Mr. Isao Tom Tsuruta

Isao (Tom) Tsuruta was born in Tokyo, Japan and has lived in the United States for the past 30 years and is a 1989 graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School. Mr. Tsuruta is currently Executive Vice President and General Manager of Aeon USA, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of a $40 billion a year global retail conglomerate based in Tokyo, Japan. He serves on the Boards of Directors of Talbot’s, a $1.8 billion a year public company listed on the NYSE, and Agentrics, an Internet-based B2B exchange founded by 17 major retailers of the world with combined sales of $800 billion. Additionally, Mr. Tsuruta serves on various governance and compensation committees of these boards. Mr. Tsuruta says that much of his successful and extremely enjoyable career over the past 17 years as an international corporate executive (his work involves Merger & Acquisitions, JV and Licensing, Corporate Governance and Administration and much global traveling) is attributable to the quality of the legal education that he received at Lewis & Clark Law School. He feels the Law School is one of the best in the country and has a special attachment and sense of gratitude to the school even 17 years after graduation. It is because of these feelings that he serves on the Board of Visitors to stay in touch and make whatever small contribution he can.