Private Sector Members

Chair
Mr. Thierry G. Porté
President and CEO
Shinsei Bank, Ltd.

Vice-Chair
Dr. Michael J. Green
Japan Chair and Senior Advisor
Center for Strategic and International Studies  

Mr. Willard G. Clark
Founder, Center for Japanese Art and Culture

Dr. Robert A. Feldman
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co. Ltd.

Ms. Ellen H. Hammond,
Curator, East Asian Library, Yale University

Ms. Velina Hasu Houston,
Director of Dramatic Writing;
Resident Playwright, School of Theatre, University of Southern California

Dr. Susan J. Pharr,
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University, Department of Government

Ms. Amelia Porges, Counsel, Sidley Austin, LLP

Public Sector Members

Hon. Goli Ameri
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
US Department of State

Hon. Bruce Cole
Chairman
National Endowment for the Humanities

Hon. Dana Gioia
National Endowment for the Arts

Hon. Christopher R. Hill
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
US Department of State

Hon. Diane Auer Jones
Assistant Secretary for
Post-Secondary Education
US Department of Education

Hon. James McDermott
US House of Representatives

Hon. Lisa Murkowski
United States Senate

Hon. Thomas Petri
US House of Representatives

Hon. John D. Rockefeller, IV
United States Senate