Marc Carroll (Gifu-ken, 2001-03) is a localization engineer for Translations.com. He grew up in Hempstead, Long Island, and currently lives in the East Village.

Alexei Esikoff (Fukushima-ken, 2001-02), a frequent contributor to the Newsletter, is a book editor for an independent publisher, Scarletta Press. She received her MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. Originally from New Jersey, she has lived, studied, and worked in Wisconsin, the Netherlands, London, Japan, Brooklyn, and Minneapolis.

Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) has served as the Newsletter editor since 2002. A lawyer by training, Steven works for The Altman Group as a bankruptcy claims and balloting agent. On early Wednesday mornings and weekends, Steven can often be found playing ultimate Frisbee alternatively in Prospect Park or on a distant beach. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Wynne.

Lyle Sylvander (Yokohama-shi, 2001-02) has a background in theatre and film production but enjoys writing about them much more. He has been a reviewer for the Newsletter since 2004 and lives in New Jersey.

Justin Tedaldi (Kobe-shi CIR, 2001-02), the Newsletter’s associate editor since 2005, covers notable Japan-related goings-on in NYC. Past features include music, literature, theater, sumo, opera, pink film, kabuki, and a JETAA web-exclusive interview with Puffy AmiYumi. Justin lives in Queens, enjoys writing, concerts and travel, and has vowed in 2008 to meet his deadlines.

Yoku Shitteiru has been writing the JETAANY Society Page column since 2002 and knows a great deal.

Editor
Steven Horowitz
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Associate Editor
Justin Tedaldi
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President
Megan Miller
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Shree Kurlekar
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Secretary
Meredith Wutz
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C.J. Hoppel
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Monica Yuki
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Therese Stephen
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Shannan Spisak
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