Rotary District 5280 Governor 2023/2024, will be the special guest of honor at the Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club meeting on Thursday, September 21, 2023. On behalf of the Board of Directors and member of the Greater Van Nuys Rotary Club, we look forward to welcoming you and your entourage to our Club. Here is a bio of our Governor.
Makiko Nakasone
District 5280 Governor 2023-2024
Makiko Nakasone was born and raised at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan and has been a very active Rotarian since 2004. She is a proud member of the Glendale Noon Rotary Club. Makiko is honored and proud to be the first Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to serve as District Governor. With the scholarship, she studied at the Albert Rudvigs Universitaet, Freiburg, in Germany in 1982-83. District Governor Makiko is a journalist by profession and she has worked as an editor for Readers Digest Japan and was a staff writer at the world’s largest financial newspaper, Nikkei, both at its headquarters in Tokyo and at LA bureau. Currently, she is the owner of Miken Education, an educational services/consulting company. As a Rotarian, DG Makiko’s passions have been Rotary’s Peace Initiatives, and New Club Development. She is super excited to be serving as our District Governor in 2023-24!
Once again, welcome, welcome!!!!!!
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