Board Leadership

Board of Trustees

Paul Schommer, President
Principal, Schommer & Sons

Yoshio Kurosaki, Vice President
President and CEO, Summit Properties

Alice Wiewel, Vice President
Retired Oregon State Architect

Trish Adams, President Elect
President, Opinionated

Jeff Wolfstone, Treasurer
Shareholder, Lane Powell PC

John Tarpey, Secretary
Journalist, Diplomat

Drake Snodgrass, Immediate Past President
President, Drake’s 7 Dees Landscaping

Jim Coonan
President, C2 Cattle Co.

Doug de Weese
CEO, Hoyt Holdings LLC

Barton Eberwein
Executive V.P. Hoffman Corp. (retired)
Oregon Honorary Consul, Canada

Sally Gibson
Community Volunteer

Jeanne Giordano Frasca
President, Jeanne Giordano Ltd, Design and Planning

Takeshi (Ted) Homma
Founder, CEO HOMMA Group

Janelle Jimerson
Community Volunteer

Naoki Kuze
President/CEO, St.Cousair, Inc.

Polly Lauser
Community Volunteer

Travers Hill Polak
Community Volunteer

Sue Reynolds
Educator

Cathy Rudd
OHSU Center for Woman’s Health
Community Volunteer

Dan Schwoerer
CEO, Bulls Eye Glass

Mark Stell
Managing Partner,
Portland Coffee Roasters

Dorie Vollum
Arts Advocate, Community Volunteer

Mari Watanabe
Community Advocate
Mari Watanabe Consulting

Robert Zagunis
Chairman, Keturi LLC

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Foundation Board

Sandy Chandler, Chair
Designer & Photographer
Sandra Chandler Photography

Valerie Sasaki, Vice President
Partner
Samuels Yoelin Kantor, LLP

Stephen D. Bloom, President
Chief Executive Officer
Portland Japanese Garden

Diane Freeman, Secretary / Treasurer
Director of Finance
Portland Japanese Garden

F. Gregory Fitz-Gerald
Financial Services Executive (retired)

Evan Gremillion, CFP
Senior Vice President
Morgan Stanley

Allen T. Mercer, CFA
Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
Bank of America Private Bank

Dona Tarpey
Diplomat
Community Volunteer

Rebecca Teasdale
Community Volunteer
Rebecca Teasdale Design

Carmen Wong
Certified Financial Planner®, Wealth Advisor
Buckingham Strategic Wealth

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International Advisory Board

Japan Members

His Excellency Shigeo Yamada
Ambassador of Japan to the United States of America
Honorary Member

The Honorable Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator of Hawaii
Honorary Member

Masataka Hata
President, Shoyeido Incense Co.
Kyoto, Japan

Masatoshi Ito
Senior Corporate Advisor, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Kajima
Former Director, Kajima Corporation
Tokyo, Japan

Amy Katoh
Author, Scholar, Japanese Culture Specialist
Tokyo, Japan

Kengo Kuma
Architect, Kengo Kuma & Associates
Tokyo, Japan

Toshiaki Kuno
Chairman and CEO, Mimasu Corporation
Ibaraki, Japan

Lisa Nakamichi
Founding Artistic Director, Aloha International Piano Festival; Pianist
Tokyo, Japan and Honolulu, HI

Shiro Nakane
President, Nakane and Associates
Kyoto, Japan

Koichi and Mihoko Nezu
Director and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Nezu Museum;
Honorary Chairman, Tobu Department Store
Tokyo, Japan

Kenichiro Sasae
President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
Tokyo, Japan

Catherine Watters Sasanuma
Philanthropist
Tokyo, Japan and Seattle, WA

Makoto Suzuki
Principal, Tokyo NODAI Green Academy;
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Uyeno
Chairman and CEO, Uyeno Group Holdings, Ltd.
Yokohama and Kamakura, Japan

Shiro Wakui
Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies,
Tokyo City University
Tokyo, Japan

Tadashi and Teruyo Yanai
Chairman, President and CEO,
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. and Uniqlo
Tokyo, Japan

Shigeho Yoshida
Chief Priest, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
Kamakura, Japan

North America and International Members

The Honorable Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator of Hawaii
Honorary Member

His Excellency Shigeo Yamada
Ambassador of Japan to the United States of America
Honorary Member

Carolyn A. Berry Wilson, Chairperson
Philanthropist, Berry Family Foundation
Honolulu, HI

John Anderson
Founder, Anderson Japanese Garden
Rockford, IL

Alan Davis
Consultant, Davis Hospitality Group
London, United Kingdom

Glen S. Fukushima
Vice Chairman, Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Washington, D.C., San Francisco, CA, and Tokyo, Japan

Mimi Gardner Gates
Asian Art Historian and Scholar
Seattle, WA

David Jansen
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
New York, NY

John Jay
President, Fast Retailing Global Creative Lab
Portland, OR

Joseph Krakora
Executive Officer, National Gallery of Art (retired)
Washington, D.C.

Janet Montag
Philanthropist
New York, NY

Kathleen M. Pike
Professor and Director, Global Mental Health Program, Columbia University
New York, NY

Holly Shimizu
President, United States Botanic Garden (retired)
Washington, D.C.

Robert Singer
Curator, Japanese Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (retired)
Los Angeles, CA

George Takei
Actor
Los Angeles, CA

Junki Yoshida
Chairman and CEO, Yoshida Group
Portland, OR and San Diego, CA

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