ABOUT

東京都生まれ、ロンドン育ち。準認定ファンドレイザー。青山学院大学国際政治経済学部卒。UBS、三菱UFJ銀行の役員秘書として経営企画に10年間携わったのち、ロンドンで非営利組織のマーケティングに従事。2014年より未来の住職塾ならびに塾生コミュニティ（現在約650名）の運営に携わる。2019年より（公財）全日本仏教会WFB日本センター運営委員会委員、（公財）全日本仏教会広報委員会委員。大正大学地域構想研究所BSR推進センター発行の月刊誌「地域寺院 」に「お寺の女性の今、そしてこれから」を連載。寺院の運営を担う女性たちと「次世代のお寺の女性を考える会」を開催。

Kaori is a Director of Otera no Mirai, a nonprofit that provides management and leadership development courses for Buddhist temples in Japan. For thousands of years, temples have been important social capital for the communities – priests used to learn about social problems and took leadership on community well-being. In recent years, however, temples’ membership and donations declined significantly which led to financial struggle and in many cases, closing their doors. Kaori hopes to create a new learning-program for the women working in temples (wives and daughters of priests, women core members, etc.), who are eager to modernize their temple to meet social needs. She hopes to elevate herself as a leader and learn successful nonprofit operations and management in Boston. Kaori holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Politics from Aoyama Gakuin University.