LEADERSHIP

TEAM

Yumi Kuwana

Founder and President

Rita Gail Johnson

Chief Operating Officer

Kathryn Taylor

Senior Manager, Programs & Partnerships

Maya Kinsman

Manager, Programs & Communications

Emily Holm

Associate, Programs & Communications

Jacqueline Christal

Operations Manager & Executive Assistant

Amy Paolillo

Office Manager

CONSULTANTS

Daria Housman

Project Director, GCC

Clare Timmis

Development Consultant

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Haley Rockwell

Financial Advisor, Managing Director The Dolce Group, UBS

Loyti Cheng

Counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell

Linda Hill

Faculty Chair, Leadership Initiative Harvard Business School

Steve Kloeblen

Chief Executive Officer Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.

Yumi Kuwana

Founder and President Global Citizens Initiative

Amy Tsui Luke

Former CEO North America Region Expand Research

Jon Savitz

Founder and CEO Greywolf Capital Management LP

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Jack Meyer

CEO Convexity Capital Management LP

Janet Montag

Mental Health Program Board Member Columbia University

Fernando Reimers

Chair Strategic Planning Committee of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education

Henry Rosovsky

Professor Emeritus Harvard University

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Elizabeth Adams

Education Consultant

Jeffry Aronsson

Former CEO Donna Karan Company

Richard Flood

VP, Chief Advancement Officer Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation

Mary Catherine Conroy Hayden

Principal Education Resources Development Group

Tom Hayden

Former VP for Enrollment Oberlin College

Harvard Knowles

Emeritus Faculty, Phillips Exeter Academy (In memoriam, 1935 – 2022)

Amy McCooe

Founder, Former CEO & Managing Director Level Up Village

JAPAN ADVISORY COUNCIL

Aya Higa

LIVES TOKYO Project Chair Hands on Tokyo

Ernest Higa

President and CEO Higa Industries Co., Ltd.

Seiji Inagaki

President Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

Jesper Koll

CEO WisdomTree Japan KK

Kaori Kono

President Allie International

Taro Kono

Director of the Liberal Democratic Party Public Affairs Department, Japan

Mika Kumahira

Owner Atech Kumahira Co., Ltd.

Dr. Sachiko Kuno

President and CEO S&R Foundation

Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa

Chairman Health and Global Policy Institute

Dr. David Leheny

Professor, Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies

Hideki Matsui

GM Special Advisor, New York Yankees Founder and President, Matsui 55

Kathy Matsui

Co-Founder, General Partner MPower Partners

Haruko Mikitani

Executive Director Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo

Hiroshi Mikitani

Chairman, President and CEO Rakuten Inc.

Allen Miner

Founder and General Partner SunBridge Group

Dr. Shigeru Miyagawa

Professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yumiko Murakami

Co-Founder, General Partner MPower Partners

Masashi Namatame

Global Strategy Tokio Marine Holdings

Shino Matsumoto-Takamiya

General Manager SYG, YOZEMI Global Campus

Toshiro Takamiya

CEO SAPIX YOZEMI GROUP

Miki Tsusaka

Senior Partner, Managing Director, CMO The Boston Consulting Group

Kazumi Yanai

Global Chairman Theory

Naoko Yanai

Japanese Tea Master

AMBASSADOR ADVISORY COUNCIL

Ghada Amer

Graduate Harvard University

Jessica Bannerman Arnold

Graduate University of Cambridge, BPP Law School

Giuliana Bertoia-Agredo

Student University of Toronto

Karishma Bhagani

Graduate NYU Tisch

David Gomez

Student Georgetown University

Mako Matsuzaki

Student Keio University

Elif Sensurucu

Student University of California, Berkeley

David Shepley

Graduate Columbia University

Krissy Truesdale

Graduate Clark University

Takunda Rodney Ushe

Graduate University of Notre Dame

Alvin Yu

Student University of Hong Kong

Kevin Zhen

Graduate Yale University

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