Japan America Society of Southern California

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Board of Governors


BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Dr. Hitoshi Abe
Director
UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

Jonathan Beutler


George A. Brumder

Chairman Emeritus
Pacific Asia Museum

Brian Chuan
Senior Director of Tourism Marketing
South Coast Plaza

Daniel Cody
Founder

Neoteric Health

Gregory Crowe
Senior Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Global Corporate Banking


Matthew E. Digby
Partner
Squire Sanders LLP, Tokyo Office

Michael J. Feyder
Executive Vice President

Quest International LLC


Ninoska French
CEO
International Cultural Connection

Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki 
President 
The America-Japan Society, Inc. (Tokyo)

Kimiko Fujita
President 
Orange County Japanese American Association

Satoshi Furuya
Senior Vice President
Tokio Marine America

William Tolin Gay
Partner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Iori Hamada
Senior Sales Director 
Imperial Hotel America, Ltd. 

Rex Y. Hamano

Principal
Hamano Holdings LLC


Randy Higa
Vice President
Jalux Americas, Inc.


Katsuhiko Hirahara
Coordinator, HR & Administration

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Akira Kajita

Chief Executive Director 

JETRO Los Angeles

Peter Kelley 

President
National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc.

Akemi Kikumura Yano
Author, Philanthropist, & Scholar
UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Acey Kohrogi
Advisor, Pacific Rim Operations
San Diego Padres

Rikiko Kubo
Philanthropist

Nia Lyte
President
Shinca Group

Emile Mack 
Administrative Operations Commander (Ret.)
Los Angeles Fire Department

Toby Rose Mallen 
Principal
Mallen Law

Michiko Murakami
Sales Account Executive - Nikkei / Global Sales & Distribution
Delta | KLM | Air France


Yukinori Nishio 
E.V.P., Pacific Rim Executive Office 

Bank of the West

Michael Okabayashi

President

Kochi Ventures


Henry Ota

Board of Director
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center


Midori Overzyl

Brian K. Peck
Director, Transnational Law & Business Center
USC Gould School of Law

Steven G. Polard 

Partner 

Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley PC

Dr. Curtiss Takada Rooks
Professor, Asian Pacific American Studies
Loyola Marymount University

Mark K. Sullivan
Management Consultant

Yu Tanabe

International Representative
Cybozu, Inc.

J. George Tanaka 
Managing Director, Retail Specialized Markets
US Bank

Masako Unoura Tanaka 
Director of Environmental Management 

Ted Tokio Tanaka Architects

Jeffrey Tom

Partner
KPMG LLP

Yasuko Uchida
Director
Japan Foundation, Los Angeles

Julia Wada
Group Vice President

Strategy, Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion

Toyota Financial Services


Teruko Weinberg
President, Teruko Weinberg, Inc.
Chairwoman, Los Angeles Nagoya Sister Cities Affiliation

William T. Whitaker
Correspondent, "60 Minutes" 
CBS News


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