Private Sector Members

Chair
Mr. Thierry G. Porté
Operating Partner
J. C. Flowers and Co., LLC

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

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

Dr. Robert A. Feldman
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities

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

Dr. Velina Hasu Houston,
Professor of Theatre;
Associate Dean of Faculty,
University of Southern California
Resident Playwright

Dr. Susan J. Pharr,
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics;
Director , Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Harvard University

Ms. Amelia Porges,
Attorney

Public Sector Members

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

Hon. Kurt M. Campbell
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
US Department of State

Hon. Rocco Landesman
Chairman
National Endowment for the Arts

Hon. James Leach
Chairman
National Endowment for the Humanities

Assistant Secretary of Education for
Post-Secondary Education
US Department of Education 

Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
US Department of State