Japan America Society of Southern California
 Building Japan-America Relationships Since 1909

Board of Governors


BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Dr. Hitoshi Abe
Director

UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

Yuya Asano
Director of Sales, New York Sales Office

Imperial Hotel America, Ltd. (Japan)


Jonathan Beutler


George A. Brumder

Chairman Emeritus
Pacific Asia Museum

Daniel Cody
Managing Partner

Danko Enterprises

Matthew E. Digby

Partner
Squire Sanders LLP, Tokyo Office

Michael J. Feyder

Ninoska French
CEO
International Cultural Connection

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

William Tolin Gay
Partner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Rex Y. Hamano

Principal
Hamano Holdings LLC


Randy Higa
Vice President
Jalux Americas, Inc.


Akira Kajita

Chief Executive Director 

JETRO Los Angeles

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

Michiko Murakami

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


Michael Okabayashi

President

Kochi Ventures


Henry Ota

Board of Director
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center


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

Yasuko Uchida
Director
Japan Foundation, Los Angeles

Julia Wada
Group Vice President (Retired)

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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