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

Shohei Yoshida (Washington, DC)
Director, Intelligence & Government Affairs, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Malcolm Leong (Honolulu, HI)
Vice President, New Business Development & Client Retention, UHA Health Insurance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cole Nakao (Honolulu, HI)
Managing Director, MedPac Travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Anthony Luna (Tokyo, Japan)
Executive and Operating Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryuichi Mogi (Tokyo, Japan)
Retired, JAL Pak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catherine Ngai (Tokyo, Japan)
Associate Project Manager, Dentsu Digital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jocelyn Tripoli (Tokyo, Japan)
International Business Development Project Manager, Solafune<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rei Yamazaki (Tokyo, Japan)
Educational Outreach Country Coordinator, EducationUSA, U.S. Embassy in Japan

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

Annette Keyser (Chicago, IL)
Retired Accounts Manager, Mars Petcare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mountain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Blanchard (Denver, CO)
Moderator, Speaker, Author, Podcast Co-host, Flex Mom LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Takeshi Tarui (Foxbourogh, MA)
Vice President, Global Business Development, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Eri Kato (New York, NY)
Senior Associate, Blackstone Group LP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aya Shimura (New York, NY)
Founder & CEO, A.SHIMUS LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anastasiia Vlasenko (New York, NY)
Analyst, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Cosmo Fujiyama Ghaznavi (Los Angeles, CA)
Partner, Progressive Partnerships Management Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eugene Saitoh (Houston, TX)
Director, Y&A Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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