Aya is the Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to supporting Ethereum, a global open-source public blockchain that has potential to change critical systems of the world and lives of the next billions. With the principles of Long term thinking, Stewardship of values, and Subtraction, the foundation supports Ethereum’s open decentralized ecosystem without controlling it.
She is originally from Japan and introduces the philosophy of "subtraction" to guide the community. Her vision of Ethereum, "Infinite Garden", has become an inspiration for the community to stay full of infinite players. In 2019 she was appointed to the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain Global Council.
