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Mansfield Foundation Staff
About Maureen &
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Paige Cottingham-StreaterDeputy Executive Director
Before joining the Mansfield Foundation, Ms. Cottingham-Streater was Director for the U.S.-Japan Project at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C. In this capacity she supervised visiting scholars, conducted research on U.S.-Japan issues, managed the project's budget and published the project's newsletter. Previously, she served as Counsel and Legislative Assistant in the office of Congressman Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) where she monitored legislative initiatives involving education, civil rights, law enforcement, labor, and financial and social policy. She was also a fellow on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET), a staff attorney at the U.S. Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and a law clerk at U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service.
Ms. Cottingham-Streater is the recipient of the Foreign Minister's Commendation in recognition of her longstanding work to strengthen U.S.-Japan relations. The award, made on March 31, 2004, commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between Japan and the United States.
Ms. Cottingham-Streater received her Juris Doctor from the National Law Center at George Washington University and is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College in Government and Asian Studies. Ms. Cottingham-Streater has written articles for publications of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and she has spoken on U.S.-Japan relations at a number of conferences in the United States and Japan. 
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Mansfield Fellowships
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Paige
Cottingham-Streater is Deputy Executive Director of the Mansfield
Foundation. She joined the Foundation in 1995 as Director of the
Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program, a Congressionally mandated $2.2
million professional exchange for mid-level U.S. government employees.
As the Foundation's Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Cottingham-Streater
continues to direct the Fellowships and works with the Executive
Director on the Foundation's administration and strategic direction.