Elected and Appointed Officers

Administrative Committee

• Kenneth Gale – Committee Chair
• Robert Chartrand – Committee Member
• Clare Kaneko – Committee Member
• Richmond Stroupe – Committee Member

Audit Committee

• Grant Osterman – Committee Chair
• Robert Chartrand – Committee Member
• Richmond Stroupe – Committee Member

Awards and Recognition Committee

• Mary Hillis – Committee Chair
• Naomi Fujishima – Committee Member
• Catherine Oki – Committee Member
• Catherine Oki – MSBOJ Coordinator

Board of Directors

• Clare Kaneko – President
• Robert Chartrand – Auditor
• Kenneth Gale – Vice President
• Samantha Kawakami – Director of Records
• Julia Kimura – Director of Membership
• Wayne Malcolm – Director of Conference
• William Pellowe – Director of Public Relations
• Anton Potgieter – Director of Treasury
• Chelanna White – Director of Program

Business Committee

• Susan Meiki – Committee Chair
• Susan Meiki – Business Manager

Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee

• Robert Swier – Committee Chair
• Frederick Bacala – Committee Member
• Samia Haseeb Khan – Committee Member
• Karmen Siew – Committee Member

Conference Planning Committee

• Wayne Malcolm – Committee Chair

Development Fund Subcommittee

• Anton Potgieter – Committee Chair
• Mehrasa Alizadeh – Committee Member
• Leigh McDowell – Committee Member
• Jennie Roloff Rothman – Committee Member
• Chelanna White – Committee Member

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee (DEI)

• Gregory Paul Glasgow – Member-at-Large
• May Kyaw Oo – Committee Chair
• Thomas Amundrud – Committee Member
• Shawna Carroll – Committee Member
• Gretchen Clark – Committee Member
• Risa Ikeda – Committee Member
• Margaret Kim – Committee Member
• Jennie Roloff Rothman – Committee Member
• Terry Tuttle – Committee Member
• Yaya Yao – Committee MemberCommittee Member
• Gerry Yokota – Committee Member
• Yaya Yao – Committee MemberCommittee Member

Domestic Affairs Committee (DAC)

• Naomi Fujishima – Committee Chair
• Robert Chartrand – Committee Member
• Risa Ikeda – Committee Member
• William Pellowe – Committee Member

Environmental Committee

• Kate de Veas – Committee Chair
• Mark Brierley – Committee Member
• Jennie Roloff Rothman – Committee Member
• Heather Yoder – Committee Member

Finance Committee

• Anton Potgieter – Committee Chair
• Mehrasa Alizadeh – Committee Member
• Michael Phillips – Committee Member

Financial Steering Committee (FSC)

• Michael Phillips – Committee Chair
• Office Administrator – Committee Member
• Mehrasa Alizadeh – Committee Member
• Kenneth Gale – Committee Member
• Hideko Hayakawa – Committee Member
• Clare Kaneko – Committee Member
• Samantha Kawakami – Committee Member
• Julia Kimura – Committee Member
• Wayne Malcolm – Committee Member
• Heather McCulloch – Committee Member
• Susan Meiki – Committee Member
• Theron Muller – Committee Member
• Grant Osterman – Committee Member
• William Pellowe – Committee Member
• Anton Potgieter – Committee Member
• Jennie Roloff Rothman – Committee Member
• Chelanna White – Committee MemberDirector of Program
• Chelanna White – Committee MemberDirector of Program

International Affairs Committee (IAC)

• Richmond Stroupe – Committee Chair
• Shirley M Ando – Committee Member
• Kenneth Gale – Committee Member
• Clare Kaneko – Committee Member
• George MacLean – Committee Member
• Michelle Bautista – Asian Scholar Liaison

JALT Central

• Clare Kaneko – President
• Robert Chartrand – Auditor
• Kenneth Gale – Vice President
• Samantha Kawakami – Director of Records
• Julia Kimura – Director of Membership
• Wayne Malcolm – Director of Conference
• Sophie Otsuru – JALT ZPD Publicity
• William Pellowe – Director of Public Relations
• Anton Potgieter – Director of Treasury
• Chelanna White – Director of Program

JALT Publications Board

• Jeremie Bouchard – JALT Journal Editor
• Melodie Cook – JALT Journal Book Reviews Editor
• Greg Dalziel – The Language Teacher Editor
• Cameron Flinn – JALT Journal Production Editor
• Joe Geluso – JALT Journal Associate Editor
• Kazuma Hatano – The Language Teacher Japanese Language Associate Editor
• Robert Kerrigan – The Language Teacher Assistant Editor
• Masayuki Kudo – JALT Journal Japanese Language Editor
• Bethany Lacy – JALT Postconference Publication Editor-in-Chief
• Paul Leeming – JALT Journal Assistant Editor
• R. Paul Lege – JALT Postconference Publication Production Editor
• Paul Lyddon – The Language Teacher Senior Editor
• Charles Mueller – JALT Journal Japanese Language Associate Editor
• Theron Muller – JALT Publications Board Chair
• William Pellowe – JALT Director of Public Relations
• William Pellowe – Director of Public Relations
• Brian Strong – The Language Teacher Editor
• Alexandra Terashima – Incoming TLT Editor
• Mami Ueda – The Language Teacher Japanese Language Editor

