board members - 2020
Our board members and general membership of the San Fernando Valley JACL are multigenerational, multiethnic, and draw from neighborhoods across the San Fernando Valley from Pacoima to Porter Ranch. The board include veterans of the Japanese American Redress Movement and the struggle for LGBT rights, countless educators, cultural workers, law enforcement, and current students.
We are committed to civil rights, social justice, and equality in addition to education and cultural heritage. |
President Nancy Takayama Program Chairs Nancy Gohata Linda Keiko Kuratomi Treasurer Sumi Yamaguchi Assistant Treasurer Nancy Takayama Carnival Chair Marcia Mahony Marion Shigekuni Alden Kitagihara Chapter Historian Marcia Mahony Cheer Chair Paul Jonokuchi Civil Rights Chair Phil Shigekuni Corresponding Secretary Geri Shiraki Holiday Party Planning Coordinator Harold and Ellen Kameya Installation Planning Coordinator Linda Tanaka JACL Scholarship-Internship Selection Committee Chair Jean-Paul deGuzman JACL Pacific Southwest District Delegate Nancy Takayama JACC Coordinating Council Representative Doreen Kawamoto |
Membership and Insurance Chair Harold Kameya Nominations and Elections Chair Barbara Okita Pacific Citizen Holiday Issue Coordinator Mitzi Kushida Marcia Mahony Publicity Coordinators Nancy Oda Recognitions Chair Marion Shigekuni Recording Secretary Barbara Okita Patricia Takayama San Fernando Valley JACL Newsletter Editor-in-Chief Karen Yoshino Suzume No Gakkou Youth Camp Chairs Nancy Oda Linda Tanaka Paul Jonokuchi Website Editor Jean-Paul deGuzman Youth Coordinator Mark Aquino Board Members-at-Large Tomo Hattori traci ishigo Mabel Takimoto Jami Tanihara Michiko Tokunaga Additional Posts Immediate Past Presidents Phil Shigekuni Harold Kameya Brian Moriguchi Nancy Takayama Interns Madison Villanueva (UCSB), PSW Local Leaders Intern, 2015 Louise Fonua (CSUN), PSW Local Leaders Intern, 2014 Miharu Okamoto (CSULB), College Intern, 2013 Katarou Histories Project Coordinators traci ishigo (PSW Office) |