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AWARD OF HONOR GALA
Saturday November 23, 2019

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Gala co-chairs C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr., and Nobuko Saito Cleary,and the Gala committee cordially welcome you to
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Japan Society of Northern California’s

AWARD OF HONOR GALA
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
222 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94102

VIP Reception:

5:30 pm

General Reception & Silent Auction:

6:00 pm

Dinner Program:

7:00 pm

AWARD OF HONOR

Mr. Ben Yoneyama
Chairman, YONEX CO., LTD.

Mr. Carl Pascarella & M rs. Yurie Pascarella
Executive Adviser, TPG Capital

2019

JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIADINNER MENU
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SALAD
Port Wine Poached Pear Salad (Roasted Pear, Candied Spiced Walnut, Belgium
Endive, Wild Arugula, Pt. Reyes Blue Cheese, Walnut Crisp).

ENTREEPan Seared Chicken Breast (Sweet Potato Gratin, Roasted Rainbow Baby
Carrots, Kale, Grilled Spring Onions, Madeira Jus)

DESSERT
Lemon Eclipse (Lemon and Raspberries Cream, with Raspberry and Chocolate
Garnish).Chocolate Raspberry Dome (Dark Chocolate Mousse Cake, Raspberry
Cream Center, Chocolate Glaze and Raspberry Garnish).

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR WINE SPONSORS!
VIP Reception | Freeman Winery
Sake for Toasts | Gekkeikan
Wine at Dinner | Yuko Suzuki, Suzuki Marketing, Inc.

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PROGRAM
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WELCOME

AWARD OF HONOR

Jon Metzler

Mr. Ben Yoneyama

Chairman of the Board, Japan Society ofNorthern California

Chairman, YONEX CO., LTD.
Introduced by Kathleen Kimura, Member, Board of
Directors, Japan Society of Northern California

TOAST
Tomochika Uyama

Mr. Carl & Mrs. Yurie Pascarella
Executive Advisor, TPG Capital
Introduced by C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.,
President, Japan Society of Northern California

Consul General
Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco

BENEFIT AUCTION
DINNER

Auctioneer, Jerry Goldstone

ENTERTAINMENT

CLOSING REMARKS

Chad Cannon

Nobuko Saito Cleary
GALA Co-Chair & Member, Board of Directors, Japan
Society of Northern California

Matthew Oshida
Rebecca Jackson
Alexandra LeemJonah Kim

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
GALA Co-Chair & President, Japan Society ofNorthern California

Master of Ceremonies: Richard Koo

JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIAAWARD OF HONOR RECIPIENT
Born in the deep countryside of Niigata, Japan, Ben Yoneyama grew up
playing next to his family’s factory and subconsciously watching his father
Minoru Yoneyama build the foundation of Yonex. Upon graduating from
Chuo University in 1980, he entered the University of Tennessee to study
business and to improve his English language skills. Within a year, Ben was
tasked to set up what became Yonex USA, marking the official start of his
career. In 1983, Yonex Corporation was established in Los Angeles. He wascritical in establishing Yonex as an innovator in technology by bringing thefirst widebody ADX 200 driver into the US market in 1989. Although Yonex’s
success in sporting goods started with badminton followed by tennis, it wasgolf that put Yonex on the map in the US. Ben’s strategic marketing visionand significant contributions to the development of the Yonex brand led him
to the role of president of the company in 2007, and in 2015 he was elevatedto the position of Chairman.

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Mr. Ben Yoneyama
Chairman,
YONEX CO., LTD.

