Nakayoshi Young Professionals

Core Members

Get to know Nakayoshi’s members dedicated to bringing you fun social activities and fulfilling volunteer opportunities every month!

2011 Nakayoshi Core

Chair: Haruka Roudebush
Secretary: Natsumi Inoue
Finance Chair: Arisa Hiroi
Membership Chair: (vacant)
Outreach Coordinator: Jason Nou
Webmaster: Misono Allen

General Core Members: Atsushi Miyamoto – Darryl Abantao – Emiko Fujita – Katie Furukawa – Sam Ho  – Graig Inaba – Matt Mori – Quyen Nguyen – Kentaro Takeda – Kiyomi Tanaka – Brandon Unruhe – Jon Yamoto – Eiko Arseniak – Erika Shimizu – Justin Yee – Jamie Martyn – Kim Sasaki

Get Involved! Reasons to join Nakayoshi Core:

  • Be part of a young, fun and dynamic team
  • Make a difference in the Japantown, Japanese American and Asian American Pacific Islander community in the Bay Area
  • Help build a niche and a voice in the Japanese American community for young adults
  • Opportunities for leadership and career development
  • Build strong friendships and working relationships with other members of Nakayoshi Core
  • Opportunities to engage and assist other community-based organizations serving local API communities
  • Help develop a pipeline for sustainable leadership in the Japanese American/API community

Develop your administrative and organizational skills! Involvement in Nakayoshi Core can also lead to opportunities and experience that could also be applicable to your career:

  • Event planning and coordination
  • Program development
  • Budget management
  • Website and social media outreach and advertising
  • Organizational recruitment and database management
  • Public speaking and presentation skills
  • Fundraising

Have a particular area of expertise or interest? Join a Nakayoshi Core subcommittee:

  • Social Events
  • Volunteering/Community Outreach
  • Career/Leadership Development
  • Fundraising
  • Membership Recruitment/Marketing
  • Projects Committees

Think you have what it takes to be on Nakayoshi Core? Of course you do! To get involved, just come out to our next monthly planning meeting or e-mail us at nakayoshi.ncwnp!