We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined between January 2025 – February 2025):
Hawaii
- Justin Aoyagi (Honolulu, HI)
Commercial Banking Associate, Central Pacific Bank - Shelee Kimura (Honolulu, HI)
President & CEO, Hawaiian Electric Company - Richard Tanaka (Honolulu, HI)
Chairman & CEO, Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd.
Japan
- Michael Perry-Clemons (Tokyo, Japan)
Founder, YouMeWeNPO - Hinako Tamai (Ehime, Japan)
Teacher, FC Imabari High School
Midwest
- Jason Matsumoto (Chicago, IL)
Co-Executive Director/Co-Founder, Full Spectrum Features
New York & Vicinity
- Riki Ito (New York, NY)
Board Member, Japanese American Association of New York, Inc.
Keiko Kato (New York, NY)
Attorney, Law Offices of Keiko Kato - Catharina Lurken (New York, NY)
Principal Consulting, Deloitte - Tomoko Matsukawa (Queens, NY)
Founder and Talent Development Specialist, TMatsu LLC - Cynthia Okimoto (New York, NY)
Founder, New York Dog Nanny - Anli Valdez (Long Island City, NY)
Product Manager, Mastercard
New England
- Karen Kosinski (Cambridge, MA)
U.S. Air Force Officer, U.S. Air Force
Northwest
- Megumi Voight (Seattle, WA)
Managing Editor, Microsoft
Southeast
- Keitaro Harada (Savannah, GA)
Music and Artistic Director, Savannah Philharmonic
Washington, DC & Vicinity
- Chia-Feng Lu (Arlington, VA)
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig