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
Yuka Sugisaki
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 Abe (Chatterjee)
Admissions & Recruitment
Curriculum
Kai Shinoda
Admissions & Recruitment
50th Anniversary Project
Steven Cutting
Graduate Outreach
Junko Tanaka
Library
Timothy B. Appau
Community Life (Chaplain)
Jonathan McCurley
Community Life (Chaplain)
Satomi McCurley
Community Life
Meredith Maki
Community Life
Foodlife
Osamu Arakawa
Farm Manager (Head of Foodlife)
Masanobu Sakurai
Crops & Vegetables
Takashi Ôtani
Livestock
Ryô Maki
Livestock
Timothy B. Appau
Livestock
Ikumi Kanamori
FEAST (Food, Education and Sustainable Table)
Ramon Labial
FEAST
Board
Board Chair
Rev. Masaoki Hoshino
Pastor, UCCJ Aikawa Mission
Vice Chair
Rev. Toshimasa Yamamoto
Former professor, Kwansei Gakuin University; Former General Secretary, NCCJ
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
Adviser, Hotel Sunvalley Nasu
Yoshiyuki Nagata
Professor, University of the Sacred Heart
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, Tono-Tanami Law Office
Rev. Takuya Iizuka
Chair, Committee of Mission of UCCJ Kanto District; Pastor of Ryugasaki Church
Rev. Kôshi Itô
Parish Priest, Roman Catholic Diocese of Itoigawa
Sachiko Iwaya
Member of Central Committee, National Tomo no Kai; Member of Yokohama Tomo no Kai
Mieko Uno
Provincial, Society of the Sacred Heart Japan Province
Tomohito Ebine
Board Chair, Legend Partners Ltd.
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Staff, Asian Rural Institute
Hideharu Kadowaki
Special Advisor and Senior Fellow, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd
Rev. Isao Kikuchi
Archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo
Rev. Hikari Kokai Chang
Representative Director, Wesley Foundation
Kaori Sakuma-Vero
Staff, Asian Rural Institute
Rev. Chun Sang Hyun
Pastor, The Korean Christian Church in Japan, Sapporo Church
Yoshiyuki Nagata
Professor, University of the Sacred Heart
Rev. Ban HyungWook
Pastor, UCCJ Nishinasuno Church
Rev. Masaoki Hoshino
Pastor, UCCJ Aikawa Mission
Ikko Marutani
Representative Director, NPO Kino Kankyo
Takashi Yamashita
Staff, Asian Rural Institute
Masahiko Yamane
Former board member, Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition
Sarajean Rossitto
NGO/NPO Consultant
Special Adviser
Hôichi Endô
Former staff, Asian Rural Institute
