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Paul has guided our bank through a historic digital and brand transformation, and earned national recognition for the institution’s financial performance. He cares deeply about the CPB ohana and the development of our team. He is committed to our community and investing in the next generation. He is a person of great integrity, thoughtful vision, and heartfelt aloha. Mahalo, Paul, for inspiring us to be our best as we strive to always be the place Where People Like Banking.

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2022 CEO of the Year is CPB’s Paul Yonamine He led transformative changes at Hawai‘i’s fourth largest bank, improved its financial results and helped drive innovation across the state. 12

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Local Families that Built Generational Wealth It is rare for a family business to sustain wealth for three generations. Here’s how the Ai, Fukunaga, Watumull, Hata and Lau families did it.

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CONTENTS

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My Job is Teaching Tech Mid-Pacific Institute’s Danelle Landgraf describes her favorite time as a teacher: “The moment that they get it, they can start writing it down really fast and doing it.”

Our Publisher Says Aloha After 45 Years in Local Media Cheryl Oncea has spent 5½ years as our leader. She describes her next step much as Serena Williams did: evolution, not retirement. 16

HUGS Helps Kids with Special Needs and Their Families The local nonprofit provides support to each member of the families, because each of them faces different challenges. 22

We Look Back at Our Most Read Stories of the Past Year We tallied up the digital data from our website and social media to discover which stories drew the most readers. 62

Some Native Bird Populations Crashed During Last 20 Years UH Hilo ecology professor Patrick Hart, an expert on endemic birds, describes what’s gone wrong and how we can help save them. 20

What We Learned Building Diversity & Inclusion at Work Sara Chandler and Tiffany Huynh describe processes that Elemental Excelerator used to better connect with underrepresented communities. 24

Josh Tatofi Talks of Creative Process & Pandemic Pursuits “The pandemic was bittersweet. We did lose a lot of work, but I used the time to reevaluate some things and work on my other passions.” 130

SPECI A L A DV ERTI SI NG SECTI ON S Affordable Housing Leads to Better Health Kaiser Permanente invests in efforts to end homelessness and increase affordable housing to make a difference in the health of Hawaii’s people. 47

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Petranik, but for this issue he has generously ceded his space to me so that I might have a “last word,” and being the experienced, talented journalist that Steve is, he has also advised me not to “bury the lede.” So here it is: After 45 years in the media business in Hawai‘i, I am retiring at the end of this month. I don’t like the word “retirement,” and I suspect that many of us would agree the concept of retirement can have negative connotations. A retired person is old, out of the loop and no longer a daily contributor to a challenging, vibrant business community. Retired people lose their tech skills and run the risk of watching daytime television! Some studies find retirement associated with worse health and reduced longevity. Who wants THAT?! Leaving a longtime career can be sad – especially if one has the extraordinary luck of ending that career in a position as fulfilling as the one I’ve had for the last 5½ years at Hawaii Business Magazine. I spent most of my career in local television and when I came to Hawaii Business, I knew nothing about publishing a magazine. Really. Nothing. I recall my first meeting when I admitted I didn’t understand the word “teeohcee.” After a pregnant pause I was politely informed that “TOC” stands for “table of contents.” With patient teaching from my colleagues, I’ve learned a lot since then, some of it challenging, some daunting, and all of it rewarding.

HEART AND SOUL

Over the past 5½ years, I’ve had the honor of working with an incredibly talented team of people for a magazine owned by Duane Kurisu, whose very rare vision for running a business is that the business be run with “heart and soul.” Not many of us get to experience this – especially toward the end of our careers. I am filled with pride when I reflect on the accomplishments of a small team who work so hard to publish an award-winning monthly magazine and 11 weekly newsletters, while creating and executing the best busi16

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ness events in Hawai‘i, distributing all that content across different digital platforms, and continuing to maintain the highest standards for our readers and advertisers. All of this through a fast-changing media landscape and a pandemic. What this team does month in and month out, year over year, is astonishing. So why retire?! As I’ve considered this giant life change, I have done a lot of thinking and reading. I even reached back to the ancients. Roman orator and prolific writer Cicero thought aging and retiring free us from destructive ambition and competition. Hmm, maybe. LET’S CALL IT EVOLUTION

I read Serena Williams’ article in the September issue of Vogue, in which she said: “I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. ... Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution.” Yes, much closer. And very recently, I came across a quote from the Cheshire Cat in “Alice in Wonderland.” According to him, “Every adventure requires a first step.” Bingo! Retirement isn’t negative or sad – it’s the first step toward a new adventure – and one I’m ready to take. I will miss being publisher of Hawaii Business. Most especially, I will miss working with this team and our business community, but the good news is that, along with all of you, I will get to watch the HB team continue to grow, create and innovate by reading the magazine, subscribing to the newsletters and attending events. Hawaii Business Magazine will celebrate its 68th anniversary next year and is nowhere near retirement – there are too many adventures ahead for all of us!

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HB EVENTS CONNECT WITH HAWAII BUSINESS MAGAZINE L O C A L LY OW N E D , L O C A L LY C O M M I T T E D SINCE 1955.

Our goal is to strengthen the local economy and help our communities thrive. Publisher CHERYL ONCEA cherylo@hawaiibusiness.com Editorial Editor STEVE PETRANIK stevep@hawaiibusiness.com • (808) 534−7584 Managing Editor CYNTHIA WESSENDORF cynthiaw@hawaiibusiness.com • (808) 534−7529 Staff Writer & Engagement Editor

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She Guides Students Through the Cyber World BY AUSTIN B OUR CIER

BEGINNINGS: Landgraf says she always had her eyes glued to a computer screen when she was young – and tinkered with computers and code whenever she could. She first studied finance in college and worked in the field, while also exploring IT. Her husband, who was working in corporate IT, convinced her to try working at a school and she’s been teaching ever since. “I was giving back and not just working,” she says. FIXING FLAWS: Landgraf helps guide Mid-Pac’s CyberOwls, a regional and national award-winning club focused on cybersecurity and other digital challenges. The students try to find flaws in digital systems and figure out how to fix them. They learn how to code algorithms, break through firewalls, decipher text and more. Landgraf jokes that being locked out and finding a way in is something that she’s familiar with. “Growing up, (going to) my grandma’s house, I always forgot my keys so I couldn’t get in. But I always knew which win-

dows were easy enough to jiggle through and get in the house.” BEST TIMES: She teaches the fun-

damentals of computer technology to different grade levels. “The moment that they get it, they can start writing it down really fast and doing it,” she says. “That is my favorite moment as a teacher.”

Aside from teaching and guiding the CyberOwls, Landgraf coaches Mid-Pacific’s Esports team. She says the team builds camaraderie and gives its 12 members, most of whom aren’t typical school athletes, a sportslike experience. ESPORTS:

dents, but she’s thrilled that more girls are studying computer science. Her advanced computer science class, which was once populated mostly by boys, now has more girls than boys. “It’s changing, and I think having a female computer science teacher helps in a lot of ways.” WHAT’S NEW: Mid-Pacific is add-

ing a game studio this year for students to create their own video games, which Landgraf will also advise.

CODING IS A DANCE: Landgraf compares computer science to the movements and choreography of dance. She says the layers of steps learned in dance are just like the steps taken to create a computer program.

The after-school clubs allow students to explore areas and try new things without the pressure of being graded, she says. “It gives confidence to a lot of kids who are normally afraid to do things because they don’t want to fail. But when it’s a club, there’s less pressure.”

REWARDING: Computer science should be rewarding, not intimidating, she says. She wants young people to know that the computational thinking used in computer science can be applied to many aspects of life.

GIRL POWER: Landgraf loves the interest shown by all her stu-

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Native Birds in Jeopardy Populations of several native birds have crashed in the past 20 years. UH Hilo ecology professor Patrick Hart describes what’s gone wrong and how we can save these iconic birds. BY AU ST IN B OU R C IE R

AWAI‘I HAS MANY ENDANGERED BIRDS. WHICH SPECIES ARE YOU MOST CONCERNED ABOUT?

There is unfortunately a whole bunch of species we’re worried about. The most endangered is the ‘akikiki, or Kaua‘i creeper. It’s down to fewer than a hundred individual birds on the Alaka‘i Plateau on Kaua‘i. The kiwikiu, also known as the Maui parrotbill, has approximately 100 to 150 birds left. The ‘akeke‘e on Kaua‘i doesn’t have many more individuals than the ‘akikiki, about 200 to 300. All of these birds, especially the ‘akikiki and ‘akeke‘e, were doing really well but their populations have crashed just over the last 20 years. These birds are all considered to be honeycreepers. They’re native Hawaiian birds and have evolved here over 6 million years – longer than most plants and animals, so they are truly native Hawaiian species. To lose them is a very big deal in a lot of ways. Native Hawaiian birds are important culturally to Hawaiians. Bird feathers were used to create a lot of very valuable pieces of art, like the feathered capes the ali‘i wore. The bird catchers, kia manu, were valued members of society because they would catch these birds and get their valuable feathers. So the loss of these birds is devastating. It’s depressing because they’ve been here for so long and to be losing them now, when we have the tools to stop it, is very much a shame. WHAT’S CAUSING THIS?

There are a lot of reasons. Ever since humans arrived, some species of birds have been declining. Humans hunted 20

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the ones that didn’t fly very well. Recently, we’ve introduced a lot of predators like cats, mongoose and rats, who prey on nesting birds. Mosquitoes are probably the biggest problem. Mosquitoes transmit avian malaria to the birds. There were no mosquitoes in Hawai‘i until the early 1800s (when the Islands opened to trans-Pacific trade). Humans brought them accidentally. One species, the southern house mosquito, transmits avian malaria to our native birds, which evolved in the absence of mosquitoes and lost all their resistance to mosquito-transmitted diseases. A single mosquito bite is enough to kill several types of land birds. CAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN BIRDS MAKE A COMEBACK?

That’s our goal. If we didn’t have hope, we wouldn’t be doing what we do. We need to reduce mosquito populations across the landscape and reduce the number of pigs in the forest because they make breeding habitats for mosquitoes. We can also reduce mosquitoes through different sterile insect techniques, where we sterilize mosquitoes and release them into the forest, and they breed with wild mosquitoes and cause them to be sterile. If you can release enough of them in the forest, it can drive mosquito populations down so the native birds can come back. We’re seeing other birds increase in numbers due to conservation efforts – the nēnē for example. Breeding and release programs have moved them from an endangered species to a threatened species. HOW CAN LOCALS HELP?

Support programs that are in place. A lot

of it is public education and outreach, just getting more people to understand that we have this problem and there are things that we can do about it that we’re not doing, and part of it is because there’s not enough public support. I think supporting things like mosquito control efforts, when that comes up on the ballot, is really important and programs to reduce the impact of cats where seabirds are nesting, because cats eat all the baby seabirds. There are other little things, like making sure you don’t track ROD (rapid ‘ōhi‘a death) into the forest by spraying your boots with alcohol beforehand, reducing places that mosquitoes breed by not leaving open containers out, and supporting fencing programs to keep pigs out of certain areas. Mosquitoes follow pigs into

the forest, then they bite the birds. WOULD MORE PIG HUNTING BENEFIT THE CONSERVATION OF NATIVE BIRDS?

Yes, I think increasing hunting would be great. That would help a lot. DO NONNATIVE BIRDS AFFECT THE NATIVE BIRDS?

Some of them play really well with the ecosystem and with native birds. Birds like the Java sparrow don’t have a big impact on the environment, but some do. The biggest problems are the ones that eat fruit and spread the fruits of invasive plant species into the forests. Certain parrots, like the rose-ringed parakeets on Kaua‘i, have become a big I L LU S T R AT I O N BY XO C H I T L C O R N E J O

problem because they eat people’s fruit and spread seeds of fruit that invades the native forests. WILL CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT THE NATIVE BIRD POPULATION?

One of the worst examples is the way mosquitoes are increasing in elevation with global warming. Right now, mosquitoes are only in the lowland habitat up to about 4,500 feet. All the forest above that doesn’t have many mosquitoes so the birds can live there. But with global warming, the mosquitoes are moving up in elevation to the remaining habitat that’s being occupied by the birds. That’s why the birds on Kaua‘i are declining so fast. The mosquitoes are in the Alaka‘i Swamp when they weren’t

up there 20 years ago. That’s having a massive impact on our native birds. There’s a lot of people across the state working to reduce that by planting trees at higher elevations so the birds can keep moving up. On Maui and the Big Island, birds can live higher up, but the forest has been deforested higher for ranching. So the birds are sandwiched in between the rising mosquitoes and no trees to live in. The space that they can live in is getting smaller and smaller. We need to do all we can to turn that around through landscape-scale mosquito control or through planting forests at higher elevations. Learn more at lohelab.org. THIS INTERVIEW HAS BEEN EDITED FOR CL ARITY AND CONCISENESS.

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Kids with Special Needs and Their Families Find Support at HUGS The nonprofit not only helps the child, but also the siblings and parents who struggle under the pressures of constant care BY NI C H OL E W H I T E LE Y

son in her arms. He had been diagnosed with Costello’s syndrome soon after birth – one of just 350 reported cases worldwide. “I went through a time where I really experienced a sense of loss,” she says. She talks of the many “dreams and hopes” she had for her child when she found out she was pregnant, each one like a big, beautiful balloon. But one by one those balloons burst. Then when Grady was 8-10 weeks old, Rodgers was woken in the night by a phone call from the hospital saying he had accidentally taken his breathing tube out and health workers were having a difficult time getting it back in. “ ‘We don’t know if he’s going to make it. You have to get here quick,’ ” the hospital told her. Tears fill her eyes and her breathing hitches. “I remember driving to the hospital and I was praying: ‘I have one balloon left and that’s my baby’s life. Just please don’t take that one.’ ” God was gracious that day, Rodgers says, and Grady is now 10 years old. Surviving the breathing tube episode was just

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one of many miracles that she and her husband, Cody Rodgers, have experienced. FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Another miracle was being introduced to the nonprofit HUGS in 2019 after moving to Hawai‘i. HUGS – which stands for Help, Understanding and Group Support – provides services to Hawai‘i children and young adults up to age 21 with life-threatening illnesses or diseases. Executive Director Joan Naguwa says HUGS provides financial and emotional support, and helps families find assistance through other nonprofits and community resources.

HUGS’ staff of seven serves over 400 families on all Hawaiian Islands, but they have a lot of help, Naguwa says. “The community support is tremendous, and we can’t do it without them. “We have businesses, churches and high school students – all kinds of people who volunteer for us and sponsor some of our events. That’s a true blessing.” Erin Rodgers says Grady has had at times dozens of appointments a month for interventions, therapies and doctor visits, and that the stress of all that strained her relationship with her husband and three other children. When they moved to Hawai‘i, the first thing the doctors said was: “ ‘We want to know what’s best for your family. What

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NINE DAYS PASSED BEFORE ERIN RODGERS was able to hold her newborn

are your family dynamics and what are your goals for Grady?’ ” “I don’t think anybody had ever asked us that,” she says. A nurse referred the family to HUGS, where they learned how to be a family again, focusing on each other while still taking care of Grady. HELP FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

Erin Rodgers says HUGS met needs they didn’t realize they had. And after experiencing this support in Hawai‘i and building a strong foundation for their family, she says, they’ve found a “sense of belonging and identity.” HUGS supports every member of every family it serves, Naguwa says. They have date nights and mothers and fathers nights for the parents, summer camps for the siblings, and activities for the children suffering illness or disease. Cody Rodgers says on fathers nights he connects with other dads who understand the challenges of raising a child with special needs. They share stories, laugh and find commonality. “Having that community is a big deal,” he says. Siblings understand the struggles of not being the main focus in their families so HUGS provides ways for them to bond. And the children with illnesses are free to be themselves, judgment-free. These children are in the hospital for most of their lives and are continually stared at, whispered about, and avoided or ignored, Naguwa says. When children grow up in that environment, she says, “they lose their sense of normalcy.” Because of its limited staff and resources, she says, HUGS can only thrive with community support. “I really want to express our gratitude on behalf of our families for the whole community in the way they support us. From just the man who appears at the door with a toy, to big companies, to churches, to people who donate their Hawaiian Miles to us. There are so many ways that people support us.” Learn more at hugshawaii.org.

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build a successful DEI mindset within your organization.

– Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – but typically focus almost exclusively on diversity without incorporating the “E” and the “I.” That is not enough. At Elemental Excelerator, we have tried to incorporate all three elements. It is a challenging course that requires us to find partners, to continually iterate and reiterate, to share what we’ve learned and to pivot again. And again. Our efforts have borne fruit but they remain a work in progress. Here are steps to help you

1 . STAR T WITH “ WHY.”

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Our mission is to redesign the systems at the root of climate change, and we are committed to doing so with equity while centering frontline communities. That’s part of our why. DEI is not only the right thing to do; it will help ensure your success. Organizations can cultivate a culture where people feel included and a diversity of perspectives can thrive, giving them an edge over those that don’t.

2 . R ECOG N I Z E THAT D IVE R S IT Y ALO N E I S N OT E N O U G H .

Hawai‘i is the most culturally and ethnically diverse state in the nation; however, diversity alone will not fundamentally change how organizations and industries operate. A Hawaii Business article in May reported that “the hierarchy of the richest and poorest ethnic groups in Hawai‘i hasn’t changed much since the 1970s.” That means local employers still face the complexities of addressing race, class, power and privilege in their workforce,

so we also need to create equitable and inclusive spaces. Organizations that do so will attract and retain a workforce that operates effectively and equitably in an incredibly diverse world. 3 . WO R K WITH M I S S I O N ALI G N E D PAR TN E R S .

We teamed with two entrepreneurs from our portfolio, Devin Hampton, CEO of UtilityAPI, and Jason Michaels, CCO at Leap, as well as the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and FutureMap to launch EDICT. Empowering Diverse Climate Talent is an internship program that aims to

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create an inclusive climate sector and a pipeline of diverse climate talent by offering paid, full-time internships to traditionally excluded groups, all of whom continue to be severely underrepresented in the sector. Now in its second year, EDICT has 54 member companies hosting 72 paid interns – 6 in Hawai‘i and 66 across the rest of the U.S. Unpaid internships perpetuate the exclusion of people from low-income backgrounds who cannot work without compensation. EDICT requires employers to pay their interns $25 per hour, more than double Hawai‘i’s minimum wage.

America Hawai‘i, Purple Mai a and Kupu, nonprofits that are dedicated to strengthening and diversifying Hawai‘i’s workforce. We consider this a long-term community investment that is crucial to building a healthy pipeline. One exercise Elemental’s leadership team went through was reflecting first on our own network and how diverse it is and how that impacts who is represented in our circle of trust, our leadership team, and how that intersects with the communities we work in.

4 . D EVE LO P AUTH E NTI C R E L ATI O N S H I PS AN D WI D E N YO U R N ET WO R K .

Broaden your understanding of diversity beyond race and gender to encompass lived experience, then build a culture of empathy. Do this by using human-centered design in your organization’s program to uncover the challenges traditionally excluded groups of people face in your organization. Seek to understand your potential new hire’s lived experiences to create a culture that

Take a few steps beyond posting on diverse job boards by building relationships with community-based organizations and affinity groups that serve populations missing from your employee pool. Start supporting their events, activities and efforts. Elemental supports Teach for

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resonates with them. For example, consider that a person who has a disability may ﬁnd it challenging to access in-person recruitment events. 6 . DO N ’ T J U ST L AU N C H A D E I PROG R AM .

Launching a DEI program is just the start. You have to iterate, grow, resource the work and iterate some more. Companies often assemble working groups to develop and launch DEI programs; however, many efforts have fallen flat. Take the time – regularly – to ask employees where gaps are and do something about them. You can start small! This is an opportunity for employers to take a closer look and evaluate whether they are building and supporting an equitable, inclusive environment that supports their entire team. At Elemental, we used to rely primarily on our networks for hiring. The flaw in this approach was the diversity of our networks. They were predominantly privileged women and men, closely reflecting the makeup of the climate tech sector at the time. As we worked to diversify our networks, we then were able to diversify our team. This shift didn’t happen organically; it took time and intention, and the journey isn’t over. Be prepared to iterate, share what you’ve learned and pivot. Equity is dynamic. 7. I NVE ST R E SO U RC E S TOWAR D EQ U IT Y AN D I N C LU S I O N TO PR EC E D E YO U R I NVE STM E NT I N D IVE R S IT Y.

There’s a lot of strategy and effort put into recruiting. However, many organizations suffer high turnover because they lack inclusive and equitable

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cultures. Your DEI strategy can’t narrowly focus on recruitment. Embedding equity and inclusion strategies into your company is the key to sustainable diversity efforts. Ensure you retain diverse talent by tracking data on promotions, conducting stay and exit reviews, and conducting employee surveys regularly. Then use that data for making decisions like length of paid maternity and paternity leave, office design to help people feel welcome and productive, and changes in team culture that foster a more equitable work environment. 8 . D EVE LO P A CO M M U N IT Y O F LI K E - M I N D E D O RG AN I Z ATI O N S .

Creating a pipeline of diverse talent takes an incredible amount of work. Collaborate with others in your industry organically or through industry associations and develop a constellation of support and shared resources. In doing so, you will amplify your efforts and create an ecosystem where talent is cultivated through multiple touchpoints.

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SARA B. CHANDLER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND ACCESS, ELEMENTAL EXCELERATOR

TIFFANY HUYNH, DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, ELEMENTAL EXCELERATOR

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Close to 1,000 mana wahine gathered at our 15th annual Wahine Forum at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on October 27 for inspirational and informational sessions relevant to women’s professional development. Over 25 event and nonprofit partners in the expo networked with attendees at the largest women’s professional development conference in the State. See you next year!

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“Hawaii Dental Service is a proud multi-year sponsor of the inspiring Wahine Forum, where women in business can connect, learn, and be LIMITLESS. Every year, we see how the Wahine Forum creates a space for women to share their unique experiences and encourage each other to overcome adversity in Hawai‘i and beyond. The future is wahine and we’re honored to share and be a part of that vision.” — DR . DIANE S. L . PALOMA , PRESIDENT AND CEO, HAWAII DENTAL SERVICE .

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“The Wahine Forum gives our La Pietra students the opportunity to engage with the community and become inspired by local women leaders. We are very proud of the confidence our students displayed during the conference and know the experience encouraged their aspirations of becoming our next wahine leaders. Through the forum, we have made some great connections with organizations led by women, and we are looking forward to continuous collaboration!” — EL AINE BATACAN , DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, L A PIETR A

“This year’s Wahine Forum was invigorating, inspiring, and most importantly, meaningful for our Atlas team to attend. I am so grateful that Hawai‘i is led by such strong female leaders and that Hawaii Business has provided a platform for them to share their experience and wisdom with us. Here’s to our wahine leaders – may we continue to grow and learn from each other!” — CAROL DAVIS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & RETENTION , ATL AS INSUR ANCE AGENCY

“I returned to work after the Wahine Forum feeling totally inspired, supported, and grateful for having experienced authentic conversations, generous learning, and what it means to use our unique wahine gifts to elevate other women and to help improve our workplace and our community.” — AI TANAK A , FIRST TIME WAHINE FORUM AT TENDEE , HMSA

“Congratulations to Hawaii Business and mahalo to all those who made Wahine Forum a resounding success. AlohaCare is proud to sponsor an event that provides a day dedicated to championing and empowering women in the community and workplace. Our attendees appreciated content designed to optimize their professional journey and the opportunity to network and recharge. The 15th annual conference was made even more special by the energy of so many diverse wahine gathering in person.” — ALOHACARE

“Female leaders and those working towards higher career aspirations are faced with unique challenges, many of which were validated through panel discussions and conversations at the Wahine Forum. These collaborative events play an important role in bringing individuals together from a variety of backgrounds to come up with solutions to challenges that impact all of us, regardless of the industry. For those who are currently in positions where they can implement meaningful changes, the Wahine Forum is a valuable opportunity to hear directly from other women on opportunities they would like to see for themselves and the next generation of leaders they are raising.” — GINA WOO ANONUEVO, EVP & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER , FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK

“It felt so refreshing to be back in person for this year’s Wahine Forum. This conference always brings lots of energy and enthusiasm and this year was no exception. All of the speakers were so insightful and inspirational, and it is my hope that everyone walked away rejuvenated. See you next year!” — HEPUA HERMOSUR A , PHD, THE QUEEN ’ S HEALTH SYSTEM DIRECTOR OF DIVERSIT Y, EQUIT Y, INCLUSION , & SOCIAL JUSTICE (DEIJ) AND CAREGIVER WELLNESS

“The Wahine Forum once again rejuvenated the Anthology Marketing Group team by giving us permission to dream big and inspiring us to reach higher. Anthology and our parent company, Finn Partners, are dedicated to a relentless commitment to drive positive change. This event helps our team push forward and continue to create the change we seek.” — MARY FASTENAU, SENIOR PARTNER, ANTHOLOGY MARKETING GROUP

“The Wahine Forum provides us with another opportunity to engage with existing and potential customers. It also provides us with the opportunity to support women who are interested in further developing their careers.” — BIG ISL AND CANDIES

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PAUL YONAMINE In four years, he has transformed Central Pacific Bank from a traditional local bank into a digital and forwardmoving innovator, while helping drive similar modernization in the broader community by C A T H A R I N E L O G R I F F I N PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON YOSHINO

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SITTING IN A BRIGHT BLUE LOUNGE CHAIR IN THE ATRIUM of Central

Pacific Bank’s flagship branch, Paul Yonamine takes out his wallet and flashes his Shaka card like a 16-year-old who just got his license. With its whimsical colors, the online banking card looks like something the cool kids would carry, and that’s exactly what he’s going for. “This is not your grandfather’s bank card,” he laughs. Shaka, CPB’s 100% online checking platform, is an integral part of the makeover of the bank that Yonamine masterminded, a complete overhaul that launched a languishing institution headfirst into the brave new era of digital banking. “When I first joined the bank, our average customer was in their late 50s,” shares Yonamine, who became executive chairman and CEO of Central Pacific Financial Corp., the parent company, and executive chairman of Central Pacific Bank in October 2018. “Which tells you something, right? Your days are

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numbered unless you start going after the younger set.” That sparked a massive campaign to reimagine the bank’s brand, update outdated practices, and revitalize its brick-andmortar downtown headquarters. In 2019 the CPB team went to work. They installed a fleet of smart ATMs that can disburse cash in custom denominations. They assigned influencers, including Olympic gold medalist Carissa Moore, to be customer-facing brand ambassadors. They gave the ground floor of the head office a face-lift, filling it with midcentury modern accents to create an airy, vibrant coworking space – free to the public – serviced by Starbucks and Aloha Beer. (“Who would have imagined a beer garden at a bank?” one observer notes.) “That’s all Paul,” says CPF board member Crystal Rose, a partner at the law firm Lung Rose Voss Wagnild, describing how the dim lobby was transformed into a hive of productivity – on time and within budget. “Reenergizing this part of down-

town is a huge giveback to the community,” she says with a nod to Yonamine’s global vision, which she believes bridges the past and future and allows him to look beyond what currently exists in Hawai‘i. Equally impressive is CPB’s aggressive implementation of digital-first banking. The bank says the Apple user rating for its mobile platform jumped from 2.1 before the refresh, to 4.9, the highest in Hawai‘i. The Android rating is 4.8. In its first year, Shaka saw more than 4,000 new accounts. Since Yonamine joined CPB, the bank reports, net income has grown 30%, core deposits 50%, total assets 28% and earnings per share 40%. CPB says it is also currently the number one lender in the state for home buyers. One consequence of online banking is having fewer customer touch points a year. “People don’t really need to come to a bank anymore, so when they do come, we want to make it worth it,” Yonamine says. At the beginning of the year, he brought on Kisan Jo, the former president of Prince Hotels, “to double down on service quality.” These bold strides have not gone unnoticed. In 2022, Central Pacific Bank was named Best Bank in Hawai‘i by Forbes and Best Small Bank in Hawai‘i by Newsweek. For his transformational leadership at CPB, Hawaii Business Magazine selected Yonamine as Hawai‘i’s 2022 CEO of the Year. It was during a San Francisco Giants baseball game in 2018 that aio CEO (and part owner of the Giants) Duane Kurisu asked Yonamine whether he was interested in returning to Hawai‘i. Yonamine said yes, and two weeks later, Kurisu, who is also a CPB board member and the owner of Hawaii Business Magazine, called and offered him the job. Ever since, Yonamine has been checking off the boxes of sweeping change at CPB. He recently ticked what he considers the most important one: planning his succession. A month after Hawaii Business select-

ed him as the CEO of the Year, CPF announced he would be stepping down as CEO at the end of 2022. His successor will be the bank’s current president, Arnold Martines. Yonamine is attuned to the economic pulse of Hawai‘i while simultaneously appreciating the beauty of its nature and people. Putting his Shaka card away, Yonamine swivels around to gaze at the wall behind him, where a kinetic art piece composed of 48

oscillating rain sticks creates a soundscape that mimics waves washing onto shore. The rain sticks move in response to real-time data from wave buoys bobbing in Hawai‘i waters. Currently, they’re guided by a North Shore buoy, and the loud swish means the surf is up. The environment is almost meditative, so it’s not surprising that he often comes here when he needs space to think. “Waves are good luck in Japan,” he says.

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made trips to Hawai‘i, where he spent each summer playing baseball in ‘Aiea and Pearl City. His father, Wally, a Farrington High School graduate originally from Olowalu, Maui, and his mother, born Jane Iwashita, a Roosevelt grad who was raised on H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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doing the right thing – they keep coming back to you,” Yonamine says. “That was a very valuable lesson for me at a young age.” It was while Yonamine was teaching English at a Japanese accounting firm in Tokyo the summer after his sophomore year at the University of San Francisco that a profession other than baseball piqued his interest. “I found what they were doing to be very interesting, how they went to different companies, auditing and attesting to their financial performance,” he remembers. He excelled at accounting and finance, and landed a job at accounting firm Peat Marwick (now KPMG) in Los Angeles. Because he was bilingual, Yonamine offered to help Japanese executives who didn’t speak English. “They were having a tough time. They were going to restaurants and eating hamburgers every day, because that’s all they could read on

Yonamine family, circa 1958

the menu,” he recalls. During the day, the young manager would do audits; at night he helped the newcomers rent apartments, buy cars and file tax returns. “I enjoyed that. That’s when I decided I wanted to be in the services industry. The reward was seeing the gratitude in their facial expression.” That wasn’t the only reward. When Yonamine moved back to Tokyo in the late 1990s to start a new branch of KPMG Consulting from scratch, those very executives, who came to hold prominent positions in Japan, showered him with business. “What goes around comes around,” Yonamine insists. The man who hired him for the gig at Peat Marwick straight out of college was Yukuo Takenaka, the first Japanese partner at a Big 8 accounting firm. Yonamine describes Takenaka as a charismatic business developer who remains his mentor today.

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Parker Ranch on Hawai‘i Island, met in Honolulu. Wally became the first Japanese American to play professional football after he was drafted as a running back by the San Francisco 49ers in 1947. After an injury, he pivoted and played pro baseball for the Tokyo Giants, and later became the first American to be inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. Wally was 25 years old and Jane 21 when they arrived in Japan in the wake of World War II. It was a challenging environment, especially for Jane, who couldn’t speak the language and had to fend for herself while Wally was traveling. But they ingratiated themselves to their community, and Japan became home, where they stayed until they passed on – Wally in 2011 and Jane in 2016. “My mom was an amazing salesperson. She had quite a following,” Paul Yonamine shares, referring to the long line of famous customers – from Robert De Niro to Vanessa Williams, Joe DiMaggio to Florence Joyner, and four U.S. presidents – whose photos adorned the walls of the pearl shop she opened in 1964. “I used to wait after school for her to finish work and see her in action. She was just so customer-centric. She would remember what customers bought. “In Japan there’s a word called omotenashi. It means the way you anticipate how customers think and how you service them,” he continues. He recalls his mother helping a customer who couldn’t choose between two necklaces. One cost 100,000 yen and the other twice as much. To his surprise, his mom recommended the cheaper one, because she genuinely believed it looked better on the woman. Jane gained a customer for life, a loyalty that spanned two more generations; when the business closed in 2018, the woman’s grandchild came in for one last visit. “When you really take care of people that way – when it’s not just about making money, and it’s about

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“When it’s not just about making money, and it’s about doing the right thing, they keep coming back to you. That was a very valuable lesson for me at a young age.” PAUL YONAMINE,

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Wally Yonamine circa 1957 with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants

“About 20 years ago, he was lecturing me about something, and he was so wrong that it showed on my face, like, uh, ‘You’re so wrong,’ ” Yonamine shares. “He goes, ‘Paul, you have no humility right now. Even if I’m wrong, you should sit there and listen to me. Whether you actually take my advice, that’s your choice. But you should show some respect, because I’m spending my time providing you with this lecture.’ ” The reprimand continues to resonate with Yonamine. “To this day, he occasionally reminds me, ‘How are you doing on the three K’s?’ ” The three K’s are kansha, to have gratitude for people who help you; kenkyo, to have humility; and konjō, to have the courage to make the right decisions. “That’s a very simple lesson that young entrepreneurs should embrace. “Some people want to hit a home run day one and make a bunch of money on an IPO,” he continues. “But there aren’t any shortcuts to these three principles that create a brand for you – not as a successful businessperson, but as a human being. In the end, you want to be a success in life, not just in business.”

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relatively short stints in his various leadership positions,” says CPF board member and Chair of Island Holdings Colbert Matsumoto, who met Yonamine in college five decades ago. “A lot of that is by his personal preference and design, because Paul is a change agent.” The corporations that Yonamine has led include IBM Japan, GCA Japan, Hitachi Consulting Co., and BearingPoint Asia Pacific (formerly KPMG Consulting). His friend Ed Schultz, CEO of Hawaiian Host Group, points out that these companies were underdogs – not first in the industry – when he joined them, and he knew he needed to find a competitive edge H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

that seldom comes from acting on traditional terms. “What Paul is really good at is bringing a fresh vision and strategy. He’s good at introducing new ideas and new ways of operating, and getting the organizations to change course,” Matsumoto offers. “That takes a lot of energy. It takes a lot of commitment, and Paul certainly has demonstrated he has the tenacity to see these kinds of initiatives through. “Once you’ve launched changes like that, going forward it’s a different kind of skill set, one that requires more of a steady hand at the steering wheel,” Matsumoto continues. “That doesn’t suit Paul, because it’s too comfortable. I think he prefers being in a much more dynamic leadership role where he’s challenged and has to accom34

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Yonamine, center, with Mathew Shibata, VP & main branch manager, and Rachel Sokugawa, community program manager

plish something.” Yonamine’s tenure at CPB met that ante, and the pandemic raised it to another level. “As soon as March 23, 2020, came around, our management team got together and anticipated that businesses were going to hurt, and the community was going to hurt,” Yonamine recalls, describing how Waikīkī instantly became a ghost town when the state went into lockdown. “It was frightening, right out of a science fiction movie. Nobody wanted to come out of their house. The money just stopped.” The dire circumstances reminded him of two other crises he’s encountered in his career: the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that resulted in the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi. During the Tōhoku crisis, Yonamine

was president of IBM Japan with a staff of 23,000. “I sent my family to Hawai‘i – all the foreigners left Japan – and I stayed there with my employees,” he remembers. “My job was showing my face every day to let them know, ‘I’m here with you.’ ” When Covid hit, he relied on past experience to bolster his confidence to lead. “Especially in the midst of a crisis, not all decisions are going to be popular. Not all of them have consensus, either. A leader has to make that tough call based on limited information and has to have the courage to be willing to be judged for the outcome,” he says. Under Yonamine’s direction, the CPB Foundation reimbursed diners $308,000 in the “Keep Hawai‘i Cooking” program, which paid half the tab for meals ordered from participating eateries. The stop-

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gap effort incentivized residents to choose delivery and takeout options that helped buoy the local restaurant industry. Meanwhile, the government announced that the first tranche of Paycheck Protection Program loans to help businesses maintain their workforces would be offered first come, first served, and the CPB staff hit the ground running. The bank says about 200 employees worked around the clock to help their clients crank out applications, and the bank’s digital team devised a way to interface more rapidly with the Small Business Administration to expedite the process. “I was so impressed with our people. Everybody stepped up,” Yonamine says, remembering how his wife baked cookies late at night to support the team. “It was that kind of mindset.” According to Executive Vice Chair Catherine Ngo, CPB was responsible for 28% (amounting to $850 million) of all the PPP loans in Hawai‘i, the largest state market share of any bank in the country. What surprised Yonamine was that many small businesses were so pleased that they moved their accounts to CPB. Plus, the bank ended up capitalizing from the lenders’ fees paid by the SBA. Decisiveness under pressure is an expectation Yonamine is comfortable with. “You have to make decisions with as much information as you can get, and the rest is just instinct,” he says. “If you’re wrong, you pivot and course-correct. You don’t just sit around and stay idle.” Matsumoto, the Island Holdings chair, says one secret to Yonamine’s success is that he won’t take “no” for an answer. “He does it in a way that is persuasive, not coercive,” he clarifies. “If the first answer is ‘no’, he’ll figure, OK, is there a better proposition that will turn the answer to ‘yes’?” Adds CPB President and COO Martines: “Being an effective leader is not a popularity contest. You have to make decisions that will move

“Being an effective leader is not a popularity contest. You have to make decisions that will move things forward … Paul is great at convincing people to do things that they themselves didn’t know they were capable of.” ARNOLD MARTINES,

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things forward, and that means you’re asking people to change the way they do things. Paul is great at convincing people to do things that they themselves didn’t know they were capable of.” When he does sometimes ruffle feathers, Yonamine takes the heat. “When people criticize you, it hurts sometimes. I don’t think anyone is made out of steel. You always have to keep it in perspective,” he offers. “I’ve been very fortunate. I have a family that accepts me unconditionally. My kids don’t care if I have a great quarter or not. They’re still in my camp. “Business always has conditions. You have to perform, and things always turn against you at times,” he continues. “The guiding principle is always doing the right thing. In my experience working for 44 years, it always comes back.” Central Pacific Bank pressed its momentum into 2021, when the bank says the number of its SBA

loans exceeded the total of all the other Hawai‘i banks combined. And as the pandemic lingered into that year, Yonamine’s digital investments paid off. Customers took advantage of being able to bank remotely, and CPB had its best financial performance in its 67-year history. It makes Yonamine particularly proud that the institution continues to uphold the legacy of its founders, a group of nisei World War II veterans who established the bank in 1954 to support local families and small businesses that the bigger banks rejected. “A lot of that is still in our DNA,” says Yonamine, who recognizes a similar plight in the modern-day ALICE population – people who are asset-limited, income-constrained, employed – that struggles to make ends meet in Hawai‘i. “One of the messages instilled in our employees, not just by me but by my predecessors, is to have compassion, show empathy, and help as many people H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

as they can.” Since 2020, CPB Foundation has made $5.3 million in community contributions. This can only happen, he stresses, if the bank is profitable. “At the end of the day, we’re a public company. Our job is to create shareholder wealth. When we give back to the community, there is an inherent purpose that it comes back to the business. “We make this choice to work for a for-profit entity that allows us to do well and give back to the community. That’s what I’m attracted to,” he continues. “I love working in institutions like CPB, where I can do well for my family financially, I can have the satisfaction of bringing young people up the ranks, and also do well enough to give back to the community. That’s the win-win.”

