AIMC BERKELEY Board of Directors
Board of Directors
SHUJI GOTO, PhD
Board Chair
Dr. Goto is the President of the Goto College of Medical Arts & Sciences in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a PhD in medical sociology from the Showa University School of Medicine. He brings to the College extensive knowledge in the field of acupuncture on a worldwide basis. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (JSAM), President of the Council of Private Rehabilitation, College of Japan, and Chair of the Foundation for Training and Licensure Examination in Anma-Massage-Acupressure, Acupuncture, and Moxibustion in Japan.
DONALD LAUDA, PhD
Vice Chair & Secretary
Dr. Lauda holds a PhD from Iowa State University. He retired from California State University, Long Beach after nineteen years as Dean of the College of Health and Human Services. He brings to the Board extensive experience in health education, accreditation, and fund raising.
DAN KENNER, PhD., LAc
Treasurer
Dr. Kenner is a writer and consultant in alternative health care with 30 years of clinical experience in both Oriental and Naturopathic Medicine. He is author of Botanical Medicine: A European Professional Perspective(Paradigm, 1996), AHCC – The Japanese Medicinal Mushroom Immune Enhancer (Woodland, 2001) and the forthcoming Treatment of Infections Without Antibiotics (Holodigm, 2009), Whole-Body Healing for Cancer Recovery: Seven Steps to Support Treatment, Boost Immunity, and Build Better Health (New Harbinger, 2009) and Planning Longevity (Trédaniel, 2009). He is licensed to practice Oriental Medicine both in Japan and the U.S. and has a Ph.D. in Naturopathic Medical Science from First National University of Naturopathic Medical Sciences. film and video documentation of alternative medical breakthroughs from around the world.
HARO OGAWA, LAc, CMT, ATC
Board Member
Mr. Ogawa is as the official team acupuncturist and massage therapist for the San Francisco Giants. Mr. Ogawa has an extensive sports medicine background and many years of professional experience working with multiple Japanese baseball, NBA, and NASCAR athletes. A Japanese-trained acupuncturist and certified Shiatsu therapist, his specialty utilizes the kinesiological field for manual therapy in sports medicine. Haro graduated with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine from the Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley (AIMC Berkeley), where he supervises student interns in the school’s community clinic.
DAVID PACHEO
Board Member
David Pacheco is a first generation Mexican American raised in what is now called Silicon Valley. His forty-year career in education administration and legislative policy development has always strived for the betterment of all Californians. For more than a decade, he has been the Director of the California Senate Fellows (ret’d.) one of the oldest and most distinguished civic education programs in the country. He is the former Director of Communications and Intercultural Studies at UCSC Extension. He is the former Chairman of the Board for Emperor’s College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and was Vice-Chair (Edmond G, Brown was chair) of the U.S. Delegation to the International Congress on Traditional Medicine (Beijing 2000). David is the President of Pacheco Development Associates, providing strategic planning, outcome evaluation and technical assistance to emerging health and human service organizations serving minority communities.
FUMIKA TOKUYAMA , MSOM, LAc
Board Member
Mrs. Tokuyama holds a BA from Chung Hsing University in Taiwan and an MA from Japan Womens University in Tokyo. She is an alumna of College of Oriental Medicine, and her son is an alumnus of AIMC Berkeley. Both of them are licensed acupuncturists practicing in Walnut Creek, California.
Kazuo Watanabe, BA
Board Member
Mr. Watanabe holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Conservatory of Music. He is President and CEO of Superior Methods Research Corporation in Tokyo specializing in medical seminars. Since 1985 he serves as a medical and business management assistant to Dr. Yoshiaki Omura, Chair of the Medical Board of Manhattan, New York. Mr. Watanabe has fifteen years of experience as a board member of acupuncture schools.
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