staff and board members
2026 OFFICERS
Stephanie Garnica, President
John Hayato Branderhorst, Executive Vice President
Richard K. Clark, Senior Vice President
John Bywaters, Treasurer
Our JASC Team
Claudine Locascio, Executive Director
Olivia Dark, Program and Marketing Manager
Hiromi Mochizuki, Office Administrator
Junko Goodwin, Japan in the Schools Program Leader & Japanese Language Teacher
Yuka Hicks, Japan in the Schools Assistant
2026 Board of directors
Claudine Locascio, JASC
Executive Director & Board Manger
Heather Alcott-Moritz, Enchanting Travels
John Hayato Branderhorst, JHB Consulting
Richard K. Clark, Lewis Roca LLP, retired
Sherry Cree, Ascendant Real Estate
Stephanie Garnica, Denver Economic Development & Opportunity
Greg Hanes, Cattlemen’s Beef Board
Tim Higashide, Sakura Square LLC
Eric Hiraga, Matrix Design Group
Masa Ikeda, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Laura Jackson, Denver International Airport
Missy Kautt, CU Denver CIBER Program
Florence Kehn, Eberspacher Vairex
Charlie McDaniel, GSSG Solar
Tom Migaki, City of Denver, retired
Sandi Moilanen, World Trade Center Denver
Inta Morris, Confluence Strategies, StudyColorado
Toru Nakano, Terumo Blood & Cell Technologies
Derek Okubo, Derek Obuko LLC
Jennifer Pierce, UBS Wealth Management
T.R. Reid, Author, Journalist, Speaker
Brian Roth, United Airlines
Brandon Shepherd, Inspired Functional Brands
Amanda Warren, Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort
Brandon Wilcox, KPMG
Nobuhisa Yoda, Faegre Drinker
Katrina Yoshida, Kintsugi Consulting
Emeritus board members
Special recognition for serving JASC over 20 years
Kathy Ajisaka, Retired, AATJ
Margaret Basttiste, Retired, BOK Financial
Masa Tanaka, Retired, Pentax Corporation
Seiji Tanka, Retired, Farmers Insurance
"Japan America Society of Colorado is an organization dedicated to fostering cross-cultural relationships between Colorado and Japan. We believe strongly in the equality of all people from all races. The recent increase in hate crimes against our friends, partners, and collegues of Asian descent in the United States and Colorado is unacceptable and outrageous. When our friends are targets of hate, we cannot be silent. Bigotry and hate will have no place in our community. JASC will continue to work to promote acceptance, tolerance, and cross-cultural friendship."
— JASC Executive Committee, 2020
A copy of the organization’s Form 990 as well as the Conflict of Interest Policy, Whistleblower Policy, and Document Retention Policy is available upon request via email.
