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Sogetsu Los Angeles Board of Directors

Branch Director
Toko Okada

Deputy Directors
Tory Lowitz , Rie Miura Strong

Treasurer
Michiyo Nakamura

Recording Secretary
Norma McDonough  (English) 

Tomoko Adams  (Japanese) 

Membership Chair
Ayako Ariga 

 

Corresponding Secretary

Izumi Uemura

Chieko Hamada (Assistant)

 

Publicity and Advertising

Tory Lowitz (English)

Miko Usami (Japanese)

Meg Shimizu (Social Media)

Website Manager
Sandy Kitayama

Natsumi Laske (Assistant)

Newsletter Chairpersons  
Meg Shimizu 

Exhibition, Workship and Event Chairperson

Yumiko Inoue

 

Lifetime Honorees

Riho Tanaka, Shunyo Okinaka, Eika Fukui

 

Advisors

Kaz Kitajima, Haruko Takeichi, Keiko Miyahara, Miyako Arao,
Eileen Rosenthal, Margaret Yasuda, Saeko Kujiraoka,  Marilyn Drageset, Ravi GuneWardena 


Past Directors
1985-1987     Riho Tanaka
1987-1991      Shuyo Okinaka
1991-1995      Yokou Kitajima
1995-1997     Gyokushun Takeichi
1997-1999     Eileen Rosenthal
1999-2001     Eika Fukui
2001-2003     Shunyo Okinaka
2003-2007    Yoshu Miyahara
2007-2009    Toshun Yasuda
2009-2011     Gyokusen Arao

2012-2015      Gyokushun Takeichi

2015-2017      Saeko Kujiraoka

2017-2019      Marilyn Drageset 

2020-2022     Ravi GuneWardena

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