2013 Honorary Officers, Officers, Directors,
and Chairpersons
Honorary Officers
| Honorary Advisor： | Shigeyuki Hiroki (Ambassador, Consulate General of Japan in New York) |
| Honorary Member: | Seiei Ono (President of Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York) |
| Takashi Kano (President of the Nippon Club) |
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| Life Trustees: | Robert K. Emy, Jiro Murase, Noboru Sato, Seiichi Shimomura |
| Advisors: | Toshio Kiso |
| Honorary President: | Susan J. Onuma |
Officers
| President: | Gary S. Moriwaki |
| Vice President: | Julie Azuma, David Hiromura, Keiko Ishida, Makoto Iwahara, M.D., Yusuke Iwasaki, Tsuneko Mitsunaka, Satoru Murase, Joe Oshima, Seiko Oshima, Suki Terada Ports, Koji Sato, Katsuo Takeda |
| Secretary: | Koji Sato |
| Assistant Secretary: | David Hiromura |
| Treasurer: | Joe Oshima |
| Assistant Treasurer: | Julie Azuma |
Directors
| Masazumi Adachi, M.D. | Yuzuru Anzai, M.D. | Yoshikatsu Aoyagi |
| Roy Ashikari, M.D. | Julie Azuma | Michiko Ito Crampe |
| Ken Egawa | Robert K. Emy, M.D. | Tetsuya Fujita |
| Tak Furumoto | Kumiko Hasegawa | Keiichiro Hayashi |
| David Hiromura | George Hirose* (New) | Shunichi Homma, M.D. |
| Koji Ichida | Saeko Ichinohe | Keiko Ishida |
| Mozart H. Ishizuka | Riki Ito | Makoto Iwahara, M.D. |
| Yusuke Iwasaki | Shuji Kato | Takayoshi Kato |
| Toshio Kiso | Nobuko Kodama | Emiko A. Lindsay |
| Kuni Mikami | Tsuneko Mitsunaka | Gary S. Moriwaki |
| Satoru Murase | Nobuko Cobi Narita | Michiyo Noda |
| James Nolan | Robert Norton | Toru Okamoto |
| Hiroko Onoyama | Susan J. Onuma | Joe Oshima |
| Seiko Oshima | Suki Terada Ports | Kamal Ramani, M.D. |
| Yoko Sasaki | Koji Sato | Kinichi Shibutani, M.D. |
| Matsuko Shibuya | Toshiteru Tada | Michi Tahara |
| Katsuo Takeda | Aileen Yamaguchi | Robert Yanagisawa M.D. |
Committee Chairs
| Standing Committees | |
| Planning & Finance: | David Hiromura, Susan Onuma |
| Membership-Corporate: | David Hiromura |
| Membership-Individual: | Susan J. Onuma |
| JAA News: | Julie Azuma, Koji Sato, Michiyo Noda |
| Archives: | Julie Azuma, Michiyo Noda |
| JAA Social Service: | Seiko Oshima, Aileen Yamaguchi |
| Scholarship: | Satoru Murase |
| House: | JAA Office |
| Legal: | Koji Sato |
| Special Committees | |
| External Affairs: | David Hiromura, Susan Onuma |
| Audit: | Toshio Kiso, Kumiko Hasegawa |
| Music Awards: | Joe Oshima |
| Year End Dinner Dance: | Tsuneko Mitsunaka and JAA |
| Business Women’s Committee | |
| Art Exhibition: | Yoko Sasaki, George Hirose |
| Honjo Scholarship: | Susan Onuma |
| Sports & Baseball Tournament: | Shuji Kato |
| Memorial Day Services: | Katsuo Takeda |
| Japanese Language: | Nobuko Kodama |
| Charity Golf Tournament: | David Hiromura, Michi Tahara |
| Bazaar/ Flea Market: | JAA Office |
| Sakura Matsuri at Flushing Meadow, Colona Park: | Yusuke Iwasaki, Suki Terada Ports |
| Committee on Aging Issues: | Susan Onuma |
| Business Women's Committee: | Keiko Ishida |
| Apple Kids: | Hiroyuki Takenaga |
| Young Professional Committee: | Susan Onuma |
| Nominating: | Toshio Kiso |
JAA Office Staff
| Executive Director: | Michiyo Noda |
| Staff: | Naomi Adachi, Kuni Mikami, Terue Saito |