Phyllis Campbell
Chair, USJC
Chair at Pacific Northwest Region, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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.
Board Officers
Paul K. Yonamine
Chair Elect, USJC
Executive Chairman at Central Pacific Bank
Suzanne Basalla
President and CEO at U.S.-Japan Council
Susan Eichor
Vice-Chair, USJC
President & COO at aio Group
Tomoko Kizawa
Vice-Chair, USJC
Partner at Deloitte LLP
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
Board Members
David Kenji Chang
Portfolio Manager at Tyvor Capital, LLC
Donna Fujimoto Cole
CEO & President at Cole Chemical and Distributing, Inc.
Kazuhiro Gomi
Development Committee Chair, USJC
President and CEO at NTT Research, Inc.
Todd Guild
Senior Advisor to Vice Chairman at Suntory Holdings Limited
James Higa
Mentor-in-Residence at Index Ventures
Leona Hiraoka
Senior Advisor at Snider Strategies, LLC
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, Product & e-Channel Management at Central Pacific Bank
Mark Okada
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Sycamore Tree Capital Partners L.P.
Yoko Otani
Audit Committee Chair, USJC
Partner at Straterix Inc.
Scott Sato
CEO at Tricor Japan
Terry Suzuki
President and Chief Executive Officer at ORIX Corporation USA
Rona Tison
Communications Committee Chair, USJC
Senior Vice President – Corporate Relations at ITO EN (North America) Inc.
William Tsutsui
Program Development Committee Chair, USJC
Professor of History at Hendrix College