Chairman:
Dr. Richard J. Samuels
Ford International Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Vice Chairman:
Dr. Amy V. Heinrich
Director, CV Starr Library,
Columbia University

Dr. Richard E. Dyck
President
TCS Japan, KK

Dr. Linda K. Kerber
May Brodbeck Professor in Liberal Arts
The University of Iowa

Mr. Theodore R. “Regge” Life
Independent Filmmaker

Ms. Doris O. Matsui
Senior Advisor & Director of Government Relations & Public Policy
Collier Shannon Scott PLLC

Mr. Francis Y. Sogi
Life Partner
Kelly Drye & Warren

Mr. Frank P. Stanek
President, International Business Development
Universal Studios Recreation Group

Dr. Patricia G. Steinhoff
Department of Sociology
University of Hawaii

The Commission’s nine private sector members serve in conjunction with nine senior officials of the United States Government, as follow:

Hon. Bruce Cole
Chairman
National Endowment for the Humanities

Hon. Michael Hammond (nominee)
Chairman
National Endowment for the Arts

Hon. Patricia De Stacy Harrison
Assistant Secretary of State
for Educational and Cultural Affairs

Hon. James A. Kelly
Assistant Secretary of State
For East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Hon. James McDermott
US House of Representatives

Hon. Frank. H. Murkowski
US Senate

Hon. Thomas E. Petri
US House of Representatives

Hon. John D. Rockefeller, IV
US Senate

Assistant Secretary
For Post-Secondary Education
US Department of Education

The Japan-US Friendship Commission is an independent federal agency that provides support for training and information to help prepare Americans to better meet the challenges and opportunities in the US-Japan relationship. More information on the Commission can be found at www.jusfc.gov