Meet Our Board

Suzanne Flynn

Director
​Professor of Linguistics and Language Acquisition at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Janes

Vice President
​Vice President, North America, International House of Japan (IHJ) and Executive Director of the American Friends of the International House of Japan (AFIHJ)

Chrisann Newransky

Clerk
Associate Professor
Adelphi University
​School of Social Work

Yash Owada

Director
Retired. Professor of Anthropology and Organizational Behavior at University of Redlands 

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Natsume Steadly

Director
LEX Yearlong Counselor

Kenshi Suzuki

President and Treasurer
President of ​the LEX Institute in Tokyo

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Meet Our Staff

Apollos Gause

Marketing Coordinator

Elizabeth White

Executive Director

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In Memoriam

Yo Sakakibara

LEX Founder
1930-2016

Betty McCoy

Director
1945-2025