Our Team

Tom Hwei

Deputy Commissioner General

William E. Grayson

Commissioner General

Asa Shapiro Abrahamson

Youth Ambassador

Austin Dinh Alcancia

Youth Ambassador

Jayden Kobe Brandon

Youth Ambassador

Gabriella Chu

Youth Ambassador

Hina Sage Claerbout

Youth Ambassador

Elijah Thomas Collier

Youth Ambassador

Logan Kershaw Day

Youth Ambassador

Anna Esaka

Youth Ambassador

Joseph Delapa Filipek

Youth Ambassador

Elizabeth Katherine Gamarra

Youth Ambassador

Ethan Bruce Gastmeier

Youth Ambassador

Piper Elizabeth Mize Harrell

Youth Ambassador

Alyson Misato Hayashi

Youth Ambassador

Sofia Herrera

Youth Ambassador

Monika Ilicic

Youth Ambassador

Sophia Margaret Isaacson

youth Ambassador

James Benjamin Kovakas Jr

Youth Ambassador

Brad Douglas Leathers

Youth Ambassador

Alex Limon

Youth Ambassador

De’ Jia Crystal Alexandria Long-Hillie

Youth Ambassador

Bridget McCarthy

Youth Ambassador

De’Yanna Angelique Moore

Youth Ambassador

Joseph Patrick Nelson

Youth Ambassador

Benjamin Albert Orth

Youth Ambassador

Oliver Noah Pierce

Youth Ambassador

Junna Stephanie Saito

Youth Ambassador

Melanie Florence Santos

Youth Ambassador

Lauren Siegfried

Youth Ambassador

Channler Dakota Smith

Youth Ambassador

Daniel Joseph Steffen

Youth Ambassador

Gabrielle Marie Sweeney

Youth Ambassador

Ema Dragon Takahashi

Youth Ambassador

Dominique Meiling Toyozaki

Youth Ambassador

Annete Veronica Vasquez

Youth Ambassador

James Wu

Youth Ambassador

Aaron Clarke

Director of Food & Beverage

Kim Baily

Restaurant Manager

Charbel Arida

Assistant Restaurant Manager

Mildred Roman

Banquet Manager

Jim Gallagher

Executive Chef

Yoshi Yonemura

Banquet Chef

Elizabeth Hildebrand 

Media Manager 

Kazumi Tomise 

Media Coordinator  

Saki Ueda 

Social Media Coordinator  

Anthony McNish 

Photographer / Videographer

Mostofa Douban 

Photographer / Videographer

Daniel Linehan 

Guest Services Leader

Alena Powell 

Events Manager  

Allan Ramirez

Guest Service Leader

Danielle Jelley 

Events Manager  

Montserrat Medel 

VIP Receptionist / Events Admin 

Alexia Paige Bayer 

Deputy Finance & Events Admin 

Angela Ricketts 

Function Receptionist 

Gaku Niiyama

Pavilion Host

Hikaru Ogawa

Pavilion Host

Jacob Murrat

Restaurant Chef

Kai Mcguire 

Protocol Manager 

Samara Schuman 

Protocol Coordinator

Kiyoko Miyamori Hsu 

Protocol Coordinator

Hanna Claerbout 

Protocol Coordinator 

Kenji Hoffman 

Venue Manager

Jessica Leech 

Venue Manager

Mateo Raffinetti 

Venue Manager

Aodhan Doyle 

Guest Services Leader

Luke Jelley 

Senior IT & Logistics Manager 

Mio Fujioka

Logistics Coordinator

Keita Yoshioka 

Admin & Logistics Coordinator

Madoka Onoe

Pavilion Host

Mamiko Reeves

Program Manager, Youth Ambassador Program

Mari Nakao

Pavilion Host

Queen Epomba

Program Assistant Manager, Youth Ambassador Program

Rei Kaneko

Pavilion Host

Riley Rae Senzig 

Programming Manager 

Rachel Ledington 

Stage Manager / AV Manager 

Saad Waheed 

Stage / AV Hand

Valentin Santana 

Stage & AV 

Eric Brede 

Stage/AV Hand

Sawyer Franz 

Pavilion Operations Director 

Lauren Briel 

Deputy Pavilion Operations Director 

Madeline Allen 

Deputy Operations & Venue  

Julie Laughton 

Senior HR & Workforce Manager 

Sulkiron Kim 

Deputy Operations & Venue

Yuya Hamaguchi

Pavilion Host