Executive Director & CEO
CAPE

Michelle K. Sugihara is the Executive Director of CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), the world's longest-running non-profit organization creating career opportunities and commercial success for Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hollywood. She is a fourth-generation Japanese American born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Prior to joining CAPE, she was an entertainment attorney, film producer, and adjunct professor for the Claremont Colleges’ Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies. She also teaches “Improv for Non-Actors” and has performed improv internationally.

IG: @capeusa; @michsugi