Ken Inouye

Ken lnouye was born in Alamosa Colorado and his family moved to California when he was two years old. He attended California State University at Los Angeles where he received his B.S. degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in accounting in 1968.
Upon graduation from college he began his professional career with the international CPA firm of Arthur Young & Co. and became a senior tax manager before leaving the firm in 1976. He co-founded the CPA firm, Inouye Shively & Longtin which is located in Laguna Hills, CA. Inouye is active in various human relations organizations and he currently serves as the Chair of the Orange County Human Relations Commission, the past president and current Treasurer of the California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO), and the founding Chair and current board member of the Huntington Beach Human Relations Task Force. ln addition, Inouye has been an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) for over thirty years as he has served as the National Presidents Governor of the Pacific Southwest District of the JACL as well as the President of the Southeast North Orange County Chapter (SELANOCO) of the JACL. Inouye also has the honor of serving on the Executive Board of the Southern California Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the board of the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) and is a Vice President of the Orange County Japanese American Association (OCJAA) (partial list). Inouye is married to May lnouye (Kondo) and he is the proud father of three daughters Nicole (Eric Kawaguchi), Erin (Steve Hendrix) and Shannon.