Team Members

Team Members
The team that keeps YCAPS on track and moving forward

John Bradford
Executive Director &
Managing Research Fellow
Bio
Torkel Patterson
Director, YCAPS Japan
Bio
Narushige Michishita
Director, YCAPS Japan
Bio
Brian J. Waidelich
President, YCAPS USA
Bio
Marvin "Ed" Thompson
Vice President, YCAPS USA
Bio
W illiam Yale
Treasurer, YCAPS USA
Bio
Yoko Clingensmith
Secretary, YCAPS USA
Nick Millward
Director, Mongolia Connect & Director, Internship Programs
Bio

Stephen Nagy
Director, Policy Research
Bio

Patricia Yarrow
Administrator, info@ycaps.org
Bio

Benjamin Blandin
Coordinator, Maritime Security Network
Bio

Gretchen Sotebeer
Program Analyst
Bio
Alejandra Cadavid
Social Media Manager

Charlie Brown
Director, Southeast Asia Regional Programs
Bio

John Mensing
Director, Historical Studies & Chugoku Community Programs
Bio
Alex Chou
Director, Student Relations & Washington DC Coordinator
Bio

Kiyoshi Asano
Director, Self-Defense Force Cooperation and Planning
Kelly Langley
Director, Public Relations
Bio
Jagannath Panda
Director for Europe-Asia Research Cooperation
Bio
Keiko Mitchell
Assistant Director, Sasebo Community Relations
Bio

Jenni Fajardo-Dobbs
Director, Project Development

Kat Nguyen
Social Media Administrator
Staff

Jeffery Mazziotta
Program Director, Community Conversations
Bio

Amani Kidd
Program Director, Getting to Know Japan
Bio
Gabriela Wurst
Program Officer, Community Conversations
Bio

Toshio Fukuhara
Manager of Business Administration and Project Development
Bio
Thomas Lattanzio
Assistant to the Executive Director
Research Fellows

Jeffrey Payne
Senior Research Fellow
Bio

Ian Ralby
Senior Fellow for Maritime Governance
Bio

Scott Edwards
Free and Open Indo-Pacific Fellow
Bio

Sam Baron
Policy Fellow
Bio

Hanh Nguyen
Internatonal Relations in Southeast Asia Fellow
Bio

Ryan Ashley
Fellow for Japan-Southeast Relations
Bio
Interns

Thomas Murphy
Policy Dialogue Program Intern

Kotaro Watanabe
Policy Dialogue Program Intern

Giorgi Mamisashvili
Research Team Intern
Bio
Advisors

Lieutenant General Chip Gregson (USMC Rtd)
Senior Advisor for US-Japan Relations
Vice Admiral Yoji Koda, (JMSDF Rtd)
Senior Advisor for Navy Activities
Dr. Michael Macarthur Bosack
Special Advisor for Government Affairs
Dr. Annette Bradford
Special Advisor for Education & Policy
Dr. Nancy Snow
Special Advisor for Public Diplomacy
Dr. Asyura Salleh
Special Advisor for Maritime Security
Mr. Carl Gabrielson
Special Advisor, Getting to Know Japan Series

Team Members

The team that keeps YCAPS on track and moving forward

Executive Director & Managing Research Fellow

Torkel Patterson

Director, YCAPS Japan

Director, YCAPS Japan

President, YCAPS USA

Vice President, YCAPS USA

Treasurer, YCAPS USA

Yoko Clingensmith

Secretary, YCAPS USA

Director, Mongolia Connect & Director, Internship Programs

Director, Policy Research

Administrator, info@ycaps.org

Benjamin Blandin

Coordinator, Maritime Security Network

Gretchen Sotebeer

Program Analyst

Alejandra Cadavid

Social Media Manager

Director, Southeast Asia Regional Programs

Director, Historical Studies & Chugoku Community Programs

Director, Student Relations & Washington DC Coordinator

Kiyoshi Asano

Director, Self-Defense Force Cooperation and Planning

Director, Public Relations

Director for Europe-Asia Research Cooperation

Assistant Director, Sasebo Community Relations

Jenni Fajardo-Dobbs

Director, Project Development

Kat Nguyen

Social Media Administrator

Staff

Program Director, Community Conversations

Amani Kidd

Program Director, Getting to Know Japan

Gabriela Wurst

Program Officer, Community Conversations

Manager of Business Administration and Project Development

Thomas Lattanzio

Assistant to the Executive Director

Research Fellows

Senior Research Fellow

Ian Ralby

Senior Fellow for Maritime Governance

Free and Open Indo-Pacific Fellow

Policy Fellow

Internatonal Relations in Southeast Asia Fellow

Fellow for Japan-Southeast Relations

Interns

Thomas Murphy

Policy Dialogue Program Intern

Kotaro Watanabe

Policy Dialogue Program Intern

Giorgi Mamisashvili

Research Team InternBio

Advisors

Senior Advisor for US-Japan Relations

Vice Admiral Yoji Koda, (JMSDF Rtd)

Senior Advisor for Navy Activities

Special Advisor for Government Affairs

Special Advisor for Education & Policy

Special Advisor for Public Diplomacy

Dr. Asyura Salleh​

Special Advisor for Maritime Security

Special Advisor, Getting to Know Japan Series

Executive Director &
Managing Research Fellow

Research Team Intern
Bio

Dr. Asyura Salleh