Board & Staff

Organization

FOUNDER
Mr. Ryoichi Sasakawa (1899-1995)

HONORARY ADVISOR
Hon. Jimmy Carter

Former President of the United States


BOARD OF TRUSTEES

TRUSTEES EMERITI
  • Dr. Thomas A. Bartlett
  • Mr. Minoru Inouye

    Advisor The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

  • Mr. Thomas S. Johnson

    TSJFL, LLC

  • Mr. T. Timothy Ryan, Jr.

    Managing Director Global Head of Regulatory Strategy and Policy JP Morgan Chase

  • Mr. Yohei Sasakawa

    Chairman The Nippon Foundation

  • Ms. Ayako Sono
  • The Hon. Joseph D. Tydings

    Dickstein Shapiro LLP

  • Mr. Jiro Ushio

    Chairman and Ushio Group Representative


OFFICERS AND STAFF

PAST FOUNDATION PRESIDENTS
  • Dr. James T. Ulak (2019 – 2022)
  • Dr. George R. Packard (1998 – 2019)
  • Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch (1996 – 1998)
  • Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth (1989 – 1996) d. 2016
  • Ambassador Richard W. Petree (1981 – 1988) d. 2015

LEGAL COUNSEL
  • Klamp & Associates, P.C.

AUDITORS
  • Calibre CPA Group, PLLC