Under his leadership, Yonex is a world leader in golf, tennis and badminton
equipment. Its badminton rackets are used by about 80% of all competitiveplayers in the world, its tennis racquets are the choice of many stars suchas Naomi Osaka, Stan Wawrinka and Martina Navratilova, and its golf clubs
have propelled the careers of top golfers such as Kim Hyo-joo and Haruka
Morita. Over the past decade, with Ben’s leadership and drive to be the bestin quality and innovation, Yonex has diversified, using its advanced graphite
technology to develop wind turbines and manufacture high quality racing
road bikes.
Ben’s personal commitment to sports is wide and deep, reflecting a passion
for the promotion of sport and good health. His roles include the Vice
Chairman of Japan Sports Goods Industry, Vice Chairman of Japan Golf
Equipment Association, Chairman of Tennis Equipment Association,
Chairman of Japan Badminton Manufacturers Association, and many more.
Ben is an advocate for health through exercise and sports and enjoys
playing tennis, golf, badminton, and snowboarding with family and friends.

AWARD OF HONOR
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AWARD OF HONOR RECIPIENTCarl Pascarella, who headed Visa USA as CEO and President from 19932005, is currently Executive Adviser at TPG Capital where he focuses on
financial service and technology. He is also an angel investor and has
enabled many Silicon Valley and international entrepreneurs, including from
Brazil, China, Europe and Southeast Asia, to achieve success in the financial
technology area.

Mr. Carl & M rs.
Yurie Pascarella
Executive Adviser,
TPG Capital

Mr. Pascarella has had an expansive career in financial services andinvesting. As President & Chief Executive Officer of Visa U.S.A. Inc. he led
the launch of the debit card product, which remains the pervasive product in
the US today, globally positioned Visa as the world’s premier payment brandand established partnerships with major arts and athletics organizations.
Before assuming that position, he was President & CEO of Visa Asia Pacific
Limited and Director of the Board based in Singapore and Tokyo, where
he built Visa into the top payment system in Asia, introducing electronic
payments products and infrastructure into many Asian markets for the firsttime, including in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Korea.
In 1984 Mr. Pascarella moved Visa’s headquarters to Tokyo where he spent
the next five years establishing Visa as the market leader in payment
services in the booming Japanese market. By leveraging Visa’s vast global
reach with the rapidly expanding world-wide footprint of Japanese business,
Visa became the pre-eminent payment system throughout Asia and globally.
In addition, as Asia President and CEO, Mr. Pascarella negotiated anagreement between Visa and the National Olympic Committee in Korea that
resulted in Visa’s global sponsorship of the Olympics that continues up to
the present day. Carl and Yurie have attended six Summer Olympic Gamesand three Winter Olympic Games over the past 31 years.
Prior to joining Visa, Mr. Pascarella was Vice President, International
Division at Crocker National Bank and Vice President, Metropolitan Banking
at Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Pascarella received a Master of Sciencein Management from Stanford Sloan Program at the Graduate School ofBusiness at Stanford University. Carl and Yurie Pascarella have been heavily
involved with the arts in San Francisco for over two decades. He is currently
on the Board of the San Francisco Ballet, Vice Chairman for the Fine Arts
Museums and a life-time governor of the San Francisco Symphony. Yurie ison the Board of the American Friends of the Paris Opera and Ballet and haschaired many galas and fundraisers to support the arts in San Francisco.

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Tomochika Uyama

Jon Metzler

Consul General ofJapan in San Francisco

Chairman of theBoard Japan Societyof Northern California,
Lecturer, UC-Berkeley

GREETINGS

It is an honor to greet you at the 33rd Award of Honor
Gala hosted by the Japan Society of Northern California.
I would like to congratulate Mr. Ben Yoneyama, Chairmanof Yonex Co., Ltd., and Mr. Carl and Mrs. Yurie Pascarella
on receiving the 2019 Awards of Honor.
For over a century, the Japan Society has strengthened
the friendship between Japan and the United States byorganizing activities that enhance local interest andunderstanding of Japan-related topics. I want to thankthe Japan Society for its continuous efforts in promoting
dialogue and exchange between the Japan and Northern
California, by bringing together individuals who arestrongly committed to fostering mutual understanding.
The theme of this year’s gala is Road to Tokyo 2020,in celebration of Japan hosting the 2020 Olympic andParalympic Games next summer. I deeply appreciate theJapan Society for highlighting the Tokyo 2020 Games
at this signature event. As the world will soon turn its
attention on Japan, we are making every effort to ensure
the Games are safe, welcoming, and captivating foreveryone.
Lastly, I would like to wish the Japan Society of Northern
California, its leadership, and its members continued
success in all their future endeavors.

