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DC & Vicinity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daizo Kosa (Washington, DC)
General Manager and Chief Corporate Representative, NTT Washington DC Representative Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Barker (Honolulu, HI)
Student, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marisa Escalante (Honolulu, HI)
Director of Events and Special Projects, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yunji de Nies (Honolulu, HI)
Journalist, Hawaii News Now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurie Rubin (Mililani, HI)
Co-Artistic Director, Ohana Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenny Taira (Mililani, HI)
Executive & Co-Artistic Director, Ohana Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiffany Yajima (Honolulu, HI)
Partner, SanHi Government Strategies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governor Ryuta Ibaragi (Okayama, Japan)
Governor of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama Prefectural Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marc Lefkowitz (Tokyo, Japan)
CEO, Left Field Advisors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Michels (Tokyo, Japan)
Japan Representative, Bain & Company Japan Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masashi Oka (Tokyo, Japan)
Global Advisory Council Member, Bain & Company Japan Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian Park (Tokyo, Japan)
CEO, UNCHAIN Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirara Tsutsui (Tokyo, Japan)
Vice President, MPower Partners<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danielle Sugano (Chicago, IL)
Financial Analyst, Goldman Sachs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY & Vicinity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolina Alonso (New York, NY)
Associate, Baker & Hostetler LLP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Fitts (New York, NY)
Partner, ArentFox Schiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satoshi Miura (New York, NY)
President, JETRO New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midori Sato (New York, NY)
CEO, Brown Sugar 1st Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New England<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masaki Nakamura (Cambridge, MA)
Founder & CEO, NPO EdFuture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southeast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuto Yagi (Atlanta, GA)
Graduate Student, Georgia Institute of Technology

Southern California & Southwest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travis Fujita (Santa Monica, CA)
General Manager, BEAMS America<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fujihiko Hayashi (Coppell, TX)
Director for Infrastructure Business, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aya McCarthy (Santa Monica, CA)
Mobility Insurance Specialist, Sompo Digital Lab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoshimi Iyadomi Shinohara (Santa Monica, CA)
Co-Founder, Data and Design Institute at Harvard Business School
Chair, Shinohara Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chihiro Shinzaki (Plano, TX)
CEO, JPEX America, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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