Board of Directors

Offering valuable access to the people and issues defining US-Japan relations.

Executive Committee

Suzanne Basalla

Suzanne Basalla

Board Chair
Geodesic Capital
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Takahide Akiyama

Vice Chair
Japan Society of Northern California
Steve Pollock

Steve Pollock

President
Japan Society of Northern California
Marsha Vande Berg

Marsha J. Vande Berg

Treasurer & Finance Chair
MJ Global Insights
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Larry Greenwood

Programs Chair
Japan Society of Northern California
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David Saltzman

Secretary, Nominating & Governance Chair
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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Ray Hatoyama

Gala Co-Chair
Hatoyama Studio
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Richard Dasher

Innovation Awards Chair
Stanford University
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Rochelle Kopp

HR Chair
Japan Intercultural Consulting
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Jon Metzler

Ex Officio
UC Berkeley
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Nobuko Saito Cleary

Ex Officio
Cross Cultural Communications

Directors

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Kazuhiko Abe

KI-Star
Takako Edwards

Takako Edwards

Hoden LLC
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Christine Fisher

Gala Co-Chair
Independent Consultant
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Yoshiaki Fujimori

CVC Japan
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Glen S. Fukushima

Center for American Progress
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William P. Fuller

The Asia Foundation (Emeritus)
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Kazuhiro Gomi

NTT Research Inc.
Tracy Gopal

Tracy Gopal

Third Arrow Strategies
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Emiko Higashi

Tohmon Capital Partners
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Keiko Horkan

Dodge & Cox Investment Managers
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Kathleen Kimura, MBE

Tokyo Express Co., Inc.
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Kenton King

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Tamae Kobayashi

Accenture
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Yale Kofman

Elyxium Wealth
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Jack W. Moorman

US-Japan Medtech Frontiers
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Zak Morimoto

Pegasus Tech Ventures
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Christopher J. Monteilh

Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Yuki Murayama

MUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Takaaki Nakajima

PwC
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Mika Nishimura

Gilde Healthcare
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Michael O’Bryan

Morrison & Foerster LLP
Kanako Watanabe

Kanako Watanabe

JETRO San Francisco
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Nancy Yamaguchi

Morgan Lewis
Yoshikawa, Emi

Emi Yoshikawa

Across Ventures

Japan Chief Representative, JSNC Japan Office

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Satoru Watanabe

Maximize, Inc.

Honorary

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Consul General Kotaro Otsuki

Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco

Emeritus

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Carl E. Anduri, Jr.

Donald R. Davis

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein

Michael Moyle

Thomas H. Woofter

John A. Zderic

Barbara Bundy

Paul Crane Dorfman

Roger J. Fleischmann

Noel Nellis

Osamu Yamada

Alexander Calhoun

Steven J. Doi, Esq.

Greg Marutani

Masaya Okumura

George Yamasaki, Jr.