Hiroko Sakai was a member of the Class of 1963 at Wellesley College. Before Wellesley, she attended Gardner High School in Gardner, Massachusetts and Meiwa High School in Nagoya, Japan. Afterwards she attended Tokyo Women's Christian College for two years, majoring in Geography.
Other Institutions: Gardner High School (1957), Meiwa High School (1958), Tokyo Women's Christian College
Received MA (1967) and PhD (1970) from Columbia University
1968-69 was a Transportation Planner for Port of New York Authority
1968 was a newspaper reporter for Asahi Evening News in Tokyo
Did Economic Analysis and Planning for ESSO Standard Eastern
From 1973 onwards, was active in management consulting