Officers & Senior Management Officers & Senior Management Officers Karin Markides President and CEO of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Shigeharu Kato Secretary-General / Vice-CEO Hiroyuki Ikeda Auditor Satoshi Kaneshima Auditor George Clark Auditor Senior Management Karin Markides President and CEO of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Shigeharu Kato Secretary-General / Vice-CEO Amy Shen Provost Gil Granot-Mayer Executive Vice President for Technology Development and Innovation Satoshi Mitarai Dean of Research Thomas Busch Dean of Graduate School Isaku Higa Vice President for Financial Management Heather Young Vice President for Communication & Public Relations Melanie Chatfield Vice President for Strategy Implementation Shinji Narita Vice President for Human Resource Yusuke Tamura General Counsel Kathy Takayama Interim Dean of Faculty Affairs