The U.S. - Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program
1st-14th U.S. Delegations to Japan (1973-1994)
Participants List
1973: First Delegation | |
| Donald Barnett | Mayor, Rapid City, SD |
| Peter Berle | New York State Assemblyman |
| Joseph Canada | Virginia State Senator |
| Michael Dively | Michigan State Senator |
| Wyche Fowler | Alderman, City of Atlanta, GA |
| Richard Gimer | Delegate to the United Nations |
| Joseph Grandmaison | Deputy Director, Democratic Charter Commission |
| Calvin Hultman | Iowa State Senator |
| Clifford Kelley | Alderman, City of Chicago, IL |
| Fred Koory | Majority Whip, Arizona State Senate |
| Spencer Oliver | Executive Director, ACYPL |
| Melville Owen | Attorney |
| Joseph Raymond | Maryland State Senator |
| Richard Stearns | Special Assistant to Sen. George McGovern |
| Robert Understein | President, ACYPL |
| Richard Walsh | Mayor, Kansas City |
1974: Second Delegation | |
| Michael Antonovich | California State Assemblyman |
| Gregory Austin | Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce |
| Marion Barry | President, City Council, Washington, DC |
| William Baxley | Attorney General, AL |
| Sharon Camp | Chair, Maryland Democratic Party |
| Elizabeth Hanford Dole | Member, Federal Trade Commission |
| Joe Ford | Arkansas State Senator |
| David Forward | Chairman, Maryland Republican Party |
| George Gorton | Treasurer, California Republican Party |
| Richard Guthman | Alderman, City of Atlanta, GA |
| Charles Manatt | Chairman, Western Conference Democratic Party |
| Spencer Oliver | Executive Director, ACYPL |
| Allen Olson | Attorney General, ND |
| Robert Plante | Chairman, Washington, DC Republican Party |
| Robert Schmidt | Vice President, ACYPL (President, Wireless Cable Association) |
| Melvin Steinberg | Maryland State Senator |
| Charles Tyson | Chairman, South Dakota Republican Party |
1980: Third Delegation | |
| Thomas Beasley | Chairman, Tennessee Republican Party |
| Joseph Brennan | Member, Town Council of West Orange, NJ |
| Larry Brown | Special Advisor to Rep. Jack Kemp |
| Joseph Farmer | Executive Director, ACYPL |
| Luis Granados | Democratic Pollster |
| Augusta Hornblower | President, Republican Women's Club of Massachusetts |
| Gwen Moore | Member, California State Assembly |
| Carl Officer | Mayor, East St. Louis, IL |
| Rosemarie Sansone | Member, Boston City Council, MA |
| Richard Seifman | Executive Director, UNA/USA |
| Linda Silver | Staff Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| Christopher Stewart | Director, Greater Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce |
| Patricia Trendacosta | Assistant Vice President and Government Relations Analyst, Franzel & Share |
| Kim Wells | Administrative Assistant to Sen. Bob Dole |
1981: Fourth Delegation | |
| Catherine Ashley | Executive Director, Ohio State House of Representatives |
| Don Cogman | Vice President for Government Affairs, MAPCO |
| Bob Davis | Texas State Representative |
| Jackson Faris | President, Jack Faris and Associates |
| Lanny Hall | Texas State Representative |
| Travis Horel | Legislative Assistant to Sen. John Warner |
| Walt Klein | Administrative Assistant to Sen. William Armstrong |
| John Martin | Speaker, Maine State House of Representatives |
| Patrick Nolan | California State Representative |
| Jo Ann North | Member, Metropolitan Council of Nashville, Davidson County, TN |
| Martin Reilly | Massachusetts State Senator |
| Gary Tumulty | Sangamon County Clerk, IL |
1982: Fifth Delegation | |
| William Artist | Colorado State Representative |
| Chuck Hardwick | New Jersey State Representative |
| Adonis Hoffman | Legislative Assistant for Foreign Affairs to Rep. Mervyn Dymally |
| Judy Love | Professional Staff Member, North Carolina Washington Office |
| Charles Luken | President Pro Tem, Cincinnati City Council, OH |
| Patsy Madrid | District Court Judge, State of New Mexico |
| Marian Malashevich | Economist, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress |
| John Maxwell | Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Agency Administration |
| Denise O'Leary | Program Officer, ACYPL |
| John Plewa | Wisconsin State Representative |
| Betty Tamposi | New Hampshire State Representative |
| Robert Thibeault | Government Relations Manager, Chicago Regional Authority |
1986: Sixth Delegation | |
| Thomas Boney | Staff, Senate Agriculture Committee |
| Stephen Cohen | Tennessee State Senator |
| Donald Esty | President, Westbrook City Council, ME |
| Stephen Goldsmith | Marion County Prosecutor, IN |
| Chris Harris | Texas State Representative |
| Al Luna | Texas State Representative |
| Jon Mills House | Majority Leader, Florida State Legislature |
| Tim McDowell | North Carolina State Senator |
| Curt Moffat | Legal Counsel, ACYPL |
| Janet Mullins | Administrative Assistant to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell |
| Jay Pierson | Minority Assistant Manager, U.S. House of Representatives |
| Steven Saunders | Trustee, ACYPL |
| Kathy Wilbur | Board of Regents, University of Michigan |
1987: Seventh Delegation | |
| Kathleen Bertelsen | Legislative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Sam Gejdenson |
| Jan Fisher | Ector County Judge, TX |
