WHO WE ARE

Board of Directors

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

Emeritus Board Members

Dan Ashimine
Paul Koshi
Helen Nakano
Charles Oyagi
Raymond Shibata
Glenn Tachibana 
Terry Terauchi
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Administrative Staff

Alison Kochiyama (she/her)

Executive Director

​[email protected]
ext. 104

Cathy Lee

Director of development & marketing

[email protected]
ext. 106​

Lyndon Meighan (he/him)

DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

[email protected]
​ext. 105

Sandy Uyesugi (she/her)

Administrative ASSISTANT

[email protected]
ext. 101

Debbie Oba (she/her)

Administrative manager

[email protected]
ext. 107

Program/Event Staff

Stephanie Mayeda (she/her)

PROGRAM MANAGER

[email protected]
​ext. 102

Andrew Bacon (he/him)

FACILITY EVENT COORDINATOR

[email protected]
​ext. 121

Yukiko Natori (she/her)
​名取由紀子

SENIOR & bilingual programs coordinator
​シニア・バイリンガル
​プログラムコーディネーター

[email protected]
​ext. 108

Facility Staff

Bob Seki (he/him)

Maintenance Custodian

Bryan Tamura (he/him)

MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAN

Brian Hoshiko (he/him)

FACILITY SUPPORT

Japanese Language School

Lawrence Hada, Principal
Masumi Sasaki, Vice Principal & Teacher
Mayumi Fuchino, Teacher
Noboru Mishima, Teacher
Asaka Morita, Teacher
Chiaki Suzuki, Teacher
Naoko Tran, Teacher
Aki Izumi, Adult Class & Conversation Class Teacher