• Allen Miner, Founder and CEO, SunBridge Corporation, Committee Chairman
• Dr. Richard B. Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
• Hiroshi Menjo, Managing Partner, NetService Ventures Group
• John Thomas, Vice Chairman, Martingale Asset Management
• Andrew Neuman, President, Japan Society of Northern California

Innovation Advisory Council Membership – 2012

Confirmed Business Community Members

• Yasuyuki “Tex” Abe, Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial & Logistics Business Unit, Sumitomo Corporation
• Dr. Gary Cleary, Co-Founder, Corium International, Inc.
• Scott Ellman, CEO, USAsia Venture Partners
• Glen S. Fukushima, Chairman and Director, Airbus Japan KK
• Akiko Futamura, President & CEO, InfiniteBio
• Mary Haak-Frendscho, President, Takeda San Francisco
• Brandon Hill, CEO, Btrax
• Masazumi Ishii, Managing Director, AZCA Inc.
• Satoshi Kabasawa, Team Leader, Strategy Planning Group, Panasonic Corporation
• Tatsuaki Kitachi, Partner, Deliotte Touche Tohmatsu, LLC
• Masashi Kobayashi, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Infinity Venture Partners
• Toshihiko Kusakabe, President & CEO, Presidio Ventures
• Stephen Leist, Managing Partner, Piedmont Partners Group
• Isao “Steve” Matsuura, Board Member, Bank of the West, and Board Chair, Japan Society of Northern California
• Hiroshi Menjo, Managing Partner, NetService Ventures Group
• Allen Miner, Founder and CEO, Sunbridge Corporation
• Takahiro Moriguchi, Chairman, JPMorgan Securities Japan
• Austin Noronha, Vice President, Growth Ventures & Innovation, Sony Corporation of America
• Koji Osawa, Managing Principal and Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners
• Eric Sibbitt, Partner, O’Melveney & Myers, LLP
• Tsunaburo Sugaya, General Partner, Jafco Ventures
• Tsuyoshi Taira, CEO, Tazan International, Inc.
• Yokum Taku, Partner, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
• John Thomas, Vice-Chairman, Martingale Asset Management
• Dr. Tomoya Yamashiki, Director, Corporate Research & Business Development, Toray Industries (America), Inc.

Confirmed Non-Profit Community members

• Toshihisa Adachi, Chairman, Japan Venture Capital Association
• Hitoshi Hokamura, Mentor, Open Network Lab & Chairman, Evernote, Japan KK
• Mark Kato, Kezai Society
• Akira Kitamura, Founder & CEO, Japan Venture Research
• Hiro Masumoto, Chairman of the Board, SVJEN (Silicon Valley Japan Entrepreneurs Network)
• Vish Mishra, President, TiE Silicon Valley; Trustee TiE Global & Partner, Clearstone Venture Partners
• Toshiro Okada, Chief Executive Director, JETRO-SF
• Chimmy Shioya, President, Keizai Society

Confirmed Academic Community Members

• Richard B. Dasher, PhD., Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
• Robert Eberhart, SPRIE Fellow, Stanford University
• Katsuya Hasegawa, SEED Project Professor, Tokyo University
• Hideyuki Inoue, Keio University/ Founder & President, Social Venture Partners
• Dr. Robert Kneller, Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo, Visiting Professor, Stanford Medical School
• Professor Masato Matsuo, Director, Kyushu University California Office, President JUNBA (Japan University Network, Bay Area)
• Toru Tanigawa, Director General, Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center, Kyushu University
• Kaz Uchida, Executive Program Director, Waseda University