Faculty

Professional Trainers

EDI is pleased and privileged to attract best-in-class consultants, certified coaches and experts from the leadership field.  These professionals invest in the training, pragmatic practice and implementation of required skills and knowledge so participants may reach greater positions of influence.   

2011 Professional Coaches

2010-2011 Executive Mentor Panelists & Keynote Speakers

It has been EDI’s advantage to enlist local, prominent and well-regarded community leaders to be executive mentors panelists and keynote speakers for its curriculum. These sessions are greatly desirable by the participants as they learn directly what it takes to achieve high-level positions. It also provides most participants a first time opportunity to network with individuals who are shaping the Greater Puget Sound and Greater Portland business economy.  

  • Patricia Akiyama, External Affairs Director, Port of Seattle 
  • Kris Aman, Global Vice President and GM of Football, Baseball and Men’s Athletic Training, Nike, Inc.
  • Ali Bahrami, Manager, Aircraft Certification Service Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA
  • Shannon Bell, Senior Vice President, District Retail Leader, Seattle-Cascades, KeyBank 
  • Raymond Bower, Integration IPT Leader, The Boeing Company 
  • Linda Villegas Bremer, Director, City of Tacoma
  • Danielle Burd, EVP Regional Manager Washington Commerical Banking, Umpqua Bank
  • Jay Byunn, 747-8 BPS Project Manager, The Boeing Company
  • Yau-Man Chan, Chief Technology Officer, UC-Berkeley & CBS Survivor Contestant
  • John Chen, CEO & The Big Kid, Playtime, Inc.
  • Chak Cheung, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Maxsam Partners
  • Ty Cordova, Public Affairs, State Farm Insurance
  • Monica Diaz, Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion, Microsoft Corporation 
  • Sean Egusa, President, Sidestreet
  • Carmen Esparza, President & CEO, Esparza Business Communication
  • AJ Ghambari, Owner, Seattle Bagel Bakery 
  • Colleen Fukui-Sketchley, Corporate Diversity Affairs Specialist, Nordstrom, Inc. 
  • Audrey Godwin, Founder, The Godwin Group
  • Anna Golston
  • Wallace Greene, Director, OC Partner Engineering Team, Microsoft Corporation 
  • Derek Hahm, Vice President of Sales, West Region, Craft Brewers Alliance
  • Effenus Henderson, Chief Diversity Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company 
  • Randy Ito, Vice President of International Sales & Marketing, NuMark Office Interiors
  • Dwayne Johnson, President & CEO, Artful Phoenix, LLC
  • Bob Kakiuchi, HR Business Partner, Japan, Nike, Inc. 
  • Ping Kiang, Managing Director, Cypress River Advisors
  • George Kikuchi, Postal Executive,  United States Postal Service, retired 
  • Chuck Lin, Chief Financial Officer, Propet Global Ltd. 
  • Patricia Loera, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Barrie Macdonald, Senior Managing Director, OpusBank 
  • Sandra Madrid, Special Assistant to the Dean, University of Washington School of Law
  • Gordon McHenry, Executive Director, Rainier Scholars
  • Helene Michael, Vice President of 737 Manufacturing Operations, The Boeing Company, retired
  • Susan Mochizuki
  • Perry Moore, General Manager, Boeing Portland
  • Jim Motz, Senior Director, Information Technology, Liberty Mutual
  • Mohan Nair, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Executive, Regence
  • The Honorable Lynn Nakamoto, Judge, Oregon Court of Appeals 
  • Ken Nakamura, Operations Executive
  • Karen Narasaki, President & Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
  • Assunta Ng, Publisher, Northwest Asian Weekly 
  • S. Mae Fujita Numata, Founder, Numata Consulting PLLC 
  • John Okamoto, Executive Director, Washington Education Association
  • Keith Otsuka, Chief Pilot, Boeing Commercial Airplanes 
  • Eddie Pate, Principal & Founder, Pate Consulting & Associates, LLC 
  • Doris Quan, Principal, Mother of Pearl LLC
  • Hank Queen, Vice President, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, retired 
  • Ray Risco, Vice President, International Operations, Weyerhaeuser Company 
  • Dr. Ronald Sakaguchi, Professor, School of Medicine & Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Joseph Santos-Lyons, Coordinator, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) 
  • Cal Shirley, Vice President, Energy Efficiency Services, Puget Sound Energy
  • Cathy Slater, Vice President, Oriented Strand Board Business, Weyerhaeuser Company 
  • Mike Sotelo, President, La Plaza International
  • Karen Spencer, Senior Counsel, Nike Golf
  • Jung Starrett
  • Kathryn Stock, Corporate Diversity, Nike, Inc., retired 
  • Delena Sunday, Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Diversity Affairs, Nordstrom, Inc. 
  • Lynn Takaki, Vice President, Human Resources, Precor, Inc.
  • Eileen Takeuchi, CFO, Efinancial
  • Dave Tilzer, Director, Commercial Aviation Services, The Boeing Company
  • Lillian Tsai, Founder & President, TsaiComms
  • Skip Walter, Director, Factor, Inc. 
  • Mari Watanabe, Executive Director, Oregon Nikkei Endowment 
  • Kelly Wieland, IT, Berkely North Pacific
  • Cameron Williams, Global Risk Manager, Columbia Sportswear
  • Brian Wolf, Senior Vice President, South Puget Sound District Retail Leader, KeyBank
  • Marlene Yamashita, Director, Ethics & Business Conduct, Office of Internal Governance, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
  • Dorian Yee, Branch Manager, Bank of the West
  • Grant Yoshihara, Vice President, Utility Operations & Chief Engineer, NW Natural
  • Lorraine Yu, President, Sirius 6 Corporation
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