Paul K. Yonamine
Chair, USJC
Executive Chairman, Central Pacific Bank; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Central Pacific Financial Corp.
USJC Board of Directors
The U.S.-Japan Council’s organizing Board of Directors consists of Japanese American 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
Suzanne Basalla
President and CEO at U.S.-Japan Council
Tomoko Kizawa
Vice-Chair, USJC
Partner at Deloitte LLP
Susan Morita
Vice-Chair, USJC
Partner at Arnold & Porter
Dennis Sugino
Vice-Chair & Investment Committee Chair, USJC
Founder at Kansa Advisory LLC
Tasha A. Yorozu
Secretary & Engagement Committee Chair, USJC
Managing Attorney at Yorozu Law Group, P.C.
David Nishida
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair, USJC
Senior Managing Director, Chief Administrative and Operations Officer at Orix Corporation USA
Phyllis Campbell
Immediate Past Chair, USJC
Chair at Pacific Northwest Region, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kazuhiro Gomi
Development Committee Chair, USJC
President and CEO at NTT Research, Inc.
Todd Guild
Senior Advisor to Vice Chairman at Suntory Holdings Limited
Board Members
David Kenji Chang
Co-Founder at AN Capital Partners
Susan Eichor
President & COO at aio Group
James Higa
Managing Partner at Offline Ventures
Leona Hiraoka
Principal at Zwig
Yuko Kaifu
Nominating and Governance Committee Chair, USJC
President at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles
Joshua Morey
President at The J. Morey Company, Inc.
Norman Nakasone
Senior Vice President & Manager, Small Business Market at Central Pacific Bank
Andrew Ogawa
Managing Partner and Founder at Quest Venture Partners
Mark Okada
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Sycamore Tree Capital Partners L.P.
Yoko Otani
Audit Committee Chair, USJC
Partner at Straterix Inc.
Curtiss Takada Rooks
Associate Dean, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts at Loyola Marymount University
Scott Sato
CEO at Tricor Japan
Yoshiteru (Terry) Suzuki
President and Chief Executive Officer at ORIX Corporation USA
Ann Teranishi
President & Chief Executive Officer at American Savings Bank
Rona Tison
Communications Committee Chair, USJC
Executive Vice President – Corporate Relations at ITO EN (North America) Inc.
William Tsutsui
Program Development Committee Chair, USJC
University President and CEO at Ottawa University