updated: 05-Mar-2020

Asian Access is privileged to have the guidance and direction of three capable boards of directors:

• U.S. Board
• Japan Board
• Canada Board [dissolved in 2014]

Beyond these boards, each country has its own leadership, usually in the form of working teams, boards and council of advisors.

U.S. Board of Directors

2020 March virtual meeting 

 Asian Access U.S. Board of Directors (March 2018)
L to R: Kaz Uemura, Bill Duncan, Doug Birdsall, Gail Wallace, Steve Woodworth, Joe Handley, Mike Eicher, Kärin Primuth, Phil Foxwell, David Kim, and David Bennett

All board members, unless otherwise noted, are independent voting members.

Dr./Rev. David Bennett [Ministry Committee, chair]
Global Associate Director for Collaboration & Content, Lausanne Movement (LCWE);
Board of Directors, First Fruit, Inc.; Advisor to the India Collaboration
Washougal, WA 

Dr./Rev. S. Douglas Birdsall [Non-Voting Member of Board; Advancement Committee]
Ambassador-At-Large, Asian Access;
Honorary Chairman, Lausanne Movement (LCWE)
Boston, MA 

Mr. William F. Duncan [Vice Chair; Finance Committee, chair]
Retired CEO, ISU-The Olson Duncan Agency
Redondo Beach, CA 

Mr. Michael C. Eicher [Advancement Committee]
Senior Vice President for Advancement, The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Mr. Philip R. Foxwell [Chairman of the Board; Ministry Committee]
CEO, Foxmark Strategic Partners
Tokyo, Japan

Rev. Joseph W. Handley, Jr. [Ex-Officio Member]
President, Asian Access
Tokyo, Japan

Mr. David D. Kim [Finance Committee]
Chief Mobilizer/Chairman/Co-Founder, Telos Ventures
Menlo Park, CA

Ms. Janice Munemitsu [Advancement Committee]
Spiritual Director, Biola University/Talbot Seminary
Corona del Mar, CA 

Mrs. Kärin Butler Primuth [Ministry Committee]
CEO, visionSynergy
South Pasadena, CA

Mr. Francis Tsui [Ministry Committee]
President of DMC Investments Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Chairman of Asia Church Missionary Society 2012-present
Hong Kong

Mr. Kazuaki Uemura [Secretary, Finance Committee]
Attorney & President, Law Offices of Kazuaki Uemura
Torrance, CA

Mr. Steven Woodworth [Advancement Committee, chair]
President, Masterworks
Seattle, WA

Emeritus Members

Mr. Thomas Bradford, Jr.
President, Atlantic Sales & Service
Birmingham

Mr. Ronald D. McMahon[Honorary Board Chairman]
President, McMahon Development Group
San Diego, CA

Rev. Toshio Maehara [Senior Advisor]
Senior Pastor, Gospel Venture International Church 
Palos Verdes, CA

Japan Board of Directors (FY2015)

Rev. Makio Kodaira 小平 牧生 [Chairman]
Senior Pastor, New Community
Kobe, Japan

Rev. Jiro Chida 千田 次郎 [Director]
Senior Pastor, Keisen Christ Church
Yonezawa, Japan

Rev. Hiroshi Ikeda 池田 博 [Director of Finance]
Senior Pastor, Hongo-dai Christ Church
Yokohama, Japan

Rev. Ryoichi Masuda 益田 良一 [Director] 
Senior Pastor, Grace Community
Sapporo, Japan

Rev. Masahiro Matsumoto 松本 雅弘 [Director, Finance Committee]
Senior Pastor, Cumberland Presbyterian Koza Church
Yokohama, Japan

Dr. Yukikazu Otomo 大友 幸一 [Director]
Senior Pastor, Shiogama Bible Baptist Church
Sendai, Japan

Rev. Kazumi Sako 酒匂 一己 [Director, Finance Committee]
Senior Pastor, Jesus Way Community 
Wakayama, Japan

Rev. Shinji Takita 滝田 新二 [Director]
Senior Pastor, Katayanagi Evangelical Free Church
Saitama, Japan

Mary Jo Wilson ウィルソン・メリージョー [Director]
Vice President for Japan, Asian Access
Los Angeles, California, USA

Dr. Paul Kiichi Ariga  有賀 喜一 [Ambassaor-At-Large]
President, The All Japan Revival Mission
Osaka, Japan

Canada Board of Directors (1985-2013)

We want to thank these dear friends. The Canada Board of Directors was dissolved in 2014 as a result of the new strategic partnership for Japan with SIM. But these were the outstanding individuals who served so faithfully for over 25 years.

photo of Canada Board of Directors, taken November 2011

Mr. Gordon Cleasby
President, Western Imperial Magnetics

Mr. Eckhard Draheim
Retired

Mr. Alan Lackie
Retired

Mrs. Patricia Lackie
Administrative Assistant, UBC

Mr. Donald Hawkes
Transit Operator, TransLink