On April 1st, two new trustees joined the JICUF Board.

Danny Ha is US Counsel at Aberdeen Standard Investments, a global asset management company. Prior to Aberdeen, he was General Counsel of Arden Asset Management LLC, an investment firm specializing in hedge fund investments. Danny’s connection to ICU is through his junior year abroad during 1993-1994 academic year, where he resided at the 2^nd Men’s Dormitory.  Subsequently, Danny attended ICU’s summer language program in 1999.  A lifelong student of history,  Danny’s interest in the field includes comparative culture between Korea and Japan. Danny received his bachelor’s degree from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, master’s degree in Japanese History from the University of Chicago and JD from Fordham University School of Law.

(Danny was recently featured in our “Alumni Stories” series.)

Susan Schmidt lived from 1972 to 1996 in Tokyo, where she worked as a staff editor of English-language books at the University of Tokyo Press. Currently she is Executive Director of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese, a 1,500-member professional organization of Japanese language educators in the United States. One of her major projects at AATJ is encouraging American college students to study abroad in Japan, and administering a scholarship program for that purpose. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Both Danny and Susan will be participating in the trustees meeting at ICU in late April.

Welcome, Danny and Susan!