 Rande is a founding board member and former Executive Director of the Tricycle Foundation, publisher of "", America's leading Buddhist magazine.She is also president of East West Communications, a company that facilitates cultural understanding between Japan and the United States.A well-known translator of Japanese spiritual and cultural texts, Rande co-authored the "New York Times" bestseller "Geisha, A Life" with Mineko Iwasaki (Atria, 2002).