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.

William Matsuzaki
President
Columbus Academy (OH)

Jae Takeuchi
President-Elect
Indiana University

Nobuko Chikamatsu
Immediate Past President
Global Network Representative
DePaul University

Kate Davis
Vice President (K-12)
Troy Athens High School (MI)
Washtenaw Community College

Atsushi Hasegawa
Vice President (Post-secondary)

Shinji Shimoura
Newsletter Director

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

Kazue Masuyama
Professional Development Director

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

Shinsuke Tsuchiya
Advocacy Co-Director
Brigham Young University

Brian Thompson (Hagihara)
Student Activities (Nengajo Contest) Director

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

Tomoko Baker
Japanese National Honor Society Director (JNHS) Co-Director

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

Jun Takahashi
Annual Fall Conference (ACTFL-affiliated) Co-Director

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

Jaimelynn Tateyama
Fall Conference Co-Director
Moanalua High School, HI

Mariko Wei
Annual Spring Conference (AAS-affiilated) Co-Director
Purdue University

Etsuyo Yuasa
Annual Spring Conference (AAS-affiliated) Co-Director
The Ohio State University

Andy Scott
Community & Belonging Co-Director
Kamehameha High School, Maui, HI

Suwako Watanabe
Coordinating Editor for Japanese Language and Literature
Portland State University

Katie Ross
Executive Director

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

Michiyo Colclasure
JLPT Director
Japanese Language Proficiency Test

Susan Schmidt
Emeritus Executive Director