Lori is currently a Managing Director in KPMG LLP’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice in their Silicon Valley office. She is currently participating in a Professional Practice Rotational Program with the KPMG National office. She has more than eighteen years of experience providing services related to financial statement audits, audit of internal controls, and financial reporting. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.
Outside of the office, Lori and her husband Joji Maekawa enjoy spending time with their 3-year-old daughter, Blake, and French bulldog, Sumo. Blake currently attends Lotus Pre-school within San Jose’s Japantown. Lori is an avid sports fan (49ers, GSW, Giants/A’s), fantasy football and survivor league player, snowboarding. As a family, she enjoys camping and traveling (been to all 7 continents).
As the descendant of Japanese American immigrant farm workers and the granddaughter and daughter of family members that were incarcerated during the war, Lori has embraced this opportunity to get more involved with the museum. Further, as a mother of a Gosei daughter, she values the mission of the museum to preserve and share Japanese American history, culture, and art for future generations and to others more broadly. Lastly, as an alumni of the Suzume no Gakko and CYS programs she wants to give back to the same community that helped in her early development. Lori is looking forward to bringing her perspectives and professional skill sets to the Board while expanding the vision and mission for the museum.