| JASWM Board of Directors  Jan Burland Frantz, Chair. Battle Creek Unlimited
Jan Burland Frantz serves as Director of Corporate Projects for Battle Creek Unlimited, the economic development organization serving Battle Creek, Michigan. Ms. Burland Frantz serves on boards and committees across the region, addressing economic development, workforce development, international trade, and quality of life issues. E-mail: burland@bcunlimited.org 
Ken Masumoto, Michigan Economic Development Corp.
Ken Masumoto currently serves as Manager of the Japanese Business
Development, International Business Unit of the Michigan Economic Development
Corporation. He is involved in community organizations in Battle Creek and
Detroit Michigan; a full board member of Battle Creek Unlimited from 1986 up to
present, a board member of Japan Business Society of Detroit, an advisor in the
Japanese Saturday School since 1986, a board member of the Japan Business
Society of Detroit. He is also an Executive Board Member and founding member of
Japan
American Society of West Michigan since 1998.
 Dennis Marvin, Consumers' Energy
Dennis H Marvin is Communications Director of New Generation for Consumers Energy which is responsible for evaluating and developing new energy supply strategies. Marvin served as Vice Chairman of the Michigan Global Partnership, and Chairman of the partnership’s Asia Division, which is a private-public economic development partnership involved in promoting the State of Michigan in international markets including Japan, Korea, and China. He was also founding Chairman of the Japan America Society of West Michigan.
Yukinao Mizuta
Takanosuke Yamanaka, Denso
 Bob Perkins, Executive Director
Robert L. (Bob) Perkins is owner, Aperks International, and franchise partner, Leadership Management Institute, Waco, Texas. Bob has extensive experience in international marketing and operations; organizational planning and development; strategic planning and leadership training programs supported by LMI. Bob has served as an interim Executive Director for Japan America Society of West Michigan and was a founding Board Member of the Society. E-mail: pbperks@cs.com  Stephen Covell, Western Michigan University
Stephen Covell is Mary Meader Professor of Comparative Religion and Associate Professor of Japanese Religions at Western Michigan University. He is the founding director of the WMU Soga Japan Center and author of Japanese Temple Buddhism. He has a Ph.D. and MA from Princeton University; an M.A. from the University of Hawaii; and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.  Susan Jackson, The Right Place, Inc.
Susan Jackson serves as Vice President - Business Development for The Right Place, Inc., a West Michigan-based regional economic development organization. Jackson, a former Business Development Manager with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), has more than 23 years of economic development experience. She currently leads business retention and expansion efforts for The Right Place and works with new business prospects.  Mark Spitzley, Warner, Norcross and Judd
Mark Spitzley is a partner with the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP (www.wnj.com) and has over a decade of experience providing companies with practical, cost-effective services. Mark specializes in direct foreign investment, merger and acquisition transactions, compliance programs that address issues unique to international trade, and the legal issues involved in operating a business entity. Mark's international practice benefits from having lived in Japan for nearly two years, during which time he worked for a major Japanese law firm. Contact information: mspitzley@wnj.com or 616-752-2714.  Rena Pomaville, American Compounding Specialties
Rena Pomaville is Director of Operations at American Compounding Specialties (ACS) in Fowlerville, Michigan. ACS compounds resins for international companies that want to cost-effectively support their customers by having a manufacturing presence in the NAFTA region. Dr. Pomaville is the author of the Van Andel Global Trade Center publication entitled “Preparing to Become a Supplier to the Japanese-American Market” and has 20-years of experience as a technology transfer liaison in the Japanese-American manufacturing environment. E-mail: rmpomaville@americancompounding.net; (517) 223-4300  Jill Bland, Southwest Michigan First
Jill has been a part of Southwest Michigan First since its inception in 1997. With over 25 years experience in business development in Southwest Michigan, Jill knows the key to building successful companies. Jill serves as Vice President and her area of focus is Life Science sector and local government relations. Jill is past- President and Treasurer of the Michigan Economic Developers Association and continues to serve on the Board or Directors. She is also a Board member of the City of Kalamazoo SmartZone.
Deborah Horak
 Norm Kellogg, Irwin Union Bank
Thomas Comer, Plante & Moran
Christian Gibbs, W. Soule & Company
Tim Hoekstra, PNC Bank
William Londo, Michigan State University, Asian Studies Center
Bill Schroer, WJ Schroer Co.
 Bill Schroer’s background includes 15 years of strategy/marketing/research with corporations including the Kellogg Company. He started WJSchroer Co.in 1987 and was a pioneer in using corporate marketing techniques with non-profit and public sector organizations to bring about social change. Bill not only consults with a wide range of public and private sector organizations, he teaches seminars and classes on marketing, research and planning. Bill serves as Chairman of the Downtown Partnership Board in Battle Creek,is formerly President of the Leila Arboretum Society and serves on the Japan-American Society of Southwest Michigan. He also also serves on the Board of the Naturist Society. Bill has a B.A. from the University of Wyoming and MBA from Western Michigan University. Bill served in the military as a Special Forces team leader and as instructor at West Point. He retired as a Major from the Reserve Forces.
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