Susan M. Kobayashi ’86

Susan M. Kobayashi ’86, of San Francisco; Jan. 31, from metastatic breast cancer. She was a successful hedge fund manager, but her passions were community service, dance, and yoga. She was a lifelong dancer, part of the dance community at Brown and most recently part of ODC Dance Commons in San Francisco. She was a longtime student of Manouso Manos in the tradition of Iyengar Yoga. She was a board member and campaign fund manager for her children’s preschool, Nihonmachi Little Friends, and she served on the boards of the Japan Society of Northern California and the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California. She also served on the board of RAWdance, which was cofounded by fellow alums Wendy Rein ’99 and Ryan T. Smith ’02. She is survived by her husband, Chuck Han ’86; a daughter; a son; her parents Paul and Ann Hayashi Kobayashi ’59; and two brothers.