Welcome to our 33rd Award of Honor Gala!
After years of planning, the 2020 Summer Olympics willcommence in Tokyo next July. Athletes from aroundthe world will converge on Japan as she hosts her third
Olympiad. Our Gala this year is a celebration of thelinkages the Games can bring. Northern California alone
is home to 400+ former Olympians, including veterans of
the 1964 Tokyo Games and the 1998 Nagano Games.
Tonight we celebrate leaders who, through sport,
have helped bring us closer together: Carl and Yurie
Pascarella; and Ben Yoneyama. Under Carl’s leadership
Visa began its support of the Olympics in 1988. Yonex’s
innovation in badminton, tennis and golf has powered
athletes from Martina Navratilova to Naomi Osaka.
The Society is now 114 years young. Happily, we arein fine shape – we are executing on all planks of our
mission to better connect Japan and the Northern
California area. Highlights include our language
program; our Innovation Awards; increased programs inJapan; and recently, our Road to Tokyo (RT2020) seriesof programs.
It’s a small group of people that makes all this happen. I
want to highlight the efforts of the team, which works its
magic on a very limited budget. Their work matters – asdoes your support tonight.
I also want to thank our corporate sponsors andpartners, whose generous support keeps the Society
going. Lastly, I want to thank our Gala co-chairs,
Nobuko Saito Cleary and Larry Greenwood, and Sada
Chidambaram, who has spearheaded our RT2020
programming.
Thank you for being part of this special night.

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C. Lawrence
Greenwood, Jr.
President of Japan
Society of Northern
California,
GALA Co-Chair
A common love of sports can bind together people fromall cultures and backgrounds. In 1964 Japan used the
Olympic Games to introduce to the world a democratic,
peaceful and prosperous Japan. Years later while
the US and Japan fought over trade, American fansmarveled at the play of Murakami, Ichiro and Nomo.
In the aftermath of the horror of the 3/11 tsunami and
Fukushima accident, Ambassador John Roos usedyouth sports exchanges to boost morale in a devastatedTohoku. More recently, both our countries share pride in
the emergence of multicultural stars like Naomi Osaka,
Rui Hachimura, and Sani Brown.
Ben Yoneyama and Carl and Yurie Pascarella havedevoted much of their lives to promoting crossborder fellowship through support of athletes and thegames they compete in. Yonex’s promotion of racket
sports, including programs for low income kids in the
Bay Area, is a wonderful example of the company’scommitment to cross-border friendship. Carl launched
Visa’s sponsorship of the Olympics in 1988, making thecompany one of the most long-standing backers of theGames. The Japan Society of Northern California is very
proud to honor them for their many contributions.
Many thanks to all of the sponsors of the Award of
Honor Gala Dinner, to the athletes here tonight who haveinspired us with their competitive spirit and to those whohave supported the Japan Society of Northern California
throughout the year. You all make it possible for us tocontinue, after more than a century, our work to build
bridges between the Bay Area and Japan.

Nobuko Saito Cleary
Executive Board
Member of Japan
Society of Northern
California,
GALA Co-Chair
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 33nd Award of
Honor Gala. I am once again honored to serve as the cochair for this lovely event.
It is a special evening when we can honor individuals
who have contributed so much to establish relationships
between the United States and Japan. Mr. Carl
Pascarella and Mrs. Yurie Pascarella have been positiverole models in Japan throughout a distinguished career
and, here in San Francisco, as philanthropists who
support many cultural institutions. Mr. Ben Yoneyama,
Chairman and Representative Director of Yonex, hassimilarly been a most effective spokesperson for U.S. –Japan relationships. He has influenced many aspectsof the business world as well as aided the building offriendships between our two countries.
As the theme is “Road to Tokyo 2020,” we will have a few
Olympians joining us. As the time of this writing, we arehonored to have with us two who made history at theTokyo Olympics in 1964. The judo legend, Mr. Yoshihiro
Uchida, established judo as a regulated collegiate
sport and was instrumental in introducing Judo into the
Olympics 50 years ago in Japan. And Billy Mills, became
the first non-European to win the Olympic Gold Medal in
the 10,000 meter run in the same Tokyo Olympics. Whatan honor to have two with us who made history in Japan,
especially as we honor U.S.and Japan relationships at
this event.
As I reflect on another year as co-chair of this gala, I
realize that my mission to bridge two cultures continues.
I feel privileged to welcome you to tonight’s celebrationof such a relationship between countries and cultures. I
thank all of you for the support you have given me and to
the Japan Society.

