Welcome to our New Members (December 2025)

DC & Vicinity

Shohei Yoshida (Washington, DC)
Director, Intelligence & Government Affairs, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas

Hawaii

Malcolm Leong (Honolulu, HI)
Vice President, New Business Development & Client Retention, UHA Health Insurance

Cole Nakao (Honolulu, HI)
Managing Director, MedPac Travel

Japan

Anthony Luna (Tokyo, Japan)
Executive and Operating Officer, IBM Japan, Ltd.

Ryuichi Mogi (Tokyo, Japan)
Retired, JAL Pak

Catherine Ngai (Tokyo, Japan)
Associate Project Manager, Dentsu Digital

Jocelyn Tripoli (Tokyo, Japan)
International Business Development Project Manager, Solafune

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

Midwest

Annette Keyser (Chicago, IL)
Retired Accounts Manager, Mars Petcare

Mountain

Sara Blanchard (Denver, CO)
Moderator, Speaker, Author, Podcast Co-host, Flex Mom LLC

New England

Takeshi Tarui (Foxbourogh, MA)
Vice President, Global Business Development, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

NY & Vicinity

Eri Kato (New York, NY)
Senior Associate, Blackstone Group LP

Aya Shimura (New York, NY)
Founder & CEO, A.SHIMUS LLC

Anastasiia Vlasenko (New York, NY)
Analyst, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Southern California & Southwest

Cosmo Fujiyama Ghaznavi (Los Angeles, CA)
Partner, Progressive Partnerships Management Center

Eugene Saitoh (Houston, TX)
Director, Y&A Foundation