Advisory Board
Paul Taylor is a founding partner with BTI International Law Office where he heads the firm's Japanese Practice Group with a focus on providing legal assistance to businesses and individuals involved in international business transactions. Prior to BTI he served as a partner at Davis, Wright, Tremaine and as an attorney at Ater Wynne law firm. Paul is currently an adjunct professor at Portland State University and Portland Community College. He is a Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Japan-America Society of Oregon. Paul graduated from Columbia University School of Law in New York City and holds a BS degree in International Relations from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Honorary Board Members Isao Iwashita, President and CEO, SEH America, Inc.
Ex-Officio Members - PSU Marvin Kaiser - Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ken Ruoff, Director (profile)
Patricia Haugen, Director of Development Larry Kominz, Professor, Foreign Language and Literature (profile)
Gil Latz, Vice-Provost for International Affairs John Oh, Business Administration Patricia Wetsel, Director, Institute for Asian Studies (profile)
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Bruce Brenn serves as Chairman of the Center for Japanese Studies Advisory Board. Bruce's career in international business spanned nearly 30 years including senior management positions with Citibank, Nike Japan, Continental Bank, and Smith New Court plc, working in Hong Kong, India, Taipei, and Tokyo before finally retiring back in the US. He currently serves as a board member for the College of Liberal Arts at PSU, the Japan-America Society of Oregon, Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club, Tokyo American Club, and Multnomah Athletic Club. He holds a B.A. degree from University of Oregon and M.As in Japanese Studies and Economics from the University of Michigan.
Tim Clark is an entrepreneur, writer and translator whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Red Herring, Asiaweek, the International Herald Tribune and other publications. He is the author of Saying Yes to Japan: How Outsiders are Reviving a Trillion Dollar Services Market, published by Vertical in 2005. Clark serves as nonresident Senior Fellow for Tokyo-based venture capital firm SunBridge and teaches at the School of Business Administration at Portland State University. Tim holds B.A.and MBA degrees from Stanford University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Andrew Haruyama lived and worked in Japan for twelve years and has over twenty years of international business experience providing international business consulting and translation services in the Portland area. Formerly the Director of International Relations for the City of Portland, he currently provides marketing services for the Extended Studies' International Special Programs of Portland State University. In addition to the PSU Center for Japanese Studies, he also serves on the boards of the Japanese Garden Society of Oregon and the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association.
Yoshio Kurosaki (Kuro) was born in Tokyo, Japan. Kuro emigrated to the United State in the late 1980s and became a naturalized US citizen in 1995. He serves as President of Summit Properties, Inc. a Portland-based firm specializing in industrial real estate development and property management. Kuro is active in many local organizations that focus on US-Japan relations. In addition to the Center for Japanese Studies Advisory Board he is Treasurer and a Board member of Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association and serves in the same capacities for the Japanese Garden Society of Oregon. Kuro is a graduate of Waseda University in Tokyo.
Lynn Moyers is a residential real estate investor, licensed construction contractor, and Macintosh computer consulant. He spent 22 years in a variety of senior management positions in the computer technology industry, focusing on supply chain management and new product development with Asian OEM manufacturers. Lynn also serves as Vice-President and Board of Directors member for the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association. He holds a BS degree in Business Management from Virginia Tech.
Ed Reingold is a journalist who reported from Latin America, Africa and
Pacific Asia for more than four decades. Since 1969 he has specialized in
reporting on Japan, where he served as Tokyo and East Asia bureau chief for
Time Magazine. He retired from Time in 1992 and directed the University of
Southern California's Center for International Journalism for four years. In
addition to his reporting forTime he has published four Japan-related books:
"Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony," with Akio Morita (E.P. Dutton, 1986),
"Chrysanthemums and Thorns," (St. Martin's Press, 1992), and "Toyota:
People, Ideas and the Challenge of the New (Pengujin, Ltd, London, 1999).
Reingold moved to Portland in 2004 where is continues to write on Japan and
Asian affairs.
Doug Smith is a founding partner of InSpec International LLC in Lake Oswego, OR. Doug's primary experience is in international project development and strategic management consulting, including site selection, market entry strategy, feasibility analyses and business process reengineering. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Japan-America Society of Oregon. Doug has a degree in international studies from Cornell University and worked with the Oregon Economic Development Department as Manager of International Business Development.