2019 AWARD OF HONOR

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2019 AWARD OF HONORGALA DONORS
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INNOVATORPARTNERBENEFACTORCarl & Yurie Pascarella

MUFG Union Bank, N.A.

TPG Sixth Street Partners

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd

Hitachi, Ltd. &Hitachi America, Ltd.

YONEX CO., LTD.

Japan Airlines

Mitsubishi Corporation(Americas)

Visa Inc.

PATRON
Harris Barton

Michi Kaifu

Takenaka Corporation

Thomas Brunner | Glaucoma Research
Foundation

Kakul Srivastava & Jon Metzler

John Thomas

Jim & Becky Morgan

Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki

Bill Fuller
C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce ofNorthern California

Nikon Corporation
Savonix, Inc.
Squire Patton Boggs

INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR
Emma and Takahide Akiyama

JETRO

Yoshiaki Tojo

Dana Buntrock

Yale and Chie Kofman

Marsha Vande Berg

Dr. Gary W. and Nobuko Saito Cleary

Christopher J. Monteilh

Satoru Watanabe

Dr. Richard B. Dasher

Steve Pollock

Stefan WilliamLouis and Linda Golm

Ambassador John & Susie Roos

Tom & Akemi Woofter

Tracy Gopal

Shin & Yumiko Sano

Michael O’Bryan

Miho Greenberg

Tsutomu Tanaka

Gerald & Keiko Horkan

Steven G. & Marsha Eddleman Teraoka

ENTERTAINMENT

United Airlines

Kathleen & Kozo Kimura

Chad Cannon

Matthew Oshida
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ENTERTAINMENT

Chad Cannon is a composer interested in theintersection of cultures, history, and human stories. His
score to the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary
American Factory received a nomination for Cinema Eye
Honors’ Outstanding Score and was hailed as “graceful”(Washington Post) and “stirring” (NY Times). The film isa frontrunner in this year’s Oscars race and is the first
film release by President Barack & Michelle Obama’s
Higher Ground Productions. Other titles include Paper
Lanterns, CyberWork and the American Dream (PBS),
and Cairo Declaration. Recent concert commissions
and collaborations include Nuremberg Symphony, Julia
Bullock & Davóne Tines, and Slovenia Philharmonic.
As an arranger & orchestrator, Chad works for someof the world’s best-loved film composers, including
Joe Hisaishi, Shigeru Umebayashi, Alexandre Desplat& Howard Shore (under Conrad Pope) and Tyler Bates(under Tim Williams). Chad’s arrangements for Joe
Hisaishi include symphonic suites of Spirited Away,
Castle in the Sky, and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Recent
blockbuster titles include Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw,The Hobbit trilogy, and Secret Life of Pets.
Since 2013 Chad has run the Asia / America New Music
Institute (AANMI), which promotes cultural diplomacy
through contemporary concert music. With AANMI, Chadhas organized concerts throughout Asia and the U.S.,
featuring some of the world’s finest young classicaltalent, such as violinist Ryu Goto. Next summer will see
AANMI’s third US Embassy-supported program in Japan,
Passing the Torch, an Olympics-themed concert tour offive of Japan’s most prominent temples and shrines.
Chad holds degrees from Juilliard and Harvard.

