Chapter Officers

To contact Chapters or SIGs: For queries or matters relating to chapter or SIGs, go to the chapter and SIGs section, and use the contact forms available on each group information page to contact the chapter or SIG directly.

Akita

• Jason Tacker – President
• Martin Spivey – Treasurer
• Martin Spivey – Membership Chair
• Jason Tacker – Program Chair
• Rebecca Clegg-Sasaki – Graduate Student Liaison
• Rebecca Clegg-Sasaki – Communications Chair
• Rebecca Clegg-Sasaki – Social Media Chair
• Christopher Hale – Co-Graduate Student Liaison
• Christopher Hale – Co-Graduate Student Liaison
• JOSHUA LEE SOLOMON – Translation Chair
• Sarina Sugawara – Webmaster

East Shikoku

• Paul Daniels – President
• Aya Yamasaki – Treasurer
• Mark Johnson – Membership Chair
• Michelangelo Magasic – Program Chair
• David Leslie – Publicity Chair
• Gerardine Mccrohan – Kagawa Prefectural Representative

Fukuoka

• Darcy de Lint – President
• Timothy Pritchard – Treasurer
• Keiko Willhite – Membership Chair
• Trevor Holster – Program Chair
• William Pellowe – Publicity Chair
• Robert Chartrand – Member-at-Large
• J. Lake – Member-at-Large

Gunma

• Heather McCulloch – President
• Duangsamorn Haruyama – Treasurer
• Duangsamorn Haruyama – Membership Chair
• Raymond Hoogenboom – Program Chair
• John Larson – Publications ChairSpeakeasy Editor
• Raymond Hoogenboom – Publicity Chair
• John Larson – Publications ChairSpeakeasy Editor

Hiroshima

• James Ronald – President
• Olivia Winata Saputra – Treasurer
• Martyn McGettigan – Membership Chair
• Monika Szirmai – Program Chair
• Matthew French – Publicity Chair
• Simon Capper – Member-at-Large
• Naomi Fujishima – Member-at-Large
• Timothy Wilson – Member-at-Large

Hokkaido

• B. Bricklin (Brick) Zeff – President
• Michael Mielke – Treasurer
• Shaun Hoggard – Membership Chair
• Matt Cotter – Program Chair
• Mathew Ebrey – Program Co-chair
• Bob Ashcroft – Publicity Chair
• Glen Hill – Member-at-Large
• Don Hinkelman – Member-at-Large
• Naoko Tanaka – Member-at-Large
• Haidee Thomson – Member-at-Large
• Mary Virgil-Uchida – Member-at-Large

Hokuriku

• Justin Bailey – President
• Keith Ikoma – Treasurer
• Shabna Selva – Membership Chair
• Wayne Malcolm – Program Chair
• Lorraine Sakka – Publicity Chair
• Parvathy Ramachandran – Member-at-Large

Ibaraki

• Jeroen Bode –
• Timothy Cook –
• Ania Delia Gonzalez Curiel –
• Takeshi Kikuchi –
• Mariko Miyao –
• Jenny Numadate –
• Naoko Ochiai –
• Martin Pauly – President
• Rika Otsu – Treasurer
• Maria Gabriela Schmidt – Membership Chair
• Deborah Grow – Program Chair
• Naomi Takagi – Publicity Chair
• Timothy Cook – Publicity Co-Chair

Iwate-Aomori

• Mary L Burkitt – President
• Nadiia Zaitseva – Treasurer
• Jim Smiley – Membership Chair
• Mary L Burkitt – Program Co-chair
• Jacob Petersen – Program Co-chair
• Jason Hill – Publicity Chair
• Gregory Anthony – Hachinohe Area Co-Coordinator
• Edo Forsythe – Tsugaru Area Co-Coordinator
• Barry Grossman – Hachinohe Area Co-Coordinator
• Steven Macwhinnie – Tsugaru Area Co-Coordinator

Kitakyushu

• Charles Bell – President
• Ryane Sergent – Treasurer
• Charles Bell – Membership Chair
• Brittany Roa – Program Chair
• Brittany Roa – Publicity Chair
• Paul Collett – Web Services Administrator