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“One thing Paul has taught me is that when it comes to innovation, you don’t need to have all of the answers. Don’t let that stop you from making things happen. Faster is better.” Farinas is the executive director of the nonprofit TRUE, the Technology Readiness User Evaluation initiative. Chaired by Yonamine, TRUE leverages public and private collaboration to create demand for technology solutions. TRUE shows businesses how they stand to benefit by offering tangible examples from organizations that have successfully made analog to digital leaps, such as digitizing basic tasks like filing and invoicing. Once documents are uploaded and stored in a cloud, the data can then be translated to an analytics platform to enhance productivity. She explains that people who are trained to do these tasks – employees who become tech-enabled – develop a more valuable skill set than workers who print out paper and put it in a folder.

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Yonamine with Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, Larry Ellison of Oracle, and leaders of KPMG Consulting Japan and Japanese IT companies in 2001.

“If we create local demand, we create value. People get paid better,” Yonamine says. In its shift to digital, CPB brought on many tech-enabled staff. “They’re local, and we have a road map for them to stay here to retirement if they want. “By creating demand, then we start creating an ecosystem,” he says, looking further down the road. Unlike Silicon Valley, Hawai‘i, he explains, lacks some essential ingredients to fuel a tech hub: hawkish investors with deep pockets, a feeder of talent like Stanford University, a large market like San Francisco. “Then who knows, we might have people coming up with fantastic ideas where venture capital wants to invest, and something could happen. But that’s point C. We have to get to point B first.” Yonamine recognizes that exposure invites buy-in, and that the channels for exposure and communication have changed dramatically.

He shares a story about how his son one day surprised him with, “Dad, do you want to see the PC I built?” – a result of chatting with fellow online gamers. He also muses about how his daughter, who was working remotely during the pandemic, and her colleagues kept Zoom on all day, even when nobody was speaking. On-screen chatting resumed when they went on a coffee break. “I’m thinking, wow, this is really strange,” he laughs. In July, TRUE launched Hawai‘i’s first esports lab at the Waipahu Public Library, where anyone with a library card can learn about gaming and software development. It was Farinas’ first initiative, and she appreciates the space Yonamine gave her to develop the framework and launch the pilot. “Paul is like a highly respected family member who can motivate you to excel at the highest level and

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exceed your own expectations,” Farinas says. “And when you need his guidance, he is always there to give it.” Yonamine’s executive team at CPB also appreciates the way he empowers them. “He sets high standards, but he’s always there to back you up,” Martines says. “He may be pushing you, saying, ‘You need to get this done,’ but if you turn your head, he’s right there with you.” Adds Ed Schultz: “Paul finds good people, which you always need as a leader because you can’t do everything yourself. He’s always got a great energy about him that helps him connect with people at all different levels.” Schultz also recognizes the unique value of Yonamine’s Japanese business acumen, knowledge and resources that Yonamine readily shares to help Hawai‘i prosper – something Schultz experienced

firsthand when he arrived in Tokyo to market Honolulu Coffee. In 2020, Yonamine championed local business accelerator Mana Up by accompanying Hawai‘i entrepreneurs to Japan and introducing them to high-powered Japanese executives. “I can’t think of any other person who goes above and beyond so much to do that,” Schultz says. “He’s going to be an asset for the state of Hawai‘i for a long time to come.” Currently Yonamine serves on three corporate boards in Japan: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (the second-largest bank in Japan), Seven & i Holdings (which boasts $70 billion in revenue and 90,000 7-Eleven stores worldwide) and Circlace Co. (a software as a service implementation firm). He also serves as chair of the U.S.-Japan Council, which aims to improve U.S.-Japan relations and foster the next generation of Japanese American leaders. In May, he traveled to Japan with Gov. David Ige to promote economic development and Hawai‘i travel. “Paul is a visionary leader who has a sincere passion for making the State, and its economy, better for all,” Ige wrote in his nomination letter to support Yonamine as CEO of the Year. Rose, the CPF board member, underscores Yonamine’s extraordinary impact on Hawai‘i: “When I look at leaders in our community, goodness, being a good person is as important as greatness. Paul exudes both. I see it when people follow him and they’re willing to dig in and do what needs to be done to execute on a vision.”

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presented Yonamine with a framed quote credited to Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei: “Leadership is about making others better as a result of your pres-

ence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.” It became a particularly meaningful parting message as the bank announced Yonamine’s plans to retire at the end of the year. “From the minute he joined the bank, Paul was focused on the next generation of leaders. He always set the example, so his mark on the organization will last forever,” says Martines, who will take over as CEO on Jan. 1. “I am very blessed to have been part of the transformation he led and to understand why we did it.” Yonamine will continue to serve as chairman emeritus of the bank and the holding company and advisor to the CEO. Catherine Ngo will become chair of both boards. Says the 65-year-old Yonamine: “There is some truth that as you get older, passion and ambition start waning, and you get more family-oriented. That’s when you need the young blood. They deserve a shot. My successor, Arnold Martines, he’s got the drive, he has the aloha for the community, he’s smart, he’s been in banking for a long time and he deserves it. He’ll do a great job.” After a glorious wave, surfers will often throw their arms up in a victorious “claim.” Yonamine’s kickout won’t be so showy. He’s happy to have more time for his family: his wife of 33 years, Lynda, and three kids: Bryan, John and Andrea. His plan is to live in Hawai‘i but also spend time in Japan and California. He doesn’t say it explicitly, but he’s keeping an eye on the horizon, watching for the next wave. “I’m absolutely not done working,” the tireless trailblazer promises. “I want to find new challenging things, maybe another turnaround. Or something totally different. Who knows?” Behind him at the bank’s headquarters, the rain sticks on the wall tilt a different direction, swishing a cryptic response to his question. “Twenty years from now, I hope I’m still banking here,” he quips. “And I expect good service.” H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

Generational Wealth How to Build

By ROY KO DA N I

As the population of Hawai‘i grew, so did City Mill.

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FIVE LOCAL FAMILIES DESCRIBE THEIR PATHS TO SUCCESS, WITH ADVICE ON HOW YOUR FAMILY CAN FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS

teven C. Ai says many families start businesses but only 5% manage to build substantial wealth and successfully pass it to the third generation. Cultures around the world have sayings that describe the other 95% of family businesses: in America, one saying is “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves, and in China, it would be rice paddies to rice paddies,” says Ai, President and CEO of City Mill. In other words, the first generation works hard and sacrifices to accumulate wealth, the second generation witnesses those sacrifices but may not devote the time and effort needed to maintain the wealth, and it is even rarer for the third generation to perpetuate that initial success, so generational wealth is lost. The family ends up financially where it started – back to wearing workingmen’s shirtsleeves or working the rice paddy. The Ai family business has managed to accumulate, expand, manage and pass along family wealth to the third generation. This report follows the path of that local family and four others that have successfully built lasting generational wealth. Along the way, we will offer advice from Jean Santos on how other families can emulate their successes. Santos, who has 41 years of experience in business and advising businesses, is president of Business Consulting Resources. “We help (companies) define what their full potential looks like and help them develop and implement the process and systems that will be required to get them there,” she says.

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Steven Ai’s business card is especially interesting because it does not show his title as President and CEO of City Mill. “This is one way that we treat everyone, including employees, equally, fairly and without emphasizing importance to corporate ranking.” That mindset of treating everyone fairly began with Ai’s grandfather. Chung Kun Ai immigrated to Hawai‘i from a village in China’s southern Guangdong province that was also the birthplace of Sun Yat-sen, who founded the Chinese republic in 1911. The close friends both attended ‘Iolani School and both became Christians. Sun Yat-sen returned to China, but C.K. Ai (as he was known to his friends) stayed in Hawai‘i and had 10 children, four boys and six girls, all of whom During the Great Depression, City Mill nearly went bankrupt but eventually paid off its were college educated. It was rare for girls to go to debts and then began expanding again. college at that time, but it was one of many signs of how much Ai valued education. Ai worked briefly as a tailor, but his goal was to a family tradition that Steven Ai continues to this day. And work for and learn from James I. Dowsett, who in the late when City Mill’s main building was constructed on Nimitz 1800s was a prominent businessman in Honolulu and a conHighway, it was named for Dowsett. fidant to Hawaiian monarchs. In 1899, the year after Dowsett’s death, C. K. Ai founded Ai applied for a job, but Dowsett told him to return in a City Mill, starting it as a rice mill on Kekaulike Street in Chinafew weeks, which Ai did. Again and again, his request for a town, in a building that still stands today. However, Ai soon felt job was rejected, but he kept asking. Finally, Dowsett hired there wasn’t enough of a future for him in rice milling. Ai because of his perseverance, and the job changed Ai’s life. “My grandfather had vision, and when he thought the He learned about business from Dowsett and developed a business ought to change, the business was changed,” says Western work ethic, says Steven Ai. Steven Ai. In time, City Mill’s subsidiaries included a ship Dowsett died in 1898, but C. K. Ai and his descendants and a business that grew pineapples where Hawai‘i Loa were eternally grateful for his mentorship. Ai regularly Ridge is today. placed flowers at Dowsett’s grave in O‘ahu Cemetery – In 1930, during the Great Depression when businesses all over America and the world were going bankrupt, City Mill owed a local bank $750,000, worth about $17.8 million today. C. K. Ai’s attorneys and accountants advised him to declare bankruptcy, but he refused and promised the bank he would repay the loan in 10 years. Family lore says a bank executive, who was originally from the mainland, went around town asking, “Who is this C. K. Ai?” Everyone answered, “Give Mr. Ai a chance to repay; he is an honorable man, and his word is good. Don’t push him into bankruptcy. He will work hard to repay the loan.” And 10 years later the full loan was repaid. “My grandfather was an honorable man,” Steven Ai says. “He repaid all loans to preserve the good name the family. If you borrowed money, your promise to repay was a bond never to be broken.” C. K. Ai was a leader in the local Chinese community all his life and established a nonprofit organization that donated to hundreds of different charities. David Ai, the father of Steven Ai, became City Mill’s GM and chief executive in 1945. He was C.K. Ai’s youngest child, but C.K. Ai’s wife advised the family to appoint David, first as GM and later as the president of the company. She recognized David Ai’s character, work ethic and temperament and knew his leadership would serve the company well. “Don’t sell land,” David Ai advised his family. “Also, when Steven Ai is the third-generation leader of the family business.

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you drink water, remember its source” – meaning, always remember your customers, employees and community. At one time there were about 500 shareholders in City Mill, but now the only shareholders are Steven Ai and his sister, Carol Ai May, the company’s VP. The other shareholders were bought out over time. Today City Mill is ranked 85th on Hawaii Business Magazine’s Top 250 ranking of the biggest companies and nonprofits in the Islands. Steven Ai says that he and his sister were never spoiled. “We always worked. I wanted a car in high school, but never got one until I was in college.” “We were always told to work hard, to be thrifty, have perseverance, be willing to change and not to depend on the family for favors.” In 2014, Steven Ai and Carol Ai May were honored as Kama‘āina of the Year by the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation in recognition of their and their family’s contributions to Hawai‘i.

YOU MUST PL AN FOR GENER ATIONAL WEALTH Santos says her company works with families to establish ways to build and maintain generational wealth. “We help them develop their governance processes and systems that will help them have the difficult conversations about how the wealth will transfer from one generation to the next,” she says “When we have these discussions, we help the family list all the assets they own, working with their other advisors, especially their estate planner.” Many families avoid hard conversations, but Santos says they should do the opposite: Have the hard conversations as soon as possible, and establish the generational wealth system as soon as possible too. Not doing so, “often leads to tremendous discord among family members,” Santos says. Sometimes this discord fractures families and relationships are never mended. The old saying, “ ‘It’s not the money, it’s the principle,’ forget it. When it comes to generational wealth transfer, it’s always about the money,” Santos says. “That’s why it’s so important for families to understand that fair is not always equal. For example, if the eldest son has been the CEO and has been responsible for the tremendous growth of the company and the other two sons are not employed by the company, the CEO son ought to have more ownership stake in the company than the other two sons.”

Peter H. Fukunaga, who emigrated from a small village in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture in 1907, founded the company. He worked on Hawai‘i Island for the sugar plantations as a dynamite man blowing up rocks and boulders to build tunnels through the mountains. The job was dangerous but paid well, says Mark Fukunaga. With his savings, Peter Fukunaga came to Honolulu and worked as an assistant mechanic at Royal Hawaiian Motors. As fate would have it, Fukunaga fractured both of his legs on the job and was laid up for three months, Mark Fukunaga says. During his recuperation, Peter Fukunaga learned that Waialua Garage in Hale‘iwa was for sale at a price of $650. He was only able to pay $25 in 1919, but promised to pay the balance as soon as possible. And he did just that before buying three other garages in Waialua. Automobiles were the cutting-edge business of the early 20th century, and he grew the family enterprise. Peter Fukunaga later acquired Royal Hawaiian Sales, a car dealership in Honolulu, and in 1926 Servco became a Chevrolet dealer. Peter Fukunaga consistently advised his family and staff that a company had to keep growing, otherwise it withers and dies. Over time, the Fukunaga family founded or acquired 40 businesses, including companies selling appliances, musical instruments, financial services, plants, office equipment, insurance, electronics and marine supplies. The family’s reach extended to Guam, where it owned six businesses. In 1957, Servco also became a Toyota dealer (Peter Fukunaga heard from Tokyo taxi drivers that the automaker’s vehicles had great clutches) and to this day, Servco and Toyota have maintained an excellent business relationship, Mark Fukunaga says.

SERVCO PACIFIC The root word for Servco is service, and that has always been the company’s guiding principle, says Mark Fukunaga, chairman and CEO of Servco Pacific, ranked third on Hawaii Business Magazine’s Top 250 ranking and the largest private company in Hawai‘i.

Servco founder Peter Fukunaga bought this garage in Hale‘iwa in 1919.

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Mark Fukunaga, left, current CEO of Servco, is the third-generation leader of the family business.

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CONTINUOUS EVOLUTION Santos of Business Consulting Resources agrees with Servco’s recipe. “Ensure that the family business is ready to constantly change and evolve with respect to products and services it is delivering. Never get comfortable!” she says. “Start by creating a strategic plan for the family business that includes a well-defined budget and profitability projections for at least two years and refresh that plan each year.” “Continue to examine what you are doing and how you are doing it, continually look at costs and profitability and be prepared to break the systems you have in place and put them back together in even better ways to support continued growth,” she says. “The world around you and your company is continuously changing. You have to keep adapting.” WATUMULL FAMILY Of the five family founders profiled here, Jhamandas Watumull traveled the farthest to reach Hawai‘i. According to J.D. Watumull, president of Watumull Properties Corp., Jhamandas Watamull was born in Hyderabad, then in the British colony of India and now in the Sindh province of Pakistan. He was 14 and the oldest of nine children when

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Peter Fukunaga had three sons – George, Ben and Tom, all of whom had a hand in running the company after their father’s passing – and one daughter, Betty. Mark Fukunaga and his cousin, Eric Fukunaga, took the reins in 1994 after their fathers passed 11 months apart. Servco also now owns dealerships in Australia, where it has 23 locations and 1,300 employees. In 2012, the company bought partial ownership of Fender Musical Instruments and now fully owns the iconic maker of guitars such as Stratocaster and Telecaster. Fender’s New Guitar Player Landscape Analysis found that 16 million people – about 7% of the U.S. population – learned to play the guitar, bass or ukulele during the first two years of the Covid pandemic. “Fender is now a core business for the long term. We are looking at ourselves as custodians of this amazing legacy,” says Mark Fukunaga. The third main business of Servco is venture capital, which requires the company to observe global trends, says Mark Fukunaga, who was named Hawaii Business Magazine’s CEO of the Year in 2018 for his success in taking the third-generation family business to even greater heights. Servco’s shareholders today consist mainly of Fukunaga family members, including nine cousins. On the board of directors also sit prominent local and mainland executives that provide advice to the company. Servco has been recognized as a U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal for the past three years.

Mark Fukunaga explains Servco’s recipe for success: “For a company to be successful, it must examine itself continuously. It must look at itself realistically, its strengths and its weaknesses. Our company always felt that we had to have a corporate culture where the officers and staff could think through collaborative method. We have set up a process of strong governance and we recruit employees with talent and vision.”

his life changed. An accident left his father, a brick-laying contractor, paralyzed for life. He arrived in Hawai‘i in 1914 and used his savings to start a store on Fort Street in downtown Honolulu, J.D. Watumull says. They sold goods from East and South Asia, including ivory, crafts, brassware and silk. The store was a success and they later expanded into a full lines department store on Fort Street. Jhamandas Watumull’s brother Gobindram arrived in 1917 and began operating the business in Honolulu. As the number of visitors to the Islands increased, the store focused more on them and was renamed Watumull’s. Meanwhile, the family expanded the business by investing in a clothing manufacturing factory named Royal Hawaiian Manufacturing. Jhamandas Watumull traveled often to tend to his business interests elsewhere and did not settle in Honolulu until 1955, so Gobindram and Jhamandas’s son Gulab took the responsibility of expanding the family business in Hawai‘i. In 1922, Gobindram brought an artist named KJ Leilani from Bombay to exhibit his paintings of life in India. He also encouraged his sister-in-law, Elsie Jensen, to paint designs on raw silk fabrics that turned into childrenswear, mu‘umu‘u and aloha shirts – all sold at the Watumull store. One vintage Watumull aloha shirt made in the 1940s now commands a price of $695 online while another can be had for $468. The family’s initial years in Hawai‘i were difficult as its members faced discrimination and onerous immigration laws, even though Gobindram married an American

woman. Nonetheless, the family persevered. By 1954 there were eight Watumull stores, and two decades later, 29 across O‘ahu, including East India Stores, Aloha Fashions, Malihini Gifts, Leilani Gift Shops, and Watumull’s, focused on the visitor industry, says J.D. Watumull. The Watumull family has funded several local philanthropic and educational institutions, including the Rama Watumull Fund, the J. Watumull Fund and the Watumull Foundation. The family has also done considerable charity work in India, funding a hospital and engineering school in Mumbai, a school in Pune and a hospital in Mount Abu. The main businesses of the Watumull family in Hawai‘i today is commercial real estate under Watumull Properties Corp, plus ownership of two clothing wholesalers, American T-Shirt and Happy Shirts. The current leaders of the family businesses are J.D., Jojo, Vik and Jared Watumull. J.D. Watumull says Jhamandas Watumull’s biggest tip for building a successful business was “to work hard and be flexible.” Santos says members of a family business should always remember the generations who came before them, and to honor them by providing their communities, customers and clients with integrity, fairness and high-quality work. There will be challenges, she says, but always take time to celebrate the wins – even the small ones. Have fun along the way, laugh at yourself, love what you do and share your passion with your team, she says. Y. HATA & CO.

The Watumull family includes, from left, Jojo, Gulab, J.D. and Vik.

Every family business faces serious challenges along the way to building generational wealth. However, the Hata family not only came close to the brink of financial disaster, but it also had to survive the internment of its founder at the Lordsburg concentration camp in New Mexico during World War II. Like many local Japanese families, the Hata family originated in Hiroshima prefecture. Yoichi Hata was the grandfather of Russell Hata, the current president and CEO of the family business, Y. Hata & Co. Russell Hata says Yoichi’s elder brother was Sadanosuke Hata, who established S. Hata Shoten in Hilo, selling silk, kimonos and other East Asian goods. Yoichi Hata, then an accountant in Japan, was summoned to Hilo in 1909 by Sadanosuke to help him to expand the company and run the newly built warehouse. Yoichi Hata had a true entrepreneurial spirit and launched his own business in 1913, starting by wholesaling foods, such as Kona coffee, dry shrimp, candies and other merchandise. “The Y. Hata business started small,” says Russell Hata. “The business was not capi-

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simple, “Never lie, never cheat, never steal.” In 1975, disaster struck. For four years, the Y. Hata workers were on strike, Russell Hata says. “I had to recruit outside employees. I had no other choice. Otherwise, our business would have gone bankrupt.” “I told my father, ‘We need outside help to survive. We need to hire consultants to advise us what to do to keep the company alive.’ My father had his own advisors whom he thought would be the men who save the company, but the situation got worse and worse.” To fund the operational losses, real estate and other assets were sold, while staff declined from 300 employees to 125. The company exited the retail grocery business and focused exclusively on food service, says Russell Hata. In 1991, Russell Hata took control of the business, and the board of directors approved a reorganization of the company. Then in 1992, another disaster struck. The Hawaii Community Development Authority raised the rent on Y. Hata’s main warehouse at 741 Ilalo Street from $50,000 a year to $1.2 million a year. According to Russell Hata, the governor had previously offered low rent to induce food suppliers to locate in Kaka‘ako, but only Y. Hata accepted. Two years after the rent was increased, HCDA condemned the site for use by the UH medical school and gave Y. Hata seven days notice to vacate. Y. Hata is thriving today. It ranks 31st on Hawaii Business Magazine’s Top 250 ranking of the biggest companies and nonprofits in the Islands. The company celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013 and the next year, Russell Hata launched ChefZone, a cash and carry division that provides a one-stop store for restaurants, stores, families, foodies and everyone else. Russell Hata attributes the company’s success to Sam Bailin, a “super business genius” and well-respected management and leadership visionary in the national food service industry until his death in 2008. “Extremely smart. If we had listened to him much earlier, the company would be way ahead today,” Hata says. Based on Bailin’s guidance, he says, the company today stresses the importance of strategic vision and mutually beneficial customer and employee partnerships.

Above, Russell Hata and his family includes, from left, Jeffrey Takiguchi, Val Hata and Risa Hata and, at right, the original Y. Hata store in Hilo.

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talized with a bank loan.” The business kept expanding with companies like Hilo Oil Products, Hamakua Coffee, Hilo Rice Mills, C & C Fish Co. and Hilo Brewery. Yoichi Hata started Angel Trading Co. in Japan to export Asian products to Hawai‘i. Yoichi Hata and his wife, Naeko Hirata Hata, had ten children, five of whom worked for Y. Hata. The eldest son, Minoru, expanded the business to Honolulu in 1937, and his sister, Yukiko, assumed management of the Hilo operation until the end of the war, says Russell Hata. Yoichi Hata was interned at the Lordsburg camp during World War II, primarily due to his business success and leadership role in the Japanese community, says Russell Hata. Ironically, three of his sons volunteered for the U.S. Army and fought in Europe. Russell Hata says that after the war, the company continued to diversify by expanding its tobacco and beer franchises and other products. In the 1960s and 70s, Minoru and Frank – Yoichi’s youngest son and Russell Hata’s father – acquired Maui Dry Goods, started a partnership with Kikkoman Shoyu called Japan Foods Hawaii, acquired Val’s Supermarket, changing the name to P & P Grocery Store and launched many other ventures. Y. Hata became the dominant food distributor in the Islands by the 1970s, with seven warehouses in Honolulu, Hilo and Kahalui. Frank Hata’s rule for the family and employees was

Above, the Lau family includes, from left, Jen’s husband, Rob Nelson, Blake Lau Nelson, Russell and Connie Lau, Sloane Lau Nelson, Russell’s sister Vicki Lau and Jen Lau. At right, a marketing picture from Finance Factors’ early days.

“We gain the respect and trust of those we partner with because of our genuine concern for our partners’ success and our unwavering commitment to excellence,” Hata says. FINANCE E NTE RPRISES Santos, the longtime business advisor, offers this advice for family businesses: Have the new generation work elsewhere before they join the family business because there is much to learn from other companies and industries. And take risks and never stop learning. Jennifer Lau has followed this path. She is now executive VP of Finance Enterprises Ltd., parent company of Finance Factors, Finance Insurance, Finance Realty and Waipono Investment Corp. She is the granddaughter of one of the founders, Daniel Lau, and daughter of Russell Lau, the current chairman and CEO of Finance Enterprises. After Punahou School, Jennifer earned her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and her MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Her perseverance and leadership were evident at a young age. Wellesley did not have a track team when she was there, so she trained on the MIT track, where she impressed the coach so much she was invited to train with the men’s MIT track team. In addition to being a co-captain of the Wellesley soccer team, she also served as first female captain of the MIT Sloan MBA soccer team, where she was one of two female players on the squad. Lau has a decade of experience in software product development, design and management. She has worked at StubHub, as senior software product manager; eBay’s

Global Product Strategy Group; Bank of America’s online brokerage; and Merrill Lynch Online, where she helped launch the Merrill Edge online trading platform. “Challenge never comes with a playbook, you take a swing through it – leading either to success or learning,” she says. “Leadership excellence can only be fine-tuned through pursuit and practice.” Finance Factors was founded in 1952 to serve families and small businesses whose owners didn’t always have access to traditional financing. It extended loans to its clients, who in turn made deposits and helped the company grow. Co-founder Daniel Lau always said, “Work hard even if no one is looking.” The hard work paid off. The company is Hawai‘i’s largest locally owned depositor financial services loan company – offering residential and commercial loans, savings accounts and other financial services. It has 13 branches – nine on O‘ahu, two on Hawai‘i Island, plus one each on Maui and Kaua‘i, and a loan production office on Guam. Finance Factors is ranked 174th on Hawaii Business Magazine’s Top 250 ranking of the state’s biggest companies and nonprofits. Russell Lau’s advice to his employees reflects many of the principles that all five families profiled here followed on their path to generational wealth. • There is no substitute for hard work and education. • Continue to have a vision for the future. • Always be humble. • We are where we are because of others. • It takes a team to be successful.

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over $40 an hour in urban Honolulu, so there are not very many people that we work with that are able to command that kind of income,” says Jill Wright, director of philanthropy and community relations at the Institute for Human Services (IHS). “That’s partly a minimum wage issue but it’s more of a housing affordability and skills gap issue.” IHS is a service provider that offers shelters and housing assistance. Wright says that a lot of times people are doubling up on housing to make it more affordable, but when the landlord finds out that there are more people living in a residence than expected, it often results in eviction and homelessness. Once houseless, there is a tall mountain to climb. “If rent is over $2,000 a month, and you only make $4,000 a month, you have to make

that difficult choice between, ‘Am I going to feed my family or am I going to pay rent?’ ” Wright says. “So, it’s very difficult to overcome a homeless situation.” Why Housing is a Health Care Issue Housing is an important social driver of health. Being homeless and living on the streets can take decades off a person’s life. The average life expectancy of an unhoused person in the U.S. is 52.6 years compared to the overall average of 78.6. This data highlights a critical link between housing and health, but it also matters that the housing be up to code and affordable. Access to affordable housing improves a person’s health by freeing up money for other essential needs, such as food and medical care, that would

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mong all the factors that contribute to a person’s health, affordable housing is critical. Without it, an individual’s health is negatively impacted, and the surrounding community feels the consequences. Housing is considered affordable when it consumes less than 30% of a household’s income. When people are forced to overspend on housing, they must decide between nutritious food, access to medical care, or a roof over their head. The shortage of affordable housing options also results in critical health care workers choosing to live elsewhere, creating an access to care issue for everyone. In Hawai‘i, the cost of living is rising and housing expenses have soared. Most people’s top expense is housing, and for some people, it accounts for most of their income. To improve the health of the community, Kaiser Permanente actively partners with and invests in organizations throughout Hawai‘i that are working to find affordable housing solutions. These efforts include improving housing policy, readying future homeowners, and increasing the affordable housing supply. A recent assessment by Kaiser Permanente stated that close to one out of five households (18 percent) on O‘ahu spend greater than 50 percent of their income on housing. In O‘ahu neighborhoods where one-quarter to one-third of residents identify as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, the housing concerns are magnified. Housing affordability has a direct effect on homelessness. For the houseless population, Hawaii’s expensive housing market and lack of affordable options makes it even harder for them to regain their independence. “The amount you need to make in order to afford market rent is

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No housing for health care workers How the high cost of housing worsens the current Hawai’i health care staffing shortage.

otherwise be sacrificed. A report by the Center for Housing Policy, the research division of the National Housing Conference, found that affordable housing reduces stress and adverse health outcomes that result from anxiety or depression, as declining mental and physical health can be linked to hypertension and heart disease. It can also improve the lives of people living with chronic diseases. Children are especially vulnerable. Without stable housing, minors are less likely to see a regular health care provider, may be exposed to drug use at a young age, and can be at risk for developmental problems. Additionally, substandard housing increases the risk for health problems associated with hazards such as mold, lead-based paints, or allergens.

veryone’s access to health care is jeopardized when critical care workers cannot afford to live in Hawai‘i. The overall high cost of living means workers have less money to spend on housing. Similar to other industries, it then becomes difficult to retain and recruit people to work in Hawai‘i. “If they cannot see a path forward in terms of getting into housing, they just say, ‘Well, I can’t see a future here in Hawai‘i,’ ” says Hilton Raethel, President and CEO of Healthcare Association of Hawai‘i (HAH). HAH is a trade organization that represents hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospices, and assisted living facilities in the state. HAH has tracked and conducted studies on the adequacy of Hawaii’s health care workforce for the last several years. Prior to the pandemic, in 2019, HAH had already found there to be a health care worker shortage. “We identified over 2,200 open patientfacing positions in Hawai‘i,” says Raethel. These open positions were not physician positions, he says, but included other health care workers, such as nurses, respiratory therapists, and patient service representatives. “Earlier this year, we redid that study and that vacancy rate has gone up materially,” Raethel continues. “We’ve gone from a 10% vacancy rate in 2019 to a 17% vacancy rate in 2022. So the pandemic has exacerbated the shortage of health care workers in Hawai‘i.” The shortage results in problems getting faster care. The scarcity of

staff means longer waiting times at emergency rooms because patients cannot be discharged quickly, and there are longer wait times to get into nursing homes because there are less workers to staff those beds. A high cost of living and high cost of housing makes it very challenging to recruit new workers, even with competitive salaries. “Hawai‘i is a very desirable place to live and housing prices are increasing at a fairly high rate,” says Raethel. “In Hawai‘i, we pay the second highest rate in the nation for registered nurses. California is the only state that pays more than us and right now they’re paying around $121,000 a year for nurses. Hawai‘i is paying about $106,000 a year. But when you take into account the cost of living… we drop to last in the nation, so we are literally at the bottom in terms of purchasing power for nurses.” This example holds true for other health care professions as well. Since mortgage payments are similar to rent payments, the down payment is usually the first hurdle that makes or breaks a decision to work and live in Hawai‘i. If potential workers cannot overcome that, they will choose to move to other states where the cost of living is lower. HAH is hoping to address this barrier by coming up with a down payment solution with local banks and financial institutions, given that health care workers tend to have a stable profession and, generally, good financial prospects. “We’re working on a series of programs where instead of a 15%

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or 20% down payment, health care workers could get into a house or an apartment or condo for maybe 3% down, 5% down, somewhere in that ballpark,” says Raethel. “That’s much more achievable than 10%, 15%, or 20%.” The initiative amounts to a workaround to the larger problem, but is a positive step in alleviating the current health care worker shortage. “Health care is a great profession, has lots of opportunity, but we have to address this housing issue,” says Raethel. “And we have to figure out how to get more staff, how to train more staff, how to recruit more staff, and how to retain more staff.”

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More money for affordable housing Housing is essential to people’s health and livelihood. Through its Thriving Communities Fund, Kaiser Permanente invests in affordable housing across the United States, and is currently lining up projects to support in Hawai‘i. The Thriving Communities Fund is a $400 million revolving loan fund that is offered by Kaiser Permanente for the development of affordable housing projects of $10 to $50 million. The funds can be used for many types of development projects, from building to land acquisition and pre-development.

In other states, this fund has supported various development projects. Last year, $50 million was committed to helping build 1,800 permanent supportive housing units in Los Angeles and, prior to that, $5.2 million went toward the purchase of a 42-unit affordable housing complex in Oakland, California. In Hawai‘i, Kaiser Permanente's Thriving Communities Fund will support equally committed partners who want to add affordable housing to Hawaii’s inventory to help with the ongoing demand.

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Solving the Housing Affordability Crisis

he overall health of the community will improve if Hawai'i can solve the affordable housing supply problem. It is especially challenging considering that the state is one of the most expensive real estate markets in the country. But there are many organizations that Kaiser Permanente partners with that are helping to move the needle in a positive direction. Through the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, the House Maui Initiative advocates to improve housing development and affordability for families. “One of our goals is helping to make the connections between developers that are ready and these CDFIs (community development financial institutions),” says Keoni Kuoha, director of the House Maui Initiative. “We’re glad to be partnering with Kaiser Permanente on some of these things,” Kuoha says. “They’re one of the large funders in Hawai‘i. Our philanthropic organizations get together regularly, and we’ve been exploring the problems around housing and exploring how we can strategically deploy funds to get the system to meet the housing needs of everyone who calls Hawai‘i home.” House Maui also works directly with Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA), which educates and assists future homeowners on how to qualify financially, so that they’re ready as soon as a house is available. Through its network of centers, HCA connects families with certified housing counselors, who can review their financials and create a plan toward mortgage qualification, while its sister organization, Hawai‘i

Community Lending, provides loans, grants, and help with financing. “Prices are just so high right now,” says Jeff Gilbreath, executive director of Hawai‘i Community Lending, which helps low and moderate income families to buy homes and afford rentals. “The gap between the home price and the mortgage the family can afford is a big issue.” Another issue Gilbreath has found is that families don’t have enough cash for a down payment. To help with this, Kaiser Permanente partnered with HCA last year in a statewide program that offered down payment assistance to families seeking homeownership. “Families enroll in financial opportunity centers; they save money over a period of time, and then we match the funds to help with down payment closing costs,” says Gilbreath. The work that the centers have done has created a pipeline for mortgage qualified home buyers who are ready to purchase an affordable home when

one comes on the market. But affordable housing options have become increasingly harder to find. “I think we all know this is not your grandfather’s or your grandmother’s housing market,” says Kenna StormoGipson, the director of housing policy at the Hawai‘i Budget and Policy Center, which is a program of the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice. Kaiser Permanente supports the center’s ongoing housing policy research. StormoGipson sees many reasons for Hawaii’s affordable housing crisis that need to change. “Some of it is that it’s just so easy for money from literally around the world to be invested in housing,” she says. Housing has become a global tool for wealth investment, and that works against the goal of affordable housing. Additionally, low property tax rates have made buying houses here more attractive. Another problem is that Hawaii’s houses are largely privately financed, StormoGipson says, therefore it’s going to take large public financing to turn things around. Private investors are looking for a return, while public funding doesn’t

The nonproﬁt Hawaiian Community Assets provides ﬁnancial counseling services to prepare people for homeownership.

