Ms. Wendy Abe* (HI) 
COO, Blood Bank of Hawaii

Ms. Chris Aihara* (So CA)
Executive Director, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

Mr. Charles Allcock* (OR)
Director, Economic Development, Portland General Electric

Mr. Wayne Aoki (NY)
Partner, Tax Services, Japanese Business Services, Ernst & Young

Mr. George Aratani‡ (So CA)
Founder, Aratani Foundation

Ms. Julie Azuma (NY)
President, Different Roads to Learning, Inc.

Ms. Kathryn Bannai (NJ)
Senior Employment Equity Specialist, Rutgers University

Mr. Frank Buckley* (So CA) 
Co-Anchor, KTLA-TV

Ms. Phyllis Campbell* (WA)
Chairman, Pacific Northwest Region, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ms. Nobuko Saito Cleary (No CA)
President, Cross Cultural Communications

Ms. Donna Cole* (TX) 
CEO & President, Cole Chemical and Distributing, Inc.

Ms. Margaret Cummisky* (DC)
Deputy Staff Director, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations

Ms. Tracey Doi* (So CA)
Group Vice President & CFO, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.

Mr. Ernie Doizaki (So CA)
Chairman, American Fish & Seafood

Mr. Sho Dozono† (OR)
President & CEO, Azumano Travel

Ms. Susan Eichor* (HI)
President & COO, aio Group

Ms. Carol Enseki (NY)
Project Development & Manager, Brooklyn Consortium

Mr. Jose Fuentes* (FL) 
Principal, Fuentes Consulting Group

Mr. Robert Fujioka (HI)
Vice Chairman and Chief Lending Officer, First Hawaiian Bank

Ms. Jean Fujiu* (IL)
Consultant 

Ms. Dianne Fukami* (No CA)
President, Bridge Media, Inc.

Mr. Mark Fukunaga (HI)
CEO, Servco Pacific Inc.

Mr. Glen S. Fukushima‡ (Japan)
Chairman & Director, Airbus Japan K.K. & Senior Vice President, Airbus SAS

Mr. Erwin Furukawa* (So CA)
SR Vice President, Customer Service Business Unit, Southern California Edison

Ms. Mariko Gordon* (NY)
Founder, CEO & CIO, Daruma Asset Management, Inc.

Mr. Doug Goto (HI)
Executive Vice President, Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company, Ltd.

Judge Kerry Hada* (CO)
Judge, Denver County Court

Mr. Hideki Hamamoto (VA)
President, HHTransPac, Inc.

Mr. Terry Hara* (So CA)
Commander, Los Angeles Police Department

Ms. Ann Harakawa* (NY) 
Principal & CEO, Two Twelve Associates, Inc.

Ms. Lynn Hashimoto (WA)
Attorney, Microsoft Corporation

Ms. April Hattori (NY)
Vice President, EdisonLearning, Inc.

Ms. Carole Hayashino* (No CA)
Vice President, California State University, Sacramento

Ms. Barbara Hibino* (No CA)
President and Founder, OpenWebU 

Mr. Ernest Higa† (Japan)
Chairman & CEO, HIGA Industries  Co., Ltd. & Wendy’s Japan LLC

Mr. James Higa (No CA)
Senior Director, Office of the CEO, Apple, Inc.

Mr. Michael Hirai†* (HI)
President & Chief Investment Officer,Bishop Street Capital Mgmt/First Hawaiian Bank

Mr. J.D. Hokoyama (So CA)
President & CEO, LEAP

Ms. Donna Hollingshead* (MD)
Executive Director, Office of the Deputy Superintendent of School,Montgomery County Public Schools

Mr. Stan Honda (NY)
Staff Photographer, Agence France-Presse

Mr. Yosuke Honjo (NY)
President & CEO, ITO EN (North America) Inc.

Mr. Melvin Horikami* (HI)
Vice President, Commercial Services,Oceanic Time Warner Cable

Mr. Neil Horikoshi* (DC)
President and Executive Director, Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

Dr. Kathryn Ibata-Arens* (IL)
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, DePaul University

Mr. Robert Ichikawa†* (HI)
Managing Partner, Kobayashi Sugita & Goda

Mr. Thomas Iino† (So CA)
Chairman of the Board, Pacific Commerce Bank

Mr. George Ikeda (NY)
Corporate Counsel, ITOCHU International, Inc.