Violinist MATTHEW OSHIDA has performed withorchestras throughout the country including San Jose
Symphony, Utah Symphony, Las Vegas Philharmonic,
Sarasota Opera, and Tulsa Symphony, Opera, andBallet. He has appeared in principal positions with theorchestras in Berkeley, San Jose, Fremont, Sacramento,and Modesto, recorded with the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir, and accompanied such popular artists as
Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bolton,
Placido Domingo, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mannheim
Steamroller, and Harry Connick, Jr. As a chambermusician, he performed with the Emerson Quartet
and pianist Jon Nakamatsu, and participated in live
broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. As a founding member of
the San Francisco based Farallon Quintet, he has played
50+ concerts throughout Northern California, received
grants from San Francisco Friends of Chamber Musicand the Barlow Endowment, was ensemble-in-residence
at Old First Concerts, and served on the faculty for
Chamber Musicians of Northern California.
Matthew has also performed as a recording artist
on albums produced by various record labels, in a
number of musical theatre productions and at a hostof top music festivals around the world. Outside of
the concert hall, he has demonstrated the link between
music and leadership through performing at training
seminars for executives at such companies as eBay,
Chevron, Intel, and Protiviti.

JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIAANNUAL AWARD OF HONOR RECIPIENTSEvery year since 1987, the Society has honored distinguished individuals from both culturesat the Annual Award of Honor Gala. Awards are given to those who, “worked to foster better
American understanding of Japan and better United States –Japan relations.” The firstrecipients of this award were Edwin O. Reischauer and Haru Matsukata Reischauer on March
11, 1987. The complete list of recipients are as follows:10

1987–2019

2019
Mr. Ben Yoneyama, Chairman, YONEX CO., LTD.
& Mr. Carl & Mrs. Yurie Pascarella, Executive
Advisor, TPG Capital

2010
U.S. Ambassador to Japan J. Thomas Schieffer& Takahiro Moriguchi, JP Morgan Japan Hatsuro“Hats” Aizawa (Lifetime Achievement)

2018
Hiroaki Nakanishi, Executive Chairman, Hitachi &William Perry, Former Secretary of Defense

2009Japanese Ambassador to U.S. Shunji Yanai &Toichi Takenaka, Takenaka Corporation

2017
David Pearson, CEO, Opus One & Yuzo Kayama,
Actor, Artist, & Singer

2008
Sakie Fukushima, Korn/Ferry International &Kathy Matsui, Goldman Sachs Japan (Womenin Business Gala) Richard Heggie (Lifetime
Achievement)

2016
Hiroshi Mikitani, Rakuten, Inc. & Hayao
Miyazaki, Animation Director Studio Ghibli(World Imaginator Award)
2015
Marc Benioff, Salesforce & Haruo Murase, Canon
Marketing Japaan Inc. Nobuyuki Tsujii, Van
Cliburn Gold Medal Winner (Music Ambassador)
2014
Ambassador John V. Roos & Ken Watanabe,
Actor and Humanitarian MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
(Visionary Award)
2013
Margrit Biever Mondavi, Robert Mondavi Winery& Kenzo Tsujimoto, Kenzo Estate, Capcom Co.,
Ltd, Capcom U.S.A., Inc. Dr. Shinya Yamanaka,
2012 Nobel Prize Winner (World Visionary
Award)
2012
Georges Desvaux(on behalf of McKinsey & Company)
2011
Japanese Ambassador to U.S. Ryozo Kato,
William H. Neukom (on behalf of the San
Francisco Giants) & Lewis Wolff (on behalf of
the Oakland Athletics) Masanori Murakami(Lifetime Achievement), Sadaharu Oh (Lifetime
Achievement)

AWARD OF HONOR GALA / 20192007
Yuzaburo Mogi, Kikkoman Philip Kan Gotanda,
playwright (Artistic Achievement)
2006
Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Orix & A.W. Clausen, Bankof America Alexander D. Calhoun (Lifetime
Achievement)
2005
Tatsuro Toyoda, Toyota Foundation & Scott
Cook, Intuit Atsuhiko Tateuchi, Tateuchi
Foundation (Humanitarian Award)
2004
Keiji Tachikawa, NTT Docomo
2003
Nobuyuki Idei, Sony Corporation
2002
Walt Disney Corporation/Oriental Land Company
Osamu Yamada (Lifetime Achievement)
2001
Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta (Onbehalf of the Japanese American Community)
2000
Yotaro Kobayashi, Fuji Xeroxv

