We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined between December 2024–January 2025):
Hawaii
- Jason Chang (Honolulu, HI)
President & CEO, The Queen’s Health Systems - Cosmo Hirai (Honolulu, HI)
Bishop, Hawaii Todaiji Temple - David Jones (Honolulu, HI)
Senior Vice President Properties Division, Central Pacific Bank - Takahiro Kuwayama (Kaneohe, HI)
Principal Architect, Google
Japan
- Christpher Blackerby (Tokyo, Japan)
Chief Operating Officer, Astroscale Holdings, Inc. - Kaori Iida (Tokyo, Japan)
Deputy Chief Commentator, NHK - Tomohiro Ishikawa (Tokyo, Japan)
Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. - Nicole McNevin (Tokyo, Japan)
Teaching Assistant, International Christian University - Yoko Mitsuhashi (Tokyo, Japan)
PR Consultant, Vector Inc. Platinum - Daichi Oshimi (Yokohama, Japan)
Associate Professor, Tokai University - Derek Siew (Tokyo Japan)
Product Manager, Woven by Toyota, Inc. - Taiki Yamamoto (Tokyo, Japan)
Project Assistant, APCO - Kaoru Yoshida (Tokyo, Japan)
Executive Director, Chief Information Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle K.K.
Midwest
- Courtney Sakai (Chicago, IL)
Chief Executive Officer, Japanese American Service Committee
New York & Vicinity
- Hitomi Ito (Queens, NY)
DX Consultant, DENTSU SOKEN USA - Jutaro Takagi (Syracuse, NY)
Executive Director, Takagi Co., LTD. - Takayuki Tanaka (New York, NY)
CEO, Autec
New England
- Shalini Matharage (Boston, MA)
Doctoral Candidate, Northeastern University
Northern California & Nevada
- Brian Shimomura (Daly City, CA)
Manager, Department of Industrial Relations, State of California - Adrienne Pon (San Fracnsico, CA)
Consultant
Northwest
- Kumiko O’Grady (Portland, OR)
HR Consultant
Southern California & Southwest
- Michael Kurima (Carlsbad, CA)
Board President, San Diego Chapter Japanese American Citizen League - Candice Shikai (Los Angeles, CA)
Senior Associate, Seki, Nishimura & Watase LLP
Texas & Vicinity
- Brian Fort (Hot Springs Village, AR)
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy - Lisa Tashiro (Dallas, TX)
Associate Attorney, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP
Washington, DC & Vicinity
- Michi Calcagno (Raleigh, NC)
Executive Director, Japan-America Society of North Carolina - Miyuko Ricciuti (Washington DC)
Global Business Development Lead, Moshi Inc. - Jenny Mae Samson (Rockville, MD)
Technical Advisor, Duane Morris LLP - Bahia Simons-Lane (Alexandria, VA)
Executive Director, International Student Conferences - Yuri Unno (McLean, VA)
Principal, Penn Quarter Consulting LLC
If you are interested in connecting with any of the members listed above, please email the Membership team at [email protected].