Officers
President
Grant Ogata, Domitech Products, LLC
Japanese First Vice President
Kazunori Nemoto, Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.
American First Vice President/President-Elect
Harry C. Whalen, Frisco Economic Development Corporation
Japanese Second Vice President
Shigetoshi Takashi, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
American Second Vice President
Sarah Carabias-Rush, Dallas Regional Chamber
Secretary
Naveen Bandla, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Treasurer
Allison Payne, PwC
General Counsel
Roshan Mansinghani, Unified Patents, LLC
Elected Directors
Stacie Adams, Axxess
Mark Berry, Collins Aerospace
John Bowers
Elaine Browning
Don Casey, American Airlines
Bryan Chance, Ernst & Young LLP
Richard Elieson, American Airlines
Keiko Harris, Texas Instruments
Lawrence Howorth, Richardson Economic Development Partnership
Dustin Johnson, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Keiichi Kagayama, High-Speed-Railway Technology Consulting Corporation
Sho Kashiwabara, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Takeshi Kojima, 7-Eleven, Inc.
Daisuke Nakamura, Bank of America
David Schlottman, Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Kyoko Vivas, Japan Airlines
Julia Wada, Toyota Financial Services
Honorary & Regular Directors
Hideo Fukushima, Consul-General of Japan in Houston
Hisashi (Sam) Shichijo, Honorary Consul of Japan in Dallas
Jackson Chen, NEC Corporation of America | Immediate Past President
Takashi Kubota, NEC Corporation of America |Immediate Past Japanese First Vice President
Masahiro Sakurauchi, JETRO – Houston
Standing Committees
Board Development and Nominations Committee
Budget and Finance Committee
Dallas-Sendai Committee
Corporate Membership Committee
Human Resources Committee
Investment Committee
Marketing Committee
Strategic Planning Committee
Sun & Star Golf Classic Committee
Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner Underwriting Committee
Special Committees and Task Forces
50th Anniversary Task Force
Sun & Star Legacy Award Recipient Advisory Task Force