| Michael King | Assistant Minority Leader, New Hampshire House of Representatives |
| Matthew Kisber | Tennessee State Representative |
| Joseph Malone | Executive Director, Massachusetts Civic Interests Council |
| Ceci Cole McInturff | Special Assistant to President Reagan for Political and Intergovernmental Affairs |
| Thomas Sansonetti | Chair, Wyoming Republican Party |
| Robert Schmidt | Vice President, ACYPL |
| David Walker | Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor |
| Lewis Warshauer | Legislative Director to Congressman Robert Torricelli |
| David Williams | Kentucky State Senator |
1988: Eighth Delegation | |
| William Alexander | North Carolina State Representative |
| Michael Coursey | Director, Office of Investigations, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce |
| Robert Eckels | Texas State Representative |
| Evelyn Frazier | Communications Director to Rep. Norman Sisiskey |
| Allen Gordon | Arkansas State Senator |
| William Graves | Secretary of State, State of Kansas |
| Niels Holch | Administrative Assistant/Legislative Director to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell |
| Edward Jagels | District Attorney, Kern County, CA |
| Michael Lapolla | Chairman, Board of Chosen Freeholders, NJ |
| Rebecca Tidman | Staff Assistant to Rep. Dante Fascell |
1989: Ninth Delegation | |
| Patricia Blake | Councilwoman, City of Mesa, AZ |
| Thomas Jackson | Member, Virginia House of Delegates |
| William Lacy | President, The Lacy Company |
| Stephen McDaniel | Tennessee State Representative |
| Robert Moore | President, Moore Information Services |
| Barbara Rohde | Director, Washington Office, MN |
| Deborah Steelman | Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget OMB |
| Stratton Taylor | Oklahoma State Representative |
| Mark Wasserman | Executive Chief for Administration, Office of the Governor of Maryland |
1990: Tenth Delegation | |
| Tom Adams | Legislative Assistant to U.S. Rep. Dante Fascell |
| Katalin Baranski | Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Paul Colbert | Texas State Representative |
| Charles Dusseau | Metro Dade County Commissioner, FL |
| Edward Houck | Virginia State Senator |
| Jeff Huenink | Pennsylvania State Representative |
| Nancy Jackobson | PAC Director, Democratic National Committee |
| Daven Oswalt | Executive Director to U.S. Sen. William Armstrong |
| Susan Ridge | Account Supervisor, Fleishman-Hillard |
| Michael Wagner | South Dakota State Representative |
1991: Eleventh Delegation | |
| Terry Campo | Member, Board of Trustees of the ACYPL |
| Daniel Cooney | Director, Washington DC Office, State of Oklahoma |
| Paul DeGregorio | Director of Elections, County of St. Louis, MO |
| Meghan Flaherty | Deputy Director, Office of Political Affairs, The White House |
| Jim Gonzalez | Supervisor, City and County of San Francisco |
| Marc Guthrie | Assistant Majority Whip, Ohio State House of Representatives |
| Wayne King | Minority Whip, New Hampshire State Senate |
| Sara Hope Smith | Director, Federal Relations, Pacific Telesis Group |
| Greg Walden | Majority Leader, Oregon State House of Representatives |
| Thomas Watkins | Ohio State Representative |
| Sharon Yanagi | Research Analyst, Democratic National Committee |
1992: Twelfth Delegation | |
| Andrea L. Carroll | Communications Director to U.S. Rep. Bill Alexander |
| Carol Chumney | Tennessee State Representative |
| Mike Coffman | Colorado State Representative |
| Holly Cork | South Carolina State Senator |
| Angelo Genova | Counsel, New Jersey Democratic Party |
| Roderick Hastie | Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
| Donna Mullins | Legislative Director to U.S. Rep. Dean Gallo |
| Trevor Potter | Commissioner, Federal Election Commission |
| Steven Roberts | Candidate for Mayor, City of St. Louis |
| Steven Ronnel | Legislative Assistant to U.S. Sen. David Pryor |
| Judy Smith | Arkansas State Representative |
1993: Thirteenth Delegation | |
| John Carona | Texas State Representative |
| Jay Footlik | Director of Ethnic Affairs, Democratic National Committee |
| Mary McCarty | Chair, Palm Beach County Commission, FL |
| Pamela Neary | Minnesota State Representative |
| Arnetta Osborne | Democratic National Committeewoman |
| Christopher Rants | Iowa State Representative |
| Douglas Sosnik | Administrative Assistant to Sen. Chris Dodd |
| Gregory Thompson | North Carolina State Representative |
| Mary Anne Thompson | Member, U.S. Small Business Advisory Council |
| Jeff Wentworth | Texas State Senator |
| Donald E. Williams | Connecticut State Senator |
1994: Fourteenth Delegation | |
| Ralph Campbell | State Auditor, North Carolina |
| Roann Destino | State Representative, New York |
| Skin Edge IV | State Senator, Georgia |
| Haley Fisackerly | Office of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran |
| Darrell Hanson | State Representative, Iowa |
| Mimi Mager | District of Columbia Director of Congressional Relations, Washington, D.C. |
| John Morgan | State Representative, Maryland |
| Ronald Ottinger | Board of Education, San Diego, California |
| Eric Reeves | City Councilman, Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Linda Semans | Trippi, McMahon and Squier, Inc. |
| Kathleen Shanahan | Deputy Director for Economic Development, California |