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look to maximize profit. The Hawai‘i Appleseed Center, along with HCA and other organizations, prepared the Maui County Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan that was passed this year. One of the key recommendations was to increase taxes on investment properties and short-term rentals to increase the County’s affordable housing fund. “We actually had recommended that they aim for $58 million in their affordable housing fund per year moving forward, and they were able to secure that,” StormoGipson says. The fund also received authorization

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to support housing bonds. Money is already being used to fund over 1,000 new homes as a result of the plan passing, she says. “Kaiser Permanente's help has been very instrumental because it has allowed Appleseed to maintain a housing policy focus consistently regardless if there’s a particular plan in place,” she says. “With the support of Kaiser Permanente, I’m able to stay current and stay up to date on nationwide trends, which means we’re really in a good position to offer support for things like the Maui plan.” All of these efforts are getting

new affordable housing projects off the ground, streamlining processes, and readying people with the financial tools to buy. Understanding how this process works leads to better health and better communities and will help shift public policy and opinion even more. “We need to think of housing as a public good,” says StormoGipson. “We need to shift that mindset and think of this as important for people, for our economy, for stability. Housing is a public good, and once you embrace that, then you can say, ‘OK, let’s invest the money to make that happen.’”

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INSURANCE

Hurricane Ian’s Aftereffects May Impact Hawai‘i in a Few Years Sharilyn Tanaka of Atlas Insurance Agency says tens of billions of dollars in payouts by global reinsurance companies will likely ripple into premium increases here down the road

URRICANE IAN MAY HAVE STRUCK NEARLY 5,000 MILES AWAY, but Hawai‘i homeowners

could feel its fallout with higher hurricane insurance rates within a few years, says one local expert. Ian left an estimated $53 billion to $74 billion in damage caused by winds that reached 150 miles per hour at first landfall, as well as storm surge and inland flooding. The wreckage on the mainland stretched from Florida to Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. An analysis earlier this month by RMS, a catastrophe modeling firm, said the destruction of the Category 4 storm will have a lasting impact on Florida’s insurance market. Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm that hit South Florida in August 1992, caused damage equal to $53 billion in 2021 dollars. Nearly 1 million policyholders lost their coverage after 11 insurers went bankrupt in Andrew’s aftermath.

by 2000, private insurers had returned to the market. Today, eight to 10 insurance carriers write personal hurricane policies in Hawai‘i, says Sharilyn Tanaka, VP of personal lines at Atlas Insurance Agency. Hawai‘i’s state insurance commissioner ensures the companies are financially stable and able to pay claims should another hurricane come ashore, she notes. “It’s important for consumers to understand the financial stability of the company that they’re working with,” she says. Tanaka says Hurricane Ian will impact the global reinsurance market – the companies that insure the insurance companies, including carriers that service Hawai‘i homeowners. Reinsurance companies in the U.S. and Europe estimate some $7.5 billion in insurance

HURRICANE INIKI’S IMPACT

Hawai‘i hasn’t seen a destructive hurricane for 30 years, when Kaua‘i took a direct hit from Hurricane Iniki, also a Category 4 storm, on Sept. 11, 1992. Hurricane Iniki’s losses were a fraction of those caused by Andrew at $3.1 billion, or about $6 billion in 2021 dollars, but the impact to the local insurance market was similar: Insurers stopped writing hurricane policies for local homeowners. The state stepped in several months after Iniki with the creation of the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help provide coverage, but 54

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claims from Ian so far, according to a roundup by Insurance Journal. “So when the cost of the reinsurance increases, that’s when the cost of the insurance policies here in Hawai‘i will be affected,” Tanaka says. “It’s not going to be a direct immediate increase that we will see, but we will more than likely see an increase, I would say, within the next two years.” MORTGAGES REQUIRE INSURANCE

Sharilyn Tanaka is the VP of personal lines at Atlas Insurance Agency.

In Hawai‘i, the state does not require property owners to carry hurricane insurance, but homeowners with mortgages are required by lenders to carry hurricane insurance for single-family homes. Tanaka suggests homeowners review their coverage to make sure their homes and belongings are covered in the event of a storm. Most policies also cover loss of use if the home is unlivable after a storm, providing rent money

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Hurricane Ian devastated Fort Myers Beach in Florida.

57 INCHES OF RAIN Hurricane Lane in 2018 was the wettest tropical cyclone ever recorded in Hawai‘i. On Hawai‘i Island, the average rainfall from Lane was 17 inches and one station recorded 57 inches of rain over four days, according to a University of Hawai‘i study. The storm brought massive flooding across the Hawaiian Islands and caused more than $250 million in damage, according to a 2018 report from the insurance company Aon.

while the home is being repaired. One of the misconceptions for many homeowners is that they’re covered for wind damage from a hurricane under their homeowners policy. “The homeowners policy will cover wind, defined as a windstorm with speeds up to 74 miles an hour, so if there’s a windstorm that comes through and it blows off shingles from your roof, then that would be covered under the homeowners policy,” she says. “Once it goes above 75 miles an hour, then it becomes a named hurricane and that’s when the hurricane insurance will come in and homeowners insurance will stop.” Condominium owners don’t have to carry hurricane insurance – the master policy carried by the condo association satisfies that requirement for lenders – but Tanaka says it’s still a good idea, and is generally affordable, often costing in the hundreds of dollars each year.

That’s because while the association’s policy covers the cost of returning the building to its original state, it does not cover any improvements to individual units, such as upgraded flooring, kitchens or baths, nor does it cover an individual owner’s appliances, furniture or other personal belongings. FLOODING CONCERNS

Hurricanes often bring flooding and Tanaka cautions that homeowners insurance and hurricane insurance policies don’t cover such damage. Flooding that comes in from the ground, the ocean or overflowed streams is only covered by policies purchased through the National Flood Insurance Program, which recently changed its flood risk methodology. “If you do not have a flood policy, there would be no coverage for damage to your home” from flooding, says Tanaka.

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THE BOSS SURVEY & 808 POLL

HAWAI‘I’S BUSINESSES: PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMISM MOVE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS The BOSS Survey shows revenue, profits and staffing are gradually improving on average. Nonetheless, the optimism of business leaders about the near future keeps falling.

B O S S P E R FO R M A N C E I N D E X We asked all 421 business owners and senior executives we surveyed about their companies’ revenue, profit and number of employees: Was each metric going up, down or holding steady? Their answers were compiled and form the basis of the Performance Index.

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When you split up the items – revenue, profit and number of employees – you can see below that all three are trending in the same direction: up.

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sheets of local companies are trending and how Hawai‘i business owners and executives feel about the future of the local economy. Interestingly, those metrics are trending in opposite directions.

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HE BOSS SURV EY TELLS US HOW TH E BA L A NCE

Gradually Improving Results Since Nov. 2020

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Companies in the visitor industry were more likely to say their revenue was up than nonvisitor industry companies: 57% vs. 42%.

M E T H O D O L O GY FO R B O S S S U RV E Y A N D 8 0 8 P O L L BOSS – the Business Outlook and Sentiment Survey – is a statewide survey of business leaders in Hawai‘i. The 808 Poll is a survey of the general public in Hawai‘i. Both are conducted twice a year for Hawaii Business Magazine by the research team at Anthology Marketing Group,

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now part of the global agency Finn Partners. For the BOSS, a total of 421 random interviews were conducted with business owners and executives across the Hawaiian Islands from Sept. 22 to Oct. 31, 2022. A sample of this size has a margin of error of plus

or minus 4.78 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. A survey within the main survey involved interviews with business leaders who describe their companies as having significant revenue from the tourism industry. A total of 112 leaders were surveyed in this segment;

their results were also included in the main survey results. In the 808 Poll, 427 members of the general public were surveyed from Sept. 20 to Oct. 9, 2022. The margin of error for a sample of this size is plus or minus 4.94 percentage points with a 95% confidence level.

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BUSINESS LEADERS’ OUTLOOK DARKENS We asked business leaders: In the next year, what is your outlook for Hawai‘i’s economy on jobs, revenue and bankruptcies. Only 20% predicted things would get better, 41% said things would remain about the same and 38% said they would get worse. Those numbers form the basis for the Optimism Index, which is down substantially since the previous survey in April.

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Back in May, 35% of the business leaders surveyed said the local economy would improve in the coming year; in this survey, only 20% said the economy would improve. Optimism was strongest in the visitor indus-

try. In the tourist sector, 30% of the leaders thought the economy would get worse. Among all other local businesses, 41% expect the economy to worsen. Optimism about the economy is crucial: Opti-

mistic leaders are willing to expand their businesses and hire more people; pessimists are more likely to freeze hiring and cut costs. Widespread pessimism about the economy can be self-fulfilling.

To further understand prospects for the future, the business leaders surveyed were asked which of these three statements best describes their companies’ plans for the coming year.

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Back in May, 20% of business leaders polled said they planned to increase spending – that’s 3 percentage points higher than in this latest survey. Note: Percentages do not always add to 100 due to rounding.

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WHAT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS? How confident are you that your firm will still be in business three years from now? We compared the answers to this question with the answers we received in November 2020, when confidence was at a low ebb amid the pandemic.

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Businesses in the visitor industry were on average less confident of their survival in the latest survey than other local businesses. For example, 61% of businesses that operate outside of the visitor industry were 100% confident that they’d still be operating in three years; only 46% of visitor industry companies were that confident.

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Business leaders were asked which best exemplifies the current condition of the companies they own or work for. We added results of the same question from the 808 Poll of the general public in which 243 people who are employed responded.

Next, business representatives were asked if they find it more difficult to hire people now than it was prior to the pandemic.

BUSINESS LEADERS

No, less difficult

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27% About the same

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THE BOSS SURVEY & 808 POLL

VISITOR INDUSTRY BOUNCES BACK Results of the BOSS Survey of 112 tourism industry leaders show strong performance overall and widespread optimism

We split the results from the Performance and Optimism indexes: The following numbers compare visitor industry companies with all other companies surveyed this fall. On average, companies in the visitor industry are doing substantially better than they had been doing and their leaders are significantly more optimistic on average about the coming year than leaders of other local businesses. PERFORMANCE INDEX

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Next, these same business owners and executives addressed the impact on their bottom lines as a result of the relative absence of tourists from Japan and other Asian countries. They were asked which of the following three options best mirrored the impact on their companies.

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Based on each company’s revenue, profit and staff size. Are those metrics up, down or the same?

Based on each business leader’s forecast of the local economy over the coming year. Will it be better, worse or the same?

The visitor industry had been at a low point in the last two years, but companies in that sector have rebounded. They were especially strong on revenue and profit in this survey: • 57% of those surveyed said they experienced increased revenue in the past year and 48% enjoyed higher profits. The comparable percentages among all other companies were 42% and 29%, respectively.

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Visitor industry leaders were bullish when asked about overall visitor spending over the next year or two.

OPTIMISM INDEX

All other companies

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Major loss of revenue but we’ve adjusted and our revenue has rebounded

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No impact

Visitor industry companies on O‘ahu have been harder hit: 41% of O‘ahu tourism companies say this absence continues to hurt their bottom line. Meanwhile, 74% of Neighbor Island tourism businesses say they have not been impacted by the loss of travelers from Asia.

Results from the BOSS Survey and 808 Poll on remote work, employee recruitment and retention, mask-wearing now, eagerness (or reluctance) to attend big events and more.

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Book. In the coming years, we hope more companies will bring their technology leaders into the executive ranks. And we welcome others who would like to be in future editions. Black Book is largely comprised of leaders of Top 250 companies and nonprofits. That annual ranking is based on gross revenues from the previous year, which Hawaii Business Magazine collects via annual surveys and independent research. All executives on the Top 250 list are invited to participate in Black Book. If you’d like to receive surveys from Hawaii Business Magazine, please email cynthiaw@hawaiibusiness.com.

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Emile Alano AHL

Anacleto B. Alcantra Sr. Group Builders Inc.

Edwin Barlongo Elite Paciﬁc Construction Inc.

Brian Bowers Bowers + Kubota Counsulting, Inc.

Charlie Buckingham Elite Paciﬁc Construction, Inc.

George Denise Swinerton

Thomas J. Diersbock Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Norman G.Y. Hong G70

Lance M. Inouye Ralph S. Inouye Co. Ltd.

Dan Jordan Honolulu Builders LLC

Lori Kahikina, P.E. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART)

Glen A. Kaneshige Nordic PCL Construction, Inc.

Charles Kaneshiro G70

Alex M. Kwon Paradigm Construction LLC

Christine Lanning Integrated Security Technologies Inc.

Matthew Lee Elite Paciﬁc Construction, Inc.

Quentin Machida Gentry Homes, Ltd.

Gerry Majkut Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc.

Bettina Mehnert AHL

Linda C. Miki G70

Erika Mori Swinerton

Gary E. Oda RAM Corporation

Lisa Rapp AHL

Sheryl Seaman G70

Ben Steele Swinerton

Jason Tang Alan Shintani, Inc.

Subbu Venkataraman Swinerton

Lance K. Wilhelm Kamehameha Schools

Andre Wong Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc.

Aaron Yamasaki Swinerton

Marla Yoshihiro Elite Paciﬁc Construction Inc.

Michael Young Albert C. Kobayashi Inc.

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GUY AKASAKI Pres., CEO, Commercial Roofing & Waterproofing Hawaii Inc. #168 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Kubasaki HS, Okinawa; UH EXPERIENCE 40 yrs. of roofing and construction experience, with vast knowledge of the roofing and waterproofing industry. Formed Commercial Roofing in ‘93 during a recession and built the company to become successful. Commercial Roofing is involved in sustainability initiatives as well. Akasaki is experienced in other fields: photovoltaic systems, tax credits and subsidies, and financing of PPAs; development of design for non-glass photovoltaic modules for military; R&D funding opportunities to advance the field of renewable energy; utility firms; property acquisitions and management; and foreign investments. Launched a new service & roof repairs division with a proactive approach for repairs, preventative maintenance, forecasting and budgeting. BOARDS Hawaii Contractors Licensing Board, 3-term service; Grace Bible Honolulu; Children’s Discovery Center; The Salvation Army; GAF national leadership council; Roof Connect Board CLUBS Waialae CC, The Pacific Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS PBN Fastest Growing 50 Small Businesses; INC. 500 and 5000 listing; Winner of PBN’s Best In Business Category 1 by Business Leadership Awards, ‘10; Ranked in the top RCAH Roofing Awards annually; Nominated for Family Business at the PBN BL Awards, ‘16; Awarded “Commercial Roofing Contractor of the Year 2014” nationwide by Roofing Contractor Magazine; Hawaii State Contractor License Board Chair for 8 yrs; CRW selected for the ‘18 Excellence in Safety Award for Small Construction Sub Contractor by the Hawaii Chapter of ASSP CHARITABLE CAUSES Kahauiki Village, Kauhale Tiny Homes HOBBIES Surfing, SUP, reading, gym FAMILY Lanette, 3 children NOTEWORTHY Specializes in new ventures, new opportunities, corporate structure, business consulting, international business, networking, strategic partnerships and sustainable initiatives related to energy and construction. Guy values giving back through mentorship and donations. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

EMILE ALANO VP & COO, AHL #160 BORN 1961; San Francisco, CA EDUCATION Sacred

Heart HS, San Francisco; UC Berkeley, B.A. Environmental Design CERTIFICATIONS AIA, LEED AP EXPERIENCE Joined AHL in ‘97, became a Sr. Associate in ‘00, promoted to Principal in ‘10; over 38 years of experience in retail, commercial, hospitality, residential, institutional and military facilities; provides the skillset to take on very technically challenging projects; responsibilities range from early conceptual and schematic phase through construction administration on projects; involvement throughout a project’s development allows greater project control and excellence, evident through numerous awards achieved; involved with Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, Walgreens Ke’eaumoku Flagship Store, Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club, and Hawai‘i Hall at UH. Received an architectural regis-

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Filipino Community Center, Hawaii Wall & Ceiling Industry Assn. CLUBS Hawaii Wall & Ceiling Industry Assn., Filipino Chamber of Commerce, Filipino-American League of Engineers & Architects ACCOMPLISHMENTS Regional Minority Contractor of the Year; Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad; Business Person of the Year; Entrepreneur of the Year; Union Builder Award, Lifetime Achievement; The Outstanding Mapuan Award for Professional Achievement in Civil Engineering (Intl Division); Trailblazer Award; Dr. Jose P. Rizal Award for Peace & Social Justice; Legacy Award HOBBIES Working FAMILY Carmelita, General Manager, Filipino Express Restaurant, 4 children NOTEWORTHY I focus on setting goals and remain positive especially during unexpected downturns. I believe in teamwork and sharing the rewards of team effort. Success is not an overnight achievement but a consistent responsibility as well as a continuing growth. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec EDWIN BARLONGO President, Elite Pacific Construction Inc. #184

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College-Master’s degree in Strategic Studies CERTIFICATIONS Professional Engineer; Certified Construction Manager MILITARY SERVICE Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Army EXPERIENCE Janitor; draftsman; US Army officer; Bowers + Kubota Consulting BOARDS President, Hawaii ESOP Assn.; Vice Chairman and Board Member, Aloha United Way; 2nd Congressional District Representative West Point; Executive Committee, National ESOP Association; Committee Chair, American Consulting Engineers Council of Hawaii ACCOMPLISHMENTS Team: Bowers + Kubota Consulting is a #1 National Best Places to Work for engineering firms from 2011-2015 and 2018-2021; Healthiest and Most Family Friendly Company in Hawai‘i; Top 3 Hawai‘i Best Place to Work 2008-2022 and #1 in 2022; American Heart Assn. Platinum Fit Award; Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award 2019, 1st Place national; National Top 100 A-E Firms for Growth 2015-2022; Hawaii Business Magazine Top 250 Company 2015-2022; Hawaii’s Most Charitable Companies 2018-2022; Hawai‘i Engineer of the Year CHARITABLE CAUSES Aloha United Way HOBBIES Time with family and friends, travel, running, golf, tennis, going to the beach FAMILY Holly Bowers, Housewife, 2 grown children NOTEWORTHY Honorary Chief on Ponape Micronesia HB HONORS Top 250 Exec CHARLIE BUCKINGHAM VP, Elite Pacific Construction Inc. #184 BORN 1976; Pensacola, FL EDUCATION ‘Iolani; Santa Clara Univ. CERTIFICATIONS Civil P.E. EXPERIENCE VP, Project Mgr., Elite Pacific Construction Inc. CLUBS General Contractors Assn. of Hawaii; Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. HOBBIES Paddling, coaching youth basketball and youth paddling FAMILY Nicole, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ROBERT DE LOS REYES Vice President, Alan Shintani, Inc. #148 BORN 1976 EDUCATION Father Duenas Memorial HS; UH Mānoa, BS Civil Engineering CERTIFICATIONS LEED Accredited Professional EXPERIENCE 20 years in project management, project engineering and estimating FAMILY Lauren, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BORN 1969; Guam EDUCATION Guam Community

GEORGE DENISE Project Exec. - Special Projects, Swinerton #63

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29 years of experience in the construction industry. Joined EPC in 2007 to become part of its shared success and continued growth. CLUBS Associated Builders and Contractors, General Contractors Association, American Society of Civil Engineers FAMILY Julie, Retired DOD Engineer, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec BRIAN BOWERS Pres., Bowers + Kubota Consulting Inc. #96 BORN 1959; Chicago EDUCATION Conant HS, Illinois;

USMA, West Point; UH, MBA; Army War

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2013-present; Integrated Building Solutions, 2010-’13; CM&D, 2006-‘10; Low Low Construction, 2004-’06. Sample Swinerton Hawaii project experience includes: Southwest Airlines Ticketing Office - Maui OGG; HIPIC Full Buildout; Holey Grail - A‘eo Waikiki Market at Lilia Waikiki; Hilton Hawaiian Village Tapa Tower Remodel Phase 1 & 2; Waiea at Ward Villages Repair Project; Swinerton Hawaii Office Buildout; Royal Hawaiian Center, Package 8; Hale Kewalo Affordable Housing Apartments. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Eagle Scout, Vigil H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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Honor, Venture Silver Award, Beta Gamma Sigma Recipient (UHM) CHARITABLE CAUSES Blood Bank of Hawaii, Calvary Chapel Ewa Beach, Hawaii Foodbank, National School Project, First Baptist Church of Long Beach HOBBIES Running, cycling, hiking, swimming and going to the beach FAMILY Dariel Hoapili Denise, Homemaker, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec THOMAS J. DIERSBOCK VP, Hensel Phelps #34 1969 Watertown, CT EDUCATION Capistrano Valley, CA; Arizona State Univ., B.S. Construction Management CERTIFICATIONS LEED AP EXPERIENCE 28 years of experience in the construction industry BOARDS Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii CLUBS Mid-Pacific Country Club, Kaneohe Yacht Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Top 250, Hawaii Business Magazine; #5 Top 25 Contractors, Building Industry Hawaii 2022; #14 Top 400 Contractors, ENR 2022 CHARITABLE CAUSES Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii HOBBIES Boating, golfing and skiing FAMILY Linda, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec BORN

TERILYN TAKAHASHI ESPERANZA Controller, Hawaiian Cement #64 BORN 1974; Honolulu EDUCATION Leilehua HS; Santa Clara Univ. EXPERIENCE PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hawaiian Airlines, Central Pacific Bank FAMILY

Jonathan Esperanza, GM, Hawaiian Cement, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec FOONEY FREESTONE Pres., Nan Inc. #23

BORN 1967; Seoul, Korea EDUCATION Moanalua HS;

UH Mānoa, B.S. in mechanical engineering EXPERIENCE 30 years in the industry; started with Nan Inc. in 1996. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DAVID GOMES President, Hawaiian Cement #64 BORN 1968; Wailuku EDUCATION St Anthony HS; Central Washington Univ. MILITARY SERVICE 4 years EXPERIENCE 23+ years in ready-mix concrete and construction aggregates HB HONORS

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NORMAN G.Y. HONG Chairman, G70 #145 BORN 1947; Honolulu EDUCATION University HS ‘65; UH, BFA architecture ‘69 CERTIFICATIONS FAIA EXPERIENCE Norman Hong’s experience in architecture spans over four decades. Hong has been involved in projects throughout Hawaii and overseas, including Southeast Asia and China. His work exemplifies a lifelong commitment to both quality and positively impacting lives through architecture and community service. BOARDS Special Design Districts Advisory, C&C of Honolulu; Board of Elders, Kaimuki Christian Church CLUBS Honolulu CC ACCOMPLISHMENTS AIA College of Fellows ‘21; ARDA ACE Excellence Award-Grand Waikikian ‘10; ARDA Gold award-Maui Ocean

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Club T/S Conversion ‘03 CHARITABLE CAUSES Kaimuki Christian Church HOBBIES Gentleman farming, reading, classical guitar, golf FAMILY Lorna, 1 child NOTEWORTHY Norman is G70’s specialist in resort time-share projects locally and abroad. He received the ARDA Circle of Excellence Project of Excellence Award, as principal-in-charge on the Grand Waikikian. HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

tration, HDOT, HECO, KSBE, UH and others; restored trust in HART from the FTA, demonstrated through the acceptance of HART’s 2022 Recovery Plan within 4 months of its early submittal. CHARITABLE CAUSES The Catholic Church, Alzheimer’s Assn., UH, YMCA; volunteer in my church choir HOBBIES Horseback riding, reading, travel FAMILY 3 sons and 1 specialneeds grandson HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

LANCE M. INOUYE Pres., CEO, Ralph S. Inouye Co. Ltd. #101

GLEN A. KANESHIGE Pres., Nordic PCL Construction Inc. #24

1944; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Stanford Univ., BS, MS; UH Mānoa, JD, MBA MILITARY SERVICE Lt., U.S. Navy Division of Naval Reactors, Washington, D.C. EXPERIENCE General contractor, Ralph S. Inouye Co. Ltd.; Attorneyat-law, Tamotsu Tanaka; Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawai‘i; Nuclear engineer, Division of Naval Reactors, Washington, D.C. BOARDS RSI, Multi-Employer Trust Funds, GCA HOBBIES Golf, tennis, fishing FAMILY Jillian, Retired, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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DAN JORDAN Principal, Honolulu Builders LLC #149 BORN 1959; Oak Ridge, TN Syracuse Univ.; EXPERIENCE Founded Honolulu Builders, ‘02;

Pres., Maryl Pacific ‘98-02; Chief Estimator, Disneyland, CA, ‘92-98; Supt., Hawaiian Dredging ‘83-90 CHARITABLE CAUSES Habitat For Humanity FAMILY Sylvia, Owner, Design Alternatives, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LORI KAHIKINA, P.E. Executive Director and CEO, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) #35 BORN 1971; Honolulu EDUCATION Kamehameha

Schools; UH Mānoa, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering; CERTIFICATIONS Professional Engineer (PE) license in Civil Engineering EXPERIENCE 2013-2020: Dir. of Environmental Services with the City and County of Honolulu, responsible for administering the design and construction of the city’s wastewater and solid waste programs; 2021-present: HART Exec. Dir. and CEO, responsible for the planning, design and construction of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2022 award for Distinguished Alumni of the UH College of Engineering. First woman and first Native Hawaiian to lead HART and the city’s Dept. of Environmental Services (ENV). Accomplishments in those roles include: ensured compliance with the $5B wastewater consent decree program with on-time and onbudget completion; implemented the islandwide bulky appointment system for ENV, reducing bulky waste on sidewalks that created environmental and safety hazards; improved the appearance and safety of Chinatown by implementing solid waste carts; reduced HART and consultant staffing and backfilled mgt. positions with highly qualified city staff versus high-paid consultant staff to drastically reduce overhead costs; restored HART’s relationships with key stakeholders, including city adminis-

Berkeley, B.S. Civil Engineering; U of Michigan Ann Arbor, M.S. Civil Engineering EXPERIENCE Pres.; Exec. VP; VP Operations; Assistant VP; Project Engineer; Project Mgr., Nordic Construction Ltd. BOARDS Hawaii Carpenters Health & Welfare Trust Fund, Hawaii Masons & Plasterers Training Trust Fund, Hawaii Masons & Plasterers Vacation & Holiday Trust Fund, General Contractors Assn. of Hawaii, Hawaii Benefit Administrators Inc., NAIOP Hawaii, Hawaii Architectural Foundation, Teach For America, Child & Family Service, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Aloha United Way CLUBS Oahu CC, Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), Lambda Alpha International HOBBIES Golf, fishing HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec CHARLES KANESHIRO President and COO, G70 #145 BORN 1961; Honolulu EDUCATION ‘Iolani School; UH Mānoa; Univ. of Michigan CERTIFICATIONS AIA, LEED AP EXPERIENCE Charles specializes

in the planning and design of educational and institutional facilities. He has successfully guided projects from programming, master planning, design and construction. A former high school math and chemistry teacher, Charles has taught in both public and private schools. As one of the first LEED accredited professionals in Hawai‘i and 2007-09 Green Schools advocate for the USGBC Hawai‘i Chapter, Charles has a passion for designing sustainable buildings that improve the health of occupants and reduce our carbon footprint. BOARDS Assn. For Learning Environments Hawai‘i Chapter CLUBS Oahu CC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pacific Century Fellows ‘03; AIA Pres. ‘10 CHARITABLE CAUSES Church, Food Bank, River of Life HOBBIES Travel FAMILY Faye, 1 child NOTEWORTHY Former high school math and science teacher HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec FRED KIM President, Alan Shintani, Inc. #148 EDUCATION Ingraham HS, Seattle; Univ. of Washington, Seattle CERTIFICATIONS Contractor Quality Control; Primavera P-6 EXPERIENCE 33 years in the construction industry BOARDS

Building Industry Labor Assn. (BILA), Hawaii Carpenters Union Trust Funds CHARITABLE CAUSES Sponsor to a child in the Philippines HOBBIES Golf, surfing FAMILY Lee, Realtor, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Founder, Save-A-Life-Enhance-A-LifeFoundation CHARITABLE CAUSES Save-A-LifeEnhance-A-Life-Foundation HOBBIES SoccerRush Real HFC FAMILY Ae Sim, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec CHRISTINE LANNING Pres., Integrated Security Technologies Inc. #227 EDUCATION Moanalua HS; UH; Hawai‘i Pacific Univ. CERTIFICATIONS PSP EXPERIENCE Over 25 years deploying electronic security systems in Hawai‘i and the Pacific for DoD, local government and critical infrastructure BOARDS Hawai‘i Pacific Univ., Pacific Club, Associated Builders & Contractors, ASIS Hawaii, PSA Security, AFCEA International CLUBS National Assn. of Women in Construction, Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council, Hawaii Defense Alliance ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2020 SBA Leader of the Year Hawaii HOBBIES SCCA, golf, trail running, yoga, triathlon FAMILY Andrew Lanning HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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GERRY MAJKUT Pres., Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc. #16

BORN 1960; Philadelphia EDUCATION Jamaica

BORN Pittsburgh, PA EDUCATION Steel Valley HS; Clarion Univ. of Pennsylvania, BA, Economics; Jacksonville Univ., Davis College of Business - MBA, Management and Marketing CERTIFICATIONS Exec. Certificate, Strategy and Innovation from MIT, Sloan School of Business EXPERIENCE SVP Marketing & Engineering, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co.; EVP of Operations, dck Worldwide; SVP Group Executive, Dick Pacific; VP, Dick Corporation BOARDS Navy League, GCA of Hawaii CLUBS Society of American Military Engineers, General Contractors Assn. of Hawaii (past Pres.), Pacific Club, AISE, AGC, Navy League CHARITABLE CAUSES American Heart Association HOBBIES Surfing, swimming, golf, running, cycling FAMILY Cheryl, 3 children NOTEWORTHY 2016 American Heart Assn. Heart Walk Chair; ‘18 March for Babies Walk Chair; ‘20 Queens Illuminate Twilight Walk Co-Chair HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

HS; Colorado State Univ., B.S. civil engineering CERTIFICATIONS Professional Civil Engineer; Licensed Contractor EXPERIENCE Four decades of engineering and construction experience in Hawai‘i, nationally and internationally BOARDS Hawaii Theatre Center CLUBS Air Force Civilian Advisory Council, ABC, GCA, Pacific Club CHARITABLE CAUSES Wounded Warriors, JABSOM School of Medicine, HPR/NPR, Hawaii Theatre HOBBIES Wave sailing, swimming, skiing, hiking, travel FAMILY Jacqueline, Artist HB HONORS Top 250 Exec QUENTIN MACHIDA President/CEO, Gentry Investment Properties #70 BORN 1965; Hilo EDUCATION Hilo HS; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Arthur Andersen & Co.; Gentry Homes Ltd. CLUBS Kapolei Chamber of Commerce, BIA-Hawaii FAMILY Kim, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

WYETH MATSUBARA VP, Nan Inc. #23 BORN 1971; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Univ. of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, B.S. in politi-

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cal science; California Western School of Law, San Diego CERTIFICATIONS Hawaii Bar License EXPERIENCE Joined Nan Inc. in 2015. Prior to that, he worked for Matsubara-Kotake, Attorneys at Law, and served as Deputy Corporation Counsel and with the Intermediate Court of Appeals. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec BETTINA MEHNERT Pres. & CEO, AHL #160 BORN 1964; Grevenbroich, Germany EDUCATION

Erasmus Gymnasium; University of Trier, Germany, Degrees in Architecture and Computer Science; University of Trier, Germany, Graduate Degrees in Architecture and Computer Science; Kennedy Western U, Masters of Computer Science; Hawai‘i Pacific U, MBA CERTIFICATIONS FAIA, LEED AP EXPERIENCE Started at AHL in ‘88, became Principal in ‘00 and Pres. & CEO in ‘13; blends IT solutions, firm culture, client cultivation and community service as inseparable filaments of professional leadership; recent projects include Lau Hala Shops, Aloha United Way Headquarters Renovation, Pearl Haven Residential Treatment Facility, OCCC Replacement and Expansion and St. Andrews School Master Planning; honored with numerous awards and in ‘16 was named a Fellow in the American Institute of Architecture; appointed by the mayor in ‘18 as one of five commission members of the new Honolulu Climate Change Commission. BOARDS AHL, Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel, St. Andrew’s Schools, Blue Planet Foundation, Hawaii Energy Strategic Advisory Board, Aloha United Way, Hawaii School Facilities Board CLUBS American Institute of Architects, Urban Land Institute, Responsible Property Investment Council, U.S. Green Building Council, International Living Future Institute, Pacific Club, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Regional Representative, Hawaii Green Growth Sustainability Business Forum, Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders ACCOMPLISHMENTS AIA Fellow, Hawaii Business Magazine CEO of the Year, PBN Women Who Mean Business Career Achievement Honoree, YWCA Leader Luncheon Honoree, Pacific Century Fellow, HB 20 for the Next 20, PBN 40 under 40, Gordon Bradley Humanitarian Award Recipient, 2018 Honolulu Climate Change Commission, State of Hawai‘i School Facilities Board CHARITABLE CAUSES Aloha United Way HOBBIES Long distance running, snowboarding, officiating USA Swimming meets, horseback riding FAMILY Louis Johnson, US Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, 1 child NOTEWORTHY The only architecture/engineering professional on the City’s Climate Change Commission - the team that provides advice to city officials while working toward a more sustainable built environment. Appointed by the governor to the State of Hawai‘i School Facilities Board. HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec; CEO of the Year LINDA C. MIKI Vice Chair and CEO, G70 #145 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Kaimukī HS; UH School of Architecture EXPERIENCE Pres., COO

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‘08-13, principal from ‘96, G70 Intl. Registered architect specializing in adaptive reuse visioning, resorts & office building projects: Four Seasons Ko Olina, Waikiki Trade Center, Hyatt Centric Hotel, Hawaii Prince Hotel, Maui County Service Center and Office Building 1, HPU Aloha Tower Lofts & Marketplace, Hyatt Regency Waikiki, Hyatt Place, HHV Waikikian, St. Regis Princeville Resort, Hawaii Film Studio, HI State Art Museum BOARDS Laulima Ministries Intl. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pacific Century Fellows ‘06; PBN Forty Under 40 ‘03 FAMILY 2 children NOTEWORTHY Passionate about problem solving, creative solutions that breathe life and finding unseen potential in people and places. HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

Co., Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, Last Mile Logistics Facility - Sand Island, Target Lihue, Target Windward, The Laylow, Turtle Bay Resort, Burberry San Francisco, Tom Ford Chicago, Tory Burch Beverly Hills. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ERIKA MORI Dir. of Preconstruction & Estimating, Swinerton #63

BORN 1965; Honolulu EDUCATION UH, BBA finance & accounting CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE VP, controller, Kahala Hotel Associates LP, dba Kahala Mandarin Oriental, Hawai‘i, ‘95-01; Business Assurance Mgr., PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, ‘88-95 BOARDS Dir., Allied Builders System; Dir., Hilo Hawaiian Associates; Dir., Hijoji Corp., GCT Properties; Dir., Castle Resorts Hawaii; Dir., Ho‘omaka Investors; Dir., Giovanni Pastrami

BORN 1984; O‘ahu EDUCATION Punahou School; Univ. of Pennsylvania EXPERIENCE Swinerton: 2014-Present; Shawmut Design & Construction: 2012-’14; JP Morgan Asset Management: 2010’12; Goldman Sachs: 2006-’10. Has worked on a wide range of projects, including Tiffany &

RYAN NAKAIMA SVP, Nan Inc. #23 BORN 1972; Honolulu EDUCATION Mililani HS; UH EXPERIENCE 25 years of experience; joined Nan Inc. in 1996. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

GARY E. ODA President, RAM Corporation #108

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Waikiki; LV Elements; Dir., Aukele Investors; Dir., Coconut Plantation Village Investors; Dir., GNG Cases; Dir., TRIC Investors; Dir., VIBE-Car Inc.; Dir., Puunene Investors; Dir., GONZ; Dir., 2709 Holdings CLUBS Oahu CC; Waialae CC; BOD, Goodwill of Hawaii; Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce; Japan America Society of Hawaii; Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; USJC; Hawaii Hotel and Lodging Assn.; General Contractors Assn. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Japanese American Leadership delegation ‘11 HOBBIES Golf, outdoor activities, travel FAMILY 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LISA RAPP Principal, AHL #160 BORN 1966; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; MIT,

