Board of Trustees
For bios on the newly inducted members of the Board of Trustees, see here.
Drake Snodgrass, President
President
Drake’s 7 Dees Landscaping
Doug de Weese, Vice President
CEO
Hoyt Holdings LLC
Dr. Calvin Tanabe, Vice President
Retired Neurosurgeon
Paul Schommer, President Elect
Principal, Schommer & Sons
Jeff Wolfstone, Treasurer
Shareholder
Lane Powell PC
Trish Adams, Secretary
President
Opinionated
Robert Zagunis, Immediate Past President
Chairman
Keturi LLC
Jim Coonan
President
C2 Cattle Co.
Barton Eberwein
Executive V.P. Hoffman Corp. (retired)
Oregon Honorary Consul, Canada
Katherine Frandsen
Community Volunteer
Owner, Katherine Frandsen Design
Sally Gibson
Community Volunteer
Jeanne Giordano Frasca
President, Jeanne Giordano Ltd, Design and Planning
Ronna Hoffman
Philanthropist, Community Volunteer
Tatsuo Ito
Executive Vice President
SEH America, Inc.
Janelle Jimerson
Community Volunteer
Yoshio Kurosaki
President and CEO
Summit Properties
Naoki Kuze
President/CEO
St. Cousair, Inc.
Polly Lauser
Community Volunteer
Martin Lotti
Vice President / Brand Design
Nike Inc.
Paul Loving
Partner
Rimon Law
Travers Hill Polak
Community Volunteer
Sue Reynolds
Educator
Cathy Rudd
OHSU Center for Woman’s Health
Community Volunteer
Dan Schwoerer
CEO
Bullseye Glass Co.
Mark Stell
Managing Partner
Portland Coffee Roasters
John Tarpey
Journalist, Diplomat
Dorie Vollum
Arts Advocate
Community Volunteer
Alice Wiewel
Retired Oregon State architect
Foundation Board
Dee Ross, Chair
Senior Client Portfolio Manager
Invesco
Dede DeJager, Vice President
Broker & Premier Executive Director
Windermere Stellar Real Estate
Stephen D. Bloom, President
Chief Executive Officer
Portland Japanese Garden
Diane Freeman, Secretary / Treasurer
Director of Finance
Portland Japanese Garden
Sandy Chandler
Designer & Photographer
Sandra Chandler Photography
Katherine Desmond Frandsen
Community Volunteer
Owner, Katherine Frandsen Design
Greg Fitz-Gerald
Financial Services Executive (retired)
James D Lynch
Director
Intel Corporation
Allan Mercer
Chief Investment Officer, The Munster Freeman Group
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Valerie Sasaki
Partner
Samuels Yoelin Kantor, LLP
Dr. Calvin Tanabe, Vice President
Retired Neurosurgeon
Carmen Wong
Certified Financial Planner®, Wealth Advisor
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
International Advisory Board
Japan Members
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 & 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
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 & CEO, 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 Koji Tomita
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
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
Los Angeles, CA
George Takei
Actor
Los Angeles, CA
Junki Yoshida
Chairman and CEO, Yoshida Group
Portland, OR and San Diego, CA