Margaret Ashida, Chair | Troy, NY
Director, Empire State STEM Learning Network

Bradley H.K. Cooper, Vice Chair | Philadelphia, PA
Cooper, Morrison & Associates LLC

Thelma Kailiwai, Vice Chair | Lexington, MA
Staff Director, Strategic Development, IDS Engineering, Raytheon Company

Susan Jin Davis, Esq., Secretary | New York, NY
Vice President, Corporate Development, Comcast

Kenneth Kasamatsu, Treasurer | Los Angeles, CA
President, Pacific Commerce Bank

John T. Nagai, Legal Counsel (ex-officio) | Los Angeles, CA
Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

Linda Akutagawa, President & CEO | Los Angeles, CA
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.

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Directors

Willie Chiang | Houston, TX
Sr. Vice President, Refining, Marketing & Transportation, ConocoPhillips Company

K.C. Choi | San Marino, CA
Vice President, Americas Solutions Architecture, Hewlett Packard Company

Kenneth Chung | Boston, MA
Vice President, Chubb Commercial Insurance, Chubb & Son

David Lin | Bedminster, NJ
Director, Constituency Relations, AT&T 

Giancarlo Pacheco | Los Angeles, CA
President and Co-Founder, Plan C. Group, Inc

Karen Park | Los Angeles, CA
President, TEN Advertising

Grant Sunoo | Los Angeles, CA
Project Manager, Coalition for Responsible Community Development

Anh Tran | Silver Spring, MD
Consultant, Impact Silver Spring

Rena Wheaton | Malibu, CA
President, The Wheaton Group

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Staff

Linda Akutagawa
President and CEO
(213) 485-1422 ext. 4115
lakutagawa@leap.org

June Berk
Executive Assistant
(213) 485-1422 ext. 4120
jberk@leap.org

Rima Matsumoto
Vice President of Research and Strategic Alliances
(202) 412-4190
rmatsumoto@leap.org

Grace Toy
Sr. Vice President of Administration & CFO
(213) 485-1422 ext. 4117
gtoy@leap.org

Nancy Yap
Development and Program Manager
(213) 485-1422 ext. 4119
nyap@leap.org

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