Dr. Janet Ikeda (VA)
Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures, Washington and Lee University 

Mr. Thomas Ikeda* (WA)
Executive Director, Densho – Japanese American Legacy Project

Mr. Bill Imada (So CA)
CEO, IW Group, Inc.

Senator Daniel K. Inouye‡ (DC)
Senate President Pro Tempore & United States Senator (HI)

Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye †* (DC)
President, U.S.-Japan Council

Mr. William Ireton (Japan)
President and Representative Director, Warner Entertainment Japan Inc.

Mr. Wayne Ishihara (HI)
President, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Stuart Ishimaru* (DC)
Acting Chairman & Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Mr. Eugene Itogawa* (No CA)
Retired, CA State Office of Historic Preservation 

Mr. Randy Iwasaki (No CA)
Executive Director, Contra CostaTransportation Authority

Mr. David Iwata* (So CA) 
Partner, LD Two Group, Inc.

Ms. Carol Izumi* (DC)
Professor of Clinical Law, Consumer Mediation Clinic, George Washington Law School

Mr. Alexander Jampel (Japan)
Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Mr. Stephen Kagawa† (So CA)
President & CEO, Pacific Bridge Companies

Mr. Frederick H. Katayama† (NY)
Anchor, Reuters Insider, Thomson Reuters

Mr. Russell Kawahara (Japan)
Partner, Atsumi & Sakai

Mr. Kenzo Kawanabe (CO)
Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP 

Ms. Lillian Kawasaki* (So CA) 
President, 3E Group, LLC

Mr. Darren Kimura (HI)
President, Founder & CEO, Sopogy, Inc.

Ms. Tomoko Kizawa (IL)
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Ms. Elaine Ko* (WA)
Director, Office of Social Responsibility, Port of Seattle

Ms. Carol Komatsuka* (So CA)
Major Gift Officer, So California Public Radio

Mr. Dayne Kono† * (IL)
President & Managing Director, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

Ms. Sachi Koto* (GA)
Founder, Sachi Koto Communications, Inc.

Mr. Stan Koyanagi* (So CA)
Vice President, Senior Regional Counsel, KB Home

Ms. Lina Kumamaru (Japan)
Director, Foundation of Global Life Learning Center 

Dr. Michiko Kurahashi (NY)
Chief Communications Officer, UBS AG

Mr. Duane Kurisu* (HI)
Chairman, aio Group

Mr. Akemi Kurokawa (HI)
Director, The Breakers Hotel

Ms. Yumi Kuwana (CT)
Managing Principal, Cook Pine Capital, LLC

Mr. Kaz Maniwa* (No CA)
Attorney-at-law

Mr. Calvin Manshio* (IL) 
Attorney at Law, Manshio Law Firm, P.C.

Mr. Eric Martinson* (HI) 
Managing Director, Tradewind Capital Group, Inc.

Ms. Lori Matsukawa* (WA) 
News Anchor, KING TV

Mr. Colbert Matsumoto† (HI)
Chairman & CEO, Island Insurance Company, Ltd.

Ms. Rima Matsumoto (DC)
Vice President Research & Strategic Alliances, LEAP

Mr. Tom Migaki* (CO) 
Grants Manager, City and County of Denver

Mr. James Minamoto (Japan)
Attorney, International Law, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Mr. Norman Mineta‡ (DC)
Vice Chairman, Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Ms. Stacey Miyamoto (NY)
President, Creative Media Marketing, Inc.

Ms. Moni Miyashita†* (NY)
Vice President, M&A Strategy, Investments & Relationships, IBM Corp., U.S.

Mr. Edson Mori (DC)
Investment Officer, Inter-American Development Bank

Dr. Brennon Morioka, Ph.D.* (HI)
Director, Hawaii State Department of Transportation

Ms. Susan Morita†*  (DC)
Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP

Mr. Gary Moriwaki†*   (NY)
Partner, Trusts and Estates, Fox Rothschild, LLP

Ms. Susan Muranishi* (No CA)
County Administrator, Alameda County, California County Government

Mr. Wayne Muraoka* (HI)
Attorney, General Counsel, Armstrong Development, Ltd.