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Rapp joined AHL in ‘04, promoted to Principal in ‘10. Lisa has more than 30 years of experience in Architecture, Planning, and Design of large-scale residential, resort, and hotel projects. Her broad range of hospitality and highrise experience includes complex, large-scale resorts, urban hotels, and high-rises such as The Mandarin Oriental Hotel & Residences, The Watermark, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa; the 575-room JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa; the 950-room JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa; the 300-room Shanghai Urban Business Hotel in Shanghai, China; as well as the more intimate 36-unit Casita Village for the Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, TX. Lisa is well versed with entitlements processes and played an instrumental role in facilitating the timely delivery of IPD-T permitting in the Ala Moana Transit Oriented Development Plan Area for Mandarin Oriental Honolulu and 1500 Kapi‘olani. BOARDS AHL, Child & Family Service Real Property Board, Hawaii Society of Business Professionals CLUBS American Institute of Architects, Urban Land Institute, Hawai‘i Society of Business Professionals, U.S. Green Building Council, Waikiki Improvement Association, Punahou Alumni Association, Child & Family Service, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce ACCOMPLISHMENTS Licensed architect in Hawaii, LEED accredited professional, PBN Women Who Mean Business Honoree, Pacific Edge Magazine Women in Business Honoree CHARITABLE CAUSES Lisa supports organizations that contribute to a better equitable local community. Child & Family Service, Aloha United Way, Habitat for Humanity, and Ho‘ōla Nā Pua are her primary charitable causes. HOBBIES Reading, cooking, spending time with family FAMILY Greg Rapp, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Lisa enjoys the collaborative process, working with teams toward a common goal and finding success together. She finds it rewarding to create spaces that enhance peoples’ lives and enrich their experiences. HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec SHERYL SEAMAN Vice Chair, G70 #145 BORN 1947; Berkeley, CA EDUCATION UH CERTIFICATIONS AIA, IIDA, LEED AP EXPERIENCE

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Over 46 yrs. in architecture, interior architecture, and custom designed furniture focused on tropical and subtropical environments CLUBS American Institute of Architects; International Interior Design Assn. CHARITABLE CAUSES PBS Hawaii HOBBIES Travel, art, piano, Tang Dynasty ceramics, jewelry making FAMILY 1 child NOTEWORTHY I added interior design to my professional focus long ago because one’s surroundings play such an important role in daily life, work, and a person’s health and satisfaction. HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

BORN Boston EDUCATION St. Louis HS; Univ. of Portland, B.S. Engineering Management CERTIFICATIONS LEED AP EXPERIENCE 36 years of experience; joined Hawaiian Dredging in 1986 HOBBIES Bodysurfing, basketball FAMILY Valerie, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ALAN SHINTANI Chairman of the Board, Alan Shintani, Inc. #148

AARON YAMASAKI VP, Division Mgr., Swinerton #63

BORN 1951; Honolulu EDUCATION Saint Louis School MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Army EXPERIENCE 50 years in the construction industry BOARDS Building Industry Labor Assn. (BILA) CHARITABLE CAUSES Shintani Foundation, Lion’s Club FAMILY Jennifer, retired from ASI, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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ANDRE WONG VP Preconstruction Services & Marketing, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Inc. #16

BORN 1981; Arkansas EDUCATION Enumclaw HS; BYU EXPERIENCE Swinerton, 2013-Present; PCL, 2006-’12 HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

Started at Swinerton in ‘12, Hawaii Division Manager in ‘19, and VP in ‘20. Notable projects: Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Sheraton Maui, Target Ala Moana, Hyatt Centric Waikiki, PJKK Federal Courthouse, Kaiser Medical Center, Queen Emma Building, Campbell High School, Nohona Hale. BOARDS Make-AWish Hawaii CLUBS Oahu CC CHARITABLE CAUSES Salvation Army, Hawaii Foodbank, Child & Family Service, GIFT Foundation of Hawaii, Kupu, Habitat for Humanity HOBBIES Golf, cooking HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

JASON TANG Controller, Alan Shintani, Inc. #148

DALE SAKAMOTO YONEDA Pres., S & M Sakamoto, Inc. #146

BORN 1985; Honolulu EDUCATION McKinley HS; Ripon College; Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee CERTIFICATIONS CPA HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BORN Burbank, CA EDUCATION Kaiser HS; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE 29 years in the Hawaii construction industry - working with great owners, architects, construction managers, subcontractors, suppliers and our awesome group of employees! BOARDS Hawaii Construction Career Days; Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters; Hawaii Masons Union; General Contractors Assn. of Hawaii FAMILY Ryan Yoneda, S & M Sakamoto, Inc., 1 child NOTEWORTHY Third generation contractor - continuing the legacy of my grandfather, grand uncles, father and uncles. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BEN STEELE Project Exec. - Self-Perform, Swinerton #63

SUBBU VENKATARAMAN Project Exec. - Building Group, Swinerton #63 BORN 1978; India EDUCATION P.S.Senior Secondary

School, Chennai, India; Anna University, Chennai, India; Hawaii Pacific Univ. EXPERIENCE Swinerton: 2007-Present; Watts Constructors: 2014-’17; Triton Marine Construction Corp: 2011’14; Honua Power, LLC: 2008-’11; EnviroServices & Training Center: 2002-’08 HOBBIES Golf, cricket FAMILY Victoria Venkataraman, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LANCE K. WILHELM Trustee, Kamehameha Schools #21 BORN 1965; Honolulu EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools; UH EXPERIENCE 28 years of expe-

rience in the real estate, development and construction industries BOARDS Kamehameha Schools, Hawai‘i Pacific Univ., Island Pacific Academy, Kupu, YMCA of Honolulu, Move Oahu Forward, Assn. of General Contractors of America, General Contractors Assn. of Hawaii, General Contractors Labor Assn., Waikiki Improvement Assn. CLUBS NAIOP Hawaii ACCOMPLISHMENTS Hawaii Carpenters Union - Outstanding Union Builder Award HOBBIES Golf, guitar FAMILY Marcy, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Received the male paddler of the year award for the Kamehameha Canoe Club Oahu at the age of 11 HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

MARLA YOSHIHIRO VP, Elite Pacific Construction Inc. #184 BORN 1972; Līhu‘e EDUCATION Waiākea HS; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS Civil P.E. EXPERIENCE Over 25 years in the construction industry CLUBS Associated

Builders and Contractors, General Contractors Assn. HOBBIES Fishing with family FAMILY Wesley, 4 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MICHAEL YOUNG President, Albert C. Kobayashi Inc. #32 EDUCATION ‘Iolani; MIT; Stanford CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Professional Civil Engineer, Licensed Contractor EXPERIENCE General building contractor BOARDS Child & Family Service, HomeAid Hawaii, General Contractors Assn. of Hawaii HOBBIES Tennis, golf HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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NOELEHUA ARCHAMBAULT VP, Institutional Advancement, Punahou School #42 EDUCATION Punahou School; Cornell Univ.;

Harvard Univ. Graduate School of Education EXPERIENCE Associate Director of International Initiatives, Harvard Univ.; Director of Development, UH Mānoa Colleges of Arts and Sciences FAMILY Christopher Archambault, American Savings Bank HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LYNN BABINGTON , PH.D. Pres., Chaminade University of Honolulu #118 BORN Detroit EDUCATION Mercy HS; Univ. of Michigan; Univ. of Washington CERTIFICATIONS Ph.D EXPERIENCE Higher education - professor,

dean, provost, pres.; Health care - hospitals, community health care clinics, health systems, health services research; Nursing - clinical and administrative BOARDS HBR, Girl Scouts Hawaii, PAAC, St.Francis Healthcare System, American Assn. of Catholic Colleges & Universities CLUBS Pacific Club, Outrigger Canoe Club, Waialae 74

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Guard and Reserve, Dept. of Defense. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GUSTAVO CARRERA Academy Principal, Punahou School #42 Buenos Aires, Argentina EDUCATION Columbia Univ. (GS); Ashland Univ. EXPERIENCE Riverdale Country School, Buckingham Browne & Nichols, and Shore Country Day School ACCOMPLISHMENTS American Historical Assn. Beveridge Family Teaching Award; World History Assn. Teaching Award; National Council For Social Studies Teaching for Global Understanding Award CHARITABLE CAUSES Amnesty International HOBBIES Running, hiking, and cooking FAMILY Sara Kate May, Physics Teacher, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec BORN

TODD CHOW-HOY, PH.D. Junior School Principal, Punahou School #42 BORN Wahiawā, HI EDUCATION ‘Iolani School; Washington Univ. in St. Louis, B.A., Mathematical Economics; Washington Univ. in

MARK TAGAWA AIA, LEED AP Returning to Hawai‘i after practicing in Southern California for nearly 25 years, Mark Tagawa, AIA joined G70 in the Fall of 2022 as a Principal. Having led the design of healthcare, education, workplace and residential projects, his work includes UCLA Health Neuropsychiatric Replacement Hospital; Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center and the award-winning University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu Administration and Health Sciences Building.

Previously with HOK and Perkins&Will, Mark personally connects with clients shaping program and function into form and space. His design work balances risk-taking with appropriateness and has been recognized in publications both domestically and internationally. Born and raised in Honolulu, Mark has been a guest lecturer and a regular design critic for studios at UH Mānoa, UCLA, USC, Cal Poly Pomona, and Sci-Arc. He is a graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Hawai‘i and an alumnus of ‘Iolani School.

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St. Louis, M.A., Education; Univ. of Michigan, Ph.D., Education EXPERIENCE Punahou School: 1999-2010, 2013-’16 Middle School Math teacher; 2010-’13 Middle School Dean; 2016’21 Assistant Principal; 2021-Present, Junior School Principal FAMILY Dawn, Fiscal Services Asst. Manager, UH HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SHANNON CLEARY VP of Institutional Advancement, Mid-Pacific Institute #126 BORN 1970; Waverly, NY EDUCATION Dallas HS; Ursinus College, Sendai Univ. EXPERIENCE

2020-present: Mid-Pacific Institute, VP of Institutional Advancement; 2019-’20: La Scuola Intl. School, Dir. of Advancement; 2016-’19: Le Jardin Academy, Dir. of Advancement; 2012-’16: Hawaii Technology Academy, Dir. of Advancement; 2007-’12: La Jolla Country Day School, Dir. of Annual Giving & Alumni Relations; 2004-’07: Maui Preparatory Academy, Dir. of Admissions, Foreign Language Chair, Japanese Teacher; prior to 2004: NihongoMaui LLC’s Navi Maui, a Japanese publication BOARDS Hawaii Public Charter School Commission, Commissioner 2018-present; 1LT Michael J. Cleary Fund, Board member CLUBS AFP Aloha Chapter ACCOMPLISHMENTS CASE Presenter; CASE/NAIS Presenter; NAIS Presenter; Founding member of Run for the Fallen, 2008 CHARITABLE CAUSES 1LT Michael J. Cleary Fund, Run for the Fallen, Mid-Pacific Institute HOBBIES Urban hikes, Lazyman Triathlons, audiobooks NOTEWORTHY Ran across the continental U.S. from California to Virginia HB HONORS Top 250 Exec TIMOTHY R. COTTRELL, PH.D. Head of School, ‘Iolani School #104 EDUCATION New York Syracuse, B.A. Chemical

Engineering; Princeton, M.A. Chemical Engineering; Ph.D. Chemical Engineering EXPERIENCE Timothy R. Cottrell, Ph.D. has been the Head of School at ‘Iolani since 2012. He is a leader, entrepreneur, educator and visionary. As Head of School, he has further strengthened ‘Iolani School’s position as one of the world’s top day and boarding schools. Most recently, ‘Iolani School was named the #1 Best Private K-12 School in Hawaii according to Niche.com. Dr. Cottrell has recruited faculty to develop experiential education opportunities in STEAM, and created the Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership - one of the top STEM centers in the country. Dr. Cottrell has also led the further expansion of ‘Iolani School as part of a five-year strategic plan - overseeing the development of a new K-1 Community, a new Residence Hall, the Kosasa Science and Innovation Center, and the Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Performance Studios for Lower School. Dr. Cottrell has forged relationships and partnerships to strengthen the school’s long-term financial sustainability. Over the past 10 fiscal years, ‘Iolani School has received over 78,000 gifts raising more than $120 million for school needs. Since joining ‘Iolani, Dr. Cottrell has continued to develop several community outreach programs including KA’I, a community 76

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partnership between ‘Iolani School and Palolo Valley; the program has served over 315 young people, from pre-school to college age. Dr. Cottrell has received the prestigious E.E. Ford Foundation Educational Leadership Grant twice, most recently for the ‘Āina Informatics Network, which has been designed to bring genome science into Hawaii’s local high school classrooms. He can often be found in the classroom sharing topics in advanced leadership and renewable energies. BOARDS VP, Blood Bank of Hawaii; Treas., Hawaii Assn. of Independent Schools; Continuum Dynamics, LLC; Immunoflex, Inc.; Scholars App, Inc. CLUBS Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii ACCOMPLISHMENTS The only head of school in the U.S. to receive two prestigious E.E. Ford Foundation Educational Leadership Grants. Under his leadership, Niche.com named ‘Iolani #1 Best Private HS in Hawaii, as well as #1 Best Private K-12 school in Hawaii for three consecutive years. Recognized as a leader in bioethics, ‘Iolani School recently received a GEER Grant from Gov. David Ige for its ‘Aina Informatics Network program. Dr. Cottrell also led the launch of ‘Iolani’s One:to:One iPad initiative and the reinstatement of the boarding program, which now includes students from the neighbor islands, Samoa, Asia, North America, Mexico and Europe. CHARITABLE CAUSES Junior Diabetes Research Foundation HOBBIES Running, fishing, hiking, lifelong learning, 2 children NOTEWORTHY At Harley School, established the Center for Mindfulness and Empathy Education HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SUNNY DONENFELD VP for Finance and Operations, Punahou School #42 BORN New York City EDUCATION Pelham Memorial

High School; State Univ. of New York at Binghamton; Cornell Univ. CERTIFICATIONS MBA, MILR EXPERIENCE USC Marshall School of Business, Sr. Associate Dean for Finance & Administration and CFO; Cornell Univ., Associate Dean for Administration, Johnson Graduate School of Management BOARDS Hawaii Employers Council CHARITABLE CAUSES Punahou School, Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii FAMILY Tereza Alexandre, Assistant Dean for Research Initiatives, USC Marshall School of Business HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LEIGH FITZGERALD VP of Academic Affairs, Mid-Pacific Institute #126 EDUCATION Boston Brown Univ.; Harvard Univ. EXPERIENCE Expert in blended and virtual learn-

ing, school design, deeper learning, inquirybased learning; Education Leadership Coach; Stanford’s d.School: leadership coach, designer; Kupu Hou Academy: teacher and school leader trainer, designer; Exec. Dir., Hawaii Technology Academy 2012-2019 BOARDS Interscholastic League of Hawaii, The Early School, Hawaii Society of Technology in Education (former board member) CHARITABLE CAUSES Continued work with the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools and What School Could Be in Hawaii designing and organizing learning and leader-

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ship summits dedicated to school and systemwide innovation and collaboration in service of all of Hawaii’s students, teachers and school leaders. HOBBIES Hiking, running, yoga, travel, cooking FAMILY Andrew O’Riordan, Financial Planner, 1 child NOTEWORTHY Leigh’s two decades of work with public, private and charter school teachers and leaders in Hawaii has focused on assessment for deeper learning; building inter-sector professional learning communities; and leveraging technology, community partners, innovative school design and the design thinking cycle to create dynamic teaching and learning opportunities and increase efficiency in school finance and organizational structure. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JENNIFER NOELANI GOODYEAR-KA‘ŌPUA Trustee, Kamehameha Schools #21 BORN 1969; Chico, CA EDUCATION Kamehameha

Schools ‘92; UH Mānoa, Bachelor’s in Hawaiian Studies and Political Science; UC Santa Cruz, Ph.D. in History of Consciousness EXPERIENCE Dr. Jennifer Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua’s professional career includes over two decades in academia. She currently serves as the assistant vice provost for Faculty Excellence at UH Mānoa. Prior to her transition into executive management at UH Mānoa, she served as a political science professor from 2007 to 2021, helping to build the university’s Indigenous politics program, and was named chair of the department in 2017. In addition to her time as an educator and administrator, Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua has over 20 years of research experience in Hawaiian and Indigenous schooling. An internationally recognized scholar, her work has addressed critical issues on Indigenous food practices and energy. Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua is co-organizer for Lā Ho‘iho‘i Ea Honolulu, and served as secretary and executive board member for the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association and co-founder and board president of Mana Maoli. BOARDS Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy, Hui o Kuapā and Hawai‘i’s People Fund, Hālau Kū Māna New Century Public Charter School HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec JOHN Y. GOTANDA Pres., Hawai‘i Pacific University #80 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Roosevelt HS; UH Mānoa; William S. Richardson School of Law EXPERIENCE Arthur J. Kania dean and professor of law, Villanova School of Law; attorney, Goodwin Procter & Hoar; attorney, Covington & Burling; staff attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit BOARDS Advisory Council of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods; Pacific Asian Affairs Council; NCAA Division II Presidents Council ACCOMPLISHMENTS Invited to deliver lectures on damages in private international law at the Hague Academy of International Law, Peace Palace; authored over three dozen books and articles and many have been cited by courts and tribunals, incl. U.S. Supreme Court FAMILY Brenda Gotanda, Manko Gold Katcher Fox LLP, 2 children NOTEWORTHY

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Arbitrator in international arbitrations, ICSID and the Permanent Court of Arbitration; legal expert in international disputes for the U.S. State Department HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec DEBORA HALBERT VP Academic Strategy, University of Hawaiʻ‘i #7 BORN 1967; Seattle EDUCATION Kentwood HS;

Western Washington Univer.; UH Mānoa, Ph.D. 1996, J.D. 2022 EXPERIENCE 25 years of higher education experience. Currently VP for Academic Strategy for the University of Hawai‘i System. Professor of Political Science, UH Mānoa, with a research interest in intellectual property. BOARDS Mutual Housing Assn. of Hawaii; Hawaii Climbing Assn.; Oahu Search and Rescue (former Board member) HOBBIES Rock climbing, sailing HB HONORS Top 250 Exec EARL KIM Head of School, Le Jardin Academy #178

BORN 1962; Honolulu, HI EDUCATION ‘Iolani School; Cornell Univ.; Princeton Univ. MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Marine Corps EXPERIENCE Teacher, Coach,

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DAVID LASSNER President, University of Hawaiʻ‘i #7 Univ. of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE 45 years of technical, management and executive experience in higher education BOARDS Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Chair), East-West Center, UH Foundation, Internet2, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Maui Economic Development Board, Blood Bank of Hawai‘i, Hawaii Cancer Consortium HB HONORS Top 250 Exec EDUCATION

MICHAEL E. LATHAM, PH.D. President, Punahou School #42 BORN TX EDUCATION Punahou School; Pomona College, B.A. History; UCLA, M.A. History; UCLA, Ph.D. History EXPERIENCE VP for Academic Affairs and Dean of College, Professor of History, Grinnell College, ‘14-19; Fordham University ‘96-14, (Dean ‘09-14); Professor of History ‘96-14 BOARDS HI Assn. of Independent Schools ACCOMPLISHMENTS Author of two books: The Right Kind of Revolution: Modernization, Development, and U.S. Foreign Policy from the Cold War to the Present (Cornell University Press, 2011); Modernization as Ideology: American Social Science and “Nation Building” in the Kennedy Era (University of

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North Carolina Press, 2000). HOBBIES Cycling, bodysurfing, hiking, reading. FAMILY Jennifer, Priest, Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Taught in China at the Nanjing University-Johns Hopkins University Center for Chinese and American Studies. In addition to serving as Punahou’s president, teaches Advanced Placement U.S. History at Punahou. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec CARRIE OKINAGA VP of Legal Affairs, University General Counsel, University of Hawaiʻ‘i #7 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Pomona College; Stanford Law School EXPERIENCE Following 12 years in private practice in Honolulu, Okinaga served as the City and County of Honolulu’s corporation counsel from 2005 to 2011. From 2012 to 2015, prior to joining UH, she served as senior VP, general counsel and corporate secretary for First Hawaiian Bank. Okinaga also served on the board for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation from its inception until June 2015, serving as HART’s first board chair for two years until 2013, and currently serves on the Honolulu Police Commission. FAMILY Scott Seu, HEI, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

DWAYNE DEE PRIESTER, ED.D. Middle and High School Principal, Mid-Pacific Institute #126 BORN Savannah, GA EDUCATION The Univ. of North

Carolina at Wilmington; Northern Arizona Univ. CERTIFICATIONS Secondary Teaching Certificate; Principal’s Certificate EXPERIENCE Middle and High School Teacher, Adjunct Professor, Assistant Head of School, School Principal FAMILY Clara D. Priester, Exec. Dir. for

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PAUL TURNBULL, PH.D. Pres., CEO, Mid-Pacific Institute #126 EDUCATION Canada Queen’s Univ., Canada; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara EXPERIENCE Junior High School Principal, Principal of Santa Barbara High School, Assistant Superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District, and Superintendent of the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District BOARDS Mid-Pacific Institute, Hawaii Assn. of Independent Schools CLUBS National Assn. of Independent Schools ACCOMPLISHMENTS Recipient of the CyArk Summit Award for Education, in recognition for his work to connect students, innovative tech-

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nologies and global industries in support of digitally preserving world heritage sites; recognized by EdTech Digest as a Top 100 EdTech Influencer in the U.S. CHARITABLE CAUSES Mid-Pacific Institute, Bishop Museum HOBBIES Reading, hiking, water sports, golf, barbecuing FAMILY Leslie Turnbull, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LIVINGSTON “JACK” WONG CEO, Kamehameha Schools #21 EDUCATION Punahou; UCLA, Bachelor’s in Economics; UCLA School of Law EXPERIENCE

Livingston “Jack” Wong is the CEO for Kamehameha Schools. He joined KS in 1997, first serving as senior counsel from 19972000, then as director of the Endowment Legal Division from 2000-’13. Wong began his legal career at Morrison and Foerster in Los Angeles, then returned to Hawai‘i to practice law at Bendet, Fidell, Sakai and Lee. Prior to joining KS, Wong represented international, national and local businesses, financial institutions and landowners in the areas of real estate, finance and business associations. Wong also previously served as an adjunct professor at Hawai‘i Pacific Univ., teaching business law. He is licensed to practice law in Hawai‘i and California. CLUBS Past chair of the Real Property and Financial Services Section of the Hawai‘i State Bar Association; current vice-chair of the Hawai‘i Council on Economic Education HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GARRET YOSHIMI CIO, VP Information Technology, University of Hawai‘ʻi #7 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Kalani HS; Purdue Univ. EXPERIENCE Over 40 years of experience

in both public and private organizations in Hawai‘i, including serving as CIO for the Hawaii Judiciary, East-West Center and DTRIC Insurance. Represents the university in regional, national and international collaborations in support of research and education. CHARITABLE CAUSES Support UH! HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KALBERT K. YOUNG CFO, VP Budget & Finance, University of Hawaiʻ‘i #7 BORN 1969; Honolulu EDUCATION Maryknoll HS; UH Mānoa; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Dir. of Finance, County of Maui, ‘04-’10; Dir. of Budget & Finance, State of Hawai‘i, ‘11-’14; VP, University of Hawaii, ‘15-Present BOARDS State of Hawai‘i Deferred Compensation (457) Board of Trustees FAMILY Cindy Young, Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawai‘i HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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JOANNE BARRADAS CFO, Hawai‘ʻi Gas #43 EDUCATION Univ. of Toronto, BCom; Queen’s Univ., MBA CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE

Previously CFO at Y. Hata & Co.; 10+ years of energy experience (electricity generation and gas distribution), and additional 10+ years of professional Big 4 CPA experience BOARDS YWCA O‘ahu Board of Directors Finance Committee HB HONORS Top 250 Exec RYAN CHAVOUSTIE VP, Sales and Marketing, Island Energy Services LLC #12

EDUCATION Alfred Univ., B.S. in Business Adm. and B.A. in Economics; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MBA EXPERIENCE Ryan Chavoustie serves as VP, Sales & Marketing for Island Energy. In his role, Chavoustie manages business relationships with major airlines, government agencies, local utilities, and bulk gasoline and diesel consumers. He has more than a decade of experience working in Hawaii’s energy sector. Prior to Island Energy, he held management positions in both operational and sales roles at Central Pacific Bank and Hawai‘i Gas. BOARDS HUGS, Board member CHARITABLE CAUSES Make-A-Wish Hawaii volunteer HOBBIES Yoga, golf FAMILY Natsuko Chavoustie, Client Advisor at Tiffany & Co. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ALBERT CHEE VP, Retail Marketing & Community Relations, Island Energy Services LLC #12 BORN 1963; Los Angeles EDUCATION The Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama; UH Mānoa, BS in Mechanical Engineering EXPERIENCE Albert Chee is VP, Retail Marketing & Community Relations for Island Energy. Prior to joining Island Energy in 2016, Chee held the position of State and Local Relations Manager for Chevron Hawai‘i. Throughout his 18-year career with Chevron, Chee has been responsible for providing strategic guidance on legislative and regulatory issues, overseeing strategic communications, public affairs, community engagement activities and social investments. Prior to joining Chevron, Chee worked in real estate and development with the Herbert Horita Company and was instrumental in developing the Royal Kunia community. Chee is a proud graduate of Kamehameha Schools - Kapālama and is active in the school’s alumni network. He attended the College of Engineering at UH Mānoa. BOARDS ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue; Exec. Committee, Hawaii Bowl; VP, Hawaii Energy Marketers Association (HEMA) ACCOMPLISHMENTS Chair, BIA Parade of Homes ‘95; Chair, ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue‘13-14 CHARITABLE CAUSES The Wounded Warrior Project HOBBIES Head coach, St. Louis School wrestling program FAMILY Shonn Hirota-Chee, 2 children NOTEWORTHY A high school wrestling coach who has enjoyed mentoring Hawai‘i youth for more than 35 years. Has guided his alma mater, Kamehameha Schools - Kapālama campus,

to its first-ever HHSAA Boys State Wrestling Championship in ‘97, with repeats in ‘98 and ‘99. Coached 13 individual state champions while at Kamehameha. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MARK DANGLER VP, Logistics, Island Energy Services LLC #12 BORN O‘ahu, HI EDUCATION Hawaii Baptist Academy; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, BS in Chemistry; UCLA, MS in Chemical Engineering; UCLA’s Anderson School of Business, MBA CERTIFICATIONS Completed BP’s Operations Academy at MIT EXPERIENCE Mark Dangler is the VP of Logistics for Island Energy Services. Dangler has more than 30 years of industry experience in refining and gas and power working for ARCO/BP. During his career, he gained a broad understanding of manufacturing excellence through progressive roles in engineering, operations, HSE, maintenance, turnarounds & projects, commercial, and general management while working at three refineries, at a cogeneration facility, at ARCO’s Technical Center, and at BP’s corporate headquarters in England. Dangler’s final assignment at BP was serving as Pres. of BP Husky Refining LLC (BPH) and Refinery Manager of BPH’s Toledo Refinery. Dangler has also served on the American Petroleum Institute Refining Committee. After retiring from BP, Dangler worked as an energy industry consultant providing strategic guidance to his clients. He was raised in Kailua. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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2020-Current; Island Energy Services, Honolulu, Sr. Dir. of Logistics, Commercial Advisor, 2016-’20; Chevron Products Company, Oahu, Oils Planning, Operations and Technical, 1983-’16; Chevron Products Company, Perth Amboy, NJ, 1979-’83. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MARC INOUYE Director, Government & Public Affairs, Par Hawaii, LLC #5

BORN Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i EDUCATION Kapa‘a HS; Univ. of Northern Colorado; Hawai‘i Pacific Univ. EXPERIENCE Over 20 years of experience in marketing, communications and media BOARDS Public Schools of Hawai‘i Foundation HOBBIES Fishing, snorkeling, travel, growing coffee beans FAMILY Julie Inouye, Medical school fundraising, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Services and has been serving in that capacity since the formation of the company in late 2016. Prior to his leadership role with Island Energy Services, Mauer served as the GM of Chevron’s Hawai‘i Refinery. He has over three decades of experience in the oil industry across the refining, marketing, and supply and trading functions. He began his career at Chevron’s Richmond Refinery as an engineer and continued to progress through positions of increasing responsibility. Mauer has served in leadership and management positions with Chevron’s Corporate Investor Relations group, Retail Marketing Logistics, U.S. West Coast Supply and Trading operations, as well as Base Oil Manufacturing and Technology. Mauer currently serves as Chair for the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, Hawai‘i Chapter, where he has been a member since 2017 and actively volunteers his time with the organization. A native of Pacifica, CA, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from UC Davis and a MBA from the Haas Business School at UC Berkeley, with an emphasis on strategy and finance. BOARDS Chair, Board of Directors, American Red Cross of Hawaii; Board Member, Hawaii Energy Marketers Association HOBBIES Golf, hiking, outdoor activities HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Macquarie Infrastructure Co.; Analyst, Morgan Stanley BOARDS Bank of Hawai‘i, The Nature Conservancy Hawaii, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce, NHIC II, WEI CLUBS HBR, Women in Renewable Energy, Young Presidents’ Org., Hawaii Green Growth/Sustainable Business Forum, Military Affairs Council, Omidyar Fellow ACCOMPLISHMENTS American Lung Association Outstanding Mother Awardee 2021; Girl Scouts of Hawaii Women of Distinction Honoree 2018; Hawaii Business Magazine 20 for the Next 20 HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec KURT K. MURAO Exec. VP, General Counsel, Chief Adm. Officer and Corp. Sec., Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. #4 EDUCATION Hawaii Baptist Academy; UH Mānoa, B.A. Economics; Villanova School of Law, PA, J.D.; Georgetown Law Center, LLM Taxation EXPERIENCE VP-Legal & Administration & Corporate Secretary ‘16-19 and Assoc. General Counsel ‘11-16, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.; Assoc., Arent Fox LLP ‘07-11; Attorney-

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Advisor, U.S. SEC, Division of Corp. Finance ‘01-07. BOARDS YMCA of Honolulu, The Salvation Army Hawaii, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Move Oahu Forward CLUBS The Pacific Club CHARITABLE CAUSES Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, The Salvation Army, YMCA of Honolulu HOBBIES Playing the guitar, traveling, surfing NOTEWORTHY Hawaii Baptist Academy, Distinguished Alumni Legacy Award 2019 HB HONORS Top 250 Exec NATHAN C. NELSON VP, General Counsel, Sec. & Admin., Hawai‘i Gas #43 EDUCATION Creighton Univ.; Univ. of Nebraska;

UH William S. Richardson School of Law EXPERIENCE Attorney, Carlsmith Ball LLP CLUBS Hawaii State Bar Assn.; Energy Bar Assn.; Assn. of Corporate Counsel, American Gas Assn. HOBBIES Photography, golfing, cycling, piano HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KEVIN NISHIMURA VP, Operations, Hawai‘i Gas #43 EDUCATION Waiākea HS; USC; UH EXPERIENCE

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pipeline operations and maintenance, customer care, propane distribution operations, utility operations, energy sales and service, and project management HB HONORS Top 250 Exec TIMOTHY (TIM) J. PARKER VP, General Counsel, Island Energy Services LLC #12 EDUCATION Ramapo College of New Jersey, BA in international studies; Fordham School of Law, JD EXPERIENCE Serves as VP, General Counsel for Island Energy Services. Parker has more than two decades of experience providing legal advice and support to independent downstream and integrated oil companies in their refining, logistics, commercial and marketing businesses. Prior to joining Island Energy, Parker served ConocoPhilips and Phillips 66 as Managing Counsel, providing legal support for the Europe and Americas downstream and commercial businesses. He also served as Senior Counsel for Tosco Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company and PBF Energy. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

JOSHUA F. POWELL, AIA CEO, RME, RevoluSun Smart Home / RevoluSun LLC #124 BORN 1971; Boise, ID EDUCATION U of Oregon CERTIFICATIONS AIA, ABC 30243 MILITARY SERVICE USN (1995-2003) EXPERIENCE Joshua F. Powell,

AIA, is the CEO and a founding partner of RevoluSun LLC (RevoluSun Smart Home), where he leads Hawaii operations and acts as the Responsible Managing Employee (RME) for all of the company’s business. He has overseen the development and installation of thousands of residential, commercial and utility-scale photovoltaic projects over the last decade. He has successfully scaled the company in response to unprecedented growth and utility challenges and has a track record of success in high-growth industries. Josh also leads RevoluSun Solar Corp., a franchise entity operating in high-growth PV markets in broader North America, as well as RevoluSun Smart Power - a PV finance and development company focused on residential PV + Storage in Hawaii and the mainland. Josh is a licensed Architect in Hawaii and Idaho, and a General Contractor. In 2005, he also launched a design and construction development company called freedomHAUS focused on residential and mixed-use development in Hawaii and select North American markets. Today, freedomHAUS focuses on single and multifamily development using integrated smart home and smart energy technologies. BOARDS Hawaii Bicycling League HOBBIES Avid paddler and skier FAMILY 3 children HB HONORS SmallBiz Success Winner; Top 250 Exec SCOTT SEU Pres. and CEO, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. #4

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Engineering CERTIFICATIONS Licensed Professional Engineer, Mechanical Branch, Hawaii EXPERIENCE Pres. and CEO, Hawaiian Electric Industries 2022-present; Pres. and CEO, Hawaiian Electric Company 2020-’21; Chair, American Savings Bank 2022-present; SVP Public Affairs, Hawaiian Electric 2017-’19; VP System Operation, Hawaiian Electric 2014’16; VP Energy Resources, Hawaiian Electric 2010-’13 BOARDS Hawaiian Electric Industries, American Savings Bank, Edison Electric Institute, Electric Power Research Institute, HEI Charitable Foundation CLUBS Hawaii Business Roundtable, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Military Affairs Council CHARITABLE CAUSES Board Chair, Hale Kipa; Advisory Board member, Teach for America Hawaii; Board member, Partners in Development Foundation FAMILY Carrie Okinaga, 2 daughters HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ERIC WRIGHT President, Par Hawaii, LLC #5 EDUCATION Georgetown, B.S. international economics CERTIFICATIONS CFA charter-holder EXPERIENCE M&A and divestiture team, The AES Corp.; treasury team Xcel Energy Inc. BOARDS Hawaii Nature Center; Hawaii Petroleum Marketers Assn. HOBBIES Spending time outdoors, hiking, camping, canoeing FAMILY Married with 3 children NOTEWORTHY PBN 40 Under 40 - class of ‘18 HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

KEITH YOSHIDA VP, Business Development, Par Hawaii, LLC #5 BORN 1966; Honolulu EDUCATION Moanalua; Hawaii Pacific Univ. EXPERIENCE 35 years in the

energy industry; management, sales, marketing, advertising, promotions, business development, M&A, retail, real estate BOARDS Oahu Economic Development Board, Diocesan Board of Education HOBBIES Fishing, golf FAMILY Nalani, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Waikele Lights featured in “The Great Christmas Light Fight” HB HONORS Top 250 Exec COLIN YOST Chief Operating Officer, RevoluSun Smart Home / RevoluSun LLC #124 EDUCATION Univ. of Pennsylvania; Lewis & Clark Law School BOARDS Blue Planet Foundation; Sierra Club of Hawai‘i HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

THOMAS YOUNG Exec. VP, Special Projects & Strategic Supply, Hawai‘i Gas #43 EDUCATION UH Mānoa, BS, Chemistry EXPERIENCE

VP of Operations ‘06-’10, Sr. VP of Strategic Initiatives and Supply ‘10-’13, Exec. VP ‘13-present, Hawai‘i Gas HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BORN 1965; Honolulu EDUCATION Kamehameha

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Dani Aiu American Savings Bank

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Christopher Dods First Hawaiian Bank

Sayaka Ogura Glaser Robert S. Harrison New York Life Insurance First Hawaiian Bank Co.

Peter S. Ho Bank of Hawai‘i Corp.

Russell James Lau Finance Factors Ltd.

Gabe Lee American Savings Bank

Bryan Luke Hawaii National Bank

Warren K.K. Luke Hawaii National Bank

Clyde Matsusaka Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Kristi L. Maynard Finance Factors Ltd.

Thomas McCarthy Wells Fargo Advisors

Ralph Messick First Hawaiian Bank

David S. Morimoto Central Pacific Financial Corp.

Steve Nakahara American Savings Bank

Ralph Y. Nakatsuka Territorial Savings Bank

Rob Nelson Finance Factors Ltd.

David Oyadomari American Savings Bank

James C. Polk Bank of Hawai‘i Corp.

Joel Rappoport First Hawaiian Bank

Andrew Rosen Hawaii State Federal Credit Union

Mary E. Sellers Bank of Hawai‘i Corp.

Dean Shigemura Bank of Hawai‘i Corp.

Natalie Taniguchi American Savings Bank

Ann Teranishi American Savings Bank

Dane Teruya American Savings Bank

John Ward American Savings Bank

Beth Whitehead American Savings Bank

Paul K. Yonamine Central Pacific Financial Corp.

