Carla Romanelli
Executive Director

BA, International Relations, U. Wisconsin-Madison;  MBA, U. of Notre Dame

     Carla is a P&G Alumna, with overseas experience in both Japan and Brazil. She comes to JASGC with a love for Japan and the Japanese, business as well as practical experience, and a vision for bringing our two cultures together.

Carolyn Barricklow
Assistant to the Executive Director

BTh, Ozark Christian College; MEd, U. of Cincinnati

     Carolyn's first encounter with Japan at age 9 gave her a love for Japan and the dream of living and working there.  After 10 years as a missionary in Hiroshima Japan, Carolyn worked as a Japanese interpreter/translator in the automotive industry. 

Asami Ono
Japan Outreach Coordinator

BA, Linguistics, Nanzan University (Nagoya, Japan)

    Asami is from Cincinnati's Sister City of Gifu, Japan, where she worked as a high school English teacher.  Asami's mission in the U.S. is to share Japanese life and culture by giving presentations to schools, libraries, and organizations in the area.

(Sponsored by the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership and the Laurasian Institution, Asami is available to give Japanese cultural presentations)