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  • Team Members

    The team that keeps YCAPS on track and moving forward

    John Bradford

    Executive Director &

    Managing Research Fellow

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    Narushige Michishita

    Director, YCAPS Japan

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    Christopher Johnstone

    Director, YCAPS Japan

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    Brian J. Waidelich

    President, YCAPS USA

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    Marvin "Ed" Thompson

    Vice President, YCAPS USA

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    William Yale

    Treasurer, YCAPS USA

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    Yoko Clingensmith

    Secretary, YCAPS USA

    Stephen Nagy

    Director, Policy Research

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    Nick Millward

    ASPEN Community Manager

    Director, Mongolia Connect

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    Elif Sercen Nurcan

    Social Media Administrator & Volunteers Coordinator

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    Ivy Ganadillo

    Maritime Security and Squad Forum Coordinator

    Bio

    Jenna Lindeke Heavenrich

    Research Fellow for Pacific Island Affairs

    Director, Pacific Connect

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    Luc Maccionni

    Local Chapter Leader, Okinawa

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    Patricia Yarrow

    Administrator, info@ycaps.org

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    John Mensing

    Director, Historical Studies & Chugoku Community Programs

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    Charlie Brown

    Director, Southeast Asia Regional Programs

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    Jagannath Panda

    Director for Europe-Asia Research Cooperation

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    Keiko Mitchell

    Kyushu Team Member

    Bio

    Gabriela Wurst

    Events and Activities Support Officer

    Isak Nordenberg

    Events and Activities Support Officer

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    William Winberg

    Events and Activities Support Officer

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    Alex Chou

    Team Member

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    Isabel Santiago

    Grant Writing Team Member

    Kiyoshi Asano

    Director, Self-Defense Force Cooperation and Planning

  • Staff

    Jeffery Mazziotta

    Activities Coordinator

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    Toshio Fukuhara

    Business Director, YCAPS Japan

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    Amani Kidd

    Director, Getting to Know Japan

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  • Researcher Network

    Affliates who support the YCAPS mission with their expertise

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    Ford Hart

    Distinguished Research Fellow

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    Sato Yoichiro

    Senior Research Fellow

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    Scott Edwards

    Free and Open Indo-Pacific Senior Fellow

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    James Hartman

    Senior Research Fellow

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    Kei Koga

    Senior Research Fellow

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    Chiew-Ping Hoo

    Senior Research Fellow

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    Christopher Len

    Senior Fellow - Energy & SLOC Security

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    Gregg Rubinstein

    Senior Fellow - Defense Industrial Cooperation

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    Jeffrey Payne

    Senior Research Fellow

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    Keizo Kitagawa

    Senior Research Fellow

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    Gary Sampson

    Senior Research Fellow

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    David Vernal

    Senior Research Fellow for AI

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    Ian Ralby

    Senior Fellow - Maritime Governance

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    Hanh Nguyen

    Fellow - International Relations in Southeast Asia

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    Eric Ang

    Fellow - Maritime Security in Southeast Asia

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    Sam Baron

    Fellow - Policy Research

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    Benjamin Blandin

    Research Fellow

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    Matt Finkel

    Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow

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    Robert Mizo

    Research Fellow

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    Bich Tran

    Research Fellow

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    Constantine Panayiotou

    YCAPS Fellow for Pacific Ocean Affairs

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    Mingi Hyun

    Fellow - East Asian Naval Affairs

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    Ryan Ashley

    Fellow - Japan/Southeast Asia Relations

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    Dharma Agastia

    Research Fellow

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    Genevieve Donnellon-May

    Research Fellow

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    Jada Cryslynn Fraser

    Indo-Pacific Minilaterals Fellow

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    Evan Zachary Ota

    Maritime Fellow

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  • Interns

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    Magnus Ander

    Research and Events Intern

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    Vittorio Bosello

    Research Intern

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    Tristan Eng

    Communications Intern

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    Paulette Imperial

    Maritime GENIE/SQUAD Intern

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  • 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

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