Welcome to Our New Members! (July 2025)

We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined in July 2025):

Hawaii

  • Keanukapulani Lau Hee (Wailuku, HI)
    Senior Director, Maui Recovery, Hawai’i Community Foundation
  • Yuji Takata (Honolulu, HI)
    Director and Team Leader, Performance Trust

Japan

  • Hideto Fukudome (Tokyo, Japan)
    Professor & Chair, Department of Integrated Educational Sciences, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
  • Manami Honda (Tokyo, Japan)
    Attorney at Law, Izumibashi Law Office
  • Michael Omoto (Tokyo, Japan)
    Engineering Manager, Google Japan
  • Rina Ariizumi (Tokyo, Japan)
    APAC Energy Policy & Markets, Google Japan

Southern CA & Southwest

  • Atsuko Arimoto (San Francisco, CA)
    Chief Financial Officer, JINYA
  • Ayako Okoshi (Los Angeles, CA)
    Chief Financial Officer, JINYA
  • Hirofumi Udagawa (Pleasanton, CA)
    Visiting Professor, Chuo University Business School
  • Ken Horne (San Francisco, CA)
    Managing Partner, AN Venture Partners
  • Samuel Baron (Torrance, CA)
    Consultant, SIP Partners

Southeastern

  • Steve Kim (Atlanta, GA)
    Corporate Managing Director, Savills

Washington, DC & Vicinity

  • Aaron Cook (Washington DC)
    Attorney-Advisor, Regulations & Rulings, Office of Trade, Customs and Border Protection
  • Heidi Son (Fairfax, VA)
    Partner, Kodem Son Tang Law Group
  • Jonathan Bues (Lawrenceville, NJ)
    Communications & Brand Advisor, Seiko Watch Corporation
  • Rachel Satoh (Chevy Case, MD)
    Country Desk Officer, Africa Region, Peace Corps