Community & Culture

Staff and Advisory & Assessment Teams

Community Fund Team

Community Fund Office

  • Susanne Tabata

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Larissa Higo

    Senior Manager Community Fund

  • John Endo Greenaway

    Communications

  • Chiaki Yamada

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Yumi Kawaoka

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Rachael Mah

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Kathy Powelson

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Sandra Hamade

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Megan Koyanagi

    Community Fund Coordinator

Community Fund Advisory & Assessment Teams

Scholarships Advisory & Assessment Teams

  • Bev Ohashi

    Assessment Intake 1 & 2

  • Richard Kobayashi

    Assessment Intake 1 & 2

  • George Iwama

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 1

  • Lisa Domae

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 2

  • Kirsten McAllister

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 1 & 2

  • Jennifer Matsunaga

    Advisory

  • David Moritsugu

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 1 & 2

Infrastructure Advisory & Assessment Teams

  • Kim Kalanj

    Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Yasushi Aoki

    Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Nao Seko

    Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Mike Aoki

    Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Mike Matsuo

    Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Jordan Riley

    Advisory

  • Naomi Yamamoto

    Advisory

  • Art Miki

    Advisory

  • Dan Nomura

    Advisory

  • Gary Kawaguchi

    Advisory | Assessment Community Fund 1

Community Projects Advisory & Assessment Teams

  • Kim Kalanj

    Assessment Community Fund 2

  • Mike Matsuo

    Assessment Community Fund 2

  • Sherri Kajiwara

    Assessment Community Fund 2

  • Jan Nobuto

    Assessment

  • Jay Hirabayashi

    Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Art Miki

    Advisory & Assessment

  • Maryka Omatsu

    Advisory | Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Alex Miki

    Advisory | Assessment

  • Nicola Koyanagi

    Advisory | Assessment Community Fund 1

  • Gary Kawaguchi

    Advisory

Intergenerational Wellness Advisory & Assessment Teams

  • Taya Mikado

    Assessment Intake 2

  • Jan Nobuto

    Assessment

  • Jeff Masuda

    Advisory

  • Carley Okamura

    Advisory | Assessment

  • Leanne Toshiko Simpson

    Advisory

  • Lucy Komori

    Advisory | Assessment Intake 2

  • Nicola Koyanagi

    Advisory | Assessment

  • John Endo Greenaway

    Assessment Intake 1

Sports Advisory & Assessment Teams

  • Alan Sakai

    Advisory

  • Mitchell Kawasaki

    Advisory | Assessment

  • Vicky Sunohara

    Advisory | Assessment

  • Jim Kojima

    Advisory | Assessment

  • Bill Hatanaka

    Advisory | Assessment

Arts Advisory & Assessment Teams

  • Tani Miki

    Assessment

  • Naomi Sawada

    Assessment

  • Walter Quan

    Assessment

  • Jennifer Hashimoto

    Advisory

  • Melisa Kamibayashi Staples

    Advisory | Assessment

  • Midi Onodera

    Advisory

Community Fund Draft Guidelines

  • Jennifer Hashimoto

    Copy Editor

  • Eiko Eby

    Draft Guidelines

  • Walter Quan

    Draft Guidelines

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Japanese Canadian Legacies are initiatives that honour our elders past and present. We are grateful to be doing this work on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples.