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DIRECTORATE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

HELEN M. NAGATA, Ph.D.

President of the Board

Associate Professor of Art History  (School of Art and Design, 201B) Northern Illinois University

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LAUREN DEUTSCH

Vice President of the Board

Former Executive Director of Jazz Institute of Chicago Currently Freelance Consultant


YUKIKO AOKI 

Board Secretary

Co-Owner, AOYA INC.

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LENORA LEE 

Executive Director, Lenora Lee Dance, LLC

c/o Asian Improv aRts

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JURI SEKIGUCHI 

CNA 

AVP, Organizational Effectiveness & Transformation

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BRADLEY A. YEE  

Board Treasurer

Retired Banking Executive, GenRyu Arts Advisory Council Chair, 

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JOYCE ASHIZAWA-YEE 

Administrator

National Gintenkai Project & GenRyu Arts 

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SANDRA INOUYE

Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy - Midwestern University

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FRANCIS WONG 

Board Consultant

Asian Improv aRts National, Chair

ADVISORY BOARD FOR TRADITIONAL PRACTICES

JOANNE KIYOKO TOHEI - Director of Outreach, Tsukasa Taiko


STEVEN G. DUCKLOW RRT-NPS - Former Neonatal Intensive Care / Respiratory Care Dept.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital


LISA SLOAN - Japanese American Citizens League Chicago Chapter Treasurer

ADJUNCT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TATSU AOKI - Executive Director / Artistic Director

Asian Improv aRts Midwest

STAFF

TATSU AOKI - Executive & Artistic Director

KIOTO AOKI - General Operations Director / AIRMW Program Curator / Tsukasa Taiko Leader
NORIKO SUGIYAMA - Taiko Program Officer & Guest Instructor /  Facilities Manager

FUJIMA YOSHINOJO (RIKA LIN) - Shubukai Programming Director

KISHINO TAKAGISHI - Media & Marketing Designer / AV Consultant / Curator
HARUHI KOBAYASHI - Marketing / AV Consultant
CALEB WILLITZ  - Sound Consultant

Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW) is supported in part by The Illinois Arts Council Agency, the National Endowment of the Arts, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, ​the JCCC Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), The Field Foundation, The Joyce Foundation. 

Asian Improv aRts Midwest is a registered 501(c)3 organization.
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4875 N. Elston Ave, Chicago IL 60630

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