Michael Sonnenreich

Chairman of the Board of Kikaku America International, and Vice Chairman of PharMa International Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Sonnenreich is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, the University of Madrid, Spain, and Harvard University Law School.

In the past twelve years Mr. Sonnenreich has served as a board member and trustee of numerous important companies and universities, including Williams Creek Explorations, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wi2Wi, Palo Alto, California; Tyhee Development Corp. Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Les Aliments SoYummi, Inc., Montreal, Canada; the ABD American Capital Market Funds; the Integra Fund; Continental Steel Inc.; Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. (now Promis Neurosciences), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Scientific American; and Medical Tribune International.

Mr. Sonnenreich has had long-term involvement with many nonprofit institutions. These include the Washington National Opera (President 1996-98; 2002-2006); D.C. Jazz Festival (Chairman, 2010-2014); Sackler/Freer Galleries of Art (Smithsonian Institution), D.C.; Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Mayoral Appointment as Commissioner, 2008-2011); the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; the New England Conservatory of Music; the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation; the University of Virginia Art Museum; Clark University; the Maret School; and the Richard Tucker Music Foundation.

Mr. Sonnenreich served as President of the National Coordinating Council on Drug Education. In 2008, he was named Distinguished Washingtonian by the University Club of Washington, D.C. He previously served in government in the Department of Justice and was appointed Executive Director of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.