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

  • - Committee ChairConference Chair
  • Wayne Malcolm - Committee Chair
  • - Committee ChairConference 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