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Board of Trustees
Robert Zagunis, President
Chairman
Jensen Investment Management
Drake Snodgrass, President Elect
President
Drake’s 7 Dees Landscaping
Dr. Calvin Tanabe, Vice President
Retired Neurosurgeon
Paul Schommer, Vice President
Project Manager
Schommer & Sons
Doug de Weese, Treasurer
CEO & Founder
Rare Air USA
Janelle Jimerson, Secretary
Community Volunteer
Trish Adams
President
Opinionated
Gwyneth Gamble Booth
Community Volunteer
Chair, PGE Foundation
Ann Carter
Founder
ACCtion Strategic Marketing Services
Dean M. Dordevic
Principal
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
Jon Greeney
Principal Timpanist
Oregon Symphony
Bill Hughes
President / Owner
W.A. Hughes Construction Inc.
Martin Lotti
Vice President / Brand Design
Nike Inc.
Lindley Morton
Green Gables Design and Restoration
Darren Nakata
NW Natural
Carol L. Otis M.D.
Sports Medicine Physician
Consulting Practice
Travers Hill Polak
Community Volunteer
Jeff Wolfstone
Shareholder
Lane Powell PC
Dan Schwoerer
CEO Bulls Eye Glass
Paul Loving
Senior Counsel
Holland & Knight
Polly Lauser
Community Volunteer
Yoshio Kurosaki
President and CEO
Summit Properties
Prospective Board Members
Katherine Desmond Frandsen
Community Volunteer
Owner, Katherine Frandsen Design
Cathy Rudd
OHSU Center for Woman’s Health
Community Volunteer
Dorie Vollum
Arts Advocate
Community Volunteer
Sue Reynolds
Educator
Carmen Wong
Certified Financial Planner®, Wealth Advisor
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
Alice Wiewel
Foundation Board
Carmen Wong, Chair
Certified Financial Planner®, Wealth Advisor
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
Stephen D. Bloom, President
Chief Executive Officer
Portland Japanese Garden
Diane Freeman, Secretary / Treasurer
Director of Finance
Portland Japanese Garden
Trish Adams
President
Opinionated Agency
Dede DeJager
Broker & Premier Executive Director
Windermere Stellar Real Estate
Allan Mercer
Co-Founder
Pantheon Investment Group, LLC
James D Lynch
Director
Intel Corporation
Dee Ross
Senior Client Portfolio Manager
Invesco
Greg Fitz-Gerald
Financial Services Executive (retired)
Valerie Sasaki
Partner
Samuels Yoelin Kantor, LLP
Cecelia Tanaka
Consultant, Global Philanthropy
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Sandy Chandler
Designer & Photographer
Sandra Chandler Photography
International Advisory Board
Japan Members
Masataka Hata
President, Shoyeido Incense Co.
Kyoto, Japan
Masatoshi Ito
Chairman, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Koichi Kajima
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 & CEO, Mimasu Corporation
Chairman & CEO, Sankyu Corporation
Ibaraki, Japan
Shiro Nakane
President, Nakane and Associates
Kyoto, Japan
Koichi and Mihoko Nezu
Director and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Nezu Museum
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
Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Director, Tokyo Nodai Center for International Japanese Garden Studies
Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Uyeno
Chairman & President, Uyeno Transtech Ltd.
Yokohama and Kamakura, Japan
Shiro Wakui
Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Tokyo City University
Tokyo, Japan
Tadashi and Teruyo Yanai
Chairman, President & CEO, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. and Uniqlo
Tokyo, Japan
Shigeho Yoshida
Chief Priest, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
Kamakura, Japan
Honorary Members
The Honorable Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator of Hawaii
Honorary Member
His Excellency Shinsuke Sugiyama
Ambassador of Japan to the United States
Honorary Member
North America & International Members
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
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
Larry Murakami
Former General Manager, Tama Food International
Honolulu, HI
Kathleen M. Pike
Professor and Director, Global Mental Health Program, Columbia University
New York, NY
Arlene Schnitzer
Chairperson, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation
Portland, OR
Holly Shimizu
President, United States Botanic Garden (retired)
Washington, D.C.
Robert Singer
Curator, Japanese Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA