The Japan HR Society (JHRS) - Community Officers

Jun is an HR professional with a deep HR body of knowledge and experience (18+ years of HR professional experience, 9+ years of which are in Japan). Jun has a solid experience as a trainer, HR consultant, and executive search consultant. He also has experience in other HR fields like performance management, compensation & benefits design, organizational design and development, change management, as well as other HR generalist functions like employee relations, coaching, and career counseling.

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Deputy Chief Community Officer

Dean Fujii, Senior Consultant, Japan Performance Management Consulting

Dean Fujii is an HR professional and American-born 3rd generation Nikkei. His 21+ year career and experience in Japan spans government, education, aviation engineering and manufacturing, banking/finance, pharmaceuticals, IT, PR and professional service industries. Along with business consulting and HR transformation, he actively advocates Web 2.0 technologies, innovation and branding to enhance organizations and people. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in architecture and design.

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藤居ディーンは、人事プロフェッショナルでアメリカ生まれの日系第3世です。日本のキャリアは21年以上であり、政府、教育、航空製造、銀行・金融、医薬、IT 、 PRまたはプロフェッショナルサービス、多数の業界に経験しています。ビジネスコンサルティングと人事変革に加えて、さらにWeb 2.0の技術、イノベーション（革新）、ブランディングと組織や人材育成を強化することを積極的に支持している。藤居氏は、ワシントン大学にて卒業、建築とデザイン専攻でした。

The JHRS Secretariat

HR Central K.K.: Recruit. Develop. Learn.

A premier source for bilingual HR talents, careers, and allied HR services as well as Japan-focused HR information and resources.

It also provides other value-adding information and services to HR professionals through their HR publications, knowledgebase, network, and resources which are all geared to help advance the practice of the HR profession in Japan.

Visit their website at www.hrcentral.co.jp.

HR Education and Certification System Advocate Leader and Dean & Academic Director, The JHRS Academy

Dana M. Gallagher, MPH, PA, Executive Coach, Management Trainer and OD Consultant

Dana has over 10 years experience as an executive coach, management trainer, and Organizational Development consultant. Her special interests are leadership development, change management, and team building across cultures and generations. She has worked in a variety of industries and settings, including non-profit advocacy organizations, start-up companies, and multinational headquarters. With a dual base in Tokyo and California USA, she has trained and worked extensively in the US, Europe, and Asia.

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Women in HR Advocate Leader

Kumiko Shimotsubo, HR Consultant/Intercultural Trainer/Bilingual Writer

As an HR leader, Kumiko has built intercultural bridges in multinational environments and led change management and reorganization projects.

Today, as a professional writer, she is mostly writing about Japanese and international business topics by leveraging her experience in business, especially as an HR professional.

Her new challenge is to share her mastery of intercultural communication in multinational environments. Together with NUMENIA LLC, she has recently developed a new training program for Japanese people to learn “global mindset” through entertaining improvisation while she is providing customized learning materials to companies. She is also helping international mobility management of Japanese companies as a third party expert.


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Green HR Advocate Leader

Chad Stewart, Associate HR Director, Astellas Pharma, Inc. and Principal, Interkannections

Chad has led change management, leadership pipeline, and organizational evolution projects with global corporations, SMEs, local governments, NPOs and the UNCRD since 1995. Chad also serves as a Global Executive Coach, co-created the Change Leader and Green Change Leader training programs for Interkannections, and has lectured at the Kyoto University MBA School.

He is currently the project leader for the Green Marketplace Forum through the ACCJ, and is editing books on Green Jobs, Designing a Green New Deal, and the (Leadership) Maturity Assessment Profile.

Chad holds an M.A. in Intercultural Relations from the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland, Oregon. He is certified in Leadership Development Framework and Profile, Global Executive Coaching, Negotiating Intercultural Conflict, Advanced Intercultural Training, Spiral Dynamics integral (SDi) Level 1 and Level 2 (Natural Designs, Personal Emergence, Applications), Cultural Training Tools (Level 1) and Harvard’s Negotiations for Strategic Success.


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Community Officers

Chief Community Officer

Jun Kabigting, Managing Director, HR Central K.K.