Welcome to our New Members (March 2026)

D.C. & Vicinity

  • Marniece Doss (Baltimore, MD) Financing & Collateral Operations Associate, Morgan Stanley
  • Benjamin Hiromura (Washington, D.C.) Associate Director of Programs, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
  • Mikka Kei Macdonald (Washington, D.C.) Artists & Creative Director, Community Change
  • Lilia Chesky (Baltimore, MD) Aspiring Higher Education and Cross-Cultural Engagement Professional, Waseda University Alumna

Japan

  • Venera Anderson (Uruma, Japan) Founder & CEO, Zanpa Edge
  • Kenneth Haig (Tokyo, Japan) Senior Director of Government Affairs, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA), Microsoft Japan
  • Kathleen Hurd (Tokyo, Japan) Consultant & Coach, Neurofit Global
  • Emily Ichinose (Tokyo, Japan) Operation & Logistics Manager, Uber Japan
  • Mei Kanada (Tokyo, Japan) Student, Waseda University
  • Yuki Kondo-Shah (Sapporo, Japan) Principal Officer, U.S. Consulate General Sapporo, Department of State
  • Chiamin Lai (Tokyo, Japan) General Partner, FIRSTLIGHT Capital
  • Kevin Smythe (Tokyo, Japan) Managing Director, VISTRA Japan K.K.
  • Koshin Sekimizu (Japan) CEO, Provigate

Midwest

  • Ryo Kondo (Arlington Heights, IL) Senior Manager, Aberdeen Advisors
  • Christopher Mortia (Ferndale, MI) Rehabilitation Physician, Corewell Health

Hawaii

  • Tory Nakata (Honolulu, HI) Policy Assistant, State of Hawaii

NorCal

  • David Halligan (Concord, CA) Investment Banking Associate, Bank of America
  • Yoriko Kishimoto (Palo Alto, CA) Former Mayor / Director, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
  • Kazuma Makihara (San Francisco, CA) Investment Director, Farallon Capital Management
  • Kelly Nosé (San Francisco, CA) Account Executive, OpenAI

NY & Vicinity

  • Leona Iizuka (New York City) Audit and Assurance Associate, Deloitte

Pacific Northwest

  • Tiffany Koyama Lane (Portland, OR) Councilor, City of Portland

Southeast

  • Toma Nantani (Gainesville, FL) Chairman, National Japanese Student League

SoCal & Southwest

  • Eric Tate (Palo Alto, CA) Partner, Morrison & Foerster, LLP
  • Maki Wagner (San Antonio, TX) Executive Director, Naoko Mitsui Shirane Foundation