Mr. Satoru Murase (NY)
Partner, Bingham McCutchen Murase, LLP

Mr. Albert Muratsuchi* (So CA)
Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice

Mr. Verne Naito (OR)
Vice President, Naito Corporation

Mr. Bob Nakamoto (VA)
Founder, Chairman Emeritus, Base Technologies, Inc.

Ms. Karen Nakandakare (CO)
Diversity, Inclusion & Community Investment, CH2M HILL

Ms. Debra Nakatomi* (So CA) 
President, Nakatomi & Associates, Inc.

Ms. Emi Nakatsugawa (NY)
Media Consultant, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Ms. Paula Nakayama* (HI)
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Hawai’i

Mr. Stann Nakazono* (NY)
Filmmaker, Traax Production

Mr. Ted Namba* (AZ) 
Owner, Dr. Ted T. Namba & Associates, P.C.

Ms. Patricia Neilson* (MA) 
Director, Center for Collaborative Leadership, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Dr. Yutaka Niihara (Southern CA)
President & CEO, Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc.

Ms. Jill Nishi* (WA)
Deputy Director, U.S. Libraries Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mr. David Nishida (Japan) 
Representative Director, President & CFO, Hudson Japan K.K.

Mr. Scott Nishimoto* (HI)
State Representative, Hawaii State Legislature

Mr. Alan Nishio* (So CA)
President of the Board of Directors, Little Tokyo Service Center

Mr. Paul Niwa†* (MA)
Professor, Department of Journalism, Emerson College

Mr. John Noguchi* (No CA) 
Director of Convention Facilities, City and County of San Francisco

Dr. Eric Noji (DC)
Chairman & CEO, Noji Global Health and Security

Mr. Don Nomura (So Ca)
President, KDN Management) 

Ms. Hiroyo Nonoyama (So CA)
Manager, Japan Business Team, Reed Smith, LLP

Ms. Janet Nuzum* (DC)
Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ms. Joan Ochi* (DC)
Senior Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications, Conservation International

Mr. Gary Oda* (HI)
President, Allied Builders System

Mr. Larry Oda* (So CA) 
National President, Japanese American Citizens League

Professor Dennis Ogawa (HI)
Professor, University of Hawaii System

Ms. Fujie Ohata (DC)
CEO, Ohata Group, LLC

Mr. Ronald Ohata (DC)
Vice President, Ohata Group LLC

Mr. Allen M. Okamoto† (No CA)
Owner-Broker, T. Okamoto & Co.

Mr. John Okamoto (WA)
Executive Director, Washington Education Association

Ms. Merle Okawara (Tokyo)
Chairman, JC-Comsa Corp.

Dr. Daniel Okimoto‡ (No CA)
Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

Mr. Derek Okubo (CO)
Executive Director, Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnership, City and County of Denver

Mr. Raymond Ono (HI)
Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, First Hawaiian Bank 

Mr. John Onoda‡ (No CA)
Senior Consultant, Fleishman-Hillard International Communications 

Ms. Susan Onuma† (NY)
Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP

Mr. Paul Osaki* (No CA)
Executive Director, Japanese Community Cultural Center of No California

Mr. Henry Ota† (So CA)
Attorney at Law

Mr. Kenneth Oye* (MA)
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mr. Charles Ozaki (CO)
City and County Manager, City and County of Broomfield Colorado

Mr. Robert Ozaki (HI)
President and CEO, Queen Lili’uokalani Trust

Dr. Curtiss Rooks* (So CA)
Associate Dean, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University 

Mr. Kelly Saito* (OR) 
Managing Principal, Gerding Edlen Development, LLC

Ms. Michele Saito (HI)
President, Farmers Insurance Hawaii

Judge Peter Sakai* (TX)
District Court Judge, 225th District, District Court, State of Texas

Dr. Judy Sakaki* (No CA)
Vice President, Student Affairs, University of California

Ms. Sandy Sakamoto* (So CA)
Counsel Lim, Ruger & Kim 

Ms. Miyoko Sawamura* (No CA)
Chief, Office of Regulations and Hearings, California Department of Public Health

Mr. Bill Seki* (So CA) 
Partner, Seki, Nirimura & Watase, LLP

Ms. Wendy Shiba* (So CA)
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, KB Home

Mr. Edward Shikada* (No CA) 
Deputy City Manager, City of San Jose

Ms. Charlene “Chuck” Shimada (No CA)
Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP

Mr. Floyd Shimomura* (No CA)
Administrative Law Judge, Personnel Board, California State Government

Dr. Larry Shinagawa (DC)
Director, Asian American Studies Program and Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland

Ms. Genevieve Shiroma* (No CA)
Board Member, Agricultural Relations Board, State of California

Mr. Tamio Spiegel (NY)
President, Chelsea Christmas, Inc.

