Atsuko Toko Fish recently retired as a US-Japan cross-cultural communication consultant, providing local and national clients with cultural sensitivity practices essential in developing successful collaborations with Japan. Currently, she serves as a Chairman of the Board of Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence. In addition, she is focused on addressing global public health needs through her work with Management Sciences for Health in Boston and is a founder and a board member of HANDS – a Health and Development service in Japan which that seeks to strengthen the public health and advocacy initiative between the Japanese government and developing countries. She serves as an Overseer for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and board member of The Boston Foundation, Simmons College, and the Winsor School. Prior to forming her consulting practice, Ms. Fish served as consultant to former Governor Michael Dukakis in designing long-term tourism and trade strategies, served ten years on former Governor William Weld’s Asian American commission, and received the Governor’s New American Appreciation Award in 1997. Ms Fish also received the Humanitarian Award of the National Conference for Community and Justice in 2003. Fish and her husband Larry have three children.

Deanna C Fitzpatrick serves as the Export Licensing and Compliance Advisor at Integrated Defense Systems for Raytheon, where she advises employees who support international programs on export and import issues as well as licensing plans and strategies. Previous to Raytheon, Fitzpatrick served as Litigation Paralegal at Skadden Arps Meagher and Flom in Boston, MA, and specialized in insurance defense cases. Prior to that, she served as a Junior Lobbyist at Stuntz and Davis where she lobbied for deregulation of electricity and stranded cost issues on the Hill. She also interned at the National Women’s Political Caucus. She has a BA in political science from UC Irvine and an MA in American Government and Lobbying from American University. In DC, she interned for Nancy Pelosi, currently the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, from 1991-92. Ms. Fitzpatrick participates actively in Raytheon’s Asian Pacific Association, Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Group's mentor program, GFWC Hudson Junior Woman’s Club, and is a Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian Ad Litem for New Hampshire. She has also served on the Town of Hudson Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Sanya Rizvi is a vice president at Charles Schwab & Company in Boston. She has worked in both the Berkeley, CA and Boston, MA offices advising individual investors, small businesses and corporations for the last 5 years. Prior to that, she was a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley in Oakland, CA for 3 years. Sanya’s passion for finance has extended into her community service work. She served on the Berkeley Rotary Endowment and, prior to moving to Boston, was a nominated member of the Board of Trustees. During this time, she participated in all financial matters regarding management of investments and grant gifts to various community and youth scholarship projects. Sanya is originally from Toronto, Canada and taught elementary school for two years in top schools in downtown Toronto. She mentored several educationally and socially disadvantaged students and is passionate about investing in our youth. Sanya received a bachelors degree in education from McGill University in Montreal. She and her husband live in Cambridge, MA.

John Sims is a graduate of Miami University and Harvard Business School, class of 1975. Mr. Sims is the Executive Relations Manager of Bentley College and formerly served as the Assistant Dean of Bentley McCallum Graduate School of Business. He is currently Director of the Harvard Business School Association of Boston, American Association of University Women and National Society of Hispanic MBAs.

Rosa Wu is a Product Manager at Google Enterprise through the acquisition of Postini, a message security and compliance service. Previously, she was an Associate at Weston Presidio, a private equity firm investing $3.3 billion across a wide range of industries in companies such as JetBlue, Fender Guitar, and The Boston Herald. She received her A.B. in Government from Harvard University in 2003. During college, Rosa served as Vice President of Harvard Student Agencies, a $5 million student-run corporation with 750 employees and 10 agencies, including the Let’s Go travel guides. She served as President of ASPIRE from 2004-2005, Director of ASPIRE from 2005-2008. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association and the Advisory Board for YNPN SF Bay Area.