Kobe

• Chhayankdhar Rathore – President
• Shirley M. Ando – Vice President
• Anthony Torbert – Treasurer
• Marian Wang – Membership Chair
• Louisa Green – Program Co-chair
• Deepti Mishiro – Program Co-chair
• Armando Duarte – Publications Chair
• Deepti Mishiro – Publicity Co-Chair
• Kyle Undem – Publicity Co-Chair
• Shirley M Ando – Web Administrator
• Marian Wang – Facilities Co-Chair

Kyoto

• Thomas Amundrud – President
• Lisa Cross – Treasurer
• Dominic Edsall – Membership Chair
• Samia Haseeb Khan – Program Chair
• Katherine Piatkowski – Program Co-chair
• Richard Sparrow – Publicity Chair
• Edward Escobar – Publicity Co-Chair
• Ann Flanagan – Member-at-Large
• Martin Hawkes – Member-at-Large
• Edward Escobar – Website Administrator

Matsuyama

• Rudolf Reinelt – President
• Jaehee Ryu – Treasurer
• David LaHeist – Membership Chair
• Linda Kadota – Program Chair
• Ralph Duffy-McGhie – Publicity ChairFacilities Chair
• Ralph Duffy-McGhie – Publicity ChairFacilities Chair

Nagano

• Miguel Mision – President
• Cheryl Kirchhoff – Treasurer
• Fred Carruth – Membership Chair
• Jean-Pierre J. Richard – Program Chair
• Luke Shotter – Publicity Chair
• Nicholas John Wilson – Publicity Co-Chair
• Mary Aruga – Archivist

Nagoya & Gifu

• Naoya Shibata – President
• Noriko Kurishita – Treasurer
• Steven Charles – Membership Chair
• Yoko Takano – Program Chair
• Amy Braun – Publicity Chair
• Bobby Drapper – Member-at-Large
• Michael Sherbourne – Member-at-Large
• Clair Taylor – Member-at-Large

NanKyu

• Rachel Barington – President
• Robert Remmerswaal – Treasurer
• Robert Dykes – Membership Chair
• Timothy James Hull – Membership Chair
• Branden Carl Kirchmeyer – Program Chair
• Alison Koga – Publicity Chair

Nara

• Leigh McDowell – President
• Masayuki Takano – Treasurer
• Motoko Teraoka – Membership Chair
• Andrew Sowter – Program Chair
• Richard Sharrard – Publicity Chair
• John Carle – Member-at-Large
• Michael Lin – Member-at-Large
• Robert Maran – Member-at-Large
• Etsuko Nishi – Member-at-Large

Niigata

• Martin Sedaghat – PresidentMembership Chair
• Ruddick Michael – Treasurer
• Cynthia Smith – Program Chair
• Li-hsin Tu – Publicity Chair
• Melodie Cook – Member-at-Large
• Clare Kaneko – Member-at-Large
• Philip Nguyen – Member-at-Large
• Martin Sedaghat – PresidentMembership Chair

Oita

• Sarah Padfield – President
• Patrick John Johnston – Treasurer
• Maiko Berger – Membership Chair
• Sayaka Saito – Program Chair
• Collette Grant – Publicity Chair
• Tomas O’Connor – Facilities Chair

Okayama

• Tim Cleminson – President
• Jason Lowes – Treasurer
• Jon Prevatt – Membership Chair
• Aubra Bulin – Program Chair
• Scott Gardner – Publicity Chair
• Peter Burden – Member-at-Large
• Anton Potgieter – Member-at-Large
• David Townsend – Member-at-Large
• Evelyn Hayashibara – Community Outreach
• Jane O’Halloran – Facilities Chair
• Heather Suzuki – Community Outreach

Okinawa

• Adam Murray – President
• Katherine Song – Treasurer
• Barry Keith – Membership Chair
• Max Diaz – Program Chair
• Anthony Brian Gallagher – Publicity Chair
• George MacLean – Member-at-Large
• Grant Osterman – Member-at-Large
• Max Diaz – Website Administrator
• Kaori Hakone – Translator
• David E. Kluge – Ombudsperson

