MSc in Agricultural Economics,
Cornell University

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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team, Tokyo, Japan

• Founding Evaluation Officer, June 2002 – June 2004
  • Responsible for establishing JICA’s own evaluation criteria for effectiveness of Japanese emergency relief efforts as 1 of 3 founding members of this team, as JICA grows more independent from Japan’s foreign ministry
  • Initiated and led 1 st task force ever to make evaluation guidelines/system for Japan’s Disaster Relief Rescue Team (JDR) and Medical Team
  • Updated JDR’s team structure after traveling to Taiwan to evaluate 1999 earthquake disaster relief efforts (JDR now uses rescue dogs and has medical staff member due to my report)
  • Represented JICA at International Search and Rescue Advisory Group Meeting held February 2003, in Singapore
  • Investigated prevention measures for “inside” infection prevention (passed from patient to doctor) in SARS-infected hospitals in China
• Planning Officer, Regional Office 2 (Asia, Oceania, The Caucasus ), April 2000 – June 2002
  • Planned Japanese aid strategies for China and Mongolia
  • Dispatched area experts, organized 7-8 person teams for in-country inspections
  • Reviewed and evaluated existing China aid policy and added “promotion of mutual understanding” to priority issues; resulted in young leader/university student exchanges between the two countries
  • Planned and arranged first visit to Japan of leaders of Zhongyang-Dengxiao, the school for training China’s Communist Party Leaders
  • Collaborated with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Japan Bank for International Cooperation in developing aid policy for Mongolia
  • Wrote Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper on Energy Sector in Mongolia, based on past Japanese experience

• B.A. in International Relations,
  University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan, March 2000
  • Selected for 1-yr student exchange with Peking University, July 1997 – September, 1998, tested at advanced language level (8 out of 11 on the “HSK” scale) by end of exchange
  • Research focused on “The Sino-Vietnamese War and the International System in East Asia”
  • Practiced Aikido under university’s strictest teacher for 4 years, achieving 2nd degree black belt
  • GPA 3.7

• “International Emergency Relief and Japanese Emergency Relief” – Workshop for bureaucrats of local government, June 3, 2003, Kobe, Japan
• “Japanese Contribution to Disaster-Affected Countries so far” – INSARAG Asia-Pacific Regional Group Meeting, February 12 - 14, 2003, Singapore
• “The Japanese Grant Aid System” – Workshop for Mongolian bureaucrats – June 23 - 26, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

In Books

• “Report on the Evaluation of Japanese Emergency Relief in Papua New Guinea”, 2003, JICA
• “Report on the Activities of Japanese Emergency Relief Team for SARS in China”, 2003, JICA
• “Report on the Evaluation of Japanese Emergency Relief in Taiwan”, 2002, JICA
• “Report on the Preliminary Study on Performance and Product Certification for Residential Buildings in China”, 2002, JICA
• “Research Paper on Project Formulation Study on Education Sector in Mongolia”, 2001, JICA 

Articles and Book Chapters

• “JICA’s Emergency Relief 2003”, JICA Annual Report 2003, JICA
• “JICA’s Regional Activities 2002: East Asia”, JICA Annual Report 2002, JICA
• “JICA’s Regional Activities 2001: East Asia”, JICA Annual Report 2001, JICA
• “JICA’s Regional Activities 2000: East Asia”, JICA Annual Report 2000, JICA

• International agricultural trade
• Agricultural production and poverty reduction in China

• English – excellent reading/listening/writing ability and good speaking ability
• Chinese – excellent reading ability and good speaking/listening/writing ability
• Elementary French