Board and Staff

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 Fujii

2012 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
• Amber Waisanen, Class of 2010
• Gina Walker, Class of 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Colleen Yamaguchi, Class of 1994, Leadership Coach & Consultant

Board of Directors

Board Members with former Mariners Manager, Don Wakamatsu

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, KeyBank, retired
• Amy Hartlmueller-Torres, Vice President & Branch Manager, KeyBank
• Sandy Hedington, Consultant, Peak Performance Consulting
• George Kikuchi, Executive, U.S. Postal Services, retired
• Valarie Kusuda-Smick, President, Yugen
• Vanna Novak, President, Speak to Persuade
• Chad Oishi, Director, 747 Manufacturing Operations, The Boeing Company
• Steve Shinoda, Director, Information Technology, Uwajimaya,Inc.
• Sue Taoka, Executive Vice President, Craft3
• Gina Walker, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers

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
• Brenda Handley, President, Gobo Enterprises, LLC
• Chris Helm, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
• Mack Hogans, Consulting Services, Mack L. Hogans, LLC
• J.D. Hokoyama, retired President & CEO, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.
• Wes Hom, Vice President, IBM, retired
• John Hooper, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Weyerhaeuser Company
• Mari Horita, President & CEO, ArtsFund
• 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.
• Scott Oki, Chairman, Oki Developments, Inc.
• Hank Queen, Proprietor, Sunburst Retreats
• Ray “Marvin” Risco, Vice President, International Operations, Weyerhaeuser Company
• Chris Shimojima, CEO, Provide Commerce
• 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