Teruko Wada

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Teruko Wada
Born
和田 照子

(1969-10-31) October 31, 1969 (age 54)
EducationGraduate School of Law and Politics of the University of Tokyo
Waseda University
Knox College
Georgetown University, 2004
Occupation(s)former President of the Girl Scouts of Japan
a member of the World Board of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts since 2011
Senior Manager at the Japan Business Federation

Teruko Wada (和田 照子, Wada Teruko) (born October 31, 1969, Nagano, Nagano prefecture),[1] Japan is an attorney and former President of the Girl Scouts of Japan, a member of the World Board of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts since 2011, and Senior Manager at the Japan Business Federation.[2]

Wada led disaster relief fundraising efforts in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and under her guidance, Girl Scouts of Nagano started a project to support children with needs in partnership with Armenian Girl Guides of the National Union of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia.[3]

She studied at the Graduate School of Law and Politics of the University of Tokyo, as well as Waseda University and Knox College. She lives in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. She was admitted, or permitted to practice law, in New York State in 2004 via Georgetown University.[4]

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  1. ^ "ガールスカウト日本連盟前会長 和田照子 氏 ガールスカウト 世界連盟理事に 就任 !" [Former President Teruko Wada becomes member of the World Board of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts] (PDF) (in Japanese). Girl Scouts of Japan. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ "World Board and Committees". WAGGGS. Archived from the original on 2016-11-21.
  3. ^ "Interview with WAGGGS and WOSM Directors - 公益社団法人ガールスカウト日本連盟". www.girlscout.or.jp.
  4. ^ "Teruko Wada · NIPPON KEIDANREN · 1-3-2 Otemachi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8188, Japan". opendatany.com.
Preceded by
President of the Girl Scouts of Japan
-2013
Succeeded by

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