JASA Board & Officers
2010 Executive Committee Officers

President 
Mr. Mike Oatridge

Vice President
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC
Lincoln, Alabama 

Immediate Past-President
Mr. Mac Greaves

Burr & Forman LLP 
Birmingham, Alabama

1st Vice President 
Mr. G. Lamar Smith

Director - Community Development
Alabama Communities of Excellence
Birmingham, Alabama

2nd Vice President 
Mr. Lawrence Merrihew
 
President
Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association 
Mobile, Alabama

3rd Vice President 
Mr. Calvin Miller

Executive Director, Talledega County Economic Development Authority

Treasurer 
Mr. Ted VonCannon
 
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

Chairman of Programs Committee 
Mr. Ted Gilchrist

Director, Employee Relations
HealthSouth Corporation 
Birmingham, Alabama

Chairman of Memership Committee 
Mr. Danny Collins

Search Consultant 
Search South, Ltd
Anniston, Alabama

 
 
2010 Board of Directors

Mr. Cliff Adams
Executive Vice President, Manufacturing
Daikin America, Inc.
Decatur, Alabama

Ms. Carol Argo
Director
UAB International Scholar and Student Services
Birmingham, Alabama

Ms. Halycon Ballard
HR Director, VP of Human Resources
Virginia College Birmingham and Online Divisions
Birmingham, AL

Mr. Greg Barker
Vice President, Economic & Community Development
Alabama Power Company
Birmingham, Alabama

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

Mr. Billy Joe Camp
President & CEO
World Business Advisors, LLC
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Marilyn Emplaincourt
Japan Program Director Emerita
The University of Alabama
Northport, 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. Mickey Harbin
Director, Alabama External Affairs
AT&T
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. David Hutchison
Senior Project Manager
Alabama Development Office
Alabama Center For Commerce 
Montgomery, Alabama

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

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

Ms. Lisa Keyes
Executive Director
Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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

Mr. Kozo Matsuda
President
ARCUS Services
Huntsville, Alabama

Mr. Warren McCullars
Manager, Economic Development
Alagasco - An Energen Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Patrick Murphy
Senior vice President, Economic Development

Birmingham Business Alliance
Birmingham, Alabama


Mr. Kengo Saito
President
Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America
Dothan, Alabama

Dr. Yoshimi Saito
Professor of Mathematics
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) 
Birmingham, Alabama

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

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

Dr. John Van Sant
Professor of History
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Ms. Carolyn Turner
International Trade Specialist
Alabama International Trade Center
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Dr. Bob Wendorf
President
Japanese Garden Society
Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Philip Williams
President
The University of Montevallo
Montevallo, Alabama

Mr. Fumiki Yazawa
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama




2010 Honorary JASA Board Members:

 
The Honorable Bob Riley
Governor of the State of Alabama

The Honorable Takuji Hanatani 
Consul General of Japan

The Honorable Elmer Harris
Honorary Consul General of Japan

The Honorable Marrion B. Rambeau
Honorary Consul General of Japan Emeritus
Board of Directors

The Japan-America Society of Alabama

500 Beacon Parkway West | Birmingham, AL 35209
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