WHO WE ARE

Board of Directors
Richard Ames, President
Alvin Takamori, Vice President
Juan Hernandez, Treasurer 
Marilyn Tsuge, Secretary
Miles Akiyama
Gail Saito Doi
Lawrence Hada
Michelle Hirano
Alan Kita
​Kerilyn Kotani
Grant Nakaoka
​Taylor Weik
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Emeritus Board Members
Dan Ashimine
Paul Koshi
​Helen Nakano
​Charles Oyagi
Ray Shibata
Glenn Tachibana
Terry Terauchi

Administrative Staff

Alison Kochiyama (she/her)
Executive Director
​[email protected]
ext. 104
Cathy Lee
Director of development & marketing
[email protected]
ext. 106​
Debbie Oba (she/her)
Administrative manager
[email protected]
ext. 107
Sandy Uyesugi (she/her)
Administrative ASSISTANT
[email protected]
ext. 101

Program Staff

Stephanie Mayeda (she/her)
PROGRAM MANAGER
[email protected]
​ext. 102
Yukiko Natori (she/her)
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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

Lyndon Meighan (he/him)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & facility manager
[email protected]
​ext. 105
Brian Hoshiko (he/him)
Maintenance Custodian
Bob Seki (he/him)
Maintenance Custodian
Bryan Tamura (he/him)
MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAN
Gary Fujikawa (he/him)
FACILITY ASSISTANT
​Alvin Takamori
​Facility Assistant

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