{"id":34101,"date":"2014-03-08T20:04:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34101"},"modified":"2014-03-08T20:04:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:04:06","slug":"jet-alum-harry-hill-named-chairman-of-u-s-culcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/08\/jet-alum-harry-hill-named-chairman-of-u-s-culcon\/","title":{"rendered":"JET alum Harry Hill named Chairman of U.S. CULCON"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"harry\"<\/a>Here’s a link to the official post on the CULCON website: \u00a0http:\/\/culcon.jusfc.gov\/news\/harry-hill-becomes-chairman-of-u-s-culcon<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

FEBRUARY 18, 2014<\/p>\n

The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and the U.S. CULCON Panel are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chairman, Mr. Harry A. Hill.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hill, a native of New York City, has served as President and CEO of Oak Lawn Marketing, a branding and media company that owns Shop Japan, the largest infomercial brand in Japan, since 2006.\u00a0He brings with him a wealth of experience related to educational and cultural exchange and entrepreneurship, having lived and worked in Japan for nearly thirty years.\u00a0 Mr. Hill served as a participant on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme and its precursor program, the Monbusho English Fellows from 1987-1990 in Gifu Prefecture, where he created a strong network of individuals and government officials who would later help him in building his professional career.\u00a0 \u00a0His extensive professional experience includes founding H&R Consultants, a leading lease providing and relocation service in Tokyo and Nagoya. \u00a0In addition, Mr. Hill has been actively involved in numerous\u00a0charitable and non-profit organizations, including the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation, where he has been a\u00a0member of the Tokyo Advisory Committee and long-time sponsor of its scholarship program.\u00a0 \u201cMr. Hill will be an asset to the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and CULCON, bringing strong leadership experience as a successful entrepreneur, and a deep passion for strengthening the U.S.-Japan relationship through educational and cultural exchange,\u201d says Executive Director Paige Cottingham-Streater.\u00a0 Mr. Hill\u2019s expertise on Japan and cross-cultural communication skills will further advance the Commission and CULCON\u2019s efforts to invest in Japanese and American studies, people-to-people exchanges and artistic and cultural initiatives.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hill succeeds Mr. Thierry Port\u00e9 who completed six years of Commission and U.S. CULCON leadership.<\/p>\n

The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is an independent federal agency established by Congress in 1975 to strengthen the US-Japan relationship through educational, cultural, and intellectual exchange.\u00a0 Its mission is to support reciprocal people-to-people understanding, and promote partnerships that advance common interests between Japan and the United States.<\/p>\n

Membership on the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is comprised of nine private sector members, three ex-officio government officials, four congressional members and the chairs of the NEA and NEH.\u00a0 For a complete list of membership and bios of commissioners, please go to:\u00a0http:\/\/www.jusfc.gov\/about\/jusfc-members\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CULCON is a binational advisory panel to the U.S. and Japanese governments and facilitates collaborations and partnerships with other U.S.-Japan organizations. All U.S. CULCON members are also members of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. For a complete list of membership and bios of CULCON Panelists, please go to\u00a0http:\/\/culcon.jusfc.gov\/about-us\/membership\/<\/a>.\u00a0 For an organizational comparison of the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission and CULCON, please go to:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/culcon.jusfc.gov\/about-us\/culcon-jusfc-usjbf-organizational-comparison<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a link to the official post on the CULCON website: \u00a0http:\/\/culcon.jusfc.gov\/news\/harry-hill-becomes-chairman-of-u-s-culcon FEBRUARY 18, 2014 The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and the U.S. CULCON Panel are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chairman, Mr. Harry A. Hill. Mr. Hill, a native of New York City, has served as President and CEO of Oak Lawn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[318,825,304,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jets-in-the-news","category-lifeafterjet","category-notable-jet-alums","category-jet-roi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t