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 Mori

Yoshiko Mori
President
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Chikamatsu

Nobuko Chikamatsu
President-Elect
DePaul University

Satsutani

Shingo Satsutani
Immediate Past President
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL

Mieko Avello

Mieko Avello
Vice President (K-12)
Miami Palmetto Senior High School Miami, FL

Stephen Luft

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

AATJ Directors, 2024

Junko Mori

Junko Mori
Global Network Director
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

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)

Matsuzaki

William Matsuzaki, Diversity and Inclusion Co-Director
All Saints Episcopal School, TX

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
Junko Tokuda Simpson

Junko Tokuda Simpson, Advocacy Co-Director
University of California, San Diego

Yuko Prefume

Yuko Prefume, Annual Fall Conference
(ACTFL-affiliated) Co-Director
Baylor University

Jaime Tateyama Gusman

Jaime Tateyama Gusman, Annual Fall Conference
(ACTFL-affiliated) Co-Director
Moanalua High School, Honolulu, HI

Jae Takeuchi

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

Yoshihiro Mochizuki

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

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

AATJ Staff

Maiko T. Bacha, Membership Coordinator
membership[at]aatj.org
Japanese National Honor Society, membership

Michiyo Colclasure, JLPT Director
jlpt[at]aatj.org
Japanese Language Proficiency Test

Susan Schmidt, Executive Director
susan.schmidt[at]colorado.edu