Consul for Public Affairs, U.S. Consulate General
Osaka-Kobe; Director, Kansai American Center She joined the U.S. Department of State in 2006. She has been stationed in Nepal, Washington D.C., and Australia. She has been in her current position since July 2019. Prior to joining the State Department, she worked as a news reporter for a local television station in Tampa, Florida. She majored in journalism at Ohio University in her home state of Ohio, and after graduation earned a master's degree in international relations from George Washington University.

Translator, M Power Partners Fund L.P. Fund manager After working in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley, she was the former head of Clay Finlay Investment Management. As a portfolio manager of Japanese growth stocks, he made long-term investments in UNIQLO and other companies. She started a babysitting company, Mei Corporation,and sold it to an education-related startup. She has translated the bible of entrepreneurs such as Peter Thiel and Ben Horowitz. His book "Factfulness" has sold one million copies. She is an outside director of World Inc. and others. Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Letters and Faculty of Law. Graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Law.

IZA Inc. CEO,
Gruppo TANAKA Inc. CMO and Vice President While working as the exclusive agent in Japan for several overseas collection brands such as N21 and NINA RICCI, she continues to introduce the world's latest mode as the owner buyer of the select store I Z A (Tokyo/Osaka).She is also actively involved in various social activities such as SDGs, animal welfare, and support for pregnant and nursing mothers in developing countries, while continuing her life's work as a Pink Ribbon Campaigner to raise awareness of breast cancer.Since 2007, she has been organizing IZA PINK CHRISTMAS®, a fashion charity event to support women's happiness.

Loss Zero Inc. CEO Serial entrepreneur, third generation Korean resident in Japan (Japanese citizen). After working as a female career tracker at Nippon Life Insurance, she studied abroad, got married,and gave birth twice. Unable to find another job, her career was cut short and she started her own business from home in 2001. She has been reusing accessories since 2010, donating 40,000 items to 10 developing countries and supporting vocational training in Cambodia. She is a member of the study committee for the 2017 Cabinet Office Gender Equality "Women Entrepreneurs in the Asia Pacific.
A member of the study committee of the Cabinet Office's Gender Equality "Women Entrepreneurs Active in the Asia-Pacific Region" in 2017. Awarded a special prize in the "Food Industry Mottainai Award" sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2020.

W Osaka General Manager Studied hospitality management at Les Roches University in Switzerland, the world’s foremast university and has been a hotelier since 1997. He has worked in several international luxury properties including the opening of the Ritz-Carlton Kyoto as Director of Operations in 2013, Ritz-Carlton Osaka as Director of Operations, played a key role in leading the opening of the Ritz-Carlton Bali as the Hotel Manager, and his most recent role at the St. Regis Osaka as the General Manager. Today, as the General Manager of W Osaka, Kondo leads W Osaka with an ambition to create a favored destination for a dynamic mix of locals and global customers to meet, socialize, dine and party together. He spearheads the direction in creating an iconic hotel offering unrivaled bold experiences, breaking the norms of traditional luxury.

W Osaka Executive Assistant Manager Eriko leads the hotel's sales and marketing department to achieve the ambition of being an iconic travel destination blending a dynamic mix of locals and global guests, offering unrivaled bold experiences and in leading the market loyalty. Eriko has extensive experience in hospitality and has worked in several internationally renowned hotels and her most recent position in one of the largest real estate companies in Thailand. Living abroad most of her life, Eriko has returned to Japan by joining the pre-opening team of W Osaka. She lives and breathes the vitality of Osaka, as neighboring city, Kyoto was her city of origin until moving abroad at a young age.
Apart from her business goals, she is passionate about driving corporate social responsibility projects. At W Osaka, she works as a lead champion of “WA – We Act to build a better world” committee. Eriko is committed to and values diversity in making equal rights for all gender, age, culture and implements initiatives to support committee goals and increase educational opportunities.