Steering Committee (SC) Members 2025

SIETAR JAPAN 2025 Steering Committee

Steering Committee Officers

President

Kaoru YAMAMOTO (Intercultural Consultant and Coach)

Vice President

Soyhan EGYTIM (Toyo University) 

Miki YAMASHITA (Reitaku University)

Program Co-Directors

Naomi IWAZAWA, The University of Tokyo

Soyhan EGITIM, Toyo University

Journal Co-Directors

Kazuya HARA, Juntendo University

John PELOGHITIS, International Christian University 

Membership Director

Kyoko YASHIRO, Reitaku University

Finance Director

Nobuyuki SAKAI, Graduate School of Social Design

Maria Gabriela SCHMIDT, Nihon University

Public Relations Co-Directors

Maaya KINOSHITA, Aoyama University

Kushal KIREETI, Rikkyo University

Internal Relations Co-Directors

Shoko ARAKI, J. F. Oberlin University

Mayumi KAWASHIMA, Sophia University

International Relations Director

Diane SASAKI,  Executive Coach and Consultant

Academic Director

Shizu YAMAMOTO, Tokai University

Newsletter Co-Directors

Paul LEGE, Nagoya University

Suzuka MASAMUNE, Daito Bunka University

Resource Co-Directors

Yuka SUZUKI, Obirin University

Yoshiko HIGUCHI,  IMS institute

IT Director

Daniel LILLEY, Momoyama Gakuin University

Conference Co-Directors

Kaoru YAMAMOTO

Kansai Chapter Co-Chairs

Donna FUJIMOTO, Osaka Jogakuin University

Margaret KIM (Otemae University)

Chubu Chapter Co-Chairs

Eiko UJITANI, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies Professor emeritus

Kevin OTTOSON, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies

Young SIETAR Japan Representative

Mai OKADA, J. F. Oberlin University

Financial  Auditors

Akiko ASAI, J. F. Oberlin University

Mayumi KUBOTA, Kansai University

Committee Members

Journal Committee Members

Mina MIZUMATSU (Toyo University)

Youqi YE-YUZAWA（Kanda University of International Studie）

Justin CHARLEBOIS

James P. LASSEGARD, Hosei University

Lisa Rogers ( Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts ）

Academic Committee Members

Daisuke OKABE, Juntendo University

Hitomi TAKAKI, Nagoya University

Reiko NEBASHI, Meiji University

Seiichi MORISAKI, Kansai University

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