Staff & Board
Staff
Director & Associate Directors
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Tomoko Arakawa
Director
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Yukiko Ōyanagi
Associate Director, Curriculum
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Osamu Arakawa
Associate Director, Farm
General Affairs & Research
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Kaori Sakuma Vero
Head of General Affairs
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Yuko Emura
General Affairs & Supporter’s Support
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Yuka Sugisaki *
Accounting
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Kaori Andō *
General Affairs
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Makiko Abe *
Community Nurse, General Affairs
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Ayako Izawa *
General Affairs
Fundraising & Domestic Programs
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Takashi Yamashita
Head of Fundraising & Domestic Programs
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Raku Izawa
PR & Supporter’s Support
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Hiromi Satō
Sales, PR, General Affairs
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Ruyipa Vero
Nasu Seminar House Caretaker
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Marika Kaneko *
Food Processing
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Yuka Miyatani *
Food Processing & General Affairs
Ecumenical Relations
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Jack Lichten
Ecumenical Relations
Curriculum
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Manosi Abe Chatterjee
Curriculum
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Kai Shinoda
Admissions & Recruitment
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Kathy Froede
Admissions & Recruitment
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Steven Cutting
Graduate Outreach
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Timothy B. Appau (Missionary)
Community Life (Chaplain), Livestock
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Jonathan McCurley (Missionary)
Community Life (Chaplain)
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Satomi McCurley (Missionary)
Community Life
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Junko Tanaka *
Library
Foodlife
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Masanobu Sakurai
Farm Manager
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Eri Okada
Farm
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Saw Manar Shay
Farm
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Nicolas Tahuyan
Farm
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Ikumi Kanamori
FEAST (Food, Education, and Sustainable Table)
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Kuriko Fujiyoshi *
FEAST (Food, Education, and Sustainable Table)
* Part-time Staff
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
Special Adviser
Hôichi Endô
Former staff, Asian Rural Institute
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