Board of Directors

Rick Aizawa Port of Portland
Nick Boese Individual Member
Cathy Bowman Mackenzie.
Lisa Christy Portland Japanese Garden
Emi Day Individual Member
Justin Eckley Moss Adams
Ray Edwards NW Natural
Sally Saeko Fujimoto Shokookai of Portland
Cydelle Higa-Johnston Windermere Realty Trust
Tatsuo Ito SEH America, Inc.
Rob Langstaff Sweet Onion Consulting
Hiroshi Mokudai Individual Member
John Motley Columbia Sportswear
Michiko Murakami Delta Air Lines
Satomi Newsom Lewis & Clark College
Masami Nishishiba Portland State University
Paul Owen Vanport International
Patty Pickering JPMorgan
Nikki Swift Cable Huston
Steve Vuylsteke SakeOne
Paul Waldram PDW International
Masa Yamaguchi Lane Powell PC
Junki Yoshida Yoshida Group

Honorary Directors

Governor Tina Kotek
City of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler
Ed Kawasaki
George Nakata (in memorium)

Ex-Officio Directors

Consul General Yuzo Yoshioka, Consular Office of Japan in Portland
Tamako Hayashi, Deloitte, (Immediate Past Chair)

Other Past Chairs

Dean Alterman (2019 – 2021)
John Kodachi (2017 – 2019)
Yoshio Kurosaki (2015 – 2017)
Doug Smith (2013 – 2015)
Charlie Allcock (2011-2013)
Paul Taylor (2009 – 2011)
Grant Yoshihara (2007 – 2009)
Craig Bachman (2005 – 2007)
Stu Sawai (2003 – 2005)
Rick Saito (2001 – 2003)
Jan Burreson (1999 – 2001)
Isao Iwashita (1997 – 1999)
Adolf Hertrich (1995 – 1997)
Sho Dozono (1993 – 1995)
Governor Victor Atiyeh (1991 – 1993)
Glen Ulmer (1989 – 1991)
Ed Kawasaki (1987 – 1989)
Cliff Alterman (1985 – 1987)
Lou Kennedy (1983 – 1985)
Perry Holland (1981 – 1983)
R.W. DeWeese (1979 – 1981)
Richard Lawrence
George Azumano
William Fisher
Rudie Wilhelm, Jr.
Edmund Ellis
Rudie W. Cabell
John “Jack” Hering
John Fulton
Donald Bates
Tom Kerr
Roland Davis
Carvel Linden
E.C. Sammons
Larry Hartman
E.B. MacNaughton
Judge C.H. Carey
Rogers MacVeagh
Dr. Norman Coleman
Peter Beckett