Kathy Matsui
Co-Chair, USJC
General Partner
MPower Partners
Japan
USJC Board of Directors
The U.S.-Japan Council’s organizing Board of Directors consists of leaders from across the United States and in Japan who provide their expertise and guidance in establishing and guiding the Council’s mission and activities.
Executive Committee
Susan Morita
Co-Chair, USJC
Retired Partner
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
DC
Ann Teranishi
Board Secretary, USJC
President & Chief Executive Officer
American Savings Bank
HI
Eiichiro Kuwana
Board Treasurer, USJC
President and Founding Principal
Cook Pine Capital LLC
CT
Todd Guild
Senior Advisor to Vice Chairman
Suntory Holdings Limited
Japan
Joshua Morey
Nominating and Governance Committee Chair, USJC
President
The J. Morey Company, Inc.
CA
Audrey Yamamoto
President & CEO
U.S.-Japan Council
CA
Board Members
Kira Teshima Conlon
Government Relations Committee Co-Chair, USJC
Partner and Co-Founder
Somos Law Group LLP
CA
Margaret Cummisky
Managing Director, Federal Government Relations
Hawaiian Airlines
DC
Dianne Fukami
President, Bridge Media, Inc.
TV/Film Producer, Director, Writer
CA
Sachi Hamai
Board Chair, USJC
Retired, Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles County
CA
Mark Okada
Board Vice Chair & Investment Committee Chair, USJC
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners L.P.
TX
Yoh Kawanami
Director of Customer Energy Resources Operations
Hawaiian Electric
HI
George Kobayashi
Finance Committee Chair, USJC
President, Chicago
Masuda Funai
IL
Masatoshi Komoriya
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation
Katrina Lake
Founder & Former CEO
Stitch Fix
San Francisco, CA
Andrew Ogawa
Managing Partner and Founder
Quest Venture Partners
CA
Yoko Otani
Partner
Straterix Inc.
NY
Curtiss Takada Rooks
Program Committee Chair, USJC
Assistant Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies and former Associate Dean, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Loyola Marymount University
Japan
Yoshiteru (Terry) Suzuki
Development Committee Chair, USJC
President and Chief Executive Officer
ORIX Corporation USA
NY
Rona Tison
Engagement Committee Chair, USJC
Tea Ambassador / Executive Advisor
ITO EN (North America) Inc.
NY
Minoru Tsumura
Audit Committee Chair, USJC
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
CA
Masami Tyson
Government Relations Committee Co-Chair, USJC
Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
TN