Brian Yoshii American Savings Bank

Greg Young HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union

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DANI AIU EVP, Consumer Banking, American Savings Bank #33 EDUCATION Honolulu UH Mānoa, Shidler College of Business EXPERIENCE Began banking career as a teller in ‘95. Progressed through various leadership roles, including Financial Services Representative, Branch Manager, Regional Executive and Director of Branch Banking. Now responsible for leading ASB’s statewide branch network of 500 teammates working in branches on five islands. Leads ASB’s Consumer Banking team, Customer Banking Center, Home Loans, American Insurance & Investments and Business Banking teams. BOARDS Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii; advisory board member for Kupu Hawaii ACCOMPLISHMENTS PBN Women Who Mean Business FAMILY Justin, 2 children HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

GINA WOO ANONUEVO Exec. VP and Chief Compliance Officer, First Hawaiian Bank #13 BORN San Francisco EDUCATION Oakland HS; California State Univer. Hayward CERTIFICATIONS Business Administration and Accounting EXPERIENCE Five years in accounting/auditing; 10 years as FDIC Commissioned Bank Examiner; 5 years as General Auditor at FHB; 11 years as Chief Compliance Officer at FHB BOARDS First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, Hawaiian Humane Society ACCOMPLISHMENTS Graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ALAN H. ARIZUMI Vice Chair, Wealth Management Group, First Hawaiian Bank #13 EDUCATION McKinley HS; UH Mānoa, BBA CERTIFICATIONS Pacific Coast Banking School EXPERIENCE Joined FHB in ‘83 - Vice Chair, Wealth

Management Group ‘13 to present and Consumer Banking Group ‘14-’17; Exec. VP - Business, Dealer and Card Services Group ‘10-’13; Exec. VP and Chief Risk Officer, Risk Management Group ‘09-’10; Other management experience in corporate and retail banking, and credit administration. BOARDS Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Hawaii Youth Symphony, Kuakini Medical Center, McKinley High School Foundation, KCAA Preschools of Hawaii CLUBS Waialae CC HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SHARON M. CROFTS Vice Chair, Client Solutions Group, Bank of Hawai‘i Corp. #14 BORN 1965; Fresno, CA EDUCATION Bullard HS,

Fresno, CA, ‘83; California State Univ., Fresno, B.S. Marketing ‘87; California State Univ., Fresno, MBA Finance ‘94; Duke Univ., Fuqua School of Business, Advanced Management Program, ‘12 CERTIFICATIONS Certified Treasury Professional, Accredited ACH Professional EXPERIENCE Bank of Hawai‘i - Vice Chair 2012-present; SEVP Manager Bank Operations 2008-2012; EVP Chief Compliance Officer 2005-2008; SVP Manager Cash Management

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Services 2001-2005. Pacific Century Bank SVP Manager Commercial Deposit Division 1999-2001. Union Bank - VP Deposit Services Manager 1996-1999. First Interstate Bank of California - Various positions 1988-1996. BOARDS Board Member and Past President, American Cancer Society‚ Hawaii Pacific Region; Advisory Board Member, UH Outreach College CHARITABLE CAUSES I support a number of organizations that help improve the health and welfare of our island communities. FAMILY Brian Stewart, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec CHRISTOPHER DODS Vice Chair & COO, First Hawaiian Bank #13 BORN 1975; Honolulu EDUCATION Hawaii Preparatory Academy; Trinity College; UC Davis CERTIFICATIONS MBA EXPERIENCE First Hawaiian Bank - EVP, Digital Banking and Marketing Group Manager, Consumer Banking and Marketing Group Manager, Marketing and Card Services Division Manager BOARDS Child & Family Service, Mid-Pacific Institute, First Insurance Company of Hawaii CHARITABLE CAUSES Aloha United Way FAMILY Starr Dods, 3 children NOTEWORTHY HB Honors: 20 for the Next 20, BPTW Exec., Top 250 Exec.

SPENCER DUNG, CFP®, CHFC® Managing Director, WestPac Wealth Partners Hawaii #137 EDUCATION Punahou School; UC San Diego CERTIFICATIONS Certified Financial Planner -

CFP®; Chartered Financial Consultant - ChFC®

EXPERIENCE 10 years of experience in the Financial Planning industry HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

SAYAKA OGURA GLASER Managing Partner, New York Life Insurance Co. #86 EXPERIENCE 14 years in the financial services and insurance industry HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ROBERT S. HARRISON Chairman, Pres. & CEO, First Hawaiian Bank #13 BORN 1960; Seattle EDUCATION Tucson HS; UCLA, B.S.; Cornell, MBA MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Navy, Petty Officer EXPERIENCE Chair, Pres. & CEO, First Hawaiian Bank BOARDS Chaminade; Crown

Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation; Hawaii Bankers Assn.; HBR; Hawai‘i Community Foundation; Chair, Hawaii Medical Service Assn.; Pacific Guardian Life; UH Shidler College of Business CLUBS Waialae CC FAMILY Lori, 3 children NOTEWORTHY Hawaii Business’ CEO of the Year HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec PETER S. HO Chair, Pres., CEO, Bank of Hawai‘i Corp. #14

BORN 1965; NY EDUCATION Punahou ‘83; USC,

B.S. Business Administration ‘87; USC, MBA Corporate Finance; First Interstate Bank Fellow ‘92; Harvard Business Advanced Management Program ‘08 EXPERIENCE Chairman, President, CEO; Joined BOH in ‘93 as AVP

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in National Banking Div. (‘99-01) SVP Corp. Banking; (‘01-03) EVP Corp. Banking and Commercial Real Estate Lending; (‘03) Group EVP Commercial Banking Group; (‘04) Vice Chair Investment Services Group; (‘06) Chief Banking Officer BOARDS Hawai‘i Community Foundation; McInerny Foundation; Strong Foundation; Hawaii Bankers Assn.; Hawaii Business Roundtable; Young Presidents’ Organization; East-West Center; Military Affairs Council; American Red Cross-Hawaii Board of Advisors; Advisory Catholic Charities Board of Advisors; Mental Health America of Hawai‘i Advisory Board; Tim School Advisory Council; State of Hawai‘i’s House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness; Punahou School Board of Trustees ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pacific Century Fellow (‘98), Pacific Business News’ Young Business Person of the Year (‘03), Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award (‘12), Naval Heritage Award from the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation (‘16) FAMILY Michelle, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Chair of the APEC Hawai‘i Host Committee ‘11 HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SCOTT KAULUKUKUI Pres., CEO, Hickam Federal Credit Union #173 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION University Laboratory School; Willamette Univ., BS-Economics CERTIFICATIONS Graduate of Western CUNA Management School EXPERIENCE Servco Pacific Inc., HawaiiUSA FCU BOARDS Nā Koa Football Club, Hawaii Credit Union League CHARITABLE CAUSES Special Olympics HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

RUSSELL JAMES LAU Chairman, CEO, Finance Factors Ltd. #174 BORN 1952; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou ‘70; Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash., B.A. finance ‘74; Univ. of Oregon, MBA finance ‘75; Pacific Coast Banking School, Univ. of Washington ‘90 EXPERIENCE Chair, CEO, Sr. VP, Treas., Chief Investment Officer & Branch Admin., Finance Factors Ltd.; Chair, CEO, Treas., VP Strategic Planner, Finance Enterprises Ltd.; Chair, CEO, Finance Insurance; Asst. VP, Security Pacific National Bank; Financial Analyst, Crocker National Bank BOARDS Federal Home Loan Bank Des Moines, Finance Factors Ltd., Finance Enterprises Ltd., Finance Realty Ltd., Finance Insurance Ltd., St. Andrews Schools, Assets School, Palolo Chinese Home, American Judicature Society, Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. Formerly FHLB Seattle, East-West Center Foundation, Catholic Charities, Aloha Council Boy Scouts, The Early School. CLUBS Pacific Club, Financial Executives Institute ACCOMPLISHMENTS Helped raise three great kids, Jennifer, Gregory and Eric CHARITABLE CAUSES Punahou School, St. Andrew’s Priory, Assets School, Chinese Chamber of Commerce Foundation, East-West Center Foundation, Palolo Chinese Home, American Judicature Society, Aloha United Way HOBBIES Fitness training & yoga, home construction & remodeling, alpine skiing, Alaska fishing FAMILY H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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Constance H. Lau, CEO HEI, retired; assorted corp. boards and numerous nonprofit boards; 3 children NOTEWORTHY I married a great woman! HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GABE LEE EVP, Commercial Markets, American Savings Bank #33 Austin, TX EDUCATION Saint Louis; UH Mānoa; Dartmouth College EXPERIENCE Executive VP and Division Manager overseeing the areas of corporate banking, commercial banking, commercial real estate, cash management and international services at ASB. Joined ASB in 1998 as Sr. VP, Commercial Markets. Prior to ASB was in Commercial Banking at First Hawaiian Bank. Worked with Bank of Hawaii in corporate banking from ‘85’96, and left as the Pacific Marketing Director of the leasing division. BOARDS UH’s ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue, Boy Scouts of America - Aloha Council, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Diamond Head Theatre. Nominated by the governor, Gabe sits on the Board of Regents for University of Hawai‘i. FAMILY Shirley, 1 child HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

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BRYAN LUKE Pres., CEO, Hawaii National Bank #157 BORN 1974; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou ‘93; Amherst College, B.A. ‘97; Harvard, MBA ‘06 EXPERIENCE Standard & Poor’s; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Coopers & Lybrand BOARDS Minority Deposit Institution Advisory Council Chairman, Community Banker Council Administrative Committee, American Bankers Association; Chair, Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corp.; Pacific and Asian Affairs Council; Rehab Hospital of the Pacific HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec

WARREN K.K. LUKE Chair, Hawaii National Bank #157 BORN 1944; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou ‘62;

Babson College, B.S. business admin. ‘66; Harvard, MBA ‘70 EXPERIENCE Lifelong career in family-oriented businesses, banking, real estate investment and development. BOARDS Hawaii National Bank; Hawaii National Bancshares Inc.; K.J.L., Inc.; Loyalty Development; Loyalty Enterprises, Ltd.; Servco Pacific; Pacific Basin Economic Council; Pacific & Asian Affairs Council; Land Use Research Foundation; Pacific Forum International; Emeritus Trustee, Punahou School; Emeritus Trustee, Babson College; Asia Pacific Advisory Board, Harvard Business School HOBBIES Golf FAMILY Carolyn NOTEWORTHY Served as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for 9 years; Board of Governors, American National Red Cross; Board of Governors, United Way of America; Director, Appraisal Foundation; Treasurer & Director, American Bankers Association HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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CLYDE MATSUSAKA Exec. Dir./Honolulu Sub-Complex Mgr., Morgan Stanley Wealth Management #78

Hawaii” Co-Chair FAMILY Erlinda, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Started career as an HPD officer HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BORN Honolulu EDUCATION McKinley HS; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Started in industry in ‘86;

LANCE A. MIZUMOTO Vice Chair, Chief Lending Officer, First Hawaiian Bank #13

with firm as a financial advisor since ‘94; Morgan Stanley Honolulu branch mgr. since ‘12; managed for firm in Palo Alto, Santa Cruz and Maui. Responsible for oversight of all of Hawai‘i’s offices, including branch offices in Honolulu, Maui, Hilo, Kona and Kaua‘i. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Morgan Stanley finished #78 in Hawaii Business Magazine Top 250 Largest Companies - our highest ranking to date. HOBBIES Surfing, Yoga NOTEWORTHY Strong advocate for all employees to lead a balanced life - work, family and health. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KRISTI L. MAYNARD Exec. VP, CFO, Finance Factors Ltd. #174 BORN Watertown, SD EDUCATION Clark HS, South Dakota; Univ. of South Dakota, BS Chemistry; Univ. of Washington, MBA Finance and Accounting; Pacific Coast Banking School EXPERIENCE CFO, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp.; EVP and Treas., First Hawaiian Bank; Treasury Officer, Seafirst Bank BOARDS Board Trustee, Assets School; VP, Honolulu Theatre for Youth; Treasurer, Chamber Music Hawaii; Board Trustee, Advocates for Africa’s Children; Treasurer, Honolulu Symphony Foundation; Elder, First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu; Member, Council on Revenues CLUBS Council on Revenues, State of Hawai‘i; Elder, First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu; Financial Executives Institute CHARITABLE CAUSES Assets School, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Chamber Music Hawaii, Advocates for Africa’s Children, Honolulu Symphony Foundation, First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu HOBBIES Travel FAMILY Timothy Olderr, Physician, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

THOMAS MCCARTHY Sr. VP, Branch Mgr., Wells Fargo Advisors #161 BORN 1962 EDUCATION Moanalua HS; UH EXPERIENCE

Wells Fargo Advisors (‘08-present), Morgan Stanley (‘93-08) ACCOMPLISHMENTS U.S. Senior Softball World Champions ‘12 CHARITABLE CAUSES Manoa Heritage Foundation HOBBIES U.S. Senior Softball FAMILY Patricia, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec RALPH MESICK Vice Chairman, Chief Risk Officer, Risk Management Group and Interim Chief Financial Officer, First Hawaiian Bank #13 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Saint Louis HS; UH Mānoa; U of Wisconsin-Madison CERTIFICATIONS BBA, MBA BOARDS Kapi‘olani Hospital

Foundation, HomeAid Hawaii, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu Finance Council, First Hawaiian Bank Foundation ACCOMPLISHMENTS Former Chair, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation CHARITABLE CAUSES 2022 American Heart Association “Heart of

BORN 1958; Honolulu EDUCATION Pearl City HS; UH Mānoa; Chaminade Univ. MILITARY SERVICE Hawaii Air National Guard EXPERIENCE 42 years in the banking industry BOARDS Chaminade

Univ. Board of Regents, ERS Board of Trustees, Friends of Hawaii Charities CHARITABLE CAUSES Arthritis Foundation of Hawaii FAMILY Ayumi HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DAVID S. MORIMOTO Senior EVP and CFO, Central Pacific Financial Corp. #39 BORN 1968; Kanagawa, Japan EDUCATION Castle HS; UH Mānoa; Chaminade Univ. BOARDS The Institute for Human Services, Kohala Institute, Hawai‘i Council on Economic Education, Downtown Athletic Club Hawaii, Hawaii Asia Pacific Association Leaders CLUBS Pacific Club FAMILY Kathy Morimoto, HMSA, 2 children HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec

STEVEN NAKAHARA EVP, Chief Credit Officer, American Savings Bank #33 EDUCATION UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Steven Nakahara

oversees ASB’s commercial and retail credit approval and collections, appraisal services, policies, procedures and credit administrative processes. His teams support lending objectives and ensure the quality of the bank’s loan portfolio. Steven has more than 25 years of banking experience. Over his career, he has served in senior management at several of Hawaii’s financial institutions, and his extensive experience includes managing commercial underwriting and loan approval functions, improving processes and technology, and building high-value business client relationships. BOARDS HiCentral MLS CLUBS Ex-officio director at Oahu Country Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Graduated with honors from the Pacific Coast Banking School HB HONORS Top 250 Exec RALPH Y. NAKATSUKA Vice Chair, Co-COO, Territorial Savings Bank #103 BORN 1955; Honolulu EDUCATION Kalani HS ‘73; UH,

BBA ‘77; UH, Advanced Management Program ‘93 CERTIFICATIONS CPA, CGMA EXPERIENCE Exec. VP lending, CLO ‘97-07; Exec. VP lending & finance, CFO, CLO ‘95-97; Dir. ‘88-01; Sr. VP, treas., CFO ‘87-95; Sr. VP, controller ‘85-87; VP, Controller ‘82-85; AVP, Controller, American Savings Bank ‘80-82 CLUBS AICPA, Hawaii Society of CPAs, Financial Managers Society, Institute of Management Accountants, Pacific Club HOBBIES Running, sports activities with son FAMILY Lori, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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ROB NELSON President, Finance Factors Ltd. #174 BORN 1983; Santa Ana, CA EDUCATION Hamden Hall Country Day School; Boston College; MIT Sloan School of Management CERTIFICATIONS CFA Charterholder EXPERIENCE Rob is an accomplished finance and accounting professional with over 15 years of diverse experience serving the financial services, retail and semiconductor industries. BOARDS Kupu CLUBS YPO, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii Young Professionals, FEI-Hawaii, Pacific Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Developed and executed new company strategy for Finance Factors to continue its legacy of helping generations of Hawai‘i’s families achieve home ownership and financial peace of mind. Maintained employee and customer safety while supporting record mortgage loan volumes and forbearance accommodations. Completed a major system conversion. CHARITABLE CAUSES Kupu, Finance Factors Foundation, community volunteerism with company and outside of work HOBBIES Running, hiking, snowboarding, soccer FAMILY Jen Lau, Finance Enterprises, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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ROBERT K.W.H. NOBRIGA Chairman of the Board, Trustee, Kamehameha Schools #21 EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools ‘91; Univ. of Notre Dame EXPERIENCE Robert Nobriga was born and raised on Maui and attended Kamehameha Schools Kapālama as a boarder from grade seven. The roots of his ‘ohana are in Hāna, Maui, and date back farther to Na‘alehu, Hawai‘i. Nobriga has served on the Kamehameha Schools Board of Trustees since 2013. From 2009 until his appointment as trustee, he was one of two financial experts appointed by the Probate Court as independent audit committee members. Nobriga is the president of Island Holdings Inc., where he oversees a family of Hawai‘i companies engaged primarily in private equity and real estate investment, insurance products and services, and technology consulting. Prior to joining Island Holdings, Nobriga was EVP and CFO of American Savings Bank and EVP and CFO of The Queen’s Health Systems, where his oversight included the Queen Emma Land Company and the financial investment portfolio. He also served as a trustee on the Queen’s board. From 2001 to ‘05, he was the chief financial and operations officer of the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine, where he was part of a team that led a turnaround at the medical school, culminating in the development of state-of-the-art facilities in Kaka’ako. Prior to his position at Queen’s,

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Nobriga served as EVP and CFO for Hawai‘i National Bank, where he oversaw finance and operations; HNB experienced record growth and financial performance during his eight-year tenure. He started his career as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he split his time between Hawai‘i- and California-based clients. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DAVID OYADOMARI EVP, Customer Experience and Operations, American Savings Bank #33 EDUCATION Claremont McKenna College; Univ. of Pennsylvania EXPERIENCE David is responsible for improving the bank’s operational efficiency while ensuring an excellent customer experience. He has more than 12 years of diverse experience in banking. His work includes working on ATMs, digital banking solutions, new product development, and retail and consumer lending. He previously served as founder and managing director of Ekklesia Capital, an innovation and strategy firm focused on developing small businesses. BOARDS Pres. of the Claremont McKenna Alumni Association - Hawaii Chapter, strategic advisor for FTV Capital, advisory board member of Chaminade Univ. Business School, network member of Family Business Center of Hawaii and board member of Hoea Foundation. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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JAMES C. POLK Vice Chair & Chief Banking Officer, Bank of Hawaiʻi Corp. #14

ANDREW ROSEN President & CEO, Hawaii State Federal Credit Union #95

BORN 1966; New York EDUCATION American

EDUCATION UC Berkeley; Harvard EXPERIENCE

Grand Junction Central HS; Univ. of Western Colorado; College for Financial Planning CERTIFICATIONS CRPC, CFP EXPERIENCE Merrill since 2013, Canvas Credit Union 2011-2013 BOARDS Montessori Community School, Honolulu, Board of Trustees HOBBIES Surfing, running, mountain biking, SUP, travel FAMILY 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

MARY E. SELLERS Vice Chair, Chief Risk Officer, Bank of Hawaiʻi Corp. #14

DEAN SHIGEMURA Vice Chair, CFO, Bank of Hawaiʻi Corp. #14

Community School, Cobham, England, ‘84; Univ. of Michigan, BA, Economics, ‘88; Pacific Coast Banking School, ‘99; Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, ‘11 EXPERIENCE Vice Chair & Chief Banking Officer; Joined BOH in ‘99; VP/SVP Corporate Banking (‘99-06); EVP Pacific Islands Division (‘0609); SEVP Commercial Banking (‘09-14); SEVP Mortgage Banking (‘14-16); SEVP The Consumer Bank (‘16-17); Vice Chair Consumer Lending & Deposit Product Group (‘17-20) BOARDS Hawaii Medical Service Assn. (HMSA); Hawai‘i Pacific Univ.; After School All-Stars FAMILY Robyn, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JOEL RAPPOPORT Exec. VP, General Counsel and Secretary, First Hawaiian Bank #13 EDUCATION Dartmouth College; Boston Univ. School of Law EXPERIENCE First Hawaiian Bank, 2017-present BOARDS Hawai‘i Pacific Univ. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

Seasoned financial services executive. Experienced managing both large national financial institutions and small community organizations. BOARDS American Heart Assn.; Chairman YMCA of Honolulu; Blue Planet Foundation; PSCU; Straub Medical Center; Pacific Club Board of Governors HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

BORN 1956; Louisville, KY EDUCATION Cedar

Crest College, B.A. Management; Univ. of Delaware, Master’s in Economics EXPERIENCE VC & Chief Risk Officer (‘05-present); EVP, Mgr., Risk Management Division, ‘03, EVP, Mgr., Credit Review, ‘02, SVP, Mgr., Credit Review, ‘00. Positions including management positions in Credit Management & Approval, Credit Services, Pacific Century Leasing, Officer, Private Financial Services Dept. BOARDS St. Andrew’s Schools; Hawaii Economic Development Corporation, Local Development Corporation; Alumni Association of Cedar Crest College and the Risk Management Assn., member HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

JESSE SHELEY Mng. Dir., Market Exec., Merrill Lynch #127 BORN 1988; Grand Junction, CO EDUCATION

BORN 1963; Honolulu EDUCATION ‘Iolani; Univ. of Washington; Wharton; Harvard CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE CFO, Vice Chair; joined BOH

in ‘99 as VP and Investments Officer (‘9902); SVP (‘02-03); EVP and Treasurer (‘0314); Controller (‘14-17) BOARDS Diamond Head Theatre HOBBIES Traveling FAMILY Stacy, UH, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec NEIL SHIMOGAWA Chair, Hawaii Central Federal Credit Union #215 EXPERIENCE Hawaii Central FCU, Board of Directors (2007-present), Chairman of the Board (2018-present) HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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NATALIE TANIGUCHI EVP, Enterprise Risk & Regulatory Relations, American Savings Bank #33 EDUCATION UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Natalie oversees the Enterprise Risk Management, Sarbanes Oxley, Information Security and Third Party Relationships programs at American Savings Bank. Under her direction, the Enterprise Risk Management Program provides a framework to identify, manage, mitigate and report on key risks impacting ASB’s business. Natalie is the primary liaison with the bank’s regulators. She joined ASB in January 2002 as VP, Enterprise Management and was promoted to Senior VP in May 2007. Previously, she served as Financial VP and Treasurer for HEI Power Corp., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and as the Corporate Finance and Investments Director for HEI. BOARDS Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants; The Paani Challenge HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ANN TERANISHI President & CEO, American Savings Bank #33 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Claremont

McKenna College; UC, Hastings College of Law EXPERIENCE Began with ASB in ‘07 as Sr. VP, Director of Regulatory Compliance developing an enterprise-wide compliance program. Headed the Consumer Credit Management team in ‘11, creating best-in-class fulfillment times for ASB’s consumer loans products. Tasked with leading the Customer Experience department - a top-priority, strategic initiative to enhance the bank’s quality of service. Most recently, served as Dir. of Operations, working closely with retail and loan operations teams to make banking easy at ASB. Currently leads more than 150 teammates, delivering operational improvements to positively impact the bank’s customer experience. Prior to banking, was a commercial litigator at Kobayashi, Sugita & Goda. BOARDS Hawaii Executive Collaborative, Island Insurance Company, U.S.-Japan Council and Catholic Charities of Hawaii Board of Advisors; trustee for Punahou School CLUBS Member of the Hawaii Business Roundtable and Hawaii Bankers Assn. Executive Committee ACCOMPLISHMENTS Omidyar Fellows Cohort VII; Girl Scouts of Hawaii Women of Distinction; PBN Women Who Mean Business; Hawaii Business Magazine 20 for the Next 20; Graduate of the Pacific Coast Business School, an intensive, three-year program at the Univ. of Washington’s Graduate School of Business; Stanford Graduate School of Business Emerging COO program; YWCA LeaderLuncheon Honoree 2 children HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec DANE TERUYA EVP, CFO, American Savings Bank #33 EDUCATION Punahou; UH Mānoa, Shidler College of Business; UH Mānoa, Shidler College of Business EXPERIENCE Joined ASB as Treasurer in ‘16 with 20 years banking experience. Previously served as VP and Treasury Manager at Central Pacific Bank managing the company’s investment portfolio, including interest rate and liquid-

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ity risk. Now leads ASB’s Treasury, Financial Planning, Accounting and Project Management teams who work across the bank to support strategic initiatives and business growth. BOARDS Hawaiian Island Water Polo; Aloha United Way HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec JOHN WARD EVP, Chief Marketing & Product Officer, American Savings Bank #33 EDUCATION Univ. of Nebraska; Univ. of Pennsylvania EXPERIENCE John has more than 20 years of experience in traditional and digital marketing, business development and product management in financial services and technology. Prior to joining ASB, he held executive-level positions at digital marketing agency iQuanti Inc; Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading student loan company; and First Union National Bank, where he oversaw online banking. John also served as Chief Marketing Officer and Pres. of Upromise, helping millions of families save for college, and Chief Marketing Officer and Exec. VP of IDT Corp. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BETH WHITEHEAD EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, American Savings Bank #33 BORN 1966; Pine Bluff, AR EDUCATION England HS; Univ. of Mississippi; Univ. of Arkansas School of Law EXPERIENCE In current role: develops programs and benefits that provide opportunities for teammates to fulfill their careers within the bank. Spearheaded ASB’s move to its new campus, bringing together more than 650 teammates from five locations on O‘ahu into an innovative, collaborative workplace. Helped lead ASB to be recognized both locally and nationally for its outstanding teammate experience. Prior to ASB: served as deputy general counsel of First Horizon National Corp., a diversified financial services holding company, overseeing mergers and acquisitions and managing the legal division. Served as general counsel at National Commerce Financial including serving on the company’s executive committee managing mergers and acquisitions, as well as coordinated integration teams for NCF’s expansionary activities. BOARDS Hawaii Theatre Center; Child & Family Service; Girl Scouts of Hawaii; Board of Advisor for the Center for Banking and Finance at Univ. of North Carolina School of Law CLUBS Oahu CC, Pacific Club, Plaza Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Omidyar Fellow, Cohort IV; Girl Scouts of Hawaii Women of Distinction; YWCA O‘ahu LeaderLuncheon Honoree; PBN Women Who Mean Business; Hawaii Business’ 20 for the Next 20 CHARITABLE CAUSES I am committed to various causes and am dedicated to working with others in our local community to invest in our future. HOBBIES Golfing, gardening, cooking, reading FAMILY Linda Lockwood HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

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CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE Chair, GCA Corp. ‘17-18; Pres., IBM Japan Ltd. ‘10-17; Pres., CEO, HITACHI Consulting Co. Ltd. ‘06-10; Sr. Advisor to the Mayor, City & County of Honolulu ‘04-06; Exec. VP and Chair BearingPoint, Asia Pacific ‘00-04; Pres. KPMG Consulting Japan; Managing Partner of KPMG LLC Hawaii ‘96-99; Partner in Charge of Japanese Practice of KPMG in Southern California ‘92-95 BOARDS Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Japan; Seven & i Holdings, Co. Ltd., Japan; Circlace Co. Ltd., Japan; Chair, U.S.-Japan Council; Pacific International Center for High Technology Research; Chair, TRUE Initiative; Move Oahu Forward CLUBS Young Presidents’ Org., Hawaii Chapter FAMILY Lynda, 3 children NOTEWORTHY HUOA Legacy Award; JASH Bridge Award HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BRIAN YOSHII EVP, Chief Information Officer, American Savings Bank #33 EDUCATION UH Mānoa; Vanderbilt Univ. EXPERIENCE

Brian’s 35-year career in the technology industry includes several executive-level positions at some of Hawaii’s largest organizations, including First Hawaiian Bank, Kaiser Permanente, and most recently, VP and Chief Information Officer at The Queen’s Health Systems. His experience includes successfully leading health care information technology from a paperbased environment to digitization; developing and maintaining a collaborative IT strategy and systems roadmap; and improving critical system availability and internal customer satisfaction scores. BOARDS Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GREG YOUNG Pres., CEO, HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union #88

BORN 1973; Honolulu EDUCATION ‘Iolani, 1991; Univ.

of Washington, BA, 1997; UH Mānoa, MBA, 2007 CERTIFICATIONS Six Sigma Certification Black Belt EXPERIENCE Over 20 years of financial and banking experience in strategy, management, finance, sales, operations, credit risk, process improvement and project management. Has successfully led teams to accomplish initiatives that drive organizational efficiency, sustainability and exceptional member experience. A leader who values integrity, determination, courage and humility. Previous experience: Chief Lending Officer, HawaiiUSA FCU 20202021; Board of Directors, RESCO Locations Real Estate Company 2020-present; VP Marketing Product Manager - Residential Loans, ASB 2007-2019. BOARDS RESCO/Locations Board of Directors CHARITABLE CAUSES ‘Iolani Alumni BOD; ‘Iolani Athletic Dept. (Assistant Intermediate Football Coach) HOBBIES Coaching, golf, camping/fishing FAMILY Shannon Young, RN, Kaiser Permanente 2 children HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

PAUL K. YONAMINE Exec. Chairman and CEO, Central Pacific Financial Corp. #39 BORN 1957; Tokyo, Japan EDUCATION St. Mary’s

International, Tokyo; Univ. of San Francisco H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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Todd L. Allen, MD The Queen’s Health System

Erik Anderson Adventist Health Castle

Paula Arcena AlohaCare

Ryan Ashlock Adventist Health Castle

George “Rick” Bruno, MD The Queen’s Health System

Bonnie Castonguay Vivia Cares, Inc. (fka Ho‘okele Health Innovations, LLC)

Darlena D. Chadwick, MSN, MBA, FACHE The Queen’s Health System

Jen H. Chahanovich Hawai‘i Pacific Health

Jason C. Chang The Queen’s Health System

Bob Ching Hawai‘i Pacific Health

Greg Christian Kaiser Permanente Hawaii

Leslie B. Chun Hawai‘i Pacific Health

Francoise CulleyTrotman AlohaCare

Phyllis Dendle Waikiki Health

Tanya Fernandes Vivia Cares, Inc. (fka Ho‘okele Health Innovations, LLC)

David Field AlohaCare

Sarah Ford Maui Medical Group Inc.

Art W. Gladstone Hawai‘i Pacific Health

David R. Herndon Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA)

Jill Hoggard Green, PhD, RN The Queen’s Health System

Gary Kajiwara Kuakini Health System

Michelle M. Kakazu One Kalakaua Senior Living

Janice Kalanihuia The Queen’s Health System

Cindy Kamikawa. RN, MS The Queen’s Health System

Renee Lai Hawaii Health Systems Corp.

Dew-Anne Langcaon Vivia Cares, Inc. (fka Ho‘okele Health Innovations, LLC)

Howard Lee UHA Health Insurance (University Health Alliance)

Minna Lehti Hawaii Dental Service

Leonard Licina Legacy of Life Hawai‘i

Whitney Limm, M.D. The Queen’s Health System

Wendy Manuel REHAB Hospital of the Pacific

Gina L. Marting Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA)

Eric K. Martinson The Queen’s Health System

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Janna L.S. Nakagawa Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA)

Darren D. Nakao UHA Health Insurance (University Health Alliance)

Kim-Anh Nguyen Blood Bank of Hawaii

John Nitao The Queen’s Health System

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David Okabe Hawai‘i Pacific Health

Gary Okamoto AlohaCare

Shari Oshiro, M.D. REHAB Hospital of the Pacific

Diane S.L. Paloma, Ph.D. Hawaii Dental Service (HDS)

Glenn Requierme REHAB Hospital of the Pacific

Steve Robertson Hawai‘i Pacific Health

Katherine Saavedra Adventist Health Castle

Jesse Seibel Adventist Health Castle

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Robert Smitson, MD Adventist Health Castle

Lori Suan REHAB Hospital of the Pacific

Glenn Sueyoshi St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii

Mark Sweet, DDS Hawaii Dental Service (HDS)

Rowena Buffett Timms The Queen’s Health System

David Underriner Hawai‘i Pacific Health

Ray Vara Hawai‘i Pacific Health

John J. Yang, MD Kaiser Permanente Hawaii

Byron N. Yoshino Pharmacare Hawaii Inc.

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CLIFFORD ALAKAI Administrator, Maui Medical Group Inc. #125 BORN 1963; Honolulu EDUCATION St. Louis HS; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE CPA since ‘91; audit mgr. ‘92-97 & staff accountant ‘87-92, Coopers & Lybrand LLP BOARDS BOD & treas., MEO; Royal Order of Kamehameha I; Hale Mua; pres., Ka Meheu ‘Ohu Ka Honu CLUBS AMGA, MGMA HOBBIES Coaching boys basketball FAMILY Catherine, Maui Waena Intermediate School, 4 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

TODD L. ALLEN, MD Sr. VP, Chief Quality Officer, The Queen’s Health System #9 BORN 1967; Bountiful, UT EDUCATION Univ. of Utah;

Univ. of Utah School of Medicine and Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine CERTIFICATIONS MD, FACEP EXPERIENCE Sr. Exec. Medical Director, Intermountain Healthcare Delivery Institute; Dir. of Emergency Department Development Team, Intermountain Healthcare; Assistant Prof. of Surgery (Adjunct), Univ. of

Utah School of Medicine; Clinical Associate Prof. (Affiliated), Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine. ACCOMPLISHMENTS International lecturer and invited speaker; NHLBI/NIH-funded investigator; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recipient; 45+ peer-reviewed medical publications CHARITABLE CAUSES United Way, The Queen’s Health Systems, The University of Utah HOBBIES Hiking, swimming FAMILY Jennifer, Medical doctor, 4 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ERIK ANDERSON Patient Care Executive, Adventist Health Castle #18 EDUCATION Our Redeemer HS, Honolulu; Pacific Lutheran Univ., Hawai‘i Pacific Univ.; La Sierra Univ. EXPERIENCE Erik Anderson, RN, BSN, MBA is Patient Care Executive at Adventist Health Castle. He is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining organization-wide quality clinical care. Erik works to collaborate with hospital leadership, physicians, nurses and other professionals throughout the continuum of care to identify opportunities for

improvement and enhance clinical processes. He has helped produce results that have earned Adventist Health Castle recognition multiple years as a TJC Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, top 5% in nation for VBP performance, Premier QUEST High-value Healthcare Citation of Merit award, and in 2017 recognition with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. With 27 years of health care experience, including 16 years in the emergency dept., Erik puts the patient at the center of every initiative he leads. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec PAULA ARCENA VP External Affairs, AlohaCare #19 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Univ. Lab School; Univ. of Michigan EXPERIENCE Paula Arcena

leads AlohaCare’s public policy, public relations and community investment strategies. Paula’s focus is to improve access to quality whole-person care for Hawai‘i’s Medicaid beneficiaries. Prior to joining AlohaCare in 2009 as its Community and Government Liaison, she served as the Exec. Dir. of the Hawaii Medical H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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Association and as Sr. Advisor to then Honolulu Councilmember Mufi Hannemann. In addition to her board positions, she is a member of the Hawaii Oral Health Coalition Leadership Council and a founding member of AlohaCare’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. BOARDS Hawaii Association of Health Plans; Hawaii American Lung Association CHARITABLE CAUSES Executive Sponsor of AlohaCare’s Employee Volunteer Committee, donating hours to a variety of non-profit organizations HOBBIES Traveling FAMILY Jaime Arcena, Geotechical engineer, 1 son HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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DARLENA D. CHADWICK, MSN, MBA, FACHE Sr. VP, The Queen’s Health System West O‘ahu Region & COO, The Queen’s Medical Center West O‘ahu, The Queen’s Health System #9

BORN 1956; Honolulu EDUCATION UCLA; Univ. of Washington School of Law FAMILY Colleen Wong, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

EDUCATION Medical Univ. of South Carolina; Univ. of Phoenix; California Coastal Univ. CERTIFICATIONS BSN, MSN, MBA, FACHE MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Reserves EXPERIENCE VP

GEORGE “RICK” BRUNO, MD Sr. VP, The Queen’s Health System Pres., Queen’s University Medical Group #9

JEN H. CHAHANOVICH Pres., CEO, Wilcox Medical Center; CEO, Kaua‘i Medical Clinic, Hawai‘i Pacific Health #11

BORN Lynn, MA EDUCATION St. Viator; The Univ. of Michigan; The University of Michigan Ross School of Business (MBA candidate, 24), Yale Univ. School of Medicine CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Emergency Medicine, Medical Insurance Exchange of California (MIEC) EXPERIENCE Emergency room physician in the QMC Emergency Department at the Punchbowl and West O‘ahu campuses; State of Hawaii Dept. of Health, District EMS Medical Director for O‘ahu; Liaison to the medical community, including John A. Burns School of Medicine. BOARDS American Heart Assn., Medical Insurance Exchange of California CLUBS Active in the state EMS community ACCOMPLISHMENTS Associate Chief Medical Officer (2016), VP for Patient Care QHS CHARITABLE CAUSES Assistance Dogs of Hawaii, American Heart Assn. HOBBIES Watching college football, Yoga for old men, hiking the ‘Aiea loop trail and walking his dog Biscuit FAMILY Michiko, Neurologist and 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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BONNIE CASTONGUAY Chief Clinical Officer, Vivia Cares, Inc. (fka Ho‘okele Health Innovations, LLC) #234 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION St. Andrew’s Priory; UH; Phoenix Univ. CERTIFICATIONS MBA,CMC EXPERIENCE Acute Care Nursing, Home Care, Co-founder Ho‘okele BOARDS CMSA, Western ALCA, Rotary club, Medikeeper CLUBS CMSA, Western ALCA, Rotary Club of Kahala Sunrise ACCOMPLISHMENTS Ho‘okele and Vivia Cares Inc. business awards CHARITABLE CAUSES Rotary Foundation, Foodbank Kapi‘olani Miracle

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2021-Present; COO, Adventist Health Castle, Apr. ‘19 - Mar. ‘21; CFO, Adventist Health Feather River, May ‘17 - Apr. ‘19; Finance Dir., Adventist Health Glendale, Apr. ‘15 - May ‘17; Dir. of Performance Mgt., Adventist Health Corporate, Jan. ‘12 - Apr. ‘15; Sr. Assoc., KPMG LLP, Sept. ‘08 - Jan. ‘12. BOARDS Cancer Center of Hawaii (Chair), Hospital Association of Hawaii HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BORN Glendale, CA EDUCATION La Sierra Univ.; UC Davis CERTIFICATIONS Certified Public Accountant EXPERIENCE Pres., Adventist Health Castle, Mar.

