WHO WE ARE

Board of Directors

Alvin Takamori, President
Grant Nakaoka, Vice President
Miles Akiyama, Treasurer 
Alan Kita, Secretary
Richard Ames
Gail Saito Doi
Randall Fujimoto
Lawrence Hada
Juan Hernandez
Kerilyn Kotani
Michael Murata
Alexis Okihara
Marilyn Tsuge
Taylor Weik

Emeritus Board Members

Helen Nakano
Charles Oyagi
Raymond Shibata
Glenn Tachibana 

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Administrative Staff

Alison Kochiyama (she/her)

Executive Director

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Cathy Lee

Director of development & marketing

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Debbie Oba (she/her)

Administrative manager

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ext. 107

Sandy Uyesugi (she/her)

Administrative ASSISTANT

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Program/Event Staff

Stephanie Mayeda (she/her)

PROGRAM MANAGER

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Haruka Kawabata (she/her)
川端 遥夏

PROGRAMs COORDINATOR
プログラムコーディネーター

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Facilities/Fundraising Events

Lyndon Meighan (he/him)

DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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Andrew Bacon (he/him)

FACILITY EVENTS COORDINATOR

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Facilities

Bob Seki (he/him)

Maintenance Custodian

Japanese Language School

Judy Kawazoe, Principal
Masumi Sasaki, Vice Principal & Teacher
Stephanie Ajifu, Teacher
Mayumi Fuchino, Teacher
Chiaki Suzuki, Teacher
Naoko Tran, Teacher
Aki Izumi, Adult Class & Conversation Class Teacher