Advisory Board

Honorary Co-Chairmen of the Program's Advisory Board

Hon. Thomas S. Foley
U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1997-2001)
Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld

Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda
Honorary Chairman and Member of the Board,
Toyota Motor Corporation

Members of the Advisory Board

Mr. John Creighton
Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group
Former Chairman & CEO, UAL Corp. and United Airlines
Former CEO of Weyerhaeuser

Mr. Richard Danziger Esq.
Lawyer, philanthropist, expert on tea ceremony

Mr. Stanley B. Eastberg
Director, Executive Development, Human Resources
Weyerhaeuser

Dr. Yoichi Funabashi
Editor-in-Chief
Asahi Shimbun

Professor Nagayo Homma
Professor Emeritus
Tokyo University

Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi
Chief Corporate Advisor
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Mr. Minoru Makihara
Senior Corporate Advisor
Mitsubishi Corporation

Hon. Walter Mondale
U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1993-1996)
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Mr. Scott Oki
Chairman & CEO
Oki Development, Inc.

Mr. William Ruckelshaus
Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group
Former Secretary of the Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. John Whitehead
Former Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Former Deputy Secretary of State
Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs and Company

Mr. Tadashi Yamamoto
President, Japan Center for International Exchange and
Special Advisor to the Program


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