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of Patient Care for oncology, women’s health and professional services, with neuroscience and pharmacy, The Queen’s Health Systems; COO for the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, UH Cancer Center; Exec. Dir. of Oncology Service Line, Hawai‘i Pacific Health BOARDS Board Chair, St. Andrew’s Schools; Board Chair, H4 Hawaii Homeless Healthcare Hui; Secretary, Queen’s Development Corporation; Hamamatsu/ Queen’s Medical Center Management Committee CLUBS Kapolei Chamber of Commerce CHARITABLE CAUSES Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation, Hawai‘i Foodbank, St. Andrew’s Schools FAMILY Uwe, Retired, 1 child, 2 grandchildren NOTEWORTHY Susan G. Komen Honoree HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Weber State Univ., Bachelor’s of Allied Health Sciences / Health Admin. and Advanced Respiratory Therapy; Notre Dame, Certificate in Executive Mgt.; Western International Univ., MBA in Marketing CERTIFICATIONS Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives EXPERIENCE Prior to Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Dir. of Paradise Valley Hospital for Triad Hospitals in Phoenix, AZ. BOARDS Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce; Kaua‘i County Subarea Planning Council; Hawai‘i State Health Planning and Development Agency; County of Kaua‘i Fire Commission CLUBS Women Corporate Directors, Hawai‘i chapter HOBBIES Reading, water sports FAMILY Bruce Chahanovich, retired, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JASON C. CHANG Exec. VP, COO, The Queen’s Health System Pres., The Queen’s Medical Center #9 BORN Fresno, CA EDUCATION San Joaquin Memorial; Univ. of Arizona; Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst CERTIFICATIONS MBA EXPERIENCE CEO, McAllen Heart Hospital, McAllen Medical Center and South Texas Health System, and Universal Health Services BOARDS Blood Bank of Hawaii, St. Francis Healthcare System, Vizient West Coast Network Board, American Hospital Assn. Regional Policy Board 9, Oahu Workforce Development Board (Chair) ACCOMPLISHMENTS Past National VP of the Japanese American Citizens League HOBBIES Values time spent with his wife and their children, Amari, Christian, and Nakoa FAMILY Losa, 3 children HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec

GREG CHRISTIAN Hawaii Market Pres., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente #6 EDUCATION Westmont College; American InterContinental Univ., MBA EXPERIENCE Close to 40 years of health care leadership. Currently directs all health plan and hospital operations and works with the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group to improve the health of more than 265,000 members and their communities. He is also Sr. VP and COO for Kaiser Permanente Southern California Health Plan and Hospitals. BOARDS American Heart Association, Hawaii Board of Directors CLUBS Hawaii Business Roundtable HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

LESLIE B. CHUN CEO, Hawai‘i Pacific Health Medical Group, Hawai‘i Pacific Health #11 EDUCATION ‘Iolani; Harvard Univ., Bachelor’s in biological sciences; UCLA, MBA & Doctor of Medicine CERTIFICATIONS Internship and residency in internal medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital EXPERIENCE Dr. Leslie B. Chun has two decades of experience over a wide range of the health care industry, both in Hawai‘i and across the country, as a practicing internist, educator, medical director for an international health care analytics company, and hospital administrator. Prior to joining Hawai‘i Pacific Health, he served as Chief Medical and Quality Officer at The Queen’s Health Systems. He also served as the Chief of Clinical and Medical Affairs at Maui Memorial Medical Center. Before returning to Hawai‘i, he served in various capacities in the health care industry across the country, where he focused on quality, safety, patient experience and physician relations. He also served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and currently serves as an assistant clinical professor at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine. FAMILY Susan Lin HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

FRANCOISE CULLEY-TROTMAN CEO, AlohaCare #19 BORN 1972; Guyana EDUCATION New Amsterdam

Multilateral; Univ. of Tampa/Univ. of Guyana/ UWI EXPERIENCE Francoise Culley-Trotman was appointed AlohaCare CEO in 2020. She is a health care executive with nearly two decades of legal, financial and compliance experience, including senior operations and regulatory compliance roles for managed Medicare and Medicaid health plans across 23 states. She has served as chief compliance officer for three health care entities and as a managed care consultant for physician groups, health plans and pharmacies. Prior to joining AlohaCare, she held health plan leadership roles for WellCare

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Health Plans Inc., Quality Health Plans New York, PartnerCare Health Plan Inc. and global financial firm JPMorgan Chase. BOARDS Assn. of Community Affiliated Plans, Medicaid Health Plans of America, Hawaii Assn. of Health Plans, Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, March of Dimes Hawaii CHARITABLE CAUSES Francoise is focused on efforts that strengthen the safety net for Hawaii’s most vulnerable residents. In addition to her board positions, she supports many causes such as Kapi‘olani Children’s Radiothon, Hawaii’s foodbanks and other organizations that are addressing social determinants of health. HOBBIES Reading, walking, spending time with my ‘ohana FAMILY Roger Trotman, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec PHYLLIS DENDLE CEO, Waikiki Health #154 BORN 1960; Maryland EDUCATION Radford HS; UH Mānoa; UH Mānoa, MA EXPERIENCE She served as Director of Government Affairs for Kaiser Permanente Hawaii for 20 years. Also represented the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii for 9 years working in government affairs, primarily for health and education issues. She has been CEO for Waikiki Health for 4 years. BOARDS President of the board for Mental Health America Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii, United Self Help, AlohaCare, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and former president of Komen Hawaii. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Organization of Women Leaders, Woman of the Year in 2020, American Hospital Association/ Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Grass Roots Champion (advocacy) in 2010 and 2016 CHARITABLE CAUSES Support safety net health care services, access to mental health services, and breast cancer research FAMILY Bill Dendle, HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

TANYA FERNANDES CEO, Ho‘okele Home Care, Vivia Cares, Inc. (fka Ho‘okele Health Innovations, LLC) #234 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Maryknoll; Boston College; Boston College Law School CERTIFICATIONS Licensed attorney in Hawai‘i and Massachusetts EXPERIENCE Tanya has 10 years of experience in the elder care industry, leading Ho‘okele Home Care on both Oahu and Maui as well as pioneering Vivia’s “neighborhood approach” to home care. A lawyer by training, with a background in accounting and a degree in psychology, Tanya’s strength is change management and working with people within an agency to understand and adopt change. Tanya is passionate about making home care accessible to all seniors. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

DAVID FIELD CFO, AlohaCare #19 1956; Poughkeepsie, NY EDUCATION Newburgh Free Academy; Brigham Young Univ.; Brigham Young Univ. CERTIFICATIONS CPA, ChFC EXPERIENCE David Field is AlohaCare’s CFO, responsible for finance strategy, actuarial services, accounting and financial-related operations, insurance and regulatory relations.

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David has four decades of financial and operations experience, with 35 of those years in the health care industry. His extensive career has included senior leadership roles in regional and national health plans and managed care organizations. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SARAH FORD Controller, Maui Medical Group Inc. #125 BORN 1988; Murfreesboro, TN EDUCATION Siegel

HS, Murfreesboro, TN; Middle Tennessee State Univ., Bachelor of Music, 2011; Middle Tennessee State Univ., Master of Accountancy, 2017 CERTIFICATIONS CPA, State of TN EXPERIENCE Instrumental Music Teacher, TX & TN, ‘11-’14; Assurance Services, Ernst & Young, Nashville, ‘17-’21 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Accounting Alumni Appreciation Day Service Award, Middle Tennessee State Univ., 2017 HOBBIES Baking, hiking FAMILY Austin, Sales, Philips Healthcare HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ART W. GLADSTONE Exec. VP, Chief Strategy Officer, Hawai‘i Pacific Health #11 BORN 1964; Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada EDUCATION St. Michael’s HS; Nursing degree,

Red Deer College, Alberta, Canada; Psychiatric Nursing degree, Alberta Hospital Ponoka, Canada; BS in Nursing, Univ. of Phoenix; MBA, Univ. of Phoenix CERTIFICATIONS Registered nurse, State of Hawai‘i; fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives EXPERIENCE Gladstone began his career in health care as a registered nurse and held positions at Red Deer Regional Hospital and Alberta Hospital Ponoka in Canada. He joined Pali Momi in 1990 and held various clinical and administrative positions, including VP of operations and COO, before assuming responsibility as Straub’s COO in 2004. He was promoted to CEO for Straub in 2013, and additionally assumed the role of CEO of Pali Momi in July 2015. He also served as Chief Nurse Exec. for Hawai‘i Pacific Health, until his appointment as Exec. VP and Chief Strategy Officer for the organization in January 2020. BOARDS Child & Family Service; Great Aloha Run; Le Jardin Academy; St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawai‘i; University Healthcare Alliance; Hawai‘i Pacific Univ. Board of Trustees; ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue; Healthcare Assn. of Hawai‘i, Past Chair CLUBS Federal Law Enforcement Foundation; Rainbow Warrior Basketball Booster Club, The Deputies ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAH Distinguished Service/Acute Recipient ‘12; UH 50 Nurses Awardee ‘11; PBN Forty Under 40 ‘00 HOBBIES Avid golfer and loyal sports fan, particularly for UH athletic teams FAMILY Michelle, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DAVID R. HERNDON Exec. VP, Chief Business Operations Officer, Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) #1 BORN Denver EDUCATION Gaither HS; Univ. of South Florida; Univ. of South Florida BOARDS Hawaii Foodbank, Chair; Life and Specialty Ventures CHARITABLE CAUSES Hawaii Foodbank,

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Aloha United Way HOBBIES Disc golf, stand-up paddling FAMILY Cheryl Herndon, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JILL HOGGARD GREEN, PHD, RN President and CEO, The Queen’s Health System #9 BORN Salt Lake City, Utah EDUCATION Univ. of Utah; Univ. of Utah CERTIFICATIONS PhD, RN EXPERIENCE

COO, Mission Health Systems and President of Mission Hospital; COO of Oregon Region of Peace Health; AVP and Operating Officer, Intermountain Healthcare BOARDS Child & Family Service; Hawaii Business Roundtable; Hawaii Cancer Consortium; Hawaii Homeless Healthcare Hui (H4); Joint Commission Board of Commissioners CLUBS The Pacific Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives of 2021; under her leadership, Mission Health was named one of the nation’s Top 15 Health Systems by IBM Watson Health six of seven years, 2012-2018; named one of the Top 25 COOs by Modern Healthcare in 2018; named one of the 130 Women Hospital and Health System Leadership to Know in 2016 and 2017 by Becker’s Hospital Review. HOBBIES Exercising, paddle boarding FAMILY David, Retired, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GARY KAJIWARA Pres., CEO, Kuakini Health System #58 BORN 1949; Honolulu EDUCATION Roosevelt HS ‘67; UH, B.A. zoology ‘71; UH, MPH health services administration ‘74; MBA ‘74 CERTIFICATIONS FACHE, FACHCA EXPERIENCE Sr. VP, COO, VP, asst. VP, Kuakini Medical Center; administrative resident and intern, The Queen’s Medical Center BOARDS CareResource Hawaii, Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc., Hawaii Residency Programs Inc., Kuakini PhysicianHospital Org., Premier Inc.-American Excess Insurance Exchange RRG, Laulima Data Alliance, Healthcare Assn. of Hawaii, Hawaii Cancer Consortium HOBBIES Video & still photography, martial arts FAMILY 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

MICHELLE M. KAKAZU Exec. Director, One Kalakaua Senior Living #218 EDUCATION Waiākea HS; UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business CERTIFICATIONS CMCA, AMS, PCAM EXPERIENCE Hospitality & Real Estate

Consultant, PKF-Hawaii CPAs; Real Estate Investment Analyst, Kamehameha Schools; VP Finance, Hawai‘i Pacific Health; Director of Finance, Marriott International CLUBS Past President, Organization of Women Leaders; member, CAI ACCOMPLISHMENTS PBN Top 40 under 40; National Baldrige Award CHARITABLE CAUSES Hui Maka‘ala HOBBIES Golf, karaoke, karate and rifle shooting FAMILY Al Y. Kakazu, President, B. Hayman Co. Ltd., 2 children NOTEWORTHY Wrote a novel; sang in Hawaii Stars. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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JANICE KALANIHUIA Pres., Molokai General Hospital, The Queen’s Health System #9

HOWARD LEE Pres., CEO, UHA Health Insurance (University Health Alliance) #30

WENDY MANUEL VP, COO, CFO, REHAB Hospital of the Pacific #115

EXPERIENCE Director of Women’s Health, MGH;

BORN 1961; Honolulu EDUCATION Castle HS; UH, BBA EXPERIENCE Coopers and Lybrand LLP; Magoon Estate Ltd./Guenoc Winery BOARDS

EDUCATION Santa Clara Univ., B.S. in Commerce, Accounting CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE Manuel joined the REHAB team in 2013 and has 30 years of accounting and auditing experience in the health care industry. She has oversight of all financial activities for REHAB Hospital as the CFO and is a Certified Public Accountant. As COO, Manuel supports the CEO in overall management of the hospital with several nonclinical departments reporting to her, including facilities, business development, financial services, compliance & risk management, and information technology. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

head of the only hospital on Molokai; excellence in The Joint Commission, employee engagement, and culture of safety surveys; added outpatient chemotherapy at MGH; $17.5M campus redevelopment; MGH financial independence after 21-year QHS subsidy. BOARDS Maui College/ Molokai Advisory Board, Maui County Liquor Adjudication Board ACCOMPLISHMENTS Hawaii Rural Health Assn. award; Hawai‘i Community Foundation Ho‘okele Award; PBN Women Who Mean Business honoree; YWCA Leader Luncheon awardee HOBBIES Competitive outrigger canoe paddling; spending time with her four grandchildren, Alika, ‘Eha, Kilia and Na‘iwa FAMILY Alika Kalanihuia, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec CINDY KAMIKAWA, RN, MS Pres., Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital, The Queen’s Health System #9 EDUCATION Univ. of San Francisco; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS RN EXPERIENCE QHS staff nurse;

front-line supervisor; Chief Nurse; led QMC to first Magnet designated hospital in Hawai‘i; research interest in Emotional Intelligence ACCOMPLISHMENTS Married to husband Preston for 35+ years CHARITABLE CAUSES Humane Society, IHS HOBBIES Beach, spending time with family, reading and hiking FAMILY Preston, 4 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec RENEE LAI CIO, Hawaii Health Systems Corp. #20 BORN 1963; Saigon, Vietnam EDUCATION Southwest HS; Univ. of Texas; Univ. of Dallas CERTIFICATIONS PMP EXPERIENCE 38 years of leadership experi-

ence with business, and technical expertise to lead complex large- and medium-sized IT organizations CHARITABLE CAUSES Kiva to create an impact around the world HOBBIES Art and wellness HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DEW-ANNE LANGCAON CEO and President, Vivia Cares, Inc. (fka Ho‘okele Health Innovations, LLC) #234

BORN Honolulu EDUCATION St. Andrew’s Schools; UH Mānoa; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Health care entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in home care services, home care technologies, hospital and health system administration. Previously a CPA with Deloitte. BOARDS St. Andrew’s Schools - Trustee and Past Chair; MediKeeper, Inc. - Board Chair; Hawai‘i Pacific Univ. College of Health and Society Advisory Board Chair CLUBS The Pacific Club HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Mid-Pacific Institute, St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, Hawaii Assn. of Health Plans, March of Dimes, Kapi‘olani Health Foundation CLUBS National Assn. of Corporate Directors, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) ACCOMPLISHMENTS Certified Health Insurance Exec. CHARITABLE CAUSES Prevention of childhood obesity, worksite wellness, health initiatives FAMILY Teale Lee HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MINNA LEHTI COO, Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) #40 BORN Helsinki, Finland EDUCATION Hawai‘i Pacific Univ., BSBA International Business; Hawai‘i Pacific Univ., MBA Finance CERTIFICATIONS Chartered Financial Consultant; Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional; Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance EXPERIENCE Operations, compliance BOARDS Dir., Hawaii Client Services (HCS); Dir., Kids Hurt Too Hawaii CLUBS Assn. of Healthcare Internal Auditors, Health Care Compliance Assn., Assn. of Certified Fraud Examiners HOBBIES Coaching basketball and soccer, traveling HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

LEONARD LICINA Pres. & CEO, Legacy of Life Hawai‘i #230 BORN McKeesport, PA EDUCATION Duquesne; UH Mānoa; Chaminade Univ. CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Financial Planner; Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Assn. EXPERIENCE CEO, ‘07-19 and CFO, ‘95-07, Sutter Health Kahi Mohala; COO, Mana Institute ‘9395; Controller, Rehab Hospital of the Pacific ‘82-93 BOARDS Assn. of Organ Procurement Organizations, MTF Biologics, Hawai‘i Health Information Exchange, Lion’s Eye Bank Hawaii (Advisory Board), Mental Health Kokua HOBBIES Steeler, Penguin, Pirate, UH fan; photography; mixology HB HONORS Top 250 Exec WHITNEY LIMM, M.D. Exec. VP, Chief Physician Exec., The Queen’s Health System #9 BORN Teipei, Taiwan EDUCATION ‘Iolani; Stanford

Univ.; UCLA School of Medicine and Univ. of California CERTIFICATIONS MD, FACS EXPERIENCE General and transplant surgeon 25+ years; Associate Prof. of Surgery, JABSOM; Director of Renal Transplantation BOARDS HMSA, ‘Iolani School, Queen’s Clinically Integrated Physician Network, Hawaiian Humane Society ACCOMPLISHMENTS Married to my wife Harvalee for 37 years HOBBIES Surfing, running FAMILY Harvalee, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

GINA L. MARTING Exec. VP, CFO, Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) #1 BORN St. Louis, MO EDUCATION Punahou; Univ. of Southern California CERTIFICATIONS CPA BOARDS TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp., Plan Investment Fund, Blue Venture Funds CLUBS American Institute of Certified Public Accountants CHARITABLE CAUSES Catholic Charities Hawaii FAMILY Brian Marting, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

ERIC K. MARTINSON Exec. VP Endowment, Chief Investment Officer, The Queen’s Health System Pres., Queen Emma Land Company #9 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama; UH Mānoa, Shidler College of Business; Duke Univ. Fuqua School of Business CERTIFICATIONS MBA EXPERIENCE EVP, Endowment & CIO, The Queen’s Health Systems; Pres., Queen Emma Land Company; VP & Managing Dir., Tradewind Capital Group; Co-founder & Managing Dir., MN Capital Partners; Dir., Financial Asset Division, Kamehameha Schools BOARDS UH Foundation, Commonfund Capital Advisory Committee, HarbourVest Advisory Committee CLUBS Lambda Alpha International, Urban Land Institute ACCOMPLISHMENTS Former Chair/Member, University of Hawaii Board of Regents; Shidler Hall of Honor; Past Chair, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii HOBBIES Traveling and spending time with family FAMILY Jarnell, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

PAUL MCDOWELL Exec. VP, CFO, The Queen’s Health System #9 EDUCATION Georgia Southern Univ.; Kennesaw State Univ. EXPERIENCE CFO, Mission Health, Asheville, NC; CFO, King’s Daughters Health System, Ashland, KY; CFO, Health Management Associates (HMA), Wellstar Health System; Ernst & Young BOARDS Former Board Member and Chair for the United Way of Asheville/Buncombe County; United Way of Northeast Kentucky; Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri-State ACCOMPLISHMENTS 150 Hospital and Health System CFOs To Know, Becker’s Hospital Review (2018); CFO of the Year, Health Management Associates, Inc. (1998) FAMILY Tracy HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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DR. MARK MUGIISHI Pres., CEO, Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) #1 Honolulu Northwestern Univ.; Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine BOARDS ‘Iolani School Board of Governors, Chair; Blue Cross Blue Shield Assn.; Blue Cross Blue Shield Western Conference Board of Trustees; Integrated Services Inc.; Navvis Healthcare; Blood Bank of Hawaii; Hawaii Business Roundtable; Hawaii Executive Collaborative; HMSA Foundation HB HONORS Top 250 Exec EDUCATION

STEPHANIE NADOLNY Pres., CEO, REHAB Hospital of the Pacific #115 EDUCATION Univ. of New Hampshire, B.S.

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Leadership Program Fellow FAMILY Sandra, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KIM-ANH NGUYEN President & CEO, Blood Bank of Hawaii #180 BORN 1968; Vietnam EDUCATION Fair Lawn HS; Harvard Univ.; Univ. of Pennsylvania EXPERIENCE

Oregon State Univ.; Univ. of Washington School of Law CHARITABLE CAUSES Goodwill Industries of Hawaii HOBBIES Travel, watching nephews’ football games FAMILY Kris Nakagawa, Young Brothers HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

Clinical Assistant Prof., UH JABSOM Dept. of Pathology (current); Medical Dir., Blood Centers of the Pacific; Associate Clinical Prof., UC San Francisco School of Medicine; Dir., Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program, UCSF/Blood Centers of the Pacific BOARDS CA Blood Bank Society CLUBS Young Presidents Org. HOBBIES Ballroom dancing, cooking, island adventures with family FAMILY Joseph Foo, HPMG, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

DARREN D. NAKAO Exec. VP, CFO, UHA Health Insurance (University Health Alliance) #30

JOHN NITAO EVP, General Counsel, The Queen’s Health System #9

BORN 1972; Honolulu EDUCATION ‘Iolani; Brown EXPERIENCE 28 years in health care industry; Dir.

EDUCATION Univ. of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); Boston Univ. School of Law and Univ. of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law CERTIFICATIONS LLM, JD EXPERIENCE Former partner, Chun Kerr, LLP BOARDS Past service with Alzheimer’s Assn., Aloha Chapter, Navian Hawaii, Honolulu Sunset Foundation HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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of Provider Economics, HMSA; Dir. of Finance, ISI; CFO TeamPraxis; Teacher, Hawaii Baptist Academy CLUBS Financial Executives International, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) ACCOMPLISHMENTS AHIP Executive

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GARY OKAMOTO Chief Medical Officer, AlohaCare #19

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Finance and accounting in the health care industry BOARDS Catholic Charities Hawaii CLUBS Pacific Century Fellows - Class of 2003 CHARITABLE CAUSES Catholic Charities Hawaii, various organizations that serve children, health organizations HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec DAVID OKABE Exec. VP, CFO, Treasurer, Hawai‘i Pacific Health #11

BORN Hawai‘i EDUCATION St. Louis School; UH Mānoa, Bachelor’s in Business Administration CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE Hawai‘i Pacific Health, EY BOARDS Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Hawaiian Humane Society, Diamond Head Theatre, HPH Partners, Inc., Providers Insurance Corp., Shidler College of Business School of Accountancy CLUBS Waialae CC; Pacific Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Shidler College of Business 2018 Hall of Honor HOBBIES Golf, food and wine FAMILY Kellyn Okabe NOTEWORTHY Proud owner of three Shiba Inu dogs named Taro, Momo and Kiko HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

B.A.; Washington Univ. in St. Louis, M.D.; Univ. of Washington, MPH CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Honolulu County Medical Society, Hawaii Medical Assn., American Medical Assn., Hawaii Society of Physical Medicine & Rehab EXPERIENCE Chief Medical Officer of AlohaCare, a statewide Medicaid and special Medicare health plan; hospital-based patient care in medical rehabilitation of patients with major physical and/or cognitive injuries; medical director and other administrative roles. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Distinguished alumnus, UH; Physician of the Year, Hawaii Medical Assn. & Healthcare Assn. of Hawaii ‘11 CHARITABLE CAUSES Contributes to diverse causes HOBBIES Golf, travel FAMILY J.H., 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SHARI OSHIRO, MD VP, Chief Medical Officer, REHAB Hospital of the Pacific #115 EDUCATION Pomona College, B.A. in Biology/ Public Policy Analysis; UH John A. Burns School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine EXPERIENCE Oshiro has been a practicing physician at REHAB since 2007 and was named Chief

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Medical Director in July 2019, and CMO in Oct. 2020. Oshiro is responsible for providing clinical oversight for inpatient and outpatient operations for REHAB and ensuring safe, high-quality medical care for all patients. She has played a large role in REHAB’s COVID-19 response, serving as co-chair to REHAB’s COVID-19 taskforce and spearheading many COVID-19 related initiatives. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DIANE S.L. PALOMA, PHD President and CEO, Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) #40 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools; UCLA, B.S. Physiological Science; UH Mānoa, MBA Management; Capella Univ., PhD Healthcare Administration EXPERIENCE Previously King Lunalilo Trust and Home, CEO (2017-’21); The Queen’s Health Systems, Director-Native Hawaiian Health Program (2006-’17); Department of Native Hawaiian Health at UH’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, Director, Management Affairs (2003-’06) BOARDS University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents (RCUH); UH Shidler College of Business Advisory Group; Partners in Development Foundation, Asian & Pacific Islander America Health Forum; Hawaii Business Roundtable; Child & Family Service; Bishop Museum Advisory Council member;

Teaching People To Live Beyond Their Addictions Habilitat is a recovery community in Kaneohe that teaches people how to rebuild their lives from substance abuse. We’ve been saving lives for over 50 years. Habilitat challenges individuals on every level which improves self-esteem and creates a positive self-image. We offer many wraparound services designed to teach people to become the best version of themselves possible.

Habilitat has been bringing Christmas trees to the island as a fundraiser since 1977. You can get a beautiful tree at our lots this year starting Saturday, November 26, 2022. · Central Union Church · Kaneohe Bay Shopping Center (in front of Longs) · Stadium Mall (by the Ice Palace) · Koko Marina Center (in front of 24-hour fitness)

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Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu member; Nā Limahana o Lonopūhā and Native Hawaiian Health Consortium CLUBS Hawaii Leadership Forum - Omidyar Fellows Cohort VIII HOBBIES Ka Pa Hula O Ka Lei Lehua FAMILY Jason Paloma, 3 daughters HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec GLENN REQUIERME CIO, REHAB Hospital of the Pacific #115 EDUCATION Univ. of Phoenix, MBA EXPERIENCE

Requierme has over 30 years of experience in business technology including network infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cyber security, fiscal acumen, strategic planning and more. Prior to joining REHAB in Nov. 2019, Requierme previously worked in health care business technology. His experiences in the industry have contributed to organizationalwide strategic planning, while providing oversight and direction for REHAB’s information technology needs. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec STEVE ROBERTSON Exec. VP, CIO, Revenue Mgt. and Information Technology, Hawai‘i Pacific Health #11

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EDUCATION Stanford Univ.; Emory Univ. EXPERIENCE Hospitalist since 2014 at Adventist Health Castle; previously, Chair of Internal Medicine, Chair of Utilization Management, Physician Advisor, Physician Informaticist, Director of Hospitalist Services at Castle BOARDS Hawaii Health Network, Castle Health Group HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Mission Academy; La Sierra Univ.; Andrews Theological Seminary; La Sierra Univ. CERTIFICATIONS MDiv, MBA EXPERIENCE 15 years in not-for-profit leadership FAMILY Shilhi Seibel, Owner and Creative Dir. of Passion Roots HB HONORS Top 250 Exec COLBERT SETO CIO, Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) #40 EDUCATION UH Mānoa; Pacific Coast Banking School CERTIFICATIONS Licensed Professional

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LORI SUAN Chief Development Officer, REHAB Hospital of the Pacific #115 EDUCATION Univ. of Utah, B.S. in Health

Education-Community Health; UH Mānoa, Master of Public Health EXPERIENCE Suan joined REHAB in April 2021, with over 15 years of experience in health care and the nonprofit sector. She is responsible for oversight of fund development and Foundation activities and works collaboratively with REHAB leadership to foster a culture of philanthropy. Suan previously served as Dir. of Development at Shriners Hospital for Children - Honolulu, and was the

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“Hawai‘i Energy is a proud sponsor of the ESG event. Companies’ ESG strategies are a commitment to aligning their work with their community’s values. Hawai‘i Energy helps businesses reach their ESG goals by helping them make smart energy choices that reduce energy consumption, save money, and help us reach our 100% clean energy future faster. Mahalo for hosting this event!” — CAROLINE CARL, EXE C UT IV E DI RE CTOR OF HAWAI‘I E N E R GY

“ESG strategies and policies will have a signiﬁcant and impactful role as we continue to support and sustain this special place we call home.” — GERALD TERAMAE, ISLAND PACIFIC ACADEMY

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lead fundraiser for the organization, while being responsible for implementing a hospitalwide comprehensive fundraising program. She has also served as the Exec. Dir. and Sr. Advisor for Community Advancement at the American Heart Association - Hawaii Division. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GLENN SUEYOSHI Chair, St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii #129 EXPERIENCE Glenn Sueyoshi is the former Pres.

and co-founder of SH Consulting LLC. His experience includes over 40 years in the Hawaii health care industry providing consulting services to both private and government health care entities. Prior to co-founding SH Consulting, he was in charge of the Honolulu office consulting practices of Ernst & Young and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Glenn began his career working for the Hawaii Medicare Intermediary and the Medicaid Fiscal Agent doing audits of hospitals, nursing homes and hospital-based physician reimbursements. He has done extensive work over the last three decades with major medical centers, nursing homes, the Hawaii State Dept. of Human Services, Dept. of Health and the Hawaii Health System Corporation. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MARK SWEET, DDS Dental Director, Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) #40

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Board of Endodontics, State of Hawaii Dental Licensure MILITARY SERVICE Commander, 618th Dental Company (Area Support) and Dental Health Activity - Korea, Staff Endodontist EXPERIENCE Dentistry, endodontics CLUBS American Assn. of Endodontists, American Board of Endodontics College of Diplomates, American Dental Assn., American Society of Forensic Odontology, Assn. of Army Dentistry, American Dental Education Assn., International Assn. of Dental Traumatology, Republic of Korea Military Medical Assn. ACCOMPLISHMENTS U.S. Army Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator, Order of Military Medical Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal CHARITABLE CAUSES Army Emergency Relief fund, American Association of Endodontists Foundation HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ROWENA BUFFETT TIMMS Exec. VP, Chief Administrative Officer, The Queen’s Health System #9 EDUCATION Florida International Univ.; The George Washington Univ. EXPERIENCE SVP Government and Community Relations, Mission Health, NC; VP Public Policy and Partnerships, CaroMont Health, NC; SVP Government Affairs and Foundation, Bon Secours Health System, SC BOARDS Aloha United Way, Healthcare Assn. of Hawaii ACCOMPLISHMENTS Helped develop and launch the Queen’s Workplace Violence Prevention Program; established the QHS fund develop-

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ment program to successfully achieve a $200 million capital campaign. CHARITABLE CAUSES United Way Housing Task Force, United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County HOBBIES Travel, reading, spending time with family and friends FAMILY 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DAVID UNDERRINER Exec. VP, O‘ʻahu Operations; CEO, Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children, Pali Momi Medical Center and Straub Medical Center, Hawai‘i Pacific Health #11 BORN 1958; Spokane, WA EDUCATION Beaverton HS, Oregon; Oregon State Univ.; Univ. of Washington CERTIFICATIONS Member, American College of Healthcare Executives EXPERIENCE Providence St. Joseph Health, Oregon, Regional President; Kaiser Permanente, Hawai‘i, President; HMSA, Chief Health Officer; Hawai‘i Pacific Health, EVP, O‘ahu Operations BOARDS American Heart Assn., Hawai‘i Chapter; Chaminade Univ., Board of Regents; Oregon State Univ. Foundation CHARITABLE CAUSES Education, children’s services, mental health HOBBIES Pickleball, hiking, travel, running FAMILY Barbara, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

RAY VARA Pres., CEO, Hawai‘i Pacific Health #11 EDUCATION Hawaii Pacific Univ., Bachelor’s in business admin.; Univ. of Alaska at Fairbanks, MBA MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Army Officer with various assignments including Assistant Administrator and Chief Financial Officer for Bassett Army Community Hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska; Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington; and the 9th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington EXPERIENCE Ray Vara serves as president and CEO of Hawai‘i Pacific Health. His responsibilities include executive oversight of Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children, Pali Momi Medical Center, Straub Medical Center and Wilcox Health on Kaua‘i. Vara joined Hawai‘i Pacific Health in 2002 as executive VP and CEO of operations, and assumed the role of president and CEO in 2013. Prior to that, Vara served as CEO at Los Alamos Medical Center, a member of Banner Health System in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He was the center’s CFO before being appointed CEO. BOARDS Chairman, American Heart Assn. (national); Lead Independent Director, Bank of Hawaii Corporation; Director, Island Holdings, Inc.; Director, Island Insurance Co., Ltd.; Director, Tradewind Capital Group; Trustee, Blood Bank of Hawaii; Director, Hawai‘i Executive Collaborative. FAMILY Tiffany Vara, 5 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

JOHN J. YANG, MD Pres. & Medical Dir., Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente #6 EDUCATION UCLA, BS in biology; Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, doctor of medicine CERTIFICATIONS Dr. Yang finished his

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residency in family medicine at Georgetown Univ. School of Medicine/Providence Hospital and completed a medical informatics and faculty development fellowship. EXPERIENCE John Yang, MD, is President and Medical Director of Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, overseeing the state’s largest multispecialty group practice. Prior to taking on this role in November 2020, Dr. Yang was the physician director of primary care for Kaiser Permanente in Orange County, CA. He oversaw primary care operations, which included the Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Urgent Care, Allergy, and Dermatology departments. Dr. Yang has practiced as a family medicine physician for Kaiser Permanente since 2001. He’s certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec BYRON N. YOSHINO Pres., CEO, Pharmacare Hawaii Inc. #66 BORN 1953; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Univ. of the Pacific; Univ. of the Pacific School of Pharmacy CERTIFICATIONS UH Business Administration EXPERIENCE Pres., CEO, Value Drug, Ltd. dba Pharmacare (‘86-present); chief pharmacist, Times Supermarket (‘83-86) BOARDS Aiea Medical Building Assn. of Owners; UH Hilo College of Pharmacy Advisory Board; UHA BOD; Healthcare Assn. of Hawaii BOD ACCOMPLISHMENTS Wyeth Bowl of Hygeia (‘08) HOBBIES Golf, Alpine skiing, biking, wine tasting FAMILY Kim, HR Director at Pharmacare Hawaii, 1 child NOTEWORTHY I am a third-generation pharmacist and pharmacy owner. My grandfather trained as an apprentice to become a pharmacist and pharmacy owner, opening Yoshino Drug in ‘27. My father graduated from Drake University’s Pharmacy School and started Value Drug in ‘53, with 3 retail pharmacies. I started Pharmacare with my business partner in 1983, with home infusion. We expanded into specialty pharmacy, retail pharmacy, long-term care pharmacy, medical equipment and supplies, and a pharmacy benefits administration service. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

LORI YOSHIOKA VP, Chief HR Officer, REHAB Hospital of the Pacific #115 EDUCATION UH Mānoa, B.A. in Psychology CERTIFICATIONS Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) EXPERIENCE Yoshioka has

over 30 years of human resources experience working in several industries, including aviation, financial, hospitality, transportation and education. Joining REHAB in 2017, and being named Chief HR Officer in Jan. 2021, Yoshioka is responsible for all HR functions, including talent management, employee & labor relations, HR records & information management, training & development, and total rewards management. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Carol Davis Atlas Insurance Agency

Alan M. Goda Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

Giles Harrison Farmers Group, Inc.

Chason Ishii Atlas Insurance Agency

Timothy E. Johns Zephyr Insurance Co. Inc.

Scott Kuioka Island Insurance Companies, Ltd.

Margolee P. Lee Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Takuya (Taku) Mitsueda DTRIC Insurance Company, Ltd.

