Board of Trustees

Trustees are appointed for 2-year terms, with a maximum 3 consecutive terms.

Executive Board Chairman of the Board - Dr. Masato (Marty) Matsuo
Executive Director & CEO - Lon Saavedra
Mayor, City of Saratoga - Howard Miller
Vice Chair - Connie Young Yu
Board Secretary - Elaine Salter
Treasurer - Faramarz Yazdani


Members of the Hakone Board of Trustees Tanya Candia
Beverly Harada
Chuck Page - Vice Mayor, City of Saratoga
Ann Waltonsmith - Former Mayor of the City of Saratoga
Tak Yamamoto


Advisory Board and Honorary Trustees William E. Glennon
Floyd Kvamme
Norman Mineta, Former Member of Congress, Mayor of San Jose, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Morihito Nagai
Yoshihiro Uchida
Henry Yamate
Kiyoshi Yasui, 14th Generation traditional Japanese Architect
Consul General of Japan in San Francisco