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Staff & Board

Our organization is guided by a talented management team and an accomplished Board of Directors.

Management Team

Jeffrey Hattori
CEO/Administrator Designee
E-mail: jhattori@nikkeiconcerns.org

Initially joined Nikkei Concerns as Seattle Keiro Administraor in 1999 and returned in March 2010. He most recently worked for Lilly USA in State Government Affairs and has also worked for the Seattle-King County Private Industry Council, Center for Career Alternatives and the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority. He has served and volunteered on numerous community boards and organizations including currently with the Seattle Chapter Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), national JACL and the NW Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans.

Jeffrey is a graduate of the University of Washington and proud parent of Derrik and Serii.


Rick Takeuchi
Human Resources Director
E-mail: rtakeuchi@nikkeiconcerns.org

Joined Nikkei Concerns in March 2010. Rick has over 30 years of experience in the field of human resources. He has worked in the HR departments of Washington Mutual Savings Bank, the Boeing Company, the Seattle Public Schools and most recently the Seattle-King County Public Health Department. Rick was born and raised in Seattle and is a graduate of the University of Washington.

He is happily married and has two teenage sons in high school. Rick is a lifetime member of the Nisei Veterans Committee who has volunteered to help out at numerous NVC sponsored community events over the past several years.


Lisa Waisath
Manager, Nikkei Manor
E-mail: lwaisath@nikkeiconcerns.org

Joined Nikkei Concerns in May 2009. Former Assistant Administrator of Auburn Meadows since 2007. Business Office Director (2002 – 2003), Assistant Executive Director (2003 – 2005), and Executive Director (2005 – 2007) of Evergreen Lodge – an Emeritus assisted living community. Director (1991 – 1995, 2000 - 2002), Field Coordinator (1995 – 1998), and Bookkeeper (1998 – 2000) for Champions Before- and After-School Program for school-age children. Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from The Evergreen State College.


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Board of Directors
David Hayasaka
President
Executive Director, Washington Schools Risk Management Pool
Ted Tomita
Vice President
Owner, West Coast Printing, Inc.
Neill Urano
Secretary
CEO, Retired, Otsuka America, Inc.
Kathy Hasegawa
Treasurer
Controller, InSpa Corporation
 
Jan Tsutsumoto Gokami
Manager, Office of Scott F. Kanemori, DDS
Taro Kusunose
Principal, Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC
Tomio Moriguchi
Chairman, Uwajimaya, Inc.
Kevin Nagai
Project Manager, Base Capital, LLC
Julie Ann Oiye
Ayame Kai Guild
Regional Manager, The Seattle Public Library
Noriko Goto Palmer
President, Jen, Inc.
Teresa Sato
Human Resources Director, PACCAR Parts
Sharon Sobie Seymour
Event Specialist, Sobie Seymour Project & Event Management
Harold Taniguchi
Director, King County Department of Transportation
Joe Yabuki
Director, Quality & Business Excellence
Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Oral Healthcare
Dennis Yamashita
Chief Administrative Officer, Aon Risk Services - Japan Group, Americas
Community Advisory Council
Lorraine Bannai
Joan Michiko Ching
Norigiku Horikawa
Fusako Kamihara
Bill Kawahara
Nancy Kitano
Dr. Kenneth Mayeda
Charles Natsuhara
Tosh Okamoto
Sam Shinozaki
Ali Shkurhan
Carol Suehiro
Elsie Taniguchi
Bill Tashima
Shizue Yahata
Ed Yakushijin
Douglas Yoshida

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