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 - Chuck Page
Vice Chair - Connie Young Yu
Secretary - Elaine Salter
Treasurer - Steve Lopes



Members of the Hakone Board of Trustees Jude Barry
Joerg Borchert
Tanya Candia
Kathleen King - Vice Mayor, City of Saratoga
Norm Kline
Norman Koepernik
Helen Metcalf
Ann Waltonsmith - Mayor Emritus, City of Saratoga



Advisory Board and Honorary Trustees William E. Glennon
Floyd Kvamme
Donald B. Miller
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