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Our Founding Board


Message from the Founding Board:  We all feel called into action to do something within our community to maintain and honor the contributions to society while setting the stage for future success. Each of us have often felt independent and alone in our career or life's journeys and too busy to focus on community.

 

And now is the time to get involved. We want to see future generations thriving in a place where having a Japanese name, facial features or strong affinity with Japanese culture and values is welcomed, respected, and included as part of the fabric of America.

Michael Kanazawa

Strategy & Innovation Partner at EY, Faculty at USC IYA, Founder

President

Judy Fujii 

Previous Head of Global Branding and Marketing Western Digital; Fractional CMO, Startups/Growth

Secretary

Stuart Ogawa

Serial Silicon Valley startup cofounder; CEO/Cofounder Prosera, Inc; Exec roles at VC/PE Saas companies

Treasurer

Derek Idemoto

SVP and Head of M&A at Cisco Systems, Venture Investor at Itochu

Director

Jan Yanehiro

Award-winning broadcast journalist, founder of Comms and Media program at Academy of Art University 

Director

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