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Board of Directors 2008-2009
2008-2009 Officers
President
Christopher J. Rourk,
Jackson Walker LLP
Japanese First Vice
President
Kenichi Yamamoto,
Sanden International (USA),
Inc.
American First Vice
President/President Elect
Allison Heo,
Haynes and Boone,
LLP
Japanese Second Vice
President
Keiko Suzuki,
Suzuki Graphic Design
Studio
American Second Vice
President
Sherri Durst,
7-Eleven, Inc.
Secretary
Keiko Ichiye,
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Treasurer
G. David Schnetzer,
match.com
General Counsel
Mark G. Johnson,
Winstead PC
Elected Directors
Ed Oakley,
Ed Oakley Construction
Toshifumi Kurioka, Mitsui Bussan Logistics Inc.
Adam Stein,
Oxford Seminars
Jacqueline Barnett,
Business Solutions
Enterprises International
Christopher H. Hanna,
SMU’s Dedman School of
Law
Mark Zanotto,
NEC Corporation of
America
Don Casey,
American
Airlines
Tim Jones,
Callisburg High School
Nobuko Saku,
Ernst &
Young LLP
Christiana Stich
Mark Berry,
Fujitsu Network
Communications, Inc.
Shusuke Masui,
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Honorary and Regular
Directors
Tsutomu Osawa,
Consul General of Japan
John M. Stich,
Honorary Consul General of
Japan at Dallas
H. Neill McFarland,
Founding Director and
Chairman Emeritus
Hisashi (Sam) Shichijo,
Immediate Past President
Kenzo Nakahashi,
Immediate Past Japanese
First Vice President
Hitoshi Hasegawa,
JETRO Houston
Advisory Council
Ambassador Michael H.
Armacost, Stanford
University
Gerard J. Arpey,
American Airlines, Inc.
Michael M. Boone,
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Joseph M. DePinto,
7-Eleven, Inc.
Jeffrey P. Fegan,
Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport
Ambassador Thomas S.
Foley, Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Satoshi Ikeuchi,
Fujitsu Network
Communications, Inc.
Makoto Imai, NEC
Corporation of America
Senator Daniel K.
Inouye, United States
Senate
Mayor Tom Leppert,
City of Dallas
Mayor
Mike Moncrief, City
of Fort Worth
Ambassador Walter F.
Mondale, Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
Prime Minister Yasuhiro
Nakasone
Kazuo Nishimura, Sanden
International (U.S.A.),
Inc.
Richard K. Templeton,
Texas Instruments
Incorporated
R. Gerald Turner,
Southern Methodist
University
Elaine Yamagata, Fort
Worth Japanese Society
Staff
Anna McFarland,
Executive Director
Vanessa Van Gilder,
Assistant Director
Mayumi McDonald,
Education Assistant
Invitation to Serve on a
Committee
If you would like to get
more involved in the
Japan-America Society,
please join a committee and
help us develop the future
of the organization.
Awards Dinner Committee
Plans our annual spring
banquet and silent auction,
our major fundraiser of the
year
Corporate Membership
Committee
Cultivates relations with
current and potential
corporate members
Dallas/Sendai Committee -
Mark Berry, Chairman
Plans and implements
exchange activities between
Dallas and Sendai,
International Friendship
Cities. In September, we
will welcome a delegation of
Sendai citizens, marking the
10-year anniversary of the
relationship.
Education Committee - Tim
Jones, Chairman
Developing new educational
programs and opportunities
for JASDFW.
Program Committee -
Allison Heo, Chairman
Develops business, cultural,
and social programs and
activities
MIYABI, Young
Professionals Committee
Plans activities for members
in their 20s and 30s
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