President and CEO

US Meat Export Federation

1050 17th Street, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80265

TEL: (303) 623-6328
FAX: (303) 623-0297

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  agricultural trade; agriculture; consumer behavior; distribution; food marketing and distribution; government-business relations; international business development; international business relations; international trade; Japanese corporations in the US; market conditions; marketing, distribution; modernization; sogo shosha (general trading firms)
• HISTORY
  history of US-Japan relations; Meiji Restoration
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  foreign policy and international relations
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  contemporary society; racial and psychological aspects of US-Japan relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Asian Director, Senior Vice President, International Programs, US Meat Export Federation, 1982-90.

IN JAPAN: 1975-78, 1982-88 - employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

The Japanese Beef Market (1984); The Japanese Pork Market (1985).