1999
James C. Morgan, Applied Materials
1998
Norio Ohga, Sony Corporation
1997
Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa
1996
Dr. Donald Keene, Columbia University
1995
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Michael H. Armacost& Japanese Ambassador to U.S. Nobuo
Matsunaga
1994
James Clavell, Novelist & Jesse Takamiyama,
Sumo Wrestler
1993
Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone & Secretaryof State George P. Schultz
1992
Sadako Ogata, United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees & Dr. Robert
Scalapino, National Committee on UnitedStates-China Relations
1991
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Michael Mansfield& Ambassador (and former Consul General in
San Francisco) Hiroshi Kitamura
1990
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Robert Ingersoll
1989
Dr. Robert Ward, Stanford University
1988
Japanese Ambassador to U.S. Yoshio Okawara
1987
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin & Haru
Matsukata Reischauer

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
2019
PARTNER
Kazuhiko Abe

PATRON
Takahide Akiyama
Sada Chidambaram
Nobuko Saito Cleary
Dr. Richard Dasher
Glen Fukushima
William Fuller
Tracy Gopal
George Hayashi
Keiko Horkan
Kathleen Kimura
Yale Kofman
Jon Metzler
Michael O’Bryan

33RD GALA COMMITTEE
2019
C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.,
Co-ChairNobuko Saito Cleary, Co-Chair
Sada Chidambaram’
Glen S. Fukushima
Kathleen Kimura
Kevin A. Kuhn
Jon Metzler
Steve Pollock
Miho Greenberg

JAPAN SOCIETY TEAM
C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.,
President
Miho Greenberg,
COO
Kendra De Nike,
Office Administrator
Yu Higashisawa,
Language Coordinator

Tom Tanaka
John Thomas
Marsha Vande Berg
Thomas Woofter2019 LEADERSHIP CIRCLE &GALA COMMITTEEJAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTJAPAN SOCIETY OFNORTHERN CALIFORNIABOARD OF DIRECTORS

Glen S. Fukushima
Center for American Progress

Yoshiaki Tojo
Senesens

William P. Fuller		
The Asia Foundation (Emeritus)

Marsha J. Vande Berg
Tata Capital Pte. Ltd

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

George Hayashi
MOL (America) Inc. (Ret.)

Satoru Watanabe
Maximize, Inc.

Jon Metzler – Chair
Lecturer, UC-Berkeleys

Howard Hoover
Deloitte & Touche LLP (Ret.)

Nancy Yamaguchi
Morgan Lewis

John R. Thomas – Vice Chair / Finance
Co-ChairMartingale Asset Management

Keiko Horkan
Dodge & Cox Investment Managers

David Saltzman – Secretary / Nominating& Governance Chair
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Yale Kofman – Treasurer / Finance CoChair
BNY Mellon WealthManagement
Nobuko Saito Cleary – Gala Co-Chair
Cross Cultural Communications
Tracy Gopal – Programming Chair
Corporate Finance & Governance
Professional

Gen Isayama
WiL – World Innovation Lab
Bryan J. Jacop
Located LLC
Michi Kaifu
Enotech Consulting
Kathleen Kimura
Tokyo Express Co., Inc.
Kevin. A. Kuhn
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Terry Marsh
Quantal International

Rochelle Kopp
Japan Intercultural Consulting

Christopher J. Monteilh
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Steve Pollock – Sponsorship Chair
Gigster

Norio Nakazawa
JETRO

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. – President
Japan Society of Northern California

Michael O’Bryan
Morrison & Foerster, LLP

DIRECTORS
Kazuhiko Abe
LIFULL Co., Ltd.
Takahide Akiyama
Erex Spark Marketing
Dana Buntrock
University of California
Richard Dasher
Stanford University		

