20th International Conference on The Future of Asia

Thursday May 22 andFriday May 23, 2014

speakers

JAMES L. SCHOFF

James L. Schoff

Senior Associate (Asia Program) and Director of Japan Studies,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012 to Present Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), Washington, DC
Senior Associate (Asia Program) and Director of Japan Studies
2010 to 2012 Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Washington, DC
Senior Advisor for East Asia Policy
2003 to 2010 Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA), Cambridge, MA Director of Asia-Pacific Studies
2007 Boston University, Boston, MA
Lecturer in International Relations (Japanese foreign policy), grad/undergrad course.
1999 to 2003 United States - Japan Foundation, New York, NY
Program Officer for U.S.-Japan Policy Studies and Communications Programs
1994 to 1999 Bovis Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Princeton, NJ
US Business Development / Asia Project Manager
Schal Bovis, Inc. - Japan Branch, Tokyo, Japan (1995-1998) Business Manager / Project Manager
Schal Bovis, Inc., Chicago, Illinois (1994-1995)
1993 - 1994 The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
Economic / Foreign Policy Research Assistant
1993 The Center for Foreign Journalists, Reston, VA
1990 - 1992 Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC
Legal Asst. for International Trade Law Firm
1989 - 1990 Pacific Islands Club (Hotel / Resort), Saipan, Micronesia
Public Relations Officer for Japanese Market
1988 - 1989 Japan’s Ministry of Education “JET” Program, Yokohama, Japan Teacher of English in four Japanese public elementary schools

EDUCATION

M.A., International Affairs (Japan Studies & International Law)
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced Int’l Studies (SAIS), 1993
B.A., History, Duke University, 1988
One Year Abroad - Language Study, International Christian University, Japan 1986-87
Graduate, UN Course on Civil-Military Coordination in Complex Contingencies (UN OCHA, in Malaysia, 2007)

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