U.S. CULCON

Private Sector Members

Chair

Dr. Sheila A. Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia Pacific Studies
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Vice Chair

Dr. William Tsutsui
Chancellor and Professor of History
Ottawa University

Panelists

Mr. Trevor A. Dawes
Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian
University of Delaware

Dr. Samuel Morse
Howard and Martha Mitchel Professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations
Amherst College

Ms. M. Diana Helweg Newton
Director of the Tower Scholars Program and Senior Fellow, John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
Southern Methodist University (SMU)

Mr. Kenneth A. Siegel
Partner
Tokyo, Morrison & Foerster

Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson
President
San Jose State University

Dr. Jolyon Thomas
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
University of Pennsylvania

Ms. Shay Youngblood
Author

Public Sector Members

Nasser Paydar
Assistant Secretary of Education for Post-Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education

Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Daniel J. Kritenbrink
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Honorary Member

Hon. Caroline Kennedy
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

Japan CULCON

Private Sector Members

Chair

SASAE Kenichiro
President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)

Vice Chair

KUBO Fumiaki
President, National Defense Academy of Japan

Panelists

AKITA Hiroyuki
Commentator, Nikkei Inc.

KOBAYASHI Izumi
Former CEO and Executive Vice President of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

SATO Yuri
Executive Vice President, The Japan Foundation

SHIMATANI Hiroyuki
Executive Director, The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan 
President, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage

SUGIURA Yasuyuki
Managing Director, Toyo Bunko (The Oriental Library)

TAKAHASHI Yuko
President, Tsuda University

TSUCHIYA Motohiro
Vice-President for Global Engagement and Information Technology, Keio University
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance

Public Sector Members

Ex-Officio Members

ARIMA Yutaka
Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

KANAI Masaaki
Director-General for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

WATANABE Masami
Assistant Minister / Director-General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology

Advisor

ASO Yutaka
Chairman, Aso Corporation and Aso Cement Co., Ltd.

KATO Ryozo
Former Ambassador to the United States, Former Chair of CULCON Japan Panel