Staff & Board
Staff
Director & Associate Director
Osamu Arakawa
Director
Yukiko Ōyanagi
Associate Director, Curriculum
Curriculum
Manosi Abe Chatterjee
Curriculum Coordinator
Kai Shinoda
Admissions & Recruitment
Kathy Froede
Admissions & Recruitment
Steven Cutting
Graduate Outreach
Timothy B. Appau (Missionary)
Community Life (Chaplain), Livestock
Jonathan McCurley (Missionary)
Community Life (Chaplain)
Satomi McCurley (Missionary)
Community Life
Junko Tanaka *
Library
Foodlife
Masanobu Sakurai
Farm Manager
Eri Okada
Farm
Saw Manar Shay
Farm
Nicolas Tahuyan
Farm
Ikumi Kanamori
FEAST (Food, Education, and Sustainable Table)
Kuriko Fujiyoshi *
FEAST (Food, Education, and Sustainable Table)
General Affairs
Kaori Sakuma Vero
Head of General Affairs
Yuko Emura
General Affairs & Supporter’s Support
Yuka Sugisaki *
Accounting
Kaori Andō *
General Affairs
Makiko Abe *
Community Nurse, General Affairs
Development & Outreach
Tomoko Arakawa
Development & Outreach (Managing Director)
Fundraising & Domestic Programs
Takashi Yamashita
Head of Fundraising & Domestic Programs
Raku Izawa
PR & Supporter’s Support
Hiromi Satō
Sales, PR, General Affairs
Ruyipa Vero
Nasu Seminar House Caretaker
Marika Kaneko *
Food Processing
Yuka Miyatani *
Food Processing & General Affairs
Ecumenical Relations
Jack Lichten
Ecumenical Relations
* Part-time Staff
Board
Board Chair
Rev. Toshimasa Yamamoto
Former professor, Kwansei Gakuin University; Former General Secretary, NCCJ
Vice Chair
Masahiko Yamane
Former board member, Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition
Auditors
Tomohiro Ôkubo
Fujii Industries Inc., Operating Officer
Sakae Murata
Nasu Y’s Mens Club
Board of Directors
Osamu Arakawa
Director, Asian Rural Institute
Tomoko Arakawa
Managing Director, Asian Rural Institute
Shinobu Awaya
Lawyer, Tono-Tanami Law Office
Rev. Yoshiya Ushiroku
Pastor, UCCJ Reinanzaka Church
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
Special Adviser
Hôichi Endô
Former staff, Asian Rural Institute
Hideharu Kadowaki
Special Advisor and Senior Fellow,
The Japan Research Institute, Ltd
Board of Councillors
Osamu Arakawa
Director, Asian Rural Institute
Tomoko Arakawa
Managing Director, Asian Rural Institute
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
Minoru Sugaya
Professor Emeritus, Keio University
Sarajean Rossitto
NGO/NPO Consultant
Tsutomu Taguchi
General Secretary, YMCA Japan
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
