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 Yamaguchi2013 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
- 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