Tricia Miyashiro Atlas Insurance Agency

Ann Nakagawa DTRIC Insurance Company, Ltd.

Dennis Rae, CPCU DTRIC Insurance Company, Ltd.

Tyler M. Tokioka Island Insurance Co. Ltd.

Martin J. Welch HEMIC

Nobutaka Yagi Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company Ltd.

BEVERLY AMENT President, Island Insurance Companies, Ltd. #61 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION St. Andrew’s Priory; Univ. of Northern Colorado BOARDS St. Andrew’s Priory, Trustee; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Director, 1 child HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

FAYE BUENO VP, Administration, HEMIC #94 EDUCATION McKinley HS; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS PHR, SHRM EXPERIENCE Member of HEMIC’s

staff since its inception in ‘96; hired as administration manager and advanced to VP, Board Liaison to HEMIC’s Board of Directors. President of HEMIC Foundation, HEMIC’s nonprofit charitable organization BOARDS Pres., HEMIC Foundation HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

CAROL DAVIS Exec. VP of Sales; Retention, Atlas Insurance Agency #152

JOHN HENRY FELIX Chairman, Hawaii Medical Assurance Association (HMAA) #48

BORN 1970; Honolulu EDUCATION Leilehua HS; UH Mānoa; Chaminade Univ. CERTIFICATIONS CPCU

BORN 1930; Honolulu EDUCATION Chaminade College Prep MO, ‘47; St. Louis College Prep HI, ‘47; Menlo College, ‘49; Walden U, Ph.D. ‘75; Cal Western U, BS, MS, ‘72-73; Oxford U, MA, ‘90 CERTIFICATIONS Stanford Univ. and Harvard Univ. Advanced Management Program MILITARY SERVICE Col., USAF-AUX, ‘56-present EXPERIENCE CHB, CEO, HMAA ‘06-present; CEO, Eagle Investments Inc. ‘90-present; CEO, Hawaii Kai Memorial Park & Mortuary ‘02-present; Honolulu City Councilmember ‘87-02; Dir., Pioneer Federal Savings Bank ‘87-95; Chair, CEO, World-wide Factors ‘70-82; Dir., Hawaii National Bank ‘63-87. BOARDS Salk Institute of Biological Studies; Univ. of Oxford, Harris Manchester College Board of Regents Chair; Boy Scouts, American Red Cross, Chair Emeritus; March of Dimes Chair Emeritus; Abilities Unlimited, Chair & CEO CLUBS Rotary

Designation (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) EXPERIENCE 28 years in the insurance industry, 19 years with Atlas Insurance Agency. Areas of expertise include: public entity, financial institutions, nonprofit, health care, and education clients, consulting, placement, and day-to-day risk management services. Leads the commercial lines sales and retention department and Atlas’ nonprofit and health care initiatives. BOARDS Hawaii Theatre Center CHARITABLE CAUSES Various donations to nonprofits in the state HOBBIES Traveling, skiing FAMILY Bob Davis, Complex Area Superintendent, DOE, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Club of Honolulu, Pacific Club, Plaza Club, Waialae CC, Oahu CC, Oxford Cambridge Club, Pebble Beach Club, Outrigger Canoe Club, Elks Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Founder of Hawaii Public Radio; Distinguished Eagle Scout, Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope CHARITABLE CAUSES Boy Scouts, Red Cross, March of Dimes, Abilities Unlimited HOBBIES Reading, chess, walking, art collecting, book collecting FAMILY 5 children NOTEWORTHY U.S. representative to the South Pacific Commission, ‘85-90; First American to receive the International Red Cross “Medal of Honor” - Dunant Medal, ‘83; First Hawaii resident to head the national March of Dimes; Business Leader of the Year, ‘11; Founder, Hawaii Public Radio. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ALAN M. GODA Chair, General Counsel, Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company Ltd. #92 BORN 1945; Rivers, AZ EDUCATION Kaimukī HS ‘63; UH, BBA ‘67; Univ. of Michigan Law School, JD ‘70 MILITARY SERVICE Captain, U.S. Army Armor Corps EXPERIENCE Sr. Partner, Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, A Law Corp. BOARDS Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Co. Ltd. CLUBS Honolulu CC; Waialae CC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Founding & Sr. Partner of the law firm. Widely experienced in insurance law and general corporate & commercial law. HOBBIES Golf FAMILY Christie, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

GILES HARRISON CFO, Farmers Group, Inc. #136 BORN 1968; Cyprus Oxford Univ.; Harvard Business School EXPERIENCE In his role as CFO for

Farmers Group, Inc., Giles Harrison is responsible for all financial matters including financial accounting and reporting, planning and performance management, investments, treasury, actuarial, tax and finance operations. He

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TIMOTHY E. JOHNS Pres., CEO, Zephyr Insurance Co. Inc. #88 BORN 1956; Hutchinson, KS EDUCATION UC Santa

Barbara, B.A. business economics & history; USC, M.A. economics; J.D. EXPERIENCE Chief

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consumer officer, HMSA; CEO, Bishop Museum; COO, Estate of Samuel Mills Damon; chair, Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources; VP, Amfac Property Development Co.; dir. land protection, Nature Conservancy of Hawaii; Carlsmith Ball LLP BOARDS Zephyr Insurance Company, Parker Ranch, Hawaiian Electric Co., Grove Farm Company, Kualoa Ranch, Consuelo Foundation FAMILY 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SHANNYN KOTT VP, Crum & Forster #141 BORN Honolulu CERTIFICATIONS Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) EXPERIENCE 18 years at Crum & Forster HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

SCOTT KUIOKA Sr. VP, COO, Island Insurance Companies, Ltd. #61 BORN 1974; Honolulu EDUCATION ‘Iolani; Northeastern Univ.; Univ. of San Francisco EXPERIENCE VP Tradewind Capital Group, SVP Bank of Hawai‘i BOARDS Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Great Aloha Run CLUBS Waialae CC, HAPA Leaders, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pacific Century Fellow 2014, Kahauiki Village Development Team HOBBIES Golf FAMILY Elizabeth, 2 children HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20

MARGOLEE P. LEE Pres. and CEO, Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company Ltd. #92 BORN 1962; Berkeley, CA EDUCATION UCLA, BA ‘85 EXPERIENCE Over 29 years of experience in finance

and accounting areas, specializing in insurance industry and serving as the chair of the Hawaii Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Association BOARDS Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company, Ltd.; Hawaii Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Association; Nevada Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association CLUBS The Pacific Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS CPA license - State of California FAMILY Lance Lee, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec TAKUYA (TAKU) MITSUEDA Pres., CEO, DTRIC Insurance Company, Ltd. #122 EDUCATION Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Tokyo EXPERIENCE Takuya Mitsueda joined DTRIC

Insurance’s parent company Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance (ADI) in 2004 and was named Pres. and CEO of DTRIC in June 2021. In addition to overseeing the company’s global initiatives and strategic direction for growth and expansion, Takuya also serves as the primary liaison between DTRIC Insurance and ADI. Takuya brings more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, with special expertise in property and casualty, life insurance and reinsurance. Most recently, as Exec. VP of DTRIC and Hawaii Chief Rep. of ADI, he was responsible for maintaining efficient and effective operations and synergy between DTRIC Insurance and ADI. He also managed DTRIC’s portfolio of Japanese clients with business

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interests in Hawaii. Prior to Hawaii, Takuya held overseas assignments in the UK, Germany, and Thailand, as well as head office positions in Tokyo, and has conducted business in over 20 countries. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec TRICIA MIYASHIRO Exec. VP of Operations, Atlas Insurance Agency #152 BORN 1970; Honolulu EDUCATION Kalaheo HS; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS Associate in Surety & Fidelity Bonds, Construction Risk & Insurance Specialist designation EXPERIENCE Tricia has over two decades of experience in the insurance industry and leads the Commercial Operations, IT, Compliance, and Accounting departments. Before joining Atlas, she was a VP of Operations and Account Executive at King & Neel, Inc., where she managed and secured insurance and surety programs for large to medium construction accounts, among other responsibilities. Prior to that, she was an Assistant VP and Surety Manager at Island Insurance, where she successfully managed one of the only locally owned surety operations in Hawai‘i. BOARDS Construction Financial Management Assn., past president & current member of the Board; St. Anthony School, Kailua, Board president ACCOMPLISHMENTS PBN Women Who Mean Business Honoree 2020

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HOBBIES Golf, baking/cooking, gardening FAMILY Duane Miyashiro, Sales Consultant/Key Account Manager, Johnson Brothers Hawaii, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

SARA MULLEN President, John Mullen & Co., Inc. #206 1977; Honolulu EXPERIENCE Director, International Youth Foundation, Manager JMCO HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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ANN NAKAGAWA EVP & Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, DTRIC Insurance Company, Ltd. #122 EDUCATION Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, B.S. in Business; UH Mānoa, MBA EXPERIENCE Ann Nakagawa leads the accounting and financial operations of DTRIC Insurance as Exec. VP and Chief Admin. and Financial Officer. She has more than 25 years of insurance experience in Hawaii. Prior to joining DTRIC in 2015, Ann served as CFO at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp., the state agency responsible for financing and developing affordable housing. She also spent 17 years at Farmers Insurance Hawaii as VP, Treas. and Director overseeing the financial and administrative operations. Ann also held positions with Grand Pacific Life Company, Ltd. and the

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Hawaii Insurance and Guaranty Company Ltd. CLUBS Hawaii Society of Public Accountants, American Institute of Public Accountants CHARITABLE CAUSES Devotes time and support to her church and disaster recovery construction work HB HONORS Top 250 Exec PATRICK NII VP, COO, John Mullen & Co., Inc. #206 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION St. Louis HS EXPERIENCE Insurance claim adjuster and manager HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

JONG SUN PARK Exec. VP, John Mullen & Co., Inc. #206 BORN Seoul, Korea EXPERIENCE 35 years in insurance claims and general insurance management HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

DENNIS RAE, CPCU EVP & Chief Underwriting Officer, DTRIC Insurance Company, Ltd. #122 EDUCATION Louisiana Tech Univ. CERTIFICATIONS Certificate in general insurance, Insurance Institute of America; Hawaii property and casualty insurance license EXPERIENCE Dennis Rae has been with DTRIC Insurance since 2015. As Exec. VP and Chief Underwriting

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Officer, he manages personal and commercial lines, agency relations and claims, as well as DTRIC’s marketing efforts. Dennis was previously VP of Personal Lines responsible for DTRIC’s personal underwriting and servicing departments, while also managing its extensive customer contact center. He is credited with being an integral part of the company’s ongoing growth and profitability, as well as customer satisfaction. Dennis has more than 25 years of experience in personal lines of insurance, providing expertise from his previous roles with both national carriers and independent agencies. He was the co-founder and president of an independent insurance agency in Aledo, TX, specializing in personal line and small commercial lines. BOARDS Chairman, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii CLUBS Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Society HB HONORS Top 250 Exec TYLER M. TOKIOKA Chairman of the Board, Island Insurance Companies, Ltd. #61 BORN 1964; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Pacific Lutheran Univ.; NYU Stern School of Business CERTIFICATIONS CPCU EXPERIENCE CE Advisory Committee Member BOARDS Island Holdings, Island Insurance, Island Insurance Foundation, National Mortgage & Finance, Hawaii

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Risk Management Holdings, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue, Kupu, Oahu Economic Development Board, Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation, Blood Bank of Hawaii, Kids At-Risk Mentoring Program CLUBS CPCU - Hawaii Chapter ACCOMPLISHMENTS Tri-Chair for the 150th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Gannenmono, Co-Chair for the 2017 Japan/Hawaii Economic Summit CHARITABLE CAUSES Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii HOBBIES Spending time with family, UH sports fan, golf FAMILY Jody, Sofos Realty, 1 child NOTEWORTHY Past-Chair, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii; Past-Chair, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce; Past-Chair, CPCU Society - Hawaii Chapter; Hawaii Business Magazine 20 for the Next 20; Chair, 2021 Oahu Heart Walk - American Heart Assn.; Chair, Blood Bank of Hawaii; Chair, Blood Bank of Hawaii Capital Campaign; Chair, Kupu HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec MARTIN J. WELCH CEO, HEMIC #94

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and property casualty insurance industry BOARDS Board of Governors, National Council on Compensation Insurance; Board of Governors, American Property Casualty Insurers Association CHARITABLE CAUSES The Arthritis Foundation, Local Leadership Board Chair HOBBIES Golf, hiking, scuba diving, family ancestry FAMILY Jennifer, Glass Artist, 3 children HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec NOBUTAKA YAGI Vice Chairman of the Board, Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company Ltd. #92 BORN 1962; Mie Prefecture, Japan EDUCATION

Nagoya Univ.; International Univ. of Japan EXPERIENCE 35+ years in the insurance industry and experience in HR, asset liability management, investment, marketing and international insurance business since joining Meiji Life Insurance Co. in Tokyo in 1985. BOARDS Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company Ltd. CLUBS Honolulu CC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Certified Financial Analyst HOBBIES Tennis and golf FAMILY Yuko Yagi, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

EDUCATION Univ. of Illinois; Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern; Tuck Management School, Dartmouth CERTIFICATIONS Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter EXPERIENCE Over 35 years experience in the workers’ comp

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Todd Apo Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Brent H. Arakaki Goodwill Hawaii

Alan Arakawa Lili‘uokalani Trust

Kawena Beaupré Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Debbie A. Cabebe, SHRM-SCP, SPHR Maui Economic Opportunity Inc.

Kimo K. Carvalho Aloha United Way

Shari W. Chang Girl Scouts of Hawai‘ʻi

Katy Y. Chen Goodwill Hawaii

Wallace Chin Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Tim Dolan University of Hawaiʻ‘i Foundation

José A. Fajardo Hawai‘i Public Radio

John Fink Aloha United Way

John Han University of Hawaiʻ‘i Foundation

Dawn Harflinger, CFA Lili‘uokalani Trust

Lee Higa-Okamoto Child & Family Service

Nalani Fujimori Kaina Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

Micah Kāne Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Michelle Ka‘uhane Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Larissa Kick Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Jamee Kunichika Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Mercedes Lanza Lili‘uokalani Trust

Debra Lorenzo Maui Economic Opportunity Inc.

Amy Miller Marvin Hawaii Foodbank Inc.

Anna Neubauer Hawaiian Humane Society

Halona NortonWestbrook Honolulu Museum of Art

Robert N.E. Piper, Esq., MBA Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc.

Amanda Pump, MS, CSAC Child & Family Service

Anne Marie Rizzo Child & Family Service

Venus Kau‘iokawēkiu Rosete-Medeiros Hale Kipa Inc.

Sheila Sarhangi Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Molly Schmidt Girl Scouts of Hawai‘ʻi

Lynn Shimono Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Gay Sibonga Maui Economic Opportunity Inc.

Karen Tan, LCSW Child & Family Service

Juli Torigoe Lili‘uokalani Trust

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“PHIL” AUGUSTUS ACOSTA Exec. Director, Aloha Harvest #250 EXPERIENCE Exec. Dir., Aloha Harvest, 2019-pres-

ent; Exec. Dir., Board of Directors Chair, ALEA Bridge, ‘16-19; IT Systems Project Manager (various organizations), ‘11-16 BOARDS Board of Directors, Governance Chair, Waikiki Health, ‘16-21 CLUBS Aloha United Way, Community Impact Committee, 2022-present; Project Management Institute, Honolulu Chapter, ‘1319 HOBBIES St. Joseph Church, Choir member, 1995-2016 NOTEWORTHY Selected as 1 of 22 (out of 1,000+ applicants) for the inaugural Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Academy Food System Fellowship HB HONORS Top 250 Exec TODD APO VP of Community Partnerships & Public Affairs, Hawai‘ʻi Community Foundation #76 Kamehameha Schools; Brown Univ.; UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business EXPERIENCE Before joining HCF, Todd worked as senior VP of community development for the Howard Hughes Corporation at Ward Village, as director of public affairs for the Walt Disney Company at Disney’s Aulani Resort, and as VP of corporate operations for the Resort Group at Ko Olina Resort. He also served as a Honolulu City Council member for six years and practiced law at two law firms. BOARDS Nonprofit boards include: Boys & Girls Club, Special Olympics, Bishop Museum, Friends of Hawaii Charities, EAH Hawaii Advisory Board. Industry boards include: NAIOP Hawaii, Land Use Research Foundation. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec EDUCATION

BRENT H. ARAKAKI CFO, Goodwill Hawaii #139 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE 16

years in public accounting in audit (10 years as Manager/Sr Manager); 13 years in hotel industry as Director of Finance & Accounting CLUBS Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ALAN ARAKAWA VP, Real Estate, Lili‘uokalani Trust #121

EDUCATION UH Mānoa, B.S. in Civil Engineering; UH Mānoa, MBA EXPERIENCE Sr. VP, Planning & Acquisitions, D.R. Horton; Sr. VP, Development, A&B Properties Hawaii LLC; President, Waiawa Ridge Development LLC; Exec. VP, Residential Operations, Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii Inc. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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KAWENA BEAUPRÉ Sr. VP & General Counsel, Hawai‘ʻi Community Foundation #76 EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools; UH Mānoa; UH William S. Richardson School of Law CERTIFICATIONS Certified Public Accountant (no active permit to practice) EXPERIENCE Beaupré joined HCF in Nov. 2014 as Associate General Counsel and was promoted to Sr. VP and General Counsel in Jan. 2022. Prior to HCF, she was an associate in the tax department of Cades Schutte LLP, where she practiced in the areas of tax and finance. BOARDS Partners in Development Foundation, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Mary Kawena Pūku‘i Cultural Preservation Society; also serves as a Kamehameha Schools ATP Class Representative HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

DEBBIE A. CABEBE, SHRM-SCP, SPHR CEO, Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. #159 CERTIFICATIONS Senior professional in HR; Results

Oriented Management and Accountability trainer EXPERIENCE Chief HR officer, responsible for creating and executing human resources strategies, ‘00; COO, providing day-to-day management and support to the program directors, ensuring of quality service delivery, and providing oversight and administering MEO’s Community Service Block Grant, ‘11; CEO, managing overall operations, financial management, achievement of organization’s mission, and communication between the board and the organization, ‘17 BOARDS National Assn. of Farmworkers Opportunity Programs; Treas., Regional Rocky Mountain HI Coalition; Hawaii Assn. of Community Action Programs; past Pres., Maui Nonprofit Directors Assn.; Workforce Development Board; Friends of the Children’s Justice Center; Council on Aging CLUBS Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce; Maui Chamber of Commerce; Society of HR Management ACCOMPLISHMENTS PBN Women Who Mean Business honoree ‘19; Maui Nonprofit Director of the Year 2019 CHARITABLE CAUSES Abuse and neglect prevention; advocacy for low-income individuals and families FAMILY Raymond Cabebe, Cabebe Consulting, 3 children NOTEWORTHY One of two nationally certified Results Oriented Management Accountability trainers in Hawai‘i. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KIMO K. CARVAHLO VP of Community Impact, Aloha United Way #150 BORN 1984; Honolulu EDUCATION Damien Memorial

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CERTIFICATIONS Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic EXPERIENCE 15

years management in private and nonprofit sectors CHARITABLE CAUSES Homelessness, mental health, Native Hawaiian, affordability FAMILY Chris J. Dotson, Landscape Design & Yard Services, Business Owner HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20 SHARI W. CHANG CEO, Girl Scouts of Hawai‘ʻi #239

EDUCATION UH EXPERIENCE CEO, Girl Scouts of

Hawaii ‘14-present; Sr. VP sales & marketing, Aston Hotels & Resorts; Sr. VP, Aloha Airlines; Sr. VP, The Castle Group; VP marketing & communications, Aloha United Way BOARDS Air Force Civilian Advisory Council, Lung Force Women’s Cabinet CLUBS Pacific Club; Hawaii Women’s Forum, AFP, HANO ACCOMPLISHMENTS American Marketing Association Hawaii Lifetime Achievement Award ‘21; Women Who Mean Business Industry Leader ‘17; finalist, Business Woman of the Year ‘14; finalist, Business Woman of the Year ‘13; Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Travel for 7 consecutive years, and the only woman to achieve in 3 different categories: destination marketing, hotels and resorts & airline industry CHARITABLE CAUSES Young girls’ leadership development HOBBIES Walking, hiking and gardening FAMILY 2 children NOTEWORTHY Past chair, Hawai‘i Tourism Authority; past chair, UH T.I.M. Advisory Board HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KATY Y. CHEN Pres., CEO, Goodwill Hawaii #139 EDUCATION Seattle Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington School of Law EXPERIENCE Practiced law first, then worked as the chief executive of a legal aid & social welfare charity in London. Nonprofit sector, now 25 years. BOARDS Hawaii Book & Music Festival, Law Enforcement Officer Independent Review Board CLUBS Hawaii State Bar Assn., Hawaii Women’s Lawyers ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pacific Century Fellow, PONO Fellow, PBN Business Woman of the Year finalist ‘12 FAMILY Daniel Sandomire, Stanford Carr, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

WALLACE CHIN Sr. VP & Chief Administrative Officer, Hawai‘ʻi Community Foundation #76 EDUCATION UH, BBA Accounting; Chaminade Univ., MBA CERTIFICATIONS Certified Public Accountant, Hawai‘i (not in public practice)

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CPAs, Hawai‘i office; Various financial management positions in resort property management and retail automotive; Over 35 years in nonprofit financial management, including at Kamehameha Schools, a $10 billion-plus private charitable educational trust that supports a statewide educational system for PK to 12, and Hawai‘i Community Foundation, a statewide community foundation based on O‘ahu with four branch offices on the neighboring islands. BOARDS Treasurer, INPEACE (Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture) CLUBS Hawaii Society of CPAs; American Institute of CPAs; Financial Executives International, Hawaii Chapter HB HONORS Top 250 Exec TIM DOLAN CEO, University of Hawai‘ʻi Foundation #99 VP Advancement, University of Hawai‘i #7 BORN 1966; NJ EDUCATION Poway HS, San Diego;

UCLA, Bachelor’s degree; Loyola Univ. Chicago, graduate studies in philosophy EXPERIENCE Tim Dolan is the VP of advancement for the UH System, and the CEO of the UH Foundation. Dolan joined the UH and UH Foundation teams in January 2019 after serving as the vice principal of advancement at the Univ. of Sydney, where for 10 years he led their historic $1 billion campaign: INSPIRED, the first and then largest campaign in Australia. Prior to that, Dolan spent nearly seven years as a fundraiser within the College of Letters & Science at UCLA, his alma mater, and ultimately directed their university-wide leadership gift program. Before UCLA, Dolan served as director of development at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine and the UH Cancer Center, where his longstanding love for Hawai‘i and its people began. Dolan strongly believes in the noble and grounded mission of public universities. Building on a desire to advance the educational and research mission of the University of Hawai‘i, he has set out to deepen the community’s engagement with UH and expand private philanthropy to support UH’s strategic priorities. Dolan and his team are now laying the groundwork and building momentum for the launch of the UH Foundation’s most ambitious capital campaign ever. When not in the office, he can often be found on the tennis courts of Ala Moana Beach Park, or hiking the trails behind Makapu‘u with his wife and two grown kids. CHARITABLE CAUSES UH Foundation FAMILY Elizabeth, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JOSÉ A. FAJARDO Pres. and GM, Hawai‘i Public Radio #222 EDUCATION MBA, Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College EXPERIENCE Jose A. Fajardo has been the President and General Manager of Hawai‘i Public Radio since 2016. Previously, he served as Exec. VP for the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, and President & CEO for WMFE-TV/FM, the member-supported public broadcasting stations for Central Florida. Fajardo’s broadcast career started in Central Texas, where he

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worked for three years in commercial radio before joining KNCT-TV/FM, the public broadcasting stations located in Killeen, Texas, concluding as its general manager. He is a native of Puerto Rico. BOARDS Director, National Public Radio (NPR) Board of Directors (twice); Board of the Association of Public Television Stations HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JOHN FINK Pres., CEO, Aloha United Way #150 BORN Far Rockaway, NY EDUCATION Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, CT EXPERIENCE 40+ years in local media, including television and local TV management, radio. 40+ years in local public service on boards and committees. Author, writer, editorialist, public speaker. BOARDS Aloha Stadium Authority, ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue, Hawai‘i State Junior Golf Assn., Hawaii Bowl, Diamondhead Classic CHARITABLE CAUSES Aloha United Way HOBBIES Music lover, golf FAMILY Sharon Fink, hospice nurse, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

JOHN HAN VP for Administration & CFO, University of Hawaiʻ‘i Foundation #99 EDUCATION Hawai‘i Pacific Univ.; UH Mānoa, Shidler College of Business, MBA EXPERIENCE

John Han joined the executive leadership team in May 2019, where he oversees finance, HR, advancement services, IT and general operations. He rejoined the team after an 18-month tenure at ABC Stores, where he oversaw close to 30 employees in accounting, accounts payable, sales audit and payroll, in addition to other fiscal responsibilities. Prior to working at ABC Stores, Han enjoyed a 15-year tenure with UHF, during which time he advanced to the position of associate VP of advancement services after serving in roles including associate VP of data and technology services. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DAWN HARFLINGER, CFA Pres. and CEO, Lili‘uokalani Trust #121 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Waipahu HS; Pacific Univ. CERTIFICATIONS Chartered Financial Analyst EXPERIENCE Experienced investor and nonprofit executive committed to the wellbeing of youth in Hawai‘i. BOARDS CFA Society Hawaii, Waikiki Improvement Association HOBBIES Reading, paddling for Waikiki Surf Club and rescuing pets FAMILY Sean, 4 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

LEE HIGA-OKAMOTO Chief Administrative Officer, Child & Family Service #140 EDUCATION Maryknoll HS; UH Mānoa; Shidler College of Business, UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE 20 years of experience in administration and leadership roles in nonprofit, government, education & marine-related industries. Areas of responsibility included human resources, recruitment/career development, systems implementation, process improvement, operations and logistics, and nonprofit management.

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NALANI FUJIMORI KAINA Exec. Dir., Legal Aid Society of Hawaii #226 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools; Macalester College; NYU School of Law EXPERIENCE Over 20 years working to provide civil legal services to those most in need across the state. BOARDS Rural Community Assistance Corporation, National Legal Aid and Defenders Association ACCOMPLISHMENTS Omidyar Fellow, 2016; 20 for the Next 20, 2014; Pacific Business News Business Leader of the Year finalist, 2020; Hawai‘i Women Lawyers Distinguished Service Award; Hawai‘i State Bar Association’s C. Frederick Shutte Award in 2008 and President’s Award in 2019; Hawai‘i Community Foundation Ho‘okele Award for outstanding nonprofit leadership, 2013. HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20

MICAH KĀNE CEO & President, Hawai‘i Community Foundation #76 Kamehameha Schools; Menlo College; UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business EXPERIENCE Prior to taking on the role in July 2017 as the third CEO & President in HCF’s 105-year history, Micah served as its President and COO. He also served on the HCF Board of Governors for eight years before joining HCF. His previous work experience includes serving as COO of Pacific Links Intl., responsible for operations and acquisitions of all residential and resort development in Hawai‘i. He was also the Chairman of the Hawaiian Homes Commission and the Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands, a 200,000-acre Native Hawaiian land trust. Micah recently served as a Trustee for Kamehameha Schools. He also served as the Government Affairs Liaison for the Building Industry Assn. of Hawai‘i. BOARDS Hawaiian Electric Industries BOD, Hawai‘i Executive Collaborative, Hawai‘i Data Collaborative ACCOMPLISHMENTS Named CEO of the Year by Hawaii Business Magazine, Dec. 2020; 2019 UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business Hall of Honors award; Koa Anvil Award of Excellence; Salvation Army Partners in Community Service Award; Hawaiian Leader of the Year Award from the Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; Ho‘oulu Leadership Award for Government; Menlo College Hall of Fame - Football Inductee; Environmental Council Award; Spirit of Community Award from Aloha United Way; Housing Advocate of the Year Award from the Building Industry Assn. of Hawai‘i. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec EDUCATION

MICHELLE KA‘UHANE Sr. VP & Chief Impact Officer, Hawai‘i Community Foundation #76 EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools; Gonzaga Univ. CERTIFICATIONS ESG: Navigating the Board’s Role, Berkeley Law Executive Education EXPERIENCE

Michelle has been a recognized leader in the nonprofit sector and an advocate for Native Hawaiians and underserved communities. Previous to serving as HCF’s senior VP and chief impact officer, Michelle worked for four years as the senior VP of Community Grants and H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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Initiatives. She has also served as the president and CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, the deputy director of the Dept. of Hawaiian Homelands and the executive director of Hawaiian Community Assets. HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec LARISSA KICK VP of Community Grants & Initiatives, Hawai‘i Community Foundation #76 EDUCATION Oregon State Univ.; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Kick joined HCF in 2011 as special

projects manager and has since been promoted to program officer, senior program officer and program director. She has led several major HCF grant programs, overseeing the development of program strategy; proposal review and decision making; and program evaluation, outcome and impact, including a $3 million annual community grants program of the Hawai‘i Tobacco Prevention & Control Trust Fund and the $7 million CHANGE grants program that supports nonprofits statewide. Kick was also the grantmaking lead for HCF’s Hawai‘i Resilience fund, rapidly deploying resources to community nonprofits and health care providers working to address the impacts of Covid-19 in Hawai‘i. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JAMEE KUNICHIKA VP of Organizational Planning and People Operations, Hawai‘i Community Foundation #76

EDUCATION Moanalua HS; UH Mānoa; Hofstra Univ. School of Law, Juris Doctor; USC, Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership EXPERIENCE Jamee served as VP and Chief of Staff for HCF from July 2018 to June 2022. Prior to joining HCF, Jamee worked as director of development operations and campaigns at the UH Foundation for 12 years, serving the university community in campaign planning and operations, fundraising operations, effectiveness and talent management strategies, and organizational strategic planning. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

MERCEDES LANZA VP and CAO, Lili‘uokalani Trust #121 EDUCATION Univ. of Central Florida CERTIFICATIONS SHRM Senior Certified Professional EXPERIENCE

Dir. of HR at University Health Partners of Hawaii, Chief People Officer BOARDS SHRM Hawaii Workforce Development Committee, Alakea Corporate Tower HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ELISSA LINES Exec. Dir., Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum #202

BORN 1954; Bridgeport, CT EDUCATION Central HS; Connecticut College CERTIFICATIONS Center for Creative Leadership EXPERIENCE Exec. Dir.,

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (previously Exec. Dir. of Development); VP of Donor and Business Relations, Experimental Aircraft Assn.; Dir. of Development & Marketing, The Museum of Flight; Deputy Dir. of Development and Community Relations, Arizona Aerospace Foundation BOARDS 75th Commemoration

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of the End of WWII Committee, Member ACCOMPLISHMENTS Initiation of radio reading services for the blind in both Rochester, NY and Tucson, AZ prior to getting involved with aviation museums. At the Pima Air & Space Museum, Elissa successfully funded the construction of hangars to house historic aircraft and the installation of a Challenger Learning Center for Space Science Education. At the EAA, successfully grew both the philanthropic and business revenue of the organization, creating the Gathering of Eagles event that raises more than $2 million to support youth aviation education. At Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, fundraising to support the opening of the historic Ford Island Control Tower and Operations Building; funding of a $3 million stand-alone Aviation Learning Center; leading visitor-oriented mission, focus and name change updates; significantly expanding the scope and quality of the Museum’s annual fundraising gala; participation in and support of the 75th Commemoration of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. CHARITABLE CAUSES Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Habitat for Humanity HOBBIES Swimming FAMILY John, retired, 3 children NOTEWORTHY Elissa earned her private pilot’s license in ‘07, a challenge that forced her to overcome a personal fear of flying. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DEBRA LORENZO CFO, Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. #159 BORN 1962; Wailuku, Maui EDUCATION St. Anthony HS; Seattle Univ., BA Business Administration - Accounting EXPERIENCE Debbie Lorenzo worked as a staff accountant for five years with Coopers and Lybrand, where she performed compilation, reviews, tax returns, and assisted with audits. In 1991 she joined MEO as chief accountant and, in recognition of her experience and skills, the title was changed to assistant fiscal director. After 16 years with MEO, she was promoted to CFO in 2007. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pacific Business News 2010 CFO of the Year Finalist CHARITABLE CAUSES Charities that support the health and welfare of children and adults FAMILY Melvin Lorenzo, County of Maui Police Department - Retired, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

CHUCK MERKEL Exec. Director, Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association #229 MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Navy, Submarine Officer, 1980-2012 EXPERIENCE Executive Director, PFSMA, 2016-Present HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

AMY MILLER MARVIN President and CEO, Hawaii Foodbank Inc. #113 BORN 1975; Seattle EDUCATION James A. Garfield HS; Harvard College; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Senior VP and COO, Bishop Museum (2016’21); VP of Institutional Advancement, Academy of Natural Sciences (2009-’16); VP of Institutional Advancement, Bishop Museum (2004-’09) HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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JESSICA MUNOZ CEO, Founder, Ho‘ōla Nā Pua #248 EDUCATION Truckee HS; Long Beach State Univ.; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE Founder and president of Ho‘ōla Nā Pua (New Life for Our Children) with a focus on preventing sex trafficking and providing care for youth who have been exploited. 15+ year career in health care as a nurse practitioner in critical care settings for pediatrics and adults. Published articles, provided training and developed intervention strategies for hundreds of health care professionals, service providers, law enforcement members and community leaders. Worked closely with judiciary to help shape a multidisciplinary response to trafficked youth in Hawai‘i. Emphasized the continuum of care and the Response Framework needed for victims through collaborative, health-centric, trauma-informed systems and victim-centered approaches and partnerships. A noted conference speaker, lecturer, workshop facilitator, innovator and social entrepreneur with a passion for justice, global health and trauma, and shifting culture. BOARDS Ho‘ōla Nā Pua ACCOMPLISHMENTS Pacific Century Fellows ‘18, Omidyar Fellow Cohort VII, Recognized by Hawaii News Now as the 2019 Hometown Hero, Pacific Business News 40 under 40 awardee, 2020 Honolulu Magazine’s Woman of Distinction, 2021 Hawaii Business Magazine’s 20 for the Next 20 HOBBIES Surfing, running, kiteboarding HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

DAYLE N. MURAKAMI VP of Finance, Aloha United Way #150 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS CPA License, State of HI EXPERIENCE The Shidler

Group, VP Finance; BlackSand Capital, LLC, Controller HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ANNA NEUBAUER CEO, Hawaiian Humane Society #185

EDUCATION Colorado State Univ.; Univ. of Colorado Denver CERTIFICATIONS MPA, CNP, CAWA, CVT EXPERIENCE Anna Neubauer joined

the Hawaiian Humane Society in 2019 from the Dumb Friends League of Denver, an openadmission shelter with an annual budget of over $20 million, where she served as VP of Operations. Dumb Friends League is widely regarded as one of the most progressive and best-run animal shelters in the country. Before joining the Dumb Friends League, Neubauer was a co-founder and Clinic Director of the Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic in Fort Collins, Colo. She also has been an instructor in Shelter Leadership at Colorado State Univ. Neubauer is a Certified Veterinary Technician and a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec HALONA NORTON-WESTBROOK Director & CEO, Honolulu Museum of Art #156 EDUCATION Mills College, BA; Courtauld Institute of Art, MA; School of Arts, Histories, and

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Hawaiian Humane Society, 5 yrs.; Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, 20 yrs. CHARITABLE CAUSES Inspire Church HOBBIES Jewelry making, crafts, spending time with family FAMILY Lance, 2 children, 2 fur babies HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ROBERT N.E. PIPER, ESQ., MBA CEO/Executive Director, Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc. #171 1965; Honolulu EDUCATION Damien Memorial HS; Seattle Univ.; UH Mānoa, MBA, J.D. CERTIFICATIONS East-West Center Fellow, Weinberg Foundation EXPERIENCE Deputy Dir., Dept. of Budget & Finance, Hawai‘i; Chief of BORN

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Staff, Lt. Gov. Office, Hawai‘i; Business attorney; Business banker BOARDS Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation; National Community Action Foundation; Community Action Partnership, Region IX; Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce; Hawaii CAP Directors Assn.; PHOCUSED; Hawaii Community Development Authority; High Technology Development Corp.; Oahu Workforce Investment; Pacific Housing Assistance Corp.; Comm. on Delivery of Legal Services to the Public, Hawaii State Bar Assn. CLUBS US Navy League; Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce; Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation; National Community Action Foundation; Community Action Partnership ACCOMPLISHMENTS East-West Center Fellow; Hawaii Business Magazine 20 for the Next 20; Weinberg Fellow CHARITABLE CAUSES HCAP HOBBIES Coach, FIRST Robotics; mentor, Boy Scouts of America; coach, football, baseball, soccer; Chair, St. Peter and Paul Church Finance Committee FAMILY 2 children HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec AMANDA PUMP, MS, CSAC Chief Program Officer, Child & Family Service #140 EXPERIENCE Almost 20 years of experience in the

field of human services, including the last 12 years at Child & Family Service (CFS). Joined

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CFS in 2010 as a Therapist and continually progressed in her career as Clinical Coordinator, Program Administrator, Director of O‘ahu Programs, and most recently appointed as Chief Program Officer in 2022. BOARDS Hawai‘i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Zonta Club of Leilehua, Ho‘omaluhia Advisory Council ACCOMPLISHMENTS 40 Under 40 Honoree FAMILY Donald Pump, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ANNE MARIE RIZZO Chief Advancement Officer, Child & Family Service #140 CERTIFICATIONS Certified Fundraising Executive;

Current Affairs Fundraising; Managing the Capital Campaign EXPERIENCE Nearly 30 years of professional fundraising experience in academic, health care and social service organizations in Hawai‘i and on the East Coast. Served as an adjunct instructor teaching fundraising basics and grant writing for a Master’s Cohort. Joined Child & Family Service in 2010 and developed innovative fundraising models that provide steady and flexible funding for the organization. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Instrumental in launching a private school (pre-K to high school), including creating infrastructure for advancement, admissions, marketing and operations. CHARITABLE CAUSES Child & Family Service HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

One donation. Two banks. Countless smiles. It’s the season of giving. Which is why all December long, we’re matching your generosity. When you donate blood, we’ll make your donation go further by providing a meal for the hungry through Hawaii Foodbank. Step up, sign up and help out two community banks with one act of kindness. Donations by appointment only. Visit BBH.org to register and donate.    (808) 848-4770 H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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VENUS KAU‘IOKAWĒKIU ROSETE-MEDEIROS CEO, Hale Kipa Inc. #220 BORN Wailuku, Maui EXPERIENCE Highly experienced and committed to the well-being and safety of Hawai‘i’s keiki, ‘ōpio and ‘ohana. Offering 38 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations and businesses, and both the public and private sectors. Developed the Kamalama Parenting Curriculum being offered statewide by numerous nonprofits working with families. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

SHEILA SARHANGI VP of Strategic Communications, Hawai‘i Community Foundation #76 EDUCATION UC Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies EXPERIENCE Highly driven strategic think-

er with over two decades of diverse, progressive and international experience, specializing in strategy, community organizing, behavior change, writing, media relations, campaigns, corporate communication and advocacy across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Experience includes: Principal, Cause Consulting, LLC, founded in 2014, with a focus on partnering with nonprofits, foundations, government agencies and communities to activate key audiences around social and environmental change - work

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includes coalition-building for the successful expansions of Papahānaumokuakea and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments; Director, SeaWeb - An international nonprofit that advances ocean protection through strategic communications and behavior change campaigns, with department work focused on communication training and campaign development and implementation with village and community leaders in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Saipan, Fiji, Hawai‘i and Palau. BOARDS Education and Outreach Representative, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Community Group, NOAA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service HOBBIES All activities in the ocean, hiking, skateboarding, spending time with family and friends, and learning to play the ukulele FAMILY Jared Christenot, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Sheila has penned more than 500 cover stories, features and columns in local and national publications, as well as a 144-page hardcover book, Honolulu Then & Now. She has been recognized with numerous awards for her work, particularly for her ability to effectively communicate science to all audiences. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MOLLY SCHMIDT COO, Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi #239 BORN Atlanta, GA EDUCATION Emory Univ. EXPERIENCE Former Director of Product, Girl

We do not inherit the land from our kūpuna; We borrow it from our keiki. Reforesting Hawai‘i one tree at a time. Give the gift that leaves a lasting legacy. Sponsor a Legacy Tree for a loved one today and follow your tree’s growth online.

