Asia Initiatives

The real power behind Asia Initiatives are the members who give of their
time, energy, enthusiasm and resources. The planning and execution of all our
work is the responsibility of our Board of Directors, who are greatly aided by
volunteers and student interns.

Board of Directors-AI Tokyo:

Aftab Seth, Honorary Chair, Former Ambassador of India to Japan
Susan Considine, President
Geeta Mehta
Tomoko Takeba, Treasurer
Shashank Bansal
Jagmohan Chandrani
Nandini Gupta
Dimple Maheshwary
Sanjeev Sinha
Kaoru Sueda
Afifah Yamasaki

Board of Directors- AI New York:

Aftab Seth, Honorary Chair, Former Ambassador of India to Japan
Geeta Mehta, President
Anne Papantonio, Treasurer
Krishen Mehta, Secretary, co-founder
Rani Bhuva
Kylie Schuyler
Vanessa Singh, Student Representative

Advisors:
Professor M.S. Swaminathan
Vicki Corbett, Chair of Friends of Swaminathan in Australia.
Mayuri Odedra Straub, Former board member

Temple University Japan Campus Interns:
Temple University Japan Campus offers credited internships for students to work
for Asia Initiatives. Asia Initiatives is committed to mentoring these interns,
introducing them to development issues, and making working for us a rewarding
experience. We are grateful to the following interns for their help:

2009 Spring: Kimberly P Ellis 2008 Fall: Danni Shtraus 2008 Spring: Vanessa Singh, Harish Pathak 2007 Fall: Rachelle Bernadelle, Amandine Weinrob 2007 Summer: Lee Trinh 2007 Spring: Sarah Landry, Marcella McClatchey 2006 Fall: George Hatta 2006 Summer: Alla Kozmina, Seira Arai 2005 Fall: Benjamin Stevenson, Jonathan David 2005 Summer: Emiko Kino, Midori Yano, Natalia Murata 2005 Spring: Jennifer Inoue, Dana Springall 2004 Fall: Vanessa Appolonio, Ayako Tada

High School Interns:
These students have helped us in special ways over the years:
Tiffany Wang
Diana Wang
Shivang Gupta
Udita Ghosh
Robert Bowen
Brianne Bowen
Kiran Prasad