JASA Board & Officers
2013 Executive Committee Officers

President
Mr. Lamar Smith
Birmingham, Alabama

Immediate Past President 
Mr. Mike Oatridge
Vice President, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC
Lincoln, Alabama 

1st Vice President 
Mr. Calvin Miller
Talladega County Economic Development
Talladega, Alabama

2nd Vice President 
Mr. Kozo Matsuda 
President, Arcus Services
Decatur, Alabama

Mr. Warren McCullars
Alagasco
Birmingham, Alabama

Chairperson of Membership Committee
Ms. Carolyn Turner
International Trade Specialist, Alabama International Trade Commission
Birmingham, Alabama
Treasurer  

Chairman of Programs Committee 
Dr. John VanSant
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Co-Chair of Programs Committee
Dr. Robert Wendorf
Japanese Garden Society
Birmingham, Alabama

Executive Director
Ms. Tamara Moriya
The Japan-America Society of Alabama
500 Beacon Parkway West
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
Phone: (205) 943-4730
FAX: (205) 943-4760
Jasa@mindspring.com
 
 
2013 Board of Directors

Ms. Carol Argo
Executive Director
Alabama Wildlife Rescue Center
Pelham, AL

Ms. Charlotte Blackmon
President
Institute of Language and Culture
Austin, Texas

Ms. Wendi Boyen
Regions Bank
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Billy Joe Camp
Southeast Alabama Gas District (SEAGD)
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Danny Collins
Anniston, Alabama

Mr. Tate Godfrey
President and CEO
North Alabama Industrial Development Association, Inc. (NAIDA)
Decatur, Alabama

Mr. Christopher Grissom
Partner
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Ethan Hadley 
Vice President, Economic Development 
Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce 
Huntsville, Alabama

Mr. Mark Jackson
Chairman & CEO
Moreson Conferencing, Inc.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Todd Jones
Director, Trade Development 
Alabama State Port Authority
Mobile, Alabama

Mr. Shane Kearney
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Forrest Keith
Daikin America
Decatur, Alabama

Ms. Hilda Lockhart
Director, International Trade Division
Alabama Development Office
Montgomery, Alabama

Mr. Brian Hilson
Birmingham Business Alliance
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Steve Sewell
Executive Vice President
Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama

E. Barden Smedberg, Jr.
Executive Director of International Initiatives
The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce

Dr. Teresa Wise
Associate Provost for Interntional Education and Global Outreach,
The University of Alabama, Capstone Interntional Center
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Mr. Hiroshi Ishii
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama

Mr. B.G. Minisman
 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC.
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Frank Young
Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Rediker
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Troy Wayman
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham, Alabama




2013 Honorary JASA Board Members:
 

The Honorable Joji Miyamori
Acting Consul General of Japan


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500 Beacon Parkway West | Birmingham, AL 35209
Phone: (205)943-4730 | Fax: (205)943-4760
Email: jasa@mindspring.com
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