JETAA Officers
Below are the JETAA Portland Officers for the 2010-2011 year. Also, we’ve added some hard questions for them to answer as well.
Brooke Muetzel, President - [president @ jetaaportland.com]
Kumamoto City, 2004-2007
Blood Type: O+
Konbini snack you miss most: gobo salad, tuna-mayo onigiri, Royal Milk Tea.
Best thing about being back: Being able to see my family more often than once a year.
Hardest thing about being back: Lack of the following (in no particular order): convenient nation-wide public transportation, nude public bathing and bonding, a secure government job, celebrity status.
What you’re doing now: Volunteer extraordinaire until I find a fulfilling job in a lackluster economy.
What you hope to contribute to JETAA this year:Get more people involved and excited about JETAA. Provide fun, useful, and well attended events. Increase JETAA’s presence in the Portland community.
Brianna Harris, Vice President - [vp @ jetaaportland.com]
Yamagata Prefecture, 2008-2011
Veronica Adversalo, Treasurer – [treasurer @ jetaaportland.com]
Hyogo-ken, 2007-2009
Blood Type: A+
Konbini snack you miss most: Melon-pan
Best thing about being back: No more humid summers!
Hardest thing about being back: I miss the food, especially the sushi
What you’re doing now: Studying for the JLPT, job hunting, enjoying married life
What you hope to contribute to JETAA this year: Get more people involved
Matthew Turner, Secretary – [secretary @ jetaaportland.com]
Kyoto-fu, 1996-1998
Blood Type: A-something
Konbini snack you miss most: Don Tacos, Karage-kun
Best thing about being back: Not sweating through a business suit in front of a room of 400 screaming kids.
Hardest thing about being back: For some reason no one tells me I look like Brad Pitt anymore. Sad.
What you’re doing now: Lots and lots and lots of JET stuff.
What you hope to contribute to JETAA this year: To diligently record everything that happens at JETAA meetings, and then release it to Wikileaks.
The Portland Chapter of JETAA (The JET Program Alumni Association) was created to serve the bonds of friendship developed by the program participants. JETAA’s purpose is to achieve, through its activities, a broader and deeper understanding between Japan and the other countries participating in the program.
