Executive Director, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission

Ms. Cottingham-Streater directs the work of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. The Commission is an independent federal government agency that supports research, education, public affairs and exchange with Japan. Its mission is to support reciprocal people-to-people understanding, and promote partnerships that advance common interests between Japan and the United States.

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About Me

Deputy Executive Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Director for the U.S.-Japan Project at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Counsel and Legislative Assistant in the office of Congressman Donald M. Payne (D-NJ)
Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET)
Staff attorney at the U.S. Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Law clerk at U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service
Juris Doctor from the National Law Center at George Washington University
Member of the New Jersey Bar Association
Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College in Government and Asian Studies