Dr. David W. Vikner spent his early years in China and Japan and has worked in Asia a total of fourteen years serving in various capacities. He taught English at the Lutheran Middle School in Hong Kong and subsequently became its Headmaster. For four years he was on the faculty of National Taiwan University and later taught English for one year at Central China Normal University in Wuhan. From 1984-86 he served as China Consultant for the Lutheran World Federation in Hong Kong. Completing his undergraduate studies at Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey, Dr. Vikner went on to earn a masters degree at Yale Divinity School, Yale University, and a certificate in the teaching of English as a second language at the University of Michigan. He received his Doctor of Education degree in Comparative Education, with an emphasis on China, from Teachers College and Columbia University.

Dr. Vikner became the President of the Japan ICU Foundation on April 1, 2002. From July, 1989 to October, 2000, he was President of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, an autonomous agency related to nine Protestant denominations in North America. The United Board works with over eighty outstanding colleges and universities in Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Before assuming the presidency of the United Board in 1989, he served for two years as Vice President with particular responsibility for its relationships in the People's Republic of China.

Dr. Vikner's family has had a long relationship with China. Both his paternal and maternal grandparents served in China as Lutheran missionaries and his parents, both of whom were born in China, worked in that country as well as in Japan. Dr. Vikner is married to Lin M. Vikner, M.D., an obstetrician-gynecologist who was educated and trained in China. They have two children.

Hiroko Nagata Bell is a graduate of both the ICU High School ('97) and ICU ('01). She joined the Foundation in March of 2009 in the role of Director of Alumni Relations and Recruitment. Previous to joining the Foundation, she worked as
an international production coordinator in the Japanese advertising
industry.

Hiroko spent a significant amount of time in the United States, Chicago and Los Angeles as a child of ex-patriot parents. She majored in International Relations at ICU, focusing on intercultural communication.

Virginia Coleman joined Foundation in April 2005. She received her undergraduate degree from Bryant University in 1990 with a concentration in finance. In 1992, she obtained her MBA form Hofstra University in accounting. She is a licensed CPA with experience in public accounting, financial services and not for profits. She currently lives with her husband of eight years and her two girls.

Paul Hastings began working at the Foundation in September of 2006 as an Advancement Associate, and took on the role of Director of Advancement in September 2007. He received his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College. Paul spent 11 of his childhood years in Kanazawa, Kobe and Tokyo, Japan and is a graduate of the American School in Japan.

Ms. Yukiko Hino joined the Foundation as Director of Advancement in January 2008 with her expertise in fundraising and programming in the US and Japan. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked at the Japan-America Society of Washington DC. Ms. Hino received a Master's degree in Linguistics from Syracuse University and a Bachelor's degree in Education from Ehime University.

EvaLyn Montgomery joined the staff of the Japan ICU Foundation after fourteen years with the United Church Board for World Ministries in New York City. She worked in Financial Services, managing benefits and expense accounts for overseas missionaries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean. She studied business administration at Sutton Business School, New York, and has held administrative positions at Con Edison, NBC and CBS in New York City. Prior to coming to the U.S., she was an administrative assistant at Alumina Partners of Jamaica, an overseas office and refinery of a U.S. bauxite company. She was born, raised and educated in Jamaica, West Indies.

John Pearson graduated from Upsala College with a BA in Music in 1967 and did graduate work in Asian Studies at Seton Hall University. He taught primary school for two years in Sarawak, Malaysia with the Peace Corps. He began his development career at Upsala as Associate for Development and Church Relations and in 1976 moved on to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey where he held various positions in annual giving and more recently in major gifts. He has provided pro bono consulting services to more than two dozen small not-for-profit organizations over the last two decades and currently resides in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Sakura Suzuki joined the Foundation in May 2010. Prior to her current position, Sakura worked at Benesse Corporation and Keio University in Japan, where she interacted closely with nonprofit organizations and educational institutions in the United States. Sakura received her BA from ICU, majoring in music, and her MPA from Pace University majoring in nonprofit management.