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

• President: Jason Tacker
• Treasurer: Martin Spivey
• Membership Chair: Mark Ashcroft
• Program Chair: Michael Landry
• Community/Prefectural Liaison: Christopher Hale – Graduate Student Liaison
• Translator/Japanese Language Coordinator: Joshua Lee Solomon
• Web Administrator: Sarina Sugawara

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

• President: Darcy De Lint
• Treasurer: Tim Pritchard
• Membership Chair: Keiko Willhite and Khadijah Omar
• Program Chair: Trevor Holster
• Publicity Chair: William Pellowe
• Member-at-large: J. Lake and Robert Chartrand

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

• President: Jim Smiley
• Treasurer: Jacob Petersen
• Membership Chair: Mary Burkitt
• Program Chair: Nadiia Zaitseva and Kathryn Akasaka
• Publicity Chair: Jason Hill
• Web Administrator: Jason Hill
• Member-at-large: Hachinohe Area Co-Coordinators – Greg Anthony and Barry Grossman and Tsugaru Area Co-Coordinators – Steven MacWhinnie and Edo Forsythe

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

• President: Thomas Amundrud
• Treasurer: Lisa Cross
• Membership Chair: Kate Piatkowski
• Program Chair: Samia Haseeb Khan
• Publicity Chair: Richard Sparrow and Edward Escobar
• Facility Chair: Dominic Edsall
• Member-at-large: Ann Flanagan

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

• President: Amy Braun
• Treasurer: Noriko Kurishita
• Membership Chair: Steven Charles
• Program Chair: Yoko Takano
• Publicity Chair: Amy Braun
• Facility Chair: Yoko Takano
• Publication Chair: Camilo Villanueva
• Member-at-large: Clair Taylor and Michael Sherbourne

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

• President: Aubra Bulin
• Treasurer: Tim Cleminson and Jason Lowes
• Membership Chair: Jon Prevatt
• Program Chair: Tim Cleminson and Teresa Stockwell
• Publicity Chair: Scott Gardner
• Facility Chair: Jane O’Halloran
• Community/Prefectural Liaison: Heather Suzuki and Evelyn Hayashibara
• Member-at-large: Anton Potgieter, Peter Burden, and David Townsend

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

Sendai

• President: Steven Bretherick
• Treasurer: Sanae Fujisaki and Daniel Ross
• Membership Chair: Yukako Kimura and Jennifer Green
• Program Chair: Emily MacFarlane
• Publicity Chair: Jonathan Isaacson
• Facility Chair: Soichi Ota
• Web Administrator: Ken Schmidt
• Member-at-large: Darren Kinsman, Ryan Hagglund, Daniel Dean, and Cory Koby

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
• Nidal Butt – Website Manager
• Roger Davis – Social Chair