Staff & Board
Staff
Director & Associate Directors
Tomoko Arakawa
Director
Yukiko Ōyanagi
Associate Director, Head of Curriculum
Osamu Arakawa
Associate Director, Farm Manager
General Affairs & Research
Kaori Sakuma Vero
Head of General Affairs
Kaori Andō
General Affairs
Yuka Sugisaki
Accounting
Raku Izawa
PR & Supporter’s Support
Yuko Emura
General Affairs & Supporter’s Support
Fundraising & Domestic Programs
Takashi Yamashita
Head of Fundraising & Domestic Programs
Ruyipa Vero
Nasu Seminar House Caretaker
Hiromi Satō
Sales, PR, General Affairs
Masayo Fukushima
Food Processing
Eri Okada
Educational Programs
Curriculum
Manosi Abe Chatterjee
Curriculum, Admissions & Recruitment
Kai Shinoda
Admissions & Recruitment, 50th Anniversary Project
Steven Cutting
Graduate Outreach
Junko Tanaka
Library
Timothy B. Appau
Community Life (Chaplain), Livestock
Jonathan McCurley
Community Life (Chaplain)
Satomi McCurley
Community Life
Ecumenical Relations
Kathy Froede
Ecumenical Relations
Jack Lichten
Ecumenical Relations
Foodlife
Masanobu Sakurai
Farm Manager
Takashi Ōtani
Livestock
Ikumi Kanamori
FEAST (Food, Education, and Sustainable Table)
Ramon Labial
FEAST
Board
Board Chair
Rev. Toshimasa Yamamoto
Former professor, Kwansei Gakuin University; Former General Secretary, NCCJ
Vice Chair
Hideharu Kadowaki
Special Advisor and Senior Fellow,
The Japan Research Institute, Ltd
Auditors
Tomohiro Ôkubo
Fujii Industries Inc., Operating Officer
Sakae Murata
Nasu Y’s Mens Club
Board of Directors
Tomoko Arakawa
Director, Asian Rural Institute
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. Masaoki Hoshino
Pastor, UCCJ Aikawa Mission
Rev. Eiji Yahagi
Pastor, NSKK Shimodate Anglican-Episcopal Church
Masahiko Yamane
Former board member, Kagawa Education Institute of Nutrition
Board of Councillors
Osamu Arakawa
Staff, Asian Rural Institute
Tomoko Arakawa
Director, Asian Rural Institute
Shinobu Awaya
Lawyer, Tono-Tanami Law Office
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
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
Sarajean Rossitto
NGO/NPO Consultant
Special Adviser
Hôichi Endô
Former staff, Asian Rural Institute
