Tom Mason, Bridging Foundation Executive Director, selected as a member of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program
We are proud to share that Tom Mason, Bridging Foundation Executive Director, was selected as a member of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program run by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and Japan Foundation. Fifteen specialists on the U.S.-Japan relationship were chosen to bring diverse expertise and perspectives to the bilateral policy-making process. Tom's area of focus is international education and study abroad.
Ambassador Mike Mansfield firmly believed that the U.S.-Japan relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world, “bar none.” This conviction is honored through the Network, which identifies and supports professionals who demonstrate potential for becoming policy intellectuals in the mid- and long-term. The program assists in building the professional networks of the participants and enhances their opportunities and abilities to engage with policy-relevant research.
Cohort Six’s planned program agenda includes a two-day workshop in Washington, DC in September 2022, followed by a retreat held in the Mansfields’ home state of Montana. The following year, the cohort will conduct week-long study trips to Washington and Japan before the program culminates in a public symposium in June 2024.
The U.S.-Japan Network for the Future program receives guidance from an advisory committee, including several current or former Board members: Dr. Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics Emerita, Harvard University (current Board Member); Dr. Leonard Schoppa, Professor, University of Virginia (former Board member); and Dr. Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (former Board member). Other advisors include Dr. Machi Dilworth, former Vice President for Gender Equality and Human Resource Development, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and Dr. Michael Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
https://mansfieldfdn.org/program/strengthening-government-and-expert-networks/u-s-japan-network-for-the-future/