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Board and Staff

Our Team

Staff & Consultants

  • Executive Director:  Alan Sugiyama
  • Program & Events Manager: Marci  Nakano
  • Client Relations Coordinator:  Rebecca D Mello
  • Administrative Associate: Chan Lo
  • Program Consultant: Colleen Yamaguchi

2013 Leadership Discovery & Navigation Program Chairs

  • Cesar Amaral, Class of 2012, KeyBank
  • Diana Hoang, Class of 2010, NW Natural
  • Darryl Hue, Class of 2002, The Boeing Company, retired
  • Alan Kanemoto, Class of 2011, Ernst & Young
  • Carmelita Kimball, Class of 2008, Liberty Mutual
  • Tuya Luehr, Class of 2008, Microsoft Corporation
  • Dennis Mai, Class of 2011, Bonneville Power Administration
  • Erwin Onofre, class of 2011, The Boeing Company
  • Ronson Ramos, Class of 2011, State Farm Insurance
  • Roy Slack, Class of 2010, Banner Bank
  • Colleen Yamaguchi, Class of 1994, Leadership Coach & Consultant

Board of Directors

Officers

  • Co-President: Charlene Grinolds, KeyBank, retired
  • Co-President: S. Mae Fujita Numata, Founder, Numata Consulting PLLC
  • Co-Vice President: Walter Benadof, Director Global Services, Weyerhaeuser Solutions
  • Co-Vice President: Chad Oishi, Director, 747 Manufacturing Operations, The Boeing Company
  • Secretary:  Sandy Hedington, Human Resources Manager, Toray Composites (America), Inc.
  • Treasurer: Gina Walker, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Directors

2012 Inclusion Fusion: Board Members with Emcee, Enrique Cerna, KCTS Television
  • Elizabeth Do, VP & Business Banking Relationship Manager, KeyBank
  • Wallace Greene, President & CEO, FINAO Nation
  • Jill Kashiwagi, Agent, State Farm Insurance
  • Valarie Kusuda-Smick, President, Yugen
  • Ed Martinez, Information Technology Manager, The Boeing Company
  • Sandra Cho McDonald, Corporate Responsibility Manager, Columbia Sportswear Co.
  • Limei Fan, Chief Administrative Officer, Infectious Disease Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Vanna Novak, President, Speak to Persuade
  • Vijay Talwar, General Manager & President of International, Blue Nile, Inc.
  • Lillian Tsai, President, TsaiComms LLC

Honorary Board

  • Phyllis Campbell, Chairman, Pacific Northwest, JP Morgan Chase
  • Florence Chang, SVP & Chief Technology Officer, Multicare
  • Chak Cheung, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Maxsam Partners
  • Brenda Handley, President, Gobo Enterprises, LLC
  • Chris Helm, Senior Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • Mack Hogans, Consulting Services, Mack L. Hogans, LLC
  • J.D. Hokoyama, President & CEO, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc., retired
  • Wes Hom, Vice President, IBM, retired
  • John Hooper, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Weyerhaeuser Company
  • Mari Horita, President & CEO, ArtsFund
  • Mary Knell, CEO, Washington & Western Canada, Wells Fargo Bank
  • Dr. Sandra Madrid, Senior Advisor to the Dean, University of Washington School of Law
  • Tomio Moriguchi, Chairman, Uwajimaya, Inc.
  • Wayne Nakamura, Auto Field Claims Division Manager, State Farm
  • Assunta Ng, Publisher, Northwest Asian Weekly & Seattle Chinese Post, Inc.
  • Paul Nuyen, Vice President, Manufacturing, The Boeing Company
  • John Okamoto, Executive Director, Washington Education Association
  • Scott Oki, Chairman, Oki Developments, Inc.
  • Hank Queen, Proprietor, Sunburst Retreats
  • Jenette Ramos, Vice President, Supplier Management, The Boeing Company
  • Ray “Marvin” Risco, President, Weyerhaeuser Solutions
  • Brian Roth, District Sales Manager, United Airlines
  • Chris Shimojima, CEO, Provide Commerce
  • Cal Shirley, Vice President, Energy Efficiency Services, Puget Sound Energy
  • Karen Spencer, Director, Senior Patent Attorney, Nike
  • Delena Sunday, Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Diversity Affairs, Nordstrom, Inc.
  • Rick Wirthlin, District President, Seattle Cascades, KeyBank
  • Ted Yamamura, EDI Co-Founder, Regional Director, Material Management & Spares, Asia,  Commercial Aviation Services, The Boeing Company
  • Grant Yoshihara, Vice President, Utility Operations, NW Natural
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