{"id":41244,"date":"2023-03-20T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/?post_type=event&p=41244"},"modified":"2023-04-28T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T17:56:09","slug":"usjc-women-forum","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/events\/usjc-women-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"USJC Women + Forum: Leadership Journeys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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USJC Women + Forum: Leadership Journeys<\/strong>
Date:<\/em><\/strong> May 17, 2023
Time:<\/strong><\/em> 4:00pm (PT) \/ 1:00pm (HT) \/ 7:00pm (ET)
Location:<\/em><\/strong> Virtual Event
Registration: <\/em><\/strong>Contact Aiko Harris at aharris@usjapancouncil.org<\/a>.
(Please note that this event is for members and TOMODACHI & ELP alumni only.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This event will include a virtual panel discussion between current and former USJC Board Members Ann Teranishi (American Savings Bank), Sachi Hamai (Los Angeles County), and Tomoko Kizawa (Deloitte) detailing how they scaled the organizational ladder. Moderator Andrea Sugano (Vanguard) will hold a conversation with the distinguished panelists regarding their paths to executive leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seating may be limited. RSVP today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Andrea Sugano ( ELP ’16, Moderator)<\/strong>
Senior Strategy Analyst, Vanguard<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t

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Andrea has 13 years of experience working in the energy, healthcare, and financial services industries. She joined Vanguard in 2020 through their MBA Leadership Development Rotational Program for General Management, for which she completed rotations and projects in portfolio implementations, investment marketing, human resources strategy, net asset value pricing, and the integration of the personalized indexing firm Just Invest. She currently works in strategy and development for Vanguard\u2019s Financial Advisor Services division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to supporting diversity recruiting initiatives at Vanguard, Andrea has held committee roles and led networking and educational programs for employee resource groups at Vanguard and previous employers. She has enjoyed serving as a mentor, animal sanctuary volunteer, and junior board member for various other community organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea is a member of the Engagement Committee and the Women\u2019s+ Forum for the U.S.-Japan Council. She is also an ELP 2016 and ELP 50 alum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A native Houstonian, Andrea earned her BA in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and her MBA from Yale.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

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Sachi Hamai<\/strong>
Former CEO, Los Angeles County<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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Sachi A. Hamai was the Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles County from October 2015 to August\u00a02020. She was responsible for managing the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the\u00a0 nation\u2019s largest municipal government, including the oversight of Los Angeles County\u2019s $36.1 billion\u00a0 budget. Her strong fiscal management led Los Angeles County to achieve the overall highest credit rating\u00a0 in its recorded history, including its most recent S&P Global Ratings increase to AAA, the highest possible\u00a0 credit rating available in the financial markets. Los Angeles County achieved a total of four credit\u00a0 upgrades under her leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As CEO, she was instrumental in developing, implementing and advancing the Board of Supervisors\u2019 key\u00a0 priorities. These include the unprecedented response to the region\u2019s homeless crisis, streamlining access\u00a0 to health services, justice reform, child protection, immigrant rights protection and environmental\u00a0 monitoring and oversight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A champion of transformative change within local government, Sachi successfully challenged L.A.\u00a0 County\u2019s workforce of more than 112,000 employees to break down barriers, collaborate and innovate\u00a0 across a broad range of society\u2019s most challenging issues.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, Sachi was named one of L.A.\u2019s Top 500 most influential leaders for the fourth consecutive year\u00a0 by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Most recently,\u00a0Innovate@UCLA\u00a0announced Sachi as its unanimous\u00a0 choice to receive the 2019 Public Sector Executive Leadership Award. Sachi is also the 2018 winner of\u00a0 the Clarence A. Dykstra Award for Excellence in Government. Other professional recognition includes the Asian American Architects and Engineers Association\u2019s 2017 Asian American Leadership Award and\u00a0 honors from the Asian American Employee Association and the Indian American Professional\u00a0 Association. In 2017, Sachi co-founded WomenLeadLAC as a forum for up-and-coming managers to\u00a0 network with L.A. County\u2019s top executives. She serves on the board of United Way of Greater Los\u00a0 Angeles and is a member of the U.S.-Japan Council.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sachi is a passionate marathon and long-distance runner who has participated nationally and\u00a0 internationally in nearly 40 races in the past five years. She achieved her personal best time in the 2015\u00a0Tokyo Marathon.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

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Tomoko Kizawa<\/strong>
Partner, Deloitte<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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Tomoko has over 30 years of risk consulting experience serving large multinational companies across a broad range of industry sectors.\u00a0 Her experience includes working with organizations to develop leading edge risk management, internal audit, internal control, compliance and governance programs and assisting organizations in identifying critical risks and response strategies.\u00a0 She regularly facilitates Chief Financial Officer and Chief Audit Executive Transition Labs for executives that are new in the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomoko worked in Tokyo, Japan during 2007-2011 where she provided internal control advisory services to Japanese and US multinational clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is also the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (\u201cDEI\u201d) Leader of Deloitte\u2019s Chicago office, comprised of 6,500 professionals across Audit, Tax, Consulting and Risk & Financial Advisory.\u00a0 She oversees the Inclusion Council which strengthens an inclusive culture by connecting people through common passions and interests, building community across backgrounds and experiences, and enabling a sense of belonging.\u00a0 Tomoko concurrently is the Midwest Hub DEI Leader, supporting the DEI Leaders of 8 Midwest offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She currently serves on the board of the Garden of the Phoenix Foundation.\u00a0 She served on the board of the U.S.-Japan Council, of which she was the Audit Committee Chair during 2016 \u2013 2019 and Vice Chair of the Board during 2018 – 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomoko graduated from the University of Chicago and is a certified public accountant licensed in Illinois.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n

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Ann Teranishi<\/strong>
President & CEO, American Savings Bank<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t

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Ann Teranishi is President and Chief Executive Officer of American Savings Bank (ASB) and a member of the ASB Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann has been at ASB since 2007. She previously served as Executive Vice President of Operations and was responsible for delivering operational improvements to enhance overall customer experience. She played a key role in transitioning ASB from more traditional branch-centric operations to online and other self-service options, which have become increasingly popular with customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among her various management positions at ASB, Ann also was responsible for developing an enterprise-wide compliance program, leading the retail credit team to best-in-class fulfillment times for consumer loans, and heading strategic initiatives to enhance ASB\u2019s quality of customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann serves as an executive mentor with the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii\u2019s Young Professionals Mentor Hawaii program. She has helped cultivate local talent by sharing her time and expertise with up-and-coming women leaders in\u00a0Pacific Business News\u2019<\/em>\u00a0Mentoring Monday and has participated as a speaker in multiple\u00a0Hawaii Business<\/em>\u00a0Magazine Wahine Forums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann has received numerous recognitions for her business, leadership and community contributions, including\u00a0Pacific Business News\u2019<\/em>\u00a0Women Who Mean Business,\u00a0Hawaii Business\u00a0<\/em>Magazine\u2019s<\/em>\u00a020 for the Next 20, Girl Scouts Women of Distinction and YWCA\u2019s LeaderLuncheon award. Ann is an Omidyar Fellow and serves on various boards including Hawaii Executive Collaborative, Island Insurance Company, U.S.-Japan Council and Catholic Charities of Hawaii Board of Advisors. She is also a trustee for Punahou School and member of the Hawaii Business Roundtable and Hawaii Bankers Association Executive Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from Claremont McKenna College and her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington\u2019s Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Emerging COO program.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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