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2009-2010

Japan-America Society Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chair
Dennis Yamashita, Aon Risk Services
Chair-Elect
Doug Palmer, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S.
Past Chair
Linda Salomon, JETRO

Honorary Vice Chairs

The Honorable Mitsunori Namba, Consul-General of Japan
The Honorable Christine Gregoire, Governor, State of Washington
The Honorable Greg Nickels, Mayor, City of Seattle
The Honorable Ron Sims, County Executive, King County
Secretary
Doug Stewart, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Treasurer
Seiko Callender, U.S. Bank
At-Large Members
Jane Corddry Langill, One Reel/Teatro ZinZanni
Dick Dudley, Weyerhaeuser Company
Megumi Kobayashi, Individual Member
Andrew Read, Deloitte & Touche
Sara Sandford, Garvey Schubert Barer
Herman Uscategui, Starbucks Coffee Company

Ex-Officio
Mark Smith, Executive Director, Japan-America Society

 

Directors

Directors to 2010

Tim Bishop, Nandemoya, Inc.
Robert Derrick, City of Bellevue
Brenda Handley, Gobo Enterprises
J. Dax Hansen, Perkins Coie LLP
Blaine Hirai, Class A Properties
Toshihiko Hiranuma, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Seattle Art Museum
Jeff Jacobson, NYK Line North America
Morio Kiyota, CAESCO (Civil Aircraft Engineering Services Co.)
Ryo Kubota, Acucela Inc.
Kevin Martinez, Seattle Mariners Baseball Club
Akiyo Matono, Nippon Suisan (USA), Inc.
Jim Murphy, Costco Wholesale
Susan Okamoto, Susan K. Okamoto Interiors
Susan Oki, Nikkei Concerns
Don Vollmer, Pacific Northwest Advisors
Karin Zaugg Black, Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association

Directors to 2011

Seiko Callender, U.S. Bank
Brendan Dugan, Port of Tacoma
Ismael Groves, American Family Insurance
Paul Isaki, Port of Seattle
Shinji Kokage, Yamato Transport
Laura J. Peterson, The Boeing Company
Matt Smith, Individual Member
Douglas Stewart, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Carl Wollebek, Port of Everett

New/Continuing Directors (Year TBD)

Mark Calhoon, Washington State CTED
Jane Corddry Langill, One Reel/Teatro ZinZanni
Shoko Farmer, Russell Investments
Mikiya Hioka, Mitsubishi International Corporation
Kristinn Jackson, Delta Air Lines / KLM
Megumi Kobayashi, Individual Member
Stan Lance, Union Bank of California
Brian Maeda, Microsoft Corporation
Robert Pekkanen, Japan Studies Program, University of Washington
Joel Riehl, MulvannyG2 Architecture
Akemi Sagawa, Individual Member
Tsuyoshi Sugimoto, Japan Business Association of Seattle
Andrew Taylor, Japan Pacific Publications, Inc.
Tsuguyuki Umene, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Herman Uscategui, Starbucks Coffee Company
Katsuo Usukura, Fukuda Denshi
Joe Wilcynski, Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co., P.C.
Koichi (Kent) Yanagisawa, ITOCHU Aviation, Inc.

Japan-America Society of the State of Washington
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2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 400
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