Stanford Speakers

SPEAKERS

Steve Alpert ’79

Former Senior Executive, Studio Ghibli

Steve Alpert was a senior executive at Studio Ghibli for fifteen years, helping to promote the studio’s films to an international audience....

Oliver Chubb ’89

Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

Oliver went from Yale directly to the IUC when it was in temporary quarters in Sakuragicho - 1988–1989. He lived in Tokyo from 1989 to 1002 working ...

Rosaley Gai ’22

Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University

Rosaley Gai is a PhD candidate in Japanese at Stanford University. She received her MA in Asian Studies from the University ...

Sarah Lubman ’85

Journalist / Crisis Communications Advisor

Sarah Lubman is a veteran strategic communications executive and journalist. She led global communications for SoftBank ...

Alan Poul ’75

Producer and Director

Alan Poul is a distinguished producer and director of film and television who across his career has received an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, Producers...

Kiyoteru Tsutsui

Professor of Sociology, Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor ...

Kiyoteru Tsutsui is Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies, Deputy Director of the Shorenstein Asia ...

Mary C. Brinton ’78

Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

Mary C. Brinton is the Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. She is the former Director of the ...

Gerald L. Curtis ’65

Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia ...

Gerald Curtis attended the Inter-University Center in 1964–65. He received his PhD degree from Columbia University in 1968...

Fumiaki Ikeno

Scientist, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University

A graduate of Jichi Medical University, Fumiaki Ikeno began his research at the Department of Cardiology, Stanford University ...

Michael McFaul

Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Michael McFaul is the Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini ...

Ariel Stilerman ’09

Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures ...

Ariel Stilerman is Assistant Professor of premodern Japanese literature at Stanford University. He earned his PhD in Japanese ...

Albert Chu

Chief Digital Officer, SOMPO Holdings

Albert Chu is Group Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President at SOMPO Holdings. He is responsible for guiding the company's ...

Glen S. Fukushima

Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Glen S. Fukushima is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Vice Chair of the Securities Investor Protection ...

Indra Levy

Executive Director of IUC; Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures ...

Indra Levy has served as Executive Director for the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language ...

Yo Osumi

Consul General of Japan in San Francisco

Yo OSUMI was appointed Consul General of Japan in San Francisco in August 2023. He graduated from the University of Tokyo ...

Kurt W. Tong ’86

Managing Partner, The Asia Group

Ambassador Kurt Tong is Managing Partner at The Asia Group, where he leads the firm’s work in Japan and the broader East Asia region. Before joining The Asia Group ...