About the Organizers

The Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative is grounded in mutually transformative relationships between partner organizations and leaders who provide diverse gifts and resources to support the initiative. Current partners include:

  • Duke Divinity School
  • Mennonite Central Committee
  • Representatives from institutions in Northeast Asia

Collaboration Council, Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative


Hae Young Choi
Former Provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Korea and Chinese Province

Jongho Km
(Chairman)
Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative

Sangwoo Kim
Associate Dean for Vocational Formation; Senior Director of the Methodist House
Duke Divinity School

Chris Rice 
(Senior Advisor)
Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative

Ming-Wei Tsai
Adjunct professor of New Testament , Tainan Theological Seminary

SeongHan Kim
Representative, Mennonite Central Committee Northeast Asia

German Cheung
Missionary, Western District Evangelical Church

Inyeop Lee

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Political Science
Tennessee Tech University

Hiro Katano
Managing staff, Japan Mennonite Fukuzumi Center, Sapporo
Steering committee chair, Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute

Aoki Yukiko
Society of the Sacred Heart, Japan

Nina Balmaceda
Irene and William McCutchen Associate Professor of the Practice of Reconciliation; Director of the Center for Reconciliation

Arthur Mann
Area Director for Southeast and Northeast Asia, Mennonite Central Committee