Ms. Michelle Sugahiro* (OR) 
Law Student, Willamette University College of Law

Mr. Dennis Sugino (So CA)
President, Cliffwater, LLC

Ms. Linda Taira (So CA)
Senior Manager, Internal & CEO Communications, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, The Boeing Company 

Mr. Eric Takahata (HI)
President, a.Link 

Ms. Jeanette Takamura (NY)
Dean, School of Social Work, Columbia University

Mr. Henry Takata (Japan)
Chief Opperating Officer, Smart Technology Partners 

Mr. Bryan Takeda* (So CA)
President, Affinity Associates

Mr. George Takei‡ (So CA)
Actor, Hosato Enterprises, Inc. 

Mr. Yoichiro Taku (No CA)
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Mr. George Tanaka (So CA)
Senior Vice President, Union Bank

Mr. Thomas Tanaka (Guam)
Vice President, Guam Employment & Management Services Solutions, Inc.

Mr. Harold Taniguchi (WA)
Director, King County Department of Transportation

Mr. Michael Tanimura* (IL)
Creative Director, Silver Image Creative, Inc. 

Mr. Dennis Teranishi‡ (HI)
President & CEO, Hawaiian Host, Inc.

Mr. Steven Teraoka (No CA)
Attorney at Law, Teraoka & Partners LLP

Dr. Keith Terasaki (So CA)
Doctor, Radiology Department, Kaiser Permanente 

Dr. Paul Terasaki‡ (So CA)
Chairman, Nibei Foundation

Mr. Greg Tokuyama (LA)
Business Manager, LSU Health Sciences Center

Ms. Donna Tsufura* (NY)
Global Citizen Activist

Mr. Wallace Tsuha (MI)
Chairman & CEO, Saturn Electronics Engineering, Inc.

Professor William Tsutsui* (TX)
Dean and Professor of History, Dedman College, Southern Methodist University

Dr. Craig Uchida* (MD) 
President, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.

Mr. Grant Ujifusa (NY)
Former Senior Editor, Reader’s Digest

Mr. Mark Usui (CA)
Partner, EOS Accountants, LLP

Ms. Vivien Usui (CA) 
Partner, KPMG, LLP

Mr. Allen Uyeda (HI)
President and CEO, First Insurance Company of Hawaii

Mr. Mark Uyeda* (DC)
Assistant Director, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Ms. Mari Watanabe* (OR)
Executive Director, Oregon Nikkei Endowment

Dr. Paul Watanabe (MA)
Director, Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts (Boston)

Ms. Jewelle Yamada (NY)
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Sumitomo Corporation of America

Ms. Susan Yamada* (HI) 
President, Yamada Scott Family Foundation

Mr. Roy Yamaguchi‡ (HI)
Chef and Restaurateur, Roy’s

Mr. Mark Yamakawa* (HI) 
Executive Vice President & COO, Queen’s Health Systems

Mr. Andrew Yamamoto* (So CA)
Retired Former Partner, Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliot, LLP

Mr. Britt Yamamoto (WA)
Executive Director, iLEAP

Mr. Ross Yamasaki (HI)
Principal, KYA Design 

Ms. Sharon Yanagi (DC)
Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary – Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Ms. Jan Yanehiro†* (No CA)
President, Jan Yanehiro, Inc.

Ms. Jane Yonamine (Japan)
President, Wally Yonamine Co., Inc.

Mr. Paul Yonamine† (Japan)
General Manager, IBM Japan, Ltd.

Mr. Grant Yoshihara* (OR)
Vice President, Utility Operations & Chief Engineer, NW Natural

Mr. Stan Yoshihara (So CA) 
Chief Visionary Officer, R7 Real Estate, Inc.

LEGEND

* = JALD Alumni
† = Board of Directors
‡ = Board of Councilors