Teruko Wada

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]

References

  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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