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

Phyllis Campbell

Chair, USJC Board
Chair at Pacific Northwest Region, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Irene Hirano Inouye

President at U.S.-Japan Council

Susan Eichor

Vice-Chair, USJC Board
President & COO at aio Group

Tomoko Kizawa

Vice-Chair & Audit Committee Chair, USJC Board
Partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP

Dennis Sugino

Vice-Chair & Investment Committee Chair, USJC Board
Founder at Kansa Advisory LLC

Tasha A. Yorozu

Secretary & Engagement Committee Chair, USJC Board
Managing Attorney at Yorozu Law Group, P.C.

David Nishida

Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair, USJC Board

Dennis Teranishi

Immediate Past Chair, USJC Board
President / CEO at Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR)

Board Members

David M. Boone

Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer at Michael Baker International

David Kenji Chang

Portfolio Manager at Tyvor Capital, LLC

Donna Fujimoto Cole

CEO & President at Cole Chemical and Distributing, Inc.

Atsuko Toko Fish

Trustee at Fish Family Foundation

Kazuhiro Gomi

Development Committee Co-Chair, USJC Board
President and CEO at NTT Research, Inc.

Todd Guild

Senior Advisor to Vice Chairman at Suntory Holdings Limited

James Higa

Executive Director at Philanthropic Ventures Foundation & Mentor in Residence at Index Ventures

Leona Hiraoka

Communications Committee Chair, USJC Board
Senior Advisor at Snider Strategies, LLC

Yuko Kaifu

Nominating and Governance Committee Chair, USJC Board
President at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles

Joshua Morey

Chief Executive Officer at The J. Morey Company, Inc.

Norman Nakasone

Senior Vice President & Manager, Product & e-Channel Management at Central Pacific Bank

Jill Nishi

Program Development Committee Chair, USJC Board
Director, Strategy Planning & Management and Chief of Staff at U.S. Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mark Okada

Co-founder at Highland Capital Management

Yoko Otani

Partner at Straterix Inc.

Scott Sato

Development Committee Co-Chair, USJC Board
CEO at Tricor Japan

Rona Tison

Senior Vice President – Corporate Relations at ITO EN (North America) Inc.

William Tsutsui

President & Professor of History at Hendrix College