Officers

Nisei Week Foundation Executive Committee Officers Helen Ota, President Terry Hara, President-Elect Michael Lee, Vice-President - Community Relations Nikki Kodama, Vice-President - Events Diane Tanaka, Vice-President - Marketing Staci Hashimoto-Fujita, Co-VP, Marketing Hayato Tamura, Vice-President - Ways and Means Keith Inatomi, Immediate Past President Michelle Suzuki, Secretary Gerald Fukui, Treasurer Executive Committee Members Joyce Chinn Alan Furuta Frances Hashimoto Staci Hashimoto-Fujita Art Ishii James Okazaki Board of Directors Leiton Hashimoto Rodney Kageyama Leland Lau Ken Miyoshi Walter Morimoto Mark Nishinaka Jennifer Okamura Naomi Ono Sognefest Grace Shiba John "JT" Tamaki Steffanie Tamehiro At Large Board Members JACCC Representative Japanese Student Network (JSN) LTSC Representative OCNCC Representative OCSS Representative Board of Governors Bobby Chun Tomio Ito Kats Kunitsugu Paul Shishima Nisei Week Chairs ANIME FESTIVAL Ray Nagar AWARDS DINNER Frances Hashimoto BABY PAGEANT Rodney Kageyama BOOKLET Candice Ota CALENDAR OF EVENTS Diane Tanaka Candice Ota CAR SHOW Ken Miyoshi CITY LIASON Terry Hara CORONATION Mike Hirahara Keith Inatomi CULTURAL EXHIBITS Grace Shiba FASHION SHOW Joyce Chinn FOOD EATING CONTEST Cory Hayashi HOOPS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Eva Hosoda HOSPITALITY Bobby Chun Marian Chun Leiton Hashimoto MASCOT Marcy Hiratzka MERCHANDISING Walter Morimoto Steffanie Tamehiro OFFICE Joyce Chinn Greg Chinn ONDO/CLOSING CEREMONY Hideo Kikuchi OPENING CEREMONY Nikki Kodama ORANGE COUNTY SANSEI SINGLES Peggy Tom PARADE & PRE/POST RECEPTION Mark Nishinaka PHOTOGRAPHY Hal Keimi Alan Miyatake PIONEER LUNCHEON Frances Hashimoto PUBLIC RELATIONS Diane Tanaka QUEEN & COURT PROGRAM Michelle Suzuki QUEEN'S REUNION Emiko "Em" Yamada RAFFLE Hayato Tamura SPONSORSHIP Helen Ota Naomi Ono Sognefest SPORTS & MARTIAL ARTS Art Ishii STREET ARTS/CARNIVAL TBD SUMO DEMO/TOURNAMENT Troy Collins TAIKO GATHERING Johnny Mori VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Marcy Hiratzka WEBSITE Ryan Furuya