Faculty

Jody is dedicated to helping people to characterize and express their leadership as a personal practice, and has done so in endeavors spanning policy, business, and academic spheres in Asia, Europe, and North America. She designs and leads courses and programs in leadership development at Hitotsubashi ICS, and serves as faculty director for customized leadership development programs for Japanese and international companies. She has launched and hosted innovative leadership development initiatives such as the innovative Leading for Sustainability Forum and the Roundtable on Next-Generation Leadership in Japan. From 2023-2025, she taught leadership development to MPA candidates at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo.

Jody has extensive coaching experience, working one-on-one with executives, next-gens, and team managers in many leading companies across a diversity of industries. She incorporates coaching also as a requirement for students in her degree program courses. Over the years, she has coached hundreds of people of all ages, nationalities, and career stages, supporting the efforts of each person to mobilize their own leadership identity and drivers to build influence and lead for positive change.

Jody served as an Outside Director for Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd., from 2019 to 2023, appointed as the company's first female and first non-Japanese director. Currently, Jody is Senior Advisor for G3 (Good Governance Group) Japan, a global strategic intelligence advisory.

Jody is a graduate of Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs (MPP '03), New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (MA '93), and American University's School of International Service (BA '89).