{"id":54787,"date":"2025-03-05T19:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=54787"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:04:19","slug":"welcome-to-our-new-members-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/news\/welcome-to-our-new-members-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Our New Members! (March 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined between February 2025 \u2013 March 2025):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alex Hetherington <\/strong>(Honolulu, HI)<br>Director of Federal Relations &amp; Strategic Initiatives, Strategies 360<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrew Hill<\/strong> (Honolulu, HI)<br>Head of Institutional Equity Sales, Macquarie Capital Securities (Singapore)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Evan Nishida<\/strong> (Honolulu, HI)<br>Client Relationship Manager, Island Wealth Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrew Shiozaki <\/strong>(Honolulu, HI)<br>Special Projects Manager, Premier Restoration Hawaii<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Andrew Chang<\/strong> (Tokyo, Japan)<br>Senior Manager, Global Business Division, Deloitte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cassidy Charles<\/strong> (Tokyo, Japan)<br>Editor &amp; Faculty Liaison, GLOBIS Corporation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New England<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kiyota Gomi<\/strong> (Cambridge, MA)<br>VP of Operations, 123 See inc. 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