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, 2025

Chikamatsu

Nobuko Chikamatsu
President
DePaul University

Matsuzaki

William Matsuzaki,
President-Elect
All Saints Episcopal School, TX

Yoshiko Mori

Yoshiko Mori
Immediate Past President
Global Network AATJ Representative
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Kate Davis

Kate Davis
Vice President (K-12)
Washtenaw Community College

Stephen Luft

Stephen Luft
Vice President (Post-secondary)
University of Pittsburgh

AATJ Directors, 2025

Bearn

Ellen Bearn, Newsletter Director
World of Learning Institute (PA)

YSA

Yoshiko Saito-Abbott
 Professional Development Director
California State University
Monterey Bay

Breun

Patty Breun, Advocacy Co-Director
Madison Country Day School (WI)

Shin

Shinsuke Tsuchiya, Advocacy Co-Director
Brigham Young University

Nozu

Mako Nozu, Student Activities (Nengajo Contest) Director
University of South Florida

Yayoi Takeuchi

Yayoi Takeuchi, Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS) Co-Director
University of North Texas

Kumi Kobayashi

Kumi Kobayashi, Japanese National Honor Society Director (JNHS) Co-Director
Los Gatos High School, CA

Tomomi Sato

Tomomi Sato, National Japanese Exam Director
University of Virginia

Nobuaki
Nobuaki Takahashi, 
Annual Fall Conference
(ACTFL-affiliated) Co-Director
Elizabethtown College, PA
Makiko

Makiko Fukuda, Fall Conference Co-Director
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX

Marisa

Marisa Bellini, Fall Conference Co-Director
American Fork High School, UT

Jae Takeuchi

Jae DiBello Takeuchi, Annual Spring Conference
(AAS-affiilated) Co-Director
Indiana University

Yoshihiro Mochizuki, Annual Spring Conference (AAS-affiliated) Co-Director
University of Michigan

Andy Scott

Andy Scott
Diversity and Inclusion Co-Director
Kamehameha High School, Maui, HI

Yasuko Rallings
Yasuko Takata Rallings, Diversity and Inclusion Co-Director
Wake Forest University
Junko Tokuda Simpson

Junko Tokuda Simpson, National Japanese Exam Director
University of California, San Diego

AATJ Staff

Katie

Katie Ross
Executive Director

Maiko

Maiko T. Bacha
Membership Coordinator
Japanese National Honor Society, membership

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Michiyo Colclasure
JLPT Director
Japanese Language Proficiency Test

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Susan Schmidt
Advisor