CEPEX President Nicole Uehara participated on the JETAADC Career Panel held on October 2, 2015. The JET Program alumni organization in DC annually hosts a special career event with alumni guest speakers on a graduate school panel and career panel for recently returned JET Program participants. Panelists included JET alumni working at the State Department; in international education; at a Japanese trade and investment company; and for an education and healthcare consulting firm. Each shared their tips on how to build professional networks and prepare to leverage the experiences gained from living and working Japan on the JET Program to their future careers.

Ms. Uehara was an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) on the JET Program in Ehime-ken from 1999-2002. Since returning to the Washington, DC, area she has continued working for Japan-related organizations as a research analyst for MIPRO of Japan, and as a global business researcher and Manager of Global Business Research for Sojitz Corporation of America. In addition to her work at Sojitz, Ms. Uehara has held the positions of director and president of CEPEX, and is a senior research fellow for Sunrock Institute.