Liaison Officer Group

• Clare Kaneko – Committee Chair
• Mehrasa Alizadeh – Treasurer Liaison
• Emily Choong – Membership Liaison
• Robert Dykes – Program Liaison
• Kazumi Kato – NPO Liaison
• Heather McCulloch – Chapter Representative Liaison
• Miguel Mision – Public Relations Liaison
• Jennie Roloff Rothman – SIG Representative Liaison
• Jerry Talandis Jr. – Publications Liaison

Membership Committee

• Julia Kimura – Committee Chair
• Fred Carruth – Committee Member
• Melodie Cook – Committee Member
• Dominic Edsall – Committee Member
• Motoko Teraoka – Committee Member

Mentoring & Orientation Committee (MOC)

• Kathleen Brown – Committee Chair
• Melodie Cook – Committee Member
• Satoko Kato – Committee Member
• Grant Osterman – Committee Member
• Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa Razafindratsimba – Committee Member

Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC)

• Kinsella Valies – Committee Chair
• Christopher Pirotto – Committee Member
• Jean Taylor – Committee Member

Officer Support Committee (OSC)

• William Pellowe – Committee Chair
• Mehrasa Alizadeh – Committee Member
• Emily Choong – Committee Member
• Samantha Kawakami – Committee Member
• Heather McCulloch – Committee Member
• Miguel Mision – Committee Member
• Grant Osterman – Committee Member
• Michael Phillips – Committee Member
• Lorraine Sakka – Committee Member
• Jerry Talandis Jr. – Committee Member
• Jon Thomas – Committee Member
• Chelanna White – Committee Member

PanSIG Executive Committee

• Philip Nguyen – Treasurer
• Patrick Conaway – Publications Chair
• Mehrasa Alizadeh – Publicity Chair
• Jennie Roloff Rothman – Committee Chair
• Robert Dykes – PanSIG 2025 Conference Chair
• William Pellowe – Website
• Jennie Roloff Rothman – PanSIG 2025 Site Co-Chair
• Prateek Sharma – PanSIG 2025 Site Co-Chair

Program Committee

• Chelanna White – Committee Chair

Publicity Committee

• William Pellowe – Committee Chair
• Miguel Mision – Committee Member

Records and Procedures Committee

• Samantha Kawakami – Committee Chair
• Alexandra Burke – Committee Member
• Gretchen Clark – Committee Member
• Fess Higgins – Committee Member
• Ryoko Sato – Committee Member

Research and Ethics Committee (REC)

• Anne Howard – Committee Chair
• Nicole Gallagher – Committee Member
• Eric Hauser – Committee Member
• Dennis Koyama – Committee Member
• Paul Lyddon – Committee Member
• Wayne Malcolm – Committee Member
• Yaoko Matsuoka – Committee Member
• Theron Muller – Committee Member

Research Grants Committee

• Gregory Sholdt – Committee Chair
• Peter J. Collins – Committee Member
• Anton Potgieter – Board of Directors Liaison

Student Peer Interaction Network Committee (SPIN)

• Natsuho Mizoguchi – Committee Chair
• Aquanna Ishii – Committee Member
• Shuyi Li – Committee Member
• Philip Nguyen – Committee Member
• Martin Sedaghat – Committee Member
• Karmen Siew – Committee Member
• Chelanna White – Committee Member

Team Teaching Sub-committee

• Erin Noxon –
• Takaaki Hiratsuka – Committee Chair
• Matthew Nall – Committee Member

Technology Advisory and Support Committee (TASC)

• Jason Hill – Committee Chair
• Geoffrey Carr – Committee Member
• Paul Collett – Committee Member
• Luc Gougeon – Committee Member
• Adam Jenkins – Committee Member
• Philip Nguyen – Committee Member
• Daniel Ross – Committee Member
• William White – Committee Member

Web Services Committee

• Paul Collett – Committee Chair
• Geoffrey Carr – Committee Member
• Robert Chartrand – Committee Member
• Philip Nguyen – Committee Member

Writers’ Peer Support Group (PSG)

• Daniel Chesmore – Committee Chair
• Geoffrey Carr – Member-at-Large
• Cecilia Ikeguchi – Writer Coordinator
• Kinsella Valies – Member-at-Large

ZPD – Zoom for Professional Development Event Committee

• Mariana Oana Senda – Publicity Co-Chair
• Chelanna White – Committee Chair
• Philip Nguyen – JALT ZPD Tech
• Sophie Otsuru – JALT ZPD Publicity