Our Team
Staff & Consultants
Executive Director: Starr Macdonald Program & Events Manager: Marci Nakano Program Consultant: Colleen Yamaguchi Marketing/Communications Consultant: Valarie Kusuda-Smick Marketing/Communications Consultant: Karen Fujii2012 Leadership Discovery & Navigation Program Chairs
- Gil Gido, Class of 2008, Cascade Business Group
- Darryl Hue, Class of 2002, The Boeing Company, retired
- Alan Kanemoto, Class of 2011, Ernst & Young
- Art Limon, Class of 2010, The Boeing Company
- Tuya Luehr, Class of 2008, Microsoft Corporation
- Dennis Mai, Class of 2011, Bonneville Power Administration
- Shazia Malik, Class of 2010, The Boeing Company
- Vicki Martinez, Class of 2010, Weyerhaeuser Company
- Pha Mom, Class of 2008, KeyBank
- Jessica Nieves, Class of 2010, The Boeing Company
- Roy Slack, Class of 2010, Banner Bank
- Natasha Siores, Class of 2010, NW Natural
- Zuly Torres, Class of 2010, Emeritus
- Amber Waisanen, Class of 2010
- Gina Walker, Class of 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Colleen Yamaguchi, Class of 1994, Leadership Coach & Consultant
Board of Directors
Officers
- President: Wallace Greene, Director, Unified Communications Group, Microsoft
- Vice-President: Karen Fujii, President & CEO, Media Footprint Group
- Secretary: S. Mae Fujita Numata, Founder, Numata Consulting PLLC
- Treasurer: Chee-Tuck Wong, Benefit Specialist, The Boeing Company
Directors
- Nitza Agrait-Vila, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation
- George Alabi, Regional Director, Product Marketing, The Boeing Company
- Ty Cordova, Marketing & Public Affairs Assistant Manger, State Farm Insurance
- Charlene Grinolds
- Amy Hartlmueller-Torres, Vice President & Branch Manager, KeyBank
- Sandy Hedington
- George Kikuchi, Executive, U.S. Postal Services, retired
- Valarie Kusuda-Smick, President, Yugen
- Vanna Novak, President, Speak to Persuade
- Sue Taoka, Executive Vice President, Craft3
Honorary Board
- Debbie Bevier, Principal, DL Bevier Consulting, LLC
- Frank Blethen, Chairman, CEO & Publisher, The Seattle Times
- Linda Villegas Bremer, Director, City of Tacoma
- Phyllis Campbell, Chairman, Pacific Northwest, JP Morgan Chase
- Harold Gray, Senior Vice President, State Farm Insurance, retired
- Mack Hogans, Consulting Services, Mack L. Hogans, LLC
- J.D. Hokoyama, President & CEO, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
- Wes Hom, Vice President, IBM, retired
- John Hooper, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Weyerhaeuser Company
- Dr. Sandra Madrid, Senior Advisor to the Dean, University of Washington School of Law
- Dr. Bill Maynard, Ed.D., President & CEO, Success Research, Inc.
- Tomio Moriguchi, Chairman, Uwajimaya
- Assunta Ng, Publisher, Northwest Asian Weekly/Seattle Chinese Post, Inc.
- S. Mae Fujita Numata, CPA, Founder, Numata Consulting PLLC
- Scott Oki, Chairman, Oki Developments, Inc.
- Hank Queen, Proprietor, Sunburst Retreats
- Ray “Marvin” Risco, Vice President, International Operations, Weyerhaeuser Company
- Chris Shimojima, Vice President, Global Digital Commerce, Nike, Inc.
- Cal Shirley, Vice President, Energy Efficiency Services, Puget Sound Energy
- Delena Sunday, Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Diversity Affairs, Nordstrom, Inc.
- Lillian Tsai, President, TsaiComms LLC
- 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