AWARD OF HONOR GALA / 2019

Taiki Ozawa
Japan Airlines
Tomomichi Saito
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Eriko Sekiya
Japanese-English Interpreter & Radio
Personality
Tom Tanaka
Global Investment Banking and Overseas
Business Professional

HONORARY
Tomochika Uyama
Consul General of Japan in San Francisco
Ambassador Michael Armacost,
Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow

EMERITUS
Carl E. Anduri, Jr.
Barbara Bundy
Alexander Calhoun
Donald R. Davis
Steven J. Doi, Esq.
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
Roger J. Fleischmann
Greg Marutani
Michael Moyle
Noel Nellis
Masaya Okumura
Thomas H. Woofter
Osamu Yamada
George Yamasaki, Jr.
John A. Zderic

LIVE AUCTION
Dinner with the Consul General: Private dinner for 6 at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco. Gourmet
dinner prepared by his private chef in the historic and beautiful residence.
Hawaiian Experience: 3 nights stay at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort, donated by Tak Development, Inc. and roundtrip air flight by the Japan Society

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Aria in New York: 2 tickets to a Metropolitan Opera performance and 2 backstage tour passes. United Airlines
round-trip from S.F. to N.Y.
Japan Bound: 2 round-trip tickets Business Class on Japan Airlines from S.F. to Japan. 3-night deluxe
accommodations with breakfast at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo.
Formal Kinsa Dinner with Opus One Wine: A multi-course dinner for 4 served on authentic historic dishes
prepared by Nobuko Saito Cleary, licensed in Kinsa style, and served by Dr. Gary Cleary, a world-famous scientist.
Includes a magnum of award-winning Opus One Wine, donated by David Pearson, CEO.

SILENT AUCTION DONORSALL Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

Ellation

Mr. Al Njoo

Asia / America New Music Institute(AANMI)

Gabriel Lee

N.A. Sales Company, Inc

Furthermore Wines / Ms. Charleyand Mr. Robert Zeches

Nobuko Saito Cleary

90 Plus Wine Club
Akemi Woofter

Hakone Foundation

Asian Art Museum

Hidden Villa

Bay ClubKazuo Nakamura / CMIC Holdings

Bushido / Steven Yen

Keio Plaza Hotel

Conrad Sherby

KitTeaChina Live San Francisco/George Chen

Kokoro Care Packages

Dalla Terra
Dandelion Chocolate

Oakland Zoo
Sequoia Sake
Serefina / Michael Loughlin
Suzuki Marketing, Inc. / Yuko Suzuki
Takara Sake
Takenaka Corporation

Kusakabe

TCHO
TOTO

Mia Watanabe
Morrison and Foerster

DHC

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Congratulations to the 2019 GALA
Honorees
Mr. Ben Yoneyama
Mr. Carl & Mrs. Yurie Pascarella
Kozo and Kathleen Kimura

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Proud Supporter of
The Japan Society of Northern California
freemanwinery.com
JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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For more than 100 years, the Japan Society ofNorthern California has fostered collaboration
and understanding between the United States
and Japan by providing Northern Californians
with a range of language, cultural and businessprogramming and opportunities for fellowship.
The programming has varied through the years
but the mission to foster understanding andcollaboration between Japan and the UnitedStates remains unchanged.

Be part of the Japan Society, the place for U.S.
Japan insights, opportunities, collaborationand netwroking!
Visit our website for more informationwww.usajapan.org

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is proud to support
the Japan Societyof Northern
California andcongratulates
honorees
Mrs. Yurie and
Mr. Carl Pascarella
and
Mr. Ben Yoneyama

AWARD OF HONOR GALA / 2019CARL & YURIEPASCARELLA

Congratulations to the Japan Society ofNorthern California for its work building
friendship between Japan and the Bay Area!
JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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NAOMI OSAKA(JPN)

Yonex professional players may play with a customized racquet with different specifications to the model displayed.