Board of Directors

The Board of Directors guides and oversees the association's activities. Board members, auditors, committee members, and other contributors to JAT activities are listed below.

Directors

• Helen Iwata - President
• Charles Aschmann - Vice President
• Christopher Blakeslee
• Sako Eaton
• Megumi Kimoto
• Koji Himeno
• Catherine Nakamichi
• Fred Uleman

Auditors

• Frank Moorhead
• Emily Shibata-Sato

Tokyo Activities Committee (TAC)

Organizes meetings and gatherings in Tokyo, usually monthly.

• Alison Watts - chair
• Cathy Eberst
• Jim Hubbert
• Usha Jayaraman
• Julianne Long
• Victoria Oyama
• Ashley Sheikh
• Mayumi Toyota
• Andrew Welford
• Yusaku Yai

Kansai Activites Team (KAT)

Organizes meetings and gatherings in the Kansai region.

• Cat Nakamichi - chair
• George Bourdaniotis
• Kiyoshi Chimasu
• Cathy Eberst
• Masa Kajiki
• Richard Sadowsky
• Rowan White

JATLAW committee

Organizes meetings and gatherings related to legal translation.

• Carol Lawson - chair
• Sarah Bull
• Sawako Harada
• Kyal Hill
• Toby Rushbrook

Translation contest judges and screeners

Support the annual JAT Translation Contest for New and Aspiring Translators

English-to-Japanese

Screeners

• Mayumi Adachi
• Takaaki Aono
• Yukihiro Sato

Judges

• Kiyoshi Chimasu
• Kiyoshi Fujimura
• Yukari Ishihara

Japanese-to-English

Screeners

• George Bourdaniotis
• Nora Stevens Heath
• Ko Iwata

Judges

• James Davis
• Malcolm James
• Ken Wagner

Pharma translation handbook

Developing and publishing a handbook on pharmaceutical translation

• Lee Seaman
• Cathy Archer
• Tony Atkinson
• Doug Havens
• Noriko Hill
• Steve Sherman
• Ken Wagner

e-Juku

Organizes online mentoring for translators.

• Zachary Braverman - coordinator
• Jeremy Angel
• Jeremy Whipple
• Shu Yamakawa

Website content

Develops and manages website content

• Steve Venti - chair
• Emily Sato
• Cathy Eberst
• Jeremy Angel
• Paul Rust
• Megumi Kimoto
• Matoko Tsutamura

Election committee

Oversees annual elections for JAT officers. The upcoming committee is undecided.

Mailing list and forum moderators

• Charles Aschmann
• Stephen Carter
• Kathy Taji
• John Zimet