Jessica Kowal is a consultant in Tokyo, Japan, for the Albright Stonebridge Group, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s Washington, D.C., global-strategy firm. As a freelance writer, Kowal has contributed to The New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Self, Salon.com, Parenting, and GQ. In Tokyo, she is also a contributing editor for Kateigaho International Edition (KIE),
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Jessica Kowal
Jessica Kowal is a consultant in Tokyo, Japan, for the Albright Stonebridge Group, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s Washington, D.C., global-strategy firm. As a freelance writer, Kowal has contributed to The New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Self, Salon.com, Parenting, and GQ. In Tokyo, she is also a contributing editor for Kateigaho International Edition (KIE), an English-language magazine about Japanese arts and culture.
Kowal was a staff writer for Newsday in New York City and on Long Island for 10 years, and she was on the Newsday team that won a 1997 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800. In today’s Executive Women program, Jessica shares with us some of her fascinating experiences when working in media field. She introduces her background, her career path and what took her to win Pulitazer Prize. So what brought her to Tokyo and what aspect does she miss the most about journalism after she changed her career direction? Tune in to find out more in this iTV-Japan program.
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Executive Women
Today, there are more women in executive and managerial positions than ever before, it brings increasing opportunities to impact major business arenas. The Executive Women program offering fresh insights into women’s life today and how they are presenting challenging ideas for creating a better workplace environment for everyone.
Host: Patricia Bader-Johnston - Representative Director & CEO, Silverbirch Associates K.K.
Before founding Silverbirch Associates in 2008, Ms. Bader-Johnston held senior roles in a number of leading companies over a span of 25 years in Japan, including: Director of Communications for IBM Japan, Vice President Operations Finance and Resources, Goldman Sachs Japan, Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, British American Tobacco Japan, and Head (Japan, Australia, Taiwan) of Corporate Affairs for Standard Chartered Bank.
She has also served in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo as a senior program officer in Communications and Culture, and has worked with Japanese local government since arriving in Japan in 1984. She is an active speaker, writer, panel moderator and university, lecturer on topics related to CSR and sustainability, globalization trends, and doing business in Japan. She holds an MBA in International Business from McGill University.
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