Leadership
Irene Hirano Inouye
TrusteeIrene Hirano Inouye, president of the U.S.-Japan Council, is chair of the Ford Foundation Board of Trustees. She also serves as chair of the board's Executive and Nominating committees and as a member of the Management and Governance; Proxy; Investment; and Education, Creativity and Free Expression committees.
Hirano Inouye served as president and executive adviser of the Japanese American National Museum from 1988 to 2009. She was president and chief executive of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy and executive director of T.H.E. Clinic Inc., both in Los Angeles. She was a consultant to the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Administration on Aging, Project Advocacy for the Elderly and associate director of the Asian Women's Center.
Hirano Inouye is a trustee of the Independent Sector, The Kresge Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Children's Museum and The Washington Center.
She received bachelor of science and master of public administration degrees from the University of Southern California.
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