Board of Directors

THE FRIENDS OF SHOSEIAN IS A VOLUNTEER-ONLY ORGANIZATION. OUR BOARD IS COMPRISED OF DEDICATED MEMBERS OF WITH A PASSION FOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CULTURE, ARTS AND TEA.

Keiko Nakada “Sokei” | Executive Director
Kiyoshi Koons | President
Mike Belzer | President-at-Large
Ginna Claire Nguyen | Director of Facilities
Carolyn Holt | Board Member
Masashi Odate | Ambassador of Martial Arts
Chris Peplow | Protector of the Shoseian
Kazuho Baba | Glendale / Higashi-Osaka Sister City Ambassador
Kazuho Nakanishi | Consultant to the Shoseian Garden

Former Board Members: Julie Bagish (Co-Founder), Martin Bagish, Meredith Gold, Susan Becker, Susan Rogers, Scott Drumheller, Jeremy Fields

Volunteers

OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED SET-UP THE EVENTS, SERVED OUR COMMUNITY AND MADE SHOSEIAN THE WONDERFUL PLACE IT IS OVER THE YEARS.

Thomas Rodriguez, Akemi Drumheller, Sadie Chen, Steve Wong, Allison Alford, Michelle Carriger, Rebecca Corbett, Meredith Overcash, Coleman Richardson, Kathleen Jacobsen, Miles Bothwell, Miyuki Koga, Damian Pytlik, Melina Drake, Lauren Deutsch, Junko Nirei, Hoover High Key Club, Annie Ozatalar

Partner Organizations

THE RESTORATIONS AND EVENTS AT SHOSEIAN WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND EFFORTS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS. OUR SINCEREST THANKS FOR THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.

City of Glendale Parks & Rec
Japan Foundation Los Angeles
Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles
Urasenke Tankokai of Los Angeles Association
Sister City of Higashiosaka, Japan