Osaka

• Robert Sanderson – President
• Trevor Sitler – TreasurerProgram Co-Chair
• Naomi Chiba – Membership Chair
• Zoe Barber – Program Co-chairPublicity
• Donna Fujimoto – Program Co-chair
• Robert Sheridan – Program Co-chair
• Robert Swier – Publications Chair
• Andrew Blaker – Publicity Co-ChairWeb Master
• Mark Pileggi – Publicity Co-Chair
• Rebecca Calman – Member-at-Large
• Daniel Chesmore – Member-at-Large
• Elisabeth Fernandes – Member-at-Large
• Paul Mathieson – Member-at-Large
• Claire Murray – Member-at-Large
• Philip Riccobono – Member-at-Large
• Chris Ruddenklau – Member-at-Large
• Bertlinde Voegel – Member-at-Large
• Zoe Barber – Program Co-chairPublicity
• Andrew Blaker – Publicity Co-ChairWeb Master
• Trevor Sitler – TreasurerProgram Co-Chair

Saitama

• Matt Shannon – President
• Tyson Rode – Treasurer
• Tyson Rode – Membership Chair
• Matt Shannon – Membership Co-Chair
• Joseph Suzuki-Parker – Publicity Chair

Sendai

• Steven Bretherick – President
• Sanae Fujisaki – Treasurer
• Daniel Ross – Co-Treasurer
• Yukako Kimura – Membership Chair
• Jennifer Green – Membership Co-Chair
• Emily MacFarlane – Program Chair
• Jonathan Isaacson – Publicity Chair
• Marc Helgesen – Member-at-Large
• Darren Kinsman – Member-at-Large
• Cory Koby – Member-at-Large
• Soichi Ota – Facilities Chair
• Kenneth Schmidt – Webmaster

Shizuoka

• Marcus Grandon – President
• Jean Taylor – Membership Chair
• Gregg McNabb – Publicity Chair
• Timothy Newfields – Member-at-Large
• Susan Sullivan – Member-at-Large
• Adrianne Verla Uchida – Member-at-Large

Tochigi

• Joel Neff – President
• Emily Choong – Treasurer
• Rory Banwell – Membership Chair
• Josh Kidd – Program Chair
• Chris Smith – Publications Chair
• Matthew Quinn – Publicity Chair

Tokyo

• Heather Woodward – President
• Andrew Warrick – Treasurer
• Scott McLellan – Membership Chair
• Kane Linton – Membership Co-Chair
• Robert Lowe – Publications Chair
• Jesse Reed – Publications Co-chair
• Keiko Fujino – Publicity Chair
• Gaby Benthien – Teaching Young Learners Co-Chair
• Sarah Deutchman – Educational Technology Chair
• Yitzha Sheilla Elmeira – Teaching Young Learners Co-Chair
• Ruth Iida – Teaching Young Learners Co-Chair
• Liling Kurakane – Public Relations Chair
• Marisa Lucian – Webmaster
• Robert Moriarty – Secretary
• Sophie Otsuru – Social Events Chair

Tottori

• Christopher Hollis – President
• Wakako Takinami – Treasurer
• Hiroko Nakamura – Membership Chair
• Noel Matsubara – Program Chair
• Aidan Burrows – Program Co-chair
• Kieran Enright – Publicity Co-Chair
• Miyuki Miyachika – Publicity Co-Chair
• Bettina Begole – Member-at-Large
• Yazmin Tanimoto – Member-at-Large

Toyohashi

• Thomas Eldred – President
• Ashley Bartholomy – Vice President
• Eric Hankin – Treasurer
• Ashley Bartholomy – Membership Chair
• Takao Imai – Program Chair
• Thomas Eldred – Publicity Chair
• Ashley Bartholomy – Facilities Chair

Yamagata

• Jerry Miller – President
• Douglas Gloag – Treasurer
• Eamon Watters – Membership Chair
• Duncan Iske – Program Chair
• Jason Peppard – Program Co-chair
• Bryan Jennings – Publicity Chair
• Patrick Conaway – Member-at-Large

Yokohama

• Namiko Tsuruta – President
• Mary Nobuoka – Vice President
• Morgen Livingston – Treasurer
• Kriti Arora – Co-Treasurer
• Jonathan Harrison – Membership Chair
• Joel Laurier – Program Chair
• Alexander L. Selman – Publications Chair
• Nicole Ballard – Publicity Chair
• Roger Davis – Social Chair