IUJ Alumni Association

IUJ runs Alumni Relations in three areas: Organizational/Volunteer program groups, Networking support, and traditional services.  For details, please refer to our Visual presentation in PDF file.

Campus has an Alumni Relations office, the Alumni Association elects an Executive Council every three years, and we have about 40 Alumni Chapters around the world.  With various volunteer programs and communication services, IUJ boasts a close relationship with our strong global network.

The new 3-year term Executive Council was elected on Feb. 10 2009 to serve from April 2009-March 2012.  15 members were selected: 10 with voting rights, 3 without voting rights, and 2 overseas representatives.  See below for the list of those elected:

Executive Council: The 3-year initiative of the IUJ Alumni Executive Council are:

• Alumni Networking: To increase the interaction between IUJ Alumni in Tokyo, and world wide.
• IUJ-Alumni Relations:  Promote interaction between Alumni and campus (faculty, staff and students)
• Promote fund raising efforts to support the Scholarship Fund - the ThANKS Fund, The Alumni-NaKayama Scholarship Fund.

Your suggestions, ideas and initiatives are welcomed!

IUJ Alumni Relations Office: Current initiatives of campus for IUJ Alumni Association activities are:

• to keep alumni informed about campus activities,

• promote the volunteer programs such as the Ambassadors program who host Info Sessions around the world and communicate one-on-one with prospective students (Student Recruitment activities ),

• to keep the database updated as info comes in from the alumni,

• promote World Wide Chapter activities and chapter leadership appointment, and encourage IUJ World Wide Friday participation.

•  distribute newsletter. 

• support the Executive Council activities. 

• update webpage

• process donations to the Thanks Fund (Scholarship donations). 

• answer email questions from alumni,

• put alumni into contact when asked,

• maintain the A-CAN and Global Women’s Mentor Network relations. 

• maintain the Job Hunters Email list to try to get alumni job opportunities info, etc

Elected Members to the IUJ Alumni Association Executive Council
To serve April 1, 2009 thru March 31, 2012

("Members that serve on the IUJ Board of Councilors simultaneously)

•   Leo Wetula (IM96) - USA

•   Brian Yang (IR99) - Ghana

Observers to EC activities, as Alumni Members to the Board of Trustees are:

• Mr. Yasuhiro Sato, (IR85), American International Group

Additional Alumni Member of the IUJ Board of Councilors

• Naonobu Minato (IR91)

If you are interested in running for election in 2012, or filling in for a member in the case someone stands down, please read the Alumni Association rules and contact the Alumni Relations Office at alumni@iuj.ac.jp

We thank for the following Alumni for their service on the previous Executive Council 2006-2009:

• Shinoda, Tomohito* IR86  - Chair, and Fundraising Subcommittee Chair
• Suzuki, Shinichi*  IR87 
• Asaka, Yoshiharu* IR88 
• Takagaki, Yukio*  IR89 
• Emed, Erol  IR89 
• Kaneda, Naoyuki  IM91 
• Teramachi, Norimasa*  IM93  - Treasurer
• Inagaki, Tadashi*  IM95  
• Yang, Yaoyu*  IM96 
• Kataoka, Mitsuhiko* IR97
• Bergman, Adam IR97 
• Kojima, Yasutake*IM002 - PLATFORM SubCommittee Standing Chair
• Takai, Ken* IM02  . - Vice Chair, and Networking SubCommittee Chair
• Phanse, Anand  IM04 

Serving from 2003-2006 were:

• Sato, Hideki IR87
• Chervitz, Harvey IM95
• Ahmed, Hafiz Maqsood IR97
• Go, Judy Ann Tan IM98
• Hisaeda, Kaoru IR01

• Ms. Kiyo Ogushi, (IM92)
• Mr. Ashutoshu Tripathi (IM96),
• Mr. Yaoyu Yang, (IM96),
• Mr. Daisuke Yamada (IM99),