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1 Custom Media President Robert Heldt 2 Vicki Beyer, ACCJ vice president, and Mark D. Baldwin, business director of Invesco Global Real Estate Asia Pacific, Inc. 3 Dr. Greg Story (left), president of Dale Carnegie Training Japan, and Dominic Carter, representative director and CEO of The Carter Group 4 George Ohyama (left), ACCJ committee coordinator, and Darren McKellin, ACCJ Working Group chair
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DOOR PRIZE WINNERS One-night stay with breakfast at Gate Hotel t Nils Herchenroeder of SIHM Inc. t Jeffrey Swartz of ProWorks Consulting K.K
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Two-hour tennis court rental (courtesy of Shuei Wellness Co., Ltd.) t Dennis Muldowney of Crown Worldwide K.K. t Masahiro Tanaka of Garde Co., Ltd. t Julian Ryall, Custom Media
Three yoga lessons (courtesy of Shuei) t Jay Ponazecki of Morrison & Foerster LLP t Masako Sakamoto of Oakwood Premier Tokyo Midtown