AATJ is governed by a team of elected Executive Officers (President, Vice-President, and Immediate Past President) and an appointed Board of Directors. There must be representation of both pre-collegiate and higher education among the Executive Officers. The duties of the officers are prescribed in the AATJ Bylaws. Currently the administrative offices of the AATJ are located at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
AATJ Officers, 2024
![Yoshiko-Mori2 Yoshiko Mori](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Yoshiko-Mori2.jpg)
Yoshiko Mori
President
moriy[at]georgetown.edu
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
![Chikamatsu Chikamatsu](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Chikamatsu.jpg)
Nobuko Chikamatsu
President-Elect
nchikama[at]depaul.edu
DePaul University
![Satsutani-1665351940647 Satsutani](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Satsutani-1665351940647.jpeg)
Shingo Satsutani
Immediate Past President
satsutan[at]cod.edu
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
![Avello Mieko Avello](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Avello.jpeg)
Mieko Avello
Vice President (K-12)
avellosensei[at]gmail.com
Miami Palmetto Senior High School Miami, FL
![Stephen Stephen Luft](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Stephen.jpg)
Stephen Luft
Vice President (Post-secondary)
luft@pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh
AATJ Directors, 2024
![jmori Junko Mori](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jmori-scaled.jpg)
Junko Mori
Global Network Director
jmori[at]facstaff.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
![Bearn2 Bearn](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bearn2.jpg)
Ellen Bearn, Newsletter Director
ellen.bearn[at]gmail.com
World of Learning Institute (PA)
![YSA YSA](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/YSA.png)
Yoshiko Saito-Abbott
Professional Development Director
ysaito-abbott[at]csumb.edu
California State University
Monterey Bay
![Breun Breun](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Breun.jpg)
Patty Breun, Advocacy Co-Director
pbreun[at]madisoncountryday.org
Madison Country Day School (WI)
![Matsuzaki Matsuzaki](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Matsuzaki-scaled.jpg)
William Matsuzaki, Diversity and Inclusion Co-Director
williammatsuzaki[at]aseschool.org
All Saints Episcopal School, TX
![nozu-2022 Nozu](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nozu-2022.png)
Mako Nozu, Student Activities (Nengajo Contest) Director
mnozu[at]usf.edu
University of South Florida
![Yayoi Takeuchi-IMG_6128 2 Yayoi Takeuchi](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Yayoi-Takeuchi-IMG_6128-2.jpeg)
Yayoi Takeuchi, Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS) Co-Director
yayoi.takeuchi[at]unt.edu
University of North Texas
![Kobayashi Kumi Kobayashi](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kobayashi.jpg)
Kumi Kobayashi, Japanese National Honor Society Director (JNHS) Co-Director
kumikoba08[at]gmail.com
Los Gatos High School, CA
Tomomi Sato, National Japanese
Exam Director
ts2fn[at]virginia.edu
University of Virginia
![Takahashi Takahashi](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Takahashi.jpeg)
(ACTFL-affiliated) Co-Director
takahashin[at]etown.edu
Elizabethtown College, PA
![JTSimpson Junko Tokuda Simpson](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/JTSimpson.jpg)
Junko Tokuda Simpson, Advocacy Co-Director
jtsimpson[at]ucsd.edu
University of California, San Diego
![Prefume Yuko Prefume](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Prefume.jpeg)
Yuko Prefume, Annual Fall Conference
(ACTFL-affiliated) Co-Director
yuko_prefume[at]baylor.edu
Baylor University
![Gusman Jaime Tateyama Gusman](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gusman.jpg)
Jaime Tateyama Gusman, Annual Fall Conference
(ACTFL-affiliated) Co-Director
gusmanj[at]hotmail.com
Moanalua High School, Honolulu, HI
![JaeTakeuchi Jae Takeuchi](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/JaeTakeuchi-sm.jpeg)
Jae DiBello Takeuchi, Annual Spring Conference
(AAS-affiilated) Co-Director
jtake[at]iu.edu
Indiana University
![mochizuki Yoshihiro Mochizuki](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/mochizuki.png)
Yoshihiro Mochizuki, Annual Spring Conference (AAS-affiliated) Co-Director
mochiey[at]umich.edu
University of Michigan
![Yasuko Rallings](https://www.aatj.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20230607rallings400.jpg)
AATJ Staff
Yoshie Arima, JLPT Assistant
jlpt[at]aatj.org
Website, JLPT
Maiko T. Bacha, Membership Assistant
membership[at]aatj.org
Japanese National Honor Society, membership
Michiyo Colclasure, JLPT Coordinator
jlpt[at]aatj.org
Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Susan Schmidt, Executive Director
susan.schmidt[at]colorado.edu