September 27, 2018 This week, two participants in the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program were featured in an internal publication within the Federal Aviation Administration. MFP Class 22 member Chip Taylor spoke to MFP 23 member and fellow FAA employee Gabriel Mahns about the Fellowship as Mr. Taylor was concluding his placements in ...READ MORE »
September 13, 2018
Dawn Kawasaki (MFP Class 12) and her family visited Japan this month, ten years after her experience with the Mansfield Fellowship Program. Ms. Kawasaki, who works in the Department of Commerce, was in Tokyo for a training session for civil servants hosted by the National Personnel Authority, the Mansfield Foundation’s partner in placing Fellows in Japanese government agencies. ...READ MORE »
August 30, 2018
U.S.-Japan Space Forum News. Michael Fletcher, MFP Class 21 and U.S.-Japan Space Forum participant, recently hosted a delegation from Japan’s office of National Space Policy for a visit to NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Mr. Fletcher met with representatives including Minister of State for Space Policy Masaji Matsuyama, Shuzo Takada, Director General of ...READ MORE »
August 23, 2018 Major Monica Herrera (U.S. Air Force) of the 20th class of Mansfield Fellows recently served as an instructor and small group facilitator for the first-ever Department of Defense Operational Gender Advisor (GENAD) Course (OGC). The course trains personnel on how to apply a gender perspective on military operations/exercises. The OGC also supports the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Act ...READ MORE »
August 9, 2018 Mansfield Fellow Bill Golike, from the twelfth class, served as the Acting Principal Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Osaka during a prolonged gap between permanent officers. While there, he managed the Commerce Department’s Commercial Service office of five locally hired staff and one junior officer. The Commercial Service Osaka is tasked with increasing U.S. exports ...READ MORE »
May 17, 2018
As they near the end of their Fellowship year, the Mansfield Fellows in Japan have begun preparing for the transition from their Tokyo placements back into federal service. On May 8, the ten Fellows participated in a pre-departure orientation session with the Mansfield Foundation’s Tokyo office staff. On May 9, they met with Deputy Assistant USTR for Japan ...READ MORE »
May 10, 2018
This past month alumni Mansfield Fellow Howard Stone (U.S. Department of Justice) visited the Republic of Korea with the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) as part of a program for emerging policy leaders in the U.S. to develop an understanding of inter-Korean issues, unification, and U.S.-ROK policy issues and to form close and continuing ties with each ...READ MORE »
April 12, 2018 Alumni Mansfield Fellow John Wright (United States Air Force) provided an overview of Japan’s new Midterm Defense Plan in commentary published in the April 3 PacNet newsletter. Major Wright observed that “While the new plan looks similar to its predecessors, proposed capabilities target emerging domains considered essential to high-end warfare. This makes the plan the most consequential MTDP in a long time, ...READ MORE »
February 15, 2018 Last month the National Park Service (NPS) announced that alumni Mansfield Fellow Stanley Austin was selected to serve as regional director of the National Park Service’s Pacific West Region. In his new position Mr. Austin will be responsible for overseeing operations for more than sixty national parks, 241 national historic landmarks, 100 national natural landmarks and other sites. ...READ MORE »
January 18, 2018 Two alumni Mansfield Fellows have new positions at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and are working together in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office. Both Riley Downing and Adrienne Vanek are now Foreign Affairs Specialists in the UAS International Division. Although their roles have not yet been fully defined, Mr. Downing currently is serving as the point ...READ MORE »
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