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Gardening, cooking FAMILY Lee Sibonga, 2 adult children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

JULI TORIGOE VP and CFO, Lili‘uokalani Trust #121

KAREN TAN, LCSW President & CEO, Child & Family Service #140

LYNN SHIMONO VP of Finance, Hawai‘ʻi Community Foundation #76

EDUCATION Seattle Pacific Univ.; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS LCSW EXPERIENCE Over 25 years

EDUCATION Castle HS; UH Mānoa; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS CPA, CMA EXPERIENCE Servco Pacific Inc. BOARDS Treasurer, Better Business Bureau of Hawaii HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Finance, Lynn worked as the foundation’s controller since 2014. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GAY SIBONGA COO, Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. #159

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National Certified ROMA Implementer; Designated Employer Representative for Drug and Alcohol EXPERIENCE 5 years as COO, Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.; 30 years as Operations Manager, Macy’s, Liberty House BOARDS Maui Homeless Alliance, Treasurer; Maui Nonprofit Directors Association, member; Hawaii Community Action Directors Association, member; Ho‘oikaika Partners, member CHARITABLE CAUSES Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.; Maui United Way HOBBIES

Hospice Hawaii –The Journey to Becoming Navian Hawaii. Tori Abe Carapelho President & CEO

Forty-four years ago, a group of visionaries sought to make the end of life as beautiful as the beginning. Together, they created Hospice Hawaii. By replacing pain and fear with specialized care, clarity and hope, tens of thousands of individuals were able to live

of management in nonprofit organizations, including the last 18 years at Child & Family Service (CFS). Joined CFS in 2004, named Chief Program Officer in 2006, and appointed President & CEO in 2017. 10+ years of clinical experience in human services. BOARDS Hawaii Family Support Institute Board, Move Oahu Forward, UHA CLUBS Social Science Association ACCOMPLISHMENTS Holds a certificate from the Executive Leadership Institute at the Univ. of Michigan/The Alliance for Children & Families, 2013-2014. Listed among Hawaii Business Magazine’s 2019 20 for the Next 20 as a person to watch; graduate of Omidyar Fellow Cohort VI; Pacific Business News 2021 Women Who Mean Business Honoree. FAMILY Felix Tan, 3 children HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

their life to the fullest, spending time with their families and finding joy in every moment. Over the past decade, palliative care has been so effective that it’s now used to help patients battling life-threatening but treatable illnesses. “At Hospice Hawaii, we decided to expand our services beyond hospice care so we can support people with serious but treatable conditions,” said Tori Abe Carapelho, “we changed our name to Navian Hawaii to reflect that growth.” Navian’s Integrated Care team improves patient recovery times

ROB VAN TASSELL Pres., CEO, Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi #69 EDUCATION Univ. of Washington EXPERIENCE Over

20 years of experience in nonprofit management, including social service, affordable housing, community development and organizational leadership BOARDS Chaminade Board of Advisors Criminology & Justice Program CLUBS Rotary Club of Honolulu HB HONORS Top 250 Exec GREG WAIBEL Pres. & CEO, YMCA of Honolulu #170

EDUCATION Univ. of St. Thomas; Univ. of Minnesota EXPERIENCE CEO, YMCA of Honolulu;

COO, YMCA of the North (serves northern Minnesota and western Wisconsin); CFO, Chief Information Officer, VP of Operations, YMCA of Greater Saint Paul in Minneapolis 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

by managing pain and other symptoms, ensuring that care is patient-centered and providing guidance so families can navigate the complex medical system. “For forty-four years, we’ve helped patients and their families navigate diﬃcult life challenges,” said Carapelho, “so as navigators it seemed ﬁtting to rename ourselves Navian Hawaii.” Under the Navian Hawaii name, Navian’s compassionate Hospice Care team and expert Integrated Care team stand ready to improve the lives of Hawaii’s people, always navigating in the direction of hope.

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Chuck Garrett The Elite Companies dba Corcoran Pacific Properties

Donald E. Huffner Jr. James Campbell Company LLC

Kevin Inn Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty

Myron Kiriu Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty

Abe Lee Century 21 iProperties Hawaii

Karin Moody Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty

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JD Watumull Watumull Brothers Ltd.

Jan Yokota Industrial Logistics Properties Trust

MATT BEALL CEO, Principal Broker, Hawai‘i Life Real Estate Services LLC #79 BORN 1974 EXPERIENCE 24 years in Hawai‘i real estate. 19 years as a Broker-In-Charge and/ or Principal Broker. 10 years as an owner of Hawaii Life. BOARDS Forbes Global Properties; Hawai‘i Land Trust; Hawaii Assn. of Realtors; Honolulu Board of Realtors; Kauai Board of Realtors; Realtors Assn. of Maui; Hawaii Island Board of Realtors; West Hawaii Assn. of Realtors ACCOMPLISHMENTS Led Hawaii Life to become the #1 residential real estate company in Hawai‘i CHARITABLE CAUSES Hawai‘i Life Charitable Fund; Hawaii Land Trust; Hawai‘i Community Foundation HOBBIES Surfing, travel, music FAMILY Elif NOTEWORTHY Hawai‘i Life is the top-selling residential real estate company in Hawai‘i by volume. HB HONORS Top 25 Realtor; Top 250 Exec

CHRIS BENJAMIN President & CEO, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. #27 BORN 1963; Detroit, MI EDUCATION Cranbrook School; Univ. of Michigan, B.A. ‘85; Harvard Business School, MBA ‘89 EXPERIENCE A&B: Pres. & CEO, 2016-present and Pres. & COO, 2015’11; Pres. & CFO, 2011-’04 and GM, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. 2011-’09; joined A&B in 2001 as Dir., Corp Dev & Planning, promoted to VP in 2003. Before A&B, Benjamin held positions with General Motors Corporation,

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Sony Corporation, Booz-Allen Hamilton and The Queen’s Health Systems. BOARDS Catholic Charities of Hawaii; The Nature Conservancy; Hale Kipa Capital Campaign; Hawaii Agricultural Research Center; Shidler College of Business; CFA Society Hawaii; HBR CLUBS The Pacific Club FAMILY Melissa Ching Benjamin, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Co-chair of the Hawai‘i Executive Collaborative’s Climate Coalition HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SACHI BRADEN Founder, Principal Broker, Sachi Hawaii Pacific Century Properties LLC #246 BORN Osaka, Japan EDUCATION Poole Gakuin

Girls School, Osaka; Poole Gakuin College Realtor, RB-16308 EXPERIENCE Founder & CEO, Sachi Hawaii ‘03; VP & Realtor, Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties ‘89-03; Chanel Sales; PanAm flight attendant BOARDS Japan America Society of Hawaii CLUBS Japan America Society of Hawaii; Hawaii Senior Life; Nippon Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS #2 top producing Realtor on O‘ahu ‘18; consistent Hawaii Business Magazine Top 100 Realtor; consistent Top Women Who Mean Business Award recipient CHARITABLE CAUSES Kapi‘olani Health Foundation HOBBIES Hula study & performances, swimming, golf, cooking, entertaining, working, traveling, visiting museums FAMILY 1 child NOTEWORTHY I recently published my first book, “Being Japanese in America,” a how-to handbook and survivor’s guide to life in the CERTIFICATIONS

U.S.A., from the perspective of a successful transplant. Published in English and Japanese. HB HONORS Top 25 Realtor; Top 250 Exec BRETT BROWN Exec. VP, CFO, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. #27 EDUCATION Northern Illinois U EXPERIENCE Has successfully lead finance organizations in a career spaning more 30+ years and developed deep experience in capital markets and commercial real estate. Prior to A&B he was CFO and Treas. for PREP Property Group; Exec. VP, CFO, and Treas. for IRC Retail Centers/Inland Real Estate Corp.; held financial and executive leadership positions with Great Lakes REIT and its predecessor, Equity Partners Ltd. CLUBS American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society; International Council of Shopping Centers HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

MEREDITH J. CHING Exec. VP External Affairs, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. #27 BORN 1956; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Stanford, B.S. in Civil Engineering; UCLA, MBA EXPERIENCE Exec. VP External Affairs ‘18, Sr. VP Govt & Comm Relations ‘18-’07, VP Govt & Comm Relations ‘07-’92; VP Natural Resources Dev & Govt Affairs ‘92-’91. Began career with A&B in 1982 as an exec. asst. Corp Natural Resources, promoted to dir.

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Natural Resources Dev. in ‘86 and VP in ‘88. BOARDS Matson Navigation Company, Hawaii Agricultural Foundation, Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance, A&B Sugar Museum CLUBS Oahu CC, Pacific Club, Waialae CC FAMILY Han P. Ching, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec CHUCK GARRETT Sr. VP Brokerage and Principal Broker, The Elite Companies dba Corcoran Paciﬁc Properties #105 BORN 1964; Upper Darby, PA EDUCATION Willingboro HS; Rowen Univ. CERTIFICATIONS Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager, Certified Relocation Professional, Certified Residential Specialist MILITARY SERVICE New Jersey Army National Guard EXPERIENCE Principal Broker, Corcoran Pacific Properties, 2022 to present; Sr. VP, Corcoran Pacific Properties, 2018 to present; Sr. VP, LIST Sotheby’s International Realty, 2014-’18; COO, Kahala Associates, 2007-’14; Dir. of Implementation Services, RealPage, Inc., 1998-’06. BOARDS Relocation Directors Council, 2022 Board Chair; HiCentral MLS, 2022 Board VP CLUBS Real Estate Business Institute, Hawaii Chapter, Past Pres.; Relocation Directors Council, Past Pres.; Residential Real Estate Council; Worldwide Employee Relocation Council; LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance CHARITABLE CAUSES Trusted World FAMILY Kyle Brown HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

NORMAN GENTRY Member-Manager, Gentry Investment Properties #70 BORN 1956; Berkeley, CA EDUCATION ‘Iolani ‘74; U of Santa Clara, UH; B.S. in mechanical engineering EXPERIENCE ‘78-86: HI projects (Kona Reef condo, Gentry’s Kona Marina); ‘86-95: Mainland projects (N. CA residential lots, marina, land entitlements, S. CA pre-fab panel plant); ‘95-present: HI Ewa-by-Gentry. ACCOMPLISHMENTS World Offshore PowerBoat Champion in ‘87, ‘91 & ‘93; Transatlantic World Record holder ‘89-92 CHARITABLE CAUSES The arts and education HOBBIES Family, ocean activities, boats, cars FAMILY Dr. Cheri Gentry NOTEWORTHY Master scuba diver, Captain’s Six Pac license. Joined The Gentry Companies in ‘78. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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KEVIN INN Pres., Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty #153 BORN 1961; Oakland, CA EDUCATION Castro Valley HS, CA; California State, Hayward CERTIFICATIONS CRB, CRETS, RENE EXPERIENCE 20 years’ expe-

rience in telecom with Pacific Bell, GTE Hawaiian Tel, Verizon Hawaii and Clearwire Hawaii; 14 years’ experience in real estate with BHGRE Advantage Realty BOARDS Dir. At Large, Honolulu Board of Realtors; Dir. At Large, Hawai‘i Association of Realtors; Federal Technology Committee, National Assn. Realtors; National Nominating Committee, US Tennis Assn.; Tennis Committee, Waialae CC ACCOMPLISHMENTS First person from Hawai‘i to be a member of the National Nominating Committee of the USTA CHARITABLE CAUSES C4/ Foodbank, Advantage Kokua Scholarship HOBBIES Tennis, pickelball, music (acoustic guitar), stand-up paddling, biking FAMILY Noella Inn, Kamehameha Schools, 2 children HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec MYRON N. KIRIU CEO, Owner, Realtor, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty #153 BORN Lodi, CA EDUCATION Tokay HS, Lodi; UC

Berkeley: Double emphasis in Finance & Accounting EXPERIENCE Over 33 yrs. experience as a Realtor in Hawai‘i. Began career as a CPA with Price Waterhouse Coopers in San Francisco. Moved to Honolulu in ‘84 and worked as a CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick. Received real estate

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license in ‘89. Able to provide clients a unique reference point when looking for real estate investments due to a CPA background. Myron and Team Kiriu are consistently among the top 5 agents on O‘ahu. BOARDS Honolulu Board of Realtors, National Realtor Association, Hawaii Multiple Listing Service CLUBS Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants ACCOMPLISHMENTS Named #1 BHGRE Owner-Led Team among all such teams nationwide. Voted Hawai‘i’s Best Realtor 9 years. Awarded HB Magazine’s Top 100 Realtor Hall of Fame Award. Voted Hawai‘i’s Best Real Estate Firm the past 13 years and Best of Honolulu Real Estate Firm for 10 years. BHGRE Advantage Realty has been recognized nationally as one of the Most Productive Brokerages in the franchise network 7 years in a row. The firm received other HB honors: one of Hawai‘i’s Best Places to Work 4 years in a row, Most Charitable Companies 7 years in a row, Top 250 business 7 years in a row. HOBBIES Enjoy traveling the world, meeting new people, immersing in foreign cultures & sampling delicacies, all the while gaining new insight into people. FAMILY Ambur Kim Kiriu CHARITABLE CAUSES The Advantage Kokua Scholarship HB HONORS Top 25 Realtor, Top 250 Exec ABE LEE CEO, Century 21 iProperties Hawaii #194 BORN 1948; Seoul, Korea EDUCATION University

High; UH Mānoa; University of Utah

CERTIFICATIONS CCIM EXPERIENCE Real estate

salesperson/broker since 1973; Led Abe Lee Seminars since 1980 and Abe Lee Development

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EDUCATION Univ. of Cincinnati CERTIFICATIONS BBA in Accounting, BBA in Finance EXPERIENCE Pres.

& CEO, Collier Enterprises, Naples, FL, 2017March ‘20; Sr. Managing Dir., Head of North America Investments, AIG Global Real Estate, NYC, 2007-16; Sr. VP of NY, D.C. and Atlanta Regions, Equity Office Properties, 1990-’96 and 2000-’06; Sr. Managing Dir., CB Richard Ellis Inc., Columbus, OH, 1997-2000 BOARDS REGA Advisory Board, Advisory Board of New York Community Trust’s “RSVP Fund for Children” CLUBS ULI Chairman - MF Platinum Council, National Multifamily Housing Council HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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since 1980 BOARDS Habitat for Humanity, Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America, Honolulu Board of Realtors, Asian Real Estate Assn. of America - Aloha Chapter president CLUBS CCIM, Honolulu Board of Realtors, AREAA Aloha Chapter ACCOMPLISHMENTS CCIM of the Year 2017, Honolulu Board of Realtors 2022 Good Neighbor Award 2nd place CHARITABLE CAUSES Boy Scouts of America, Habitat for Humanity, Hawaii Homeownership Center, Navian Hawaii, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys Club and others HOBBIES Reading, exercise, music, beach FAMILY Sally Okura Lee, Retired social worker 6 children NOTEWORTHY Our company donated about $75,000 to over 50 charities in 2021; agents have voluntarily donated part of their commissions to various charities for the past 30 years. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KARIN MOODY Principal Broker, Owner, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty #153 BORN 1950, Quincy, MA EDUCATION The Austin

School; Saint Francis School of Nursing

CERTIFICATIONS Realtor EXPERIENCE Opened BHGRE

North Shore 5 years ago to create a world-class real estate firm to serve the community with knowledge and hope BOARDS HBR City Affairs CLUBS N.S. Chamber ACCOMPLISHMENTS My chil-

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dren! Opening a professional brokerage office on the North Shore of O‘ahu. Staying alive this long! HOBBIES The ocean; encouraging young people to create wealth through real estate; dogs, riding electric bikes through the woods, being outside FAMILY 2 children CHARITABLE CAUSES Back packs for kids, Menehune Surf Contest, North Shore Land Trust NOTEWORTHY My passion is the development of people. I love to see others wear success well! HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LANCE PARKER COO and Exec. VP, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. #27 EDUCATION Kamehameha; USC EXPERIENCE Has

overseen A&B’s real estate operations since Sept. 1, ‘15; A&B’s principal broker; held several positions since joining the company in ‘04, most recently Sr. VP Acquisitions & Dispositions. Before joining A&B was an Associate VP with Grubb & Ellis in California, providing commercial brokerage, advisory and transactional services. BOARDS Bishop Museum HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JARED WATUMULL Managing Dir., Watumull Brothers Ltd. #59 EDUCATION Punahou BOARDS Family Business Center of Hawaii, RYSE Hawaii CLUBS HAPA

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JD WATUMULL Pres., Watumull Brothers Ltd. #59 BORN 1955; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou ‘73; Univ. of Colorado, B.S. Marketing ‘77 BOARDS

Young Presidents Org., Manoa Valley Theatre Board, Trustee Honolulu Museum of Art CLUBS Pacific Club, Waialae CC, Outrigger Canoe Club HOBBIES Tennis, skiing, water sports FAMILY Julie Trees Watumull, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JAN YOKOTA Regional VP, Pacific Region, The RMR Group, Industrial Logistics Properties Trust #45 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Roosevelt HS; Univ. of Michigan, B.A.; Cornell, MRP EXPERIENCE VP

Development, General Growth Properties ‘0609; Dir. Capital Improvements, UH ‘03-06; Exec. Dir., Hawai‘i Community Development Authority ‘96-03 BOARDS Chair, Child & Family Service Real Property Inc.; NAIOP Hawaii CHARITABLE CAUSES Child & Family Service FAMILY Kip Wilborn, Manoa Valley Theatre, Exec. Dir., 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Carol Ai May City Mill Company, Ltd.

Adam Bauer Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd.

Victoria Wayne Bowley Maui Clothing Co. Inc.

Chad Buck Hawaii Foodservice Alliance LLC

Jason Fujimoto Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd.

Michael Fujimoto Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd.

Russell J. Hata Y. Hata & Co., Limited

Nan I. Kitagawa I. Kitagawa and Co. Ltd.

Brian Marting Y. Hata & Co. Ltd.

Savan Patel Infinium Interiors, LLC

Damian Pherigo C. S. Wo & Sons, LLC

Wendy Shewalter Contract Furnishers of Hawaii Inc.

Michael Stoebner Stoebner Holdings Inc.

Stephen N. Ueda Suisan Group Inc.

Jordan Vannatta Y. Hata & Co. Ltd.

Edward Wayne Maui Clothing Co. Inc.

Kristen Wo C. S. Wo & Sons, LLC

Daniel E. Zettle ODP Business Solutions/Hopaco/ Premium Inc.

STEVEN C. AI Pres., CEO, City Mill Company Ltd. #85 BORN Honolulu, HI EDUCATION ‘Iolani School; Whittier College, BA, Business Administration; Univ. of Denver, MBA CERTIFICATIONS CPA (Not in Public Practice) EXPERIENCE EVP (‘83-85), Admin. Assist. (‘79-83) with City Mill Co. Ltd.; Mgt. Consulting, Office of the Vice-Chairman NYC and KPMG Peat Marwick - HI; Loan Analyst/ International Div., Union Bank; Accountant, City of LA, Mayor’s Office BOARDS Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Children’s Discovery Center, ‘Iolani School, YMCA, Young Presidents’ Organization, Le Jardin Academy, Filipino Community Center, Gee Hing Trust, Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Air Force Civilian Advisory Council, FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association, Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation, American Diabetes Assn. Hawaii, 200 Club, Catholic Charities Advisory, Shidler College of Business Advisory Council CLUBS Oahu CC, Waialae CC HOBBIES Tennis, keyboards, gui-

tar, golf, travel, cooking, computers, automobiles, home improvement, languages, memory, vocals NOTEWORTHY Wanted to play music professionally out of college. HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec CAROL AI MAY VP, Secretary, City Mill Company Ltd. #85 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; Scripps College, Claremont, CA; Tufts U, Medford, MA EXPERIENCE Owner, Red Box Jewelry Designs; Owner, GM Hawaiian Juice Industries; VP, Starr Seigle McCombs Advertising; Account Supervisor, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, NY BOARDS Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Child & Family Service, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Straub Foundation CLUBS Oahu CC, Waialae CC HOBBIES Skiing, bicycling, hiking, travel, jewelry making FAMILY T. Michael May, Retired, Pres/ CEO Hawaiian Electric Co. NOTEWORTHY 2021, American Lung Assn. Outstanding Mother Honoree; 2018, Salvation Army of Hope (Ai Family); 2017, Palama Settlement Honoree (with brother Steven Ai); 2014, Kama‘āina of the Year (with brother); 2010, SMEI Salesperson

of the Year (with brother); 2007, Girl Scouts Women of Distinction Honoree; 2005, YWCA LeaderLunch Honoree; 2005, Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizens Award (with husband); 2004, Retail Merchants of Hawaii - Retailer of the Year (with brother); 2000, Small Business Hawaii Success Story; 1994, U.S Sec. of Defense appointee to Dept. of Defense Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC) HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ADAM BAUER EVP & COO, Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd. #46 EDUCATION Northern Illinois Univ., B.S. Accounting; Northern Illinois Univ., Master of Accounting Science EXPERIENCE Adam is the Executive VP and COO at HPM Building Supply. Prior to joining the company in 2012, Adam gained his corporate finance, strategic technology and accounting experience from Elkay Manufacturing and Meaden & Moore. BOARDS Hawaii Island Economic Development Board; Hawaii Community Health Center, Treasurer HB HONORS Top 250 Exec H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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VICTORIA WAYNE BOWLEY VP, Maui Clothing Co. Inc. #216 BORN 1982; Honolulu EDUCATION Seabury Hall HS,

high honors ‘00; London School of Economics, high honors ‘03; Babson College, B.S., magna cum laude ‘04 EXPERIENCE Family Business Owner, Maui Clothing Co. ‘06-present; Buyer, Ralph Lauren ‘05-06 CLUBS Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) CHARITABLE CAUSES Impact 100 HOBBIES Spinning, swimming, cooking classes, global travel, family FAMILY Joseph Bowley, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec CHAD BUCK CEO/Owner, Hawaii Foodservice Alliance LLC #50 EXPERIENCE Founder and Owner of Hawaii Foodservice Alliance LLC, HFA Logistics LLC, Niihau Ahiu Provisions LLC and Hawaii Secure Foods/Hamakua Ag Works LLC. HFA serves every grocer, retailer, club, commissary and c-store chain on every island; it is the largest employer of food distribution and logistic professionals in the state, employing over 540 staff members. Niihau Ahiu Provisions is a harvest and processing facility for cattle, lamb and eland from Niihau and Kauai. Hawaii Secure Foods/Hamakua Ag Works LLC is a farm, value-added processing, and research & development operation located on 2,300 acres on the Hamakua Coast of Hawaii Island. HFA is only locally owned private company actively working with FEMA, HIEMA, Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management, and Civil Defense for the Counties of Maui, Kaua‘i, and Hawai‘i Island toward a publicprivate coordinated disaster recovery plan for all islands. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Rated as fastestgrowing company in Hawai‘i in ‘03 and ‘04 by PBN; SBA Business Man of the Year, City & County of Honolulu, ‘05; Founding Director of Naval Special Warfare Foundation/Navy SEAL Foundation Hawaii CHARITABLE CAUSES Hawaii Foodbank - O‘ahu and Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i Island Food Basket, Maui Food Bank FAMILY Stephanie, 5 children NOTEWORTHY Largest “in kind” donor (according to HBM) in the state, with over $2 million worth of food donated annually to the Hawaii Foodbank and other nonprofit groups HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

WAYNE K. DE LUZ Pres., Hilo-Kona Mazda Subaru Hyundai #135 BORN Hilo EDUCATION St. Joseph HS EXPERIENCE Over 35 years in the retail auto business BOARDS Windward Planning Commission CLUBS Hawaii

Auto Dealers; National Auto Dealers Assn.

FAMILY 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

JASON FUJIMOTO President & CEO, Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd. #46 BORN Hilo EDUCATION Hawaii Preparatory Academy; The Wharton School at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, B.S. Economics MILITARY SERVICE Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee; U.S. Army Garrison

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Pohakuloa Training Area Commander’s Advisory Council; 2017 graduate of the National Security Seminar at the U.S. Army War College EXPERIENCE Jason Fujimoto is the President & CEO of HPM Building Supply, founded over 100 years ago by his great-greatgrandfather, Kametaro Fujimoto. The fifthgeneration CEO was hired at HPM in 2004 and served in progressive roles prior to the succession of his father, Michael Fujimoto, in 2019. His previous experience includes work in JPMorgan’s Investment Banking Division. BOARDS Kohala Institute, Board Chair; Pohakuloa Advisory Committee Member; Holomua Collective Board Member; UH Hilo Chancellor’s Advisory Council Member; Hawaii Asia-Pacific Association Leaders Board Member CLUBS Omidyar Fellows, Hawaii Executive Collaborative, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Do It Best Eagles Conference, BIG Group moderated by the National Hardware and Paint Assn. ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2017 US-Japan Council delegate of the Japanese American Leadership Delegation; 2015 Young Retailer of the Year by the National Hardware and Paint Assn.; 2013 “20 for the Next 20: People to Watch” by Hawaii Business Magazine HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MICHAEL FUJIMOTO Executive Chairman, Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd. #46 BORN Hilo EDUCATION Hawaii Preparatory Academy; Univ. of Massachusetts, BA & MA in Economics; UC Berkeley, MBA Finance EXPERIENCE Michael ‘Mike’ Fujimoto is the Executive Chairman of HPM Building Supply, founded over 100 years ago by his greatgrandfather, Kametaro Fujimoto. Mike was the company’s fourth-generation CEO from 1992 through 2018, when he passed the torch to his son, Jason Fujimoto, HPM’s current CEO. Mike continues to be active in community affairs and serves on various for-profit and nonprofit boards throughout Hawaii. BOARDS Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd., dba HPM Building Supply, Executive Chairman; Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference; First Hawaiian Bank, Director; Parker Ranch Foundation Trust, Trustee; Parker Ranch, Inc., Chairman; HPM Building Supply Foundation, Trustee & Chairman; Kohala Institute, Secretary; New Moon Foundation, VP ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2015 National Retail Hardware Assn. Top Gun Award; 2004 Outstanding Minority Manufacturing and Retail Firm Award; 2002 Business Leadership Hawaii Community Commitment Award; 2001 Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year Award; 1999 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Finalist HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

RUSSELL J. HATA Chairman, Pres., & CEO, Y. Hata & Co., Limited #31 BORN 1955; Honolulu EDUCATION Kalani HS; UH

Mānoa, BBA finance; UH Mānoa, EMBA

EXPERIENCE Chair., Pres. & CEO, Y. Hata &

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Co. Ltd.; Pres., Rise Inc.; Marketing Dir., Government Liason & Project Coordinator, Yashima Construction BOARDS Chair, Y. Hata & Co. Ltd.; Convergence CT Inc.; International Foodservice Distributors Assn.; Innovative Marketing Alliance LLC; Hawaii Agricultural Foundation CLUBS HBR; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Japanese Chamber of Commerce; United Japanese Society ACCOMPLISHMENTS Successful reorganization and turnaround of five family enterprises; Establishment of ChefZone CHARITABLE CAUSES Always Dream Foundation HOBBIES Golf, travel, reading, Gyrotonic exercise FAMILY Val, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KIMO HAYNES President, Hawaii Petroleum LLC #52 President, Minit Stop Holdings, LLC BORN 1965; Honolulu EDUCATION Seabury Hall, ‘84; Univ. of California Santa Barbara, ‘88; Univ. of Southern California, MBA ‘92 EXPERIENCE Hawaii Petroleum LLC; Maui Disposal (‘9698); Hoonaninani Inc. (‘94-96); Diversified Leasing (‘92-94); Deloitte & Touche (‘88-90) BOARDS Hawaii Petroleum LLC, Minit Stop Holdings LLC, Hawaii Petroleum Marketers Assn., UH Maui College Chancellor’s Advisory Council, The Nature Conservancy, Seabury Hall CLUBS Maui CC, King Kamehameha CC HOBBIES Golf, tennis, travel FAMILY Sheila HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

WENDY INOUYE Controller, Maui Clothing Co. Inc. #216 BORN 1968; Wailuku, HI EDUCATION H.P. Baldwin

High; Univ. of Phoenix, B.S. in Accounting

CERTIFICATIONS Notary Public EXPERIENCE 28 years of accounting experience HOBBIES Traveling FAMILY 2 sons HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

SANDY KALAHIKI VP, Controller, Stoebner Holdings Inc. #82 BORN 1960; Honolulu EDUCATION Castle HS EXPERIENCE 45 years in the automobile industry ACCOMPLISHMENTS Owned and operated trucking business for 3 years CHARITABLE CAUSES Special Olympics HOBBIES Biking, spending time with family and my grandchildren FAMILY Brian, 1 child NOTEWORTHY I love being around positive,

happy, loving people. After all, love makes the world go around, and we sure need a lot of it in this time and age. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec NAN I. KITAGAWA President, I. Kitagawa and Co. Ltd. #73

BORN 1957; Cambridge, MA EDUCATION Fairfax

HS, Los Angeles; Scripps College, Claremont, CA CERTIFICATIONS Leadership Works; Activity Vector Analysis Certified Trainer EXPERIENCE Medical Office Management and Surgical Center Administrator; President of I. Kitagawa and Company (IK Motors, Kama‘āina Nissan, Kona Auto Center, and NAPA Parts Stores on the Big Island) BOARDS I. Kitagawa and Co. and C. Kitagawa and Co. CLUBS Hawaii Automotive

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Dealers Association; National Automotive Dealers Association; National Automotive Dealers Association - Nissan 20 Group; Chrysler Minority Dealers Association; Family Business Center of Hawaii, Big Island Chapter; 100 Women Who Care, Kamuela, Big Island Chapter ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2023 Time Magazine Dealer of the Year for the State of Hawai‘i CHARITABLE CAUSES Make-A-Wish Foundation Hawaii, Hawaii Care Choices, Hamakua Lions Club, Pacific Tsunami Museum, Junior Achievement, Boys and Girls Club, The Food Basket, Japanese Community Association, Alzheimer’s Association, Hilo Medical Center Foundation, Hawaii Community Foundation, Rainbow Friends, ASPCA, World Wildlife Foundation, NPR, 100 Women Who Care HOBBIES Traveling, eating, reading FAMILY Brian I. Kitagawa, Past CEO of I. Kitagawa and Co., 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec BRIAN MARTING CFO, Y. Hata & Co., Limited #31 EDUCATION Phoenix Arizona State Univ., B.S. Accounting CERTIFICATIONS CPA EXPERIENCE Y. Hata

& Co., Limited (1997 to Present); Accounting Manager, Walsh America (‘93-’96); Audit Manager, Coopers & Lybrand (‘90-’93); Auditor, KPMG Peat Marwick (‘86-’90) CLUBS Hawaii Society of CPAs, Finance Executives

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International HOBBIES Softball, paddle tennis, reading, travel FAMILY Gina Marting, HMSA CFO, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SAVAN PATEL CEO, Infinium Interiors, LLC #235 BORN Gujrat, India EDUCATION John P. Stevens;

Univ. of Phoenix, B.S. Information Technology; UH Mānoa, MBA MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Navy Submariner EXPERIENCE Wholesale distribution, investments BOARDS UH Shidler College of Business Alumni Association, Aloha United Way, Lanakila Pacific HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ALAN PFLUEGER Pres., Pflueger Inc. #90 1966; Honolulu EDUCATION Trinity Pawling, NY, ‘85; National Automobile Dealer Academy, VA, Automotive Management, ‘91 EXPERIENCE Pres. ‘00, Mng. Dir, ‘97-00, Pflueger Automotive; VP, GM, ‘96-00, Operations Mgr. ‘93-96, Sales Mgr. ‘92-93, Pflueger Acura BOARDS Pacific Auto Distributors LLC, Pflueger Racing, APEX Hawaii Limited, Young Presidents Org. CLUBS Outrigger Canoe Club; Waialae Country Club HOBBIES Ocean sports, racing, triathlon, tennis FAMILY Eleni HB HONORS Top 250 Exec BORN

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DAMIAN PHERIGO VP, C. S. Wo & Sons, LLC #81 EDUCATION Punahou; University of Southern California; UC Berkley Haas School of Business EXPERIENCE Boeing, Google, C. S. Wo & Sons BOARDS USC Viterbi School of Engineering Emerging Leaders Board CHARITABLE CAUSES Childhood education HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

BRUCE SHEWALTER COO / RME, Contract Furnishers of Hawaii Inc. #183 BORN 1965; Butler, PA EDUCATION Butler HS, PA, ‘83; Penn State Univ., B.A., Pol. Sci., ‘88 CERTIFICATIONS RME - classification under acoustical drywall to install demountable walls EXPERIENCE Office Mgr., State of Hawai‘i House of Representatives for Rep. Jane Tatibouet, ‘90-93; Mgr. of Marketing, Office Pavilion/ Contract Furnishers of Hawaii, Inc. ‘93-94; Operations Mgr., OP/CFH, ‘94-05; VP of Sales, OP/CFH, ‘05-06; Pres., VP of Sales, COO, OP/ CFH, ‘07-12; Pres. of Operations, OP/CFH, ‘12 CLUBS GCA, NAIOP, YPO-WPO ACCOMPLISHMENTS Office Pavilion was ranked 3rd out of 52 certified Herman Miller dealerships across the country for operations in ‘17. Recently renovated the showroom and changed the company logo after 32 years. Also became the new

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DIRTT dealer for demountable walls. CHARITABLE CAUSES Elks & Boy Scouts HOBBIES Watching college football with son at PSU now, swimming at Sandy Beach, scuba diving hopefully again, golfing