• Married, two children (college-aged).
• Born in Japan; Palo Alto resident since 1988; age 53.

Occupation

• Management consultant

Education

• B.A. Wesleyan University
• M.B.A. Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Council Service

• Elected to City Council, 2001 and 2005
• Member, Finance Committee, 2002, 2003, 2005
• Chair, Policy and Services Committee, 2004, 2008
• Chair, Finance Committee, 2006
• California Avenue Area Development Association (CAADA), 2005, 2006
• Liaison, Palo Alto Housing Corporation, 2002, 2003
• Liaison, Palo Alto Downtown Business Improvement District, 2007, 2008
• Liaison, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, 2006
• Member, Council/CAO Ad Hoc Committee, 2004, 2008
• Alternate, Santa Clara County Bond Advisory Committee, 2002
• Delegate, Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee, 2002-7 (chair, 2006)
• Delegate, Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors, 2008
• Liaison, Stanford University, 2003-2008
• Delegate, Santa Clara County Cities Association, Legislative Committee and Board of Directors, various years
• Delegate from Santa Clara Cities County Cities Association to Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, 2006-8
• Chair of Climate Protection Committee, Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board of Directors
• Member, Joint Policy Committee as BAAQMD representative

Community Service

• Chair, Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan Transportation Committee, 1992-1997
• President, Palo Alto Civic League, 1996-1998
• President, University South Neighborhoods Group, 2001
• Treasurer and Trustee, Hidden Villa, 1993-1999
• Girl Scout Leader 1994-2000
• Leadership Mid-peninsula, Class 2000

Professional Experience

• Founder and president of international consulting business, 1982-present (on leave)
• Author, internationally published book, The Third Century: America's Resurgence in the Asian Era (Crown Publishers, 1988).
• Organizer, Presidio Energy Workshop ("Japan-US Perspectives on a Sustainable Energy Future").
• Co-founder and member of executive committee, Alliance Forum, San Francisco and Tokyo. 1985-1996.
• Stanford University, Northeast Asia Forum. 1980 -1981
• Research Fellow, Nomura Research Institute, Kamakura and Tokyo. 1979 -1980
• Publisher, Biotechnology in Japan Newsservice, 1982 -1993
• Columnist, "New Business", Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, 1987 - 88