Michael K. Young

Dean Michael K. Young "is the Commission’s Vice-Chair. He joined the George Washington University Law School as Dean in 1998, after serving as the Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law and Legal Institutions at the School of Law of Columbia University. He also served as Director of the Center for Japanese Legal Studies, the Center for Korean Legal Studies, and the Project on Religion, Rights, and Religious Freedom. During the Bush Administration, he served as Ambassador for Trade and Environmental Affairs, Deputy Under Secretary for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, and Deputy Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State."

• Former Vice Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom