Graduate Outreach
Junko Tanaka
Library
Timothy B. Appau
Community Life (Chaplain)
Jonathan McCurley
Community Life (Chaplain)
Satomi McCurley
Community Life
Meredith Hoffman
Community Life
Foodlife
Osamu Arakawa
Farm Manager (Head of Foodlife)
Masanobu Sakurai
Crops & Vegetables
Takashi Ôtani
Livestock
Gilbert Hoggang
Livestock
Ryô Maki
Livestock
Timothy B. Appau
Livestock
Ikumi Kanamori
FEAST (Food, Education and Sustainable Table)
Ramon Labial
FEAST
Nico Jinno
FEAST
Board
Board Chair
Rev. Masaoki Hoshino
Pastor of UCCJ Aikawa Mission
Vice Chair
Hôichi Endô
Former staff of the Asian Rural Institute
Auditors
Tomohiro Ôkubo
Fujii Industries Inc., Operating Officer
Sakae Murata
Nasu Y’s Mens Club
Board of Directors
Tomoko Arakawa
Director, Asian Rural Institute
Rev. Yoshiya Ushiroku
Pastor, UCCJ Reinanzaka Church
Hideharu Kadowaki
Special Advisor and Senior Fellow,
The Japan Research Institute, Ltd
Rev. Hikari Kôkai Chang
Representative Director, Wesley Foundation
Noriaki Satô
PR, Hotel Sunvalley
Dr. Kôa Tasaka
Former Board Chair & Former Director of the Asian Rural Institute
Rev. Eiji Yahagi
Pastor, NSKK Shimodate Anglican-Episcopal Church
Masahiko Yamane
Former board member, Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition
Board of Councillors
Osamu Arakawa
Staff, Asian Rural Institute
Tomoko Arakawa
Director, Asian Rural Institute
Shinobu Awaya
Lawyer, Mizuno Yasutaka Law Office
Rev. Ban HyungWook
Pastor, UCCJ Nishinasuno Church
Rev. Chun Sang Hyun
Pastor, The Korean Christian Church in Japan, Sapporo Church
Rev. Hikari Kokai Chang
Representative Director, Wesley Foundation
Hôichi Endô
Former staff of the Asian Rural Institute
Mitsuo Fukumoto
Principal, Nishinasuno Kindergarten
Rev. Masaoki Hoshino
Pastor of UCCJ Aikawa Mission
Hideharu Kadowaki
Special Advisor and Senior Fellow, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd
Rev. Isao Kikuchi
Archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo
Rev. Kôshi Itô
Parish Priest, Roman Catholic Diocese of Itoigawa
Kiyoshi Nagashima
Former staff of the Asian Rural Institute
Yoshiyuki Nagata
Professor, University of the Sacred Heart
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Staff, Asian Rural Institute
Sarajean Rossitto
NGO/NPO Consultant
Kaori Sakuma
Staff, Asian Rural Institute
Kazue Yamaguchi
National Tomo no Kai, Head Quarters
Masahiko Yamane
Board member, Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition
Michiru Yoneda
Superior General, The Sisters of the Visitation
