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D.C. & Vicinity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Ann Gomez Orta (Washington, D.C.)
President & CEO, Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nik Oka (Washington, D.C.)
Policy Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Misako Kurokawa (Honolulu, HI)
Retired Educator, Iolani School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Nishida (Honolulu, HI)
Financial Consultant, Island Wealth Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miki Tomita Okamoto (Honolulu, HI)
CEO & Founder, Education Incubator (EI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Chris Chiba-Tow (Tokyo, Japan)
Co-Director, JET Program Alumni Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashley Cunningham (Tochigi, Japan)
JET Coordinator, Tochigi Board of Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Dohner (Tokyo, Japan)
Carbon Specialist, Sustainacraft, INC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomoko Nakashima (Fukuoka City, Japan)
International Coordinator, Fukuoka City Government<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Nylin (Tokyo, Japan)
Counselor for Political Affairs, Ericsson Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoshihiro Suzuki (Saitama, Japan)
Honorary Chairman of The Board of Directors, Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern California<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristin Hishinuma (San Francisco, CA)
Manager, GTM Strategy & Operations, Block<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Matt D’Aquila (New York, NY)
Senior Consultant, ABeam Consulting (USA) Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Fitts (New York, NY)
Chair, Society of American Baseball Research Asian Baseball Research Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Isakari (New York, NY)
Asst. Vice President, Human Resources, Synchrony Financial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mai Matsuda (New York, NY)
Chief of Staff, ZetaChain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryoko Ogino (New York, NY)
Managing Director of Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yamato Suemitsu (New York, NY)
Pathologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lane Walker (New York, NY)
Political Researcher, Consulate General of Japan, New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Greg Hahn (Irvine, CA)
Director of Deployment, Japan, Strider Technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megumi Nishikura (Glendale, CA)
Documentary Filmmaker, Both\/And Films<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jarryd Wallace (Watkinsville, GA)
CEO, RIVL Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Adrianne Thompson (Key Biscayne, FL)
Professor, Miami Dade College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacific Northwest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nirjhor Rahman (Houston, TX)
CEO, Plant It Forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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