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 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
Susan Morita
Co-Chair, USJC
Retired Partner
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
DC
Ann Teranishi
Secretary, USJC
President & Chief Executive Officer
American Savings Bank
HI
Eiichiro Kuwana
Treasurer, USJC
President and Founding Principal
CookPine Capital LLC
CT
Joshua Morey
Nominating and Governance Committee Chair, USJC
President
The J. Morey Company, Inc.
CA
Kazuhiro Gomi
Development Committee Chair, USJC
President and CEO
NTT Research, Inc.
CA
Todd Guild
Senior Advisor to Vice Chairman
Suntory Holdings Limited
Japan
Suzanne Basalla
President and CEO
U.S.-Japan Council
CA
Board Members
David Kenji Chang
Finance Committee Chair, USJC
Founder
AN Capital Partners
Japan
Sachi Hamai
Retired, Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles County
CA
Yoh Kawanami
Director of Customer Energy Resources Operations
Hawaiian Electric
HI
Brad Miyake
City Manager
City of Bellevue
WA
Andrew Ogawa
Managing Partner and Founder
Quest Venture Partners
CA
Mark Okada
Investment Committee Chair, USJC
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners L.P.
TX
Yoko Otani
Audit Committee Chair, USJC
Partner
Straterix Inc.
NY
Curtiss Takada Rooks
Program Development 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
President and Chief Executive Officer
ORIX Corporation USA
NY
Rona Tison
Executive Vice President – Corporate Relations
ITO EN (North America) Inc.
NY
Minoru Tsumura
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
CA
William Tsutsui
Chancellor
Ottawa University
KS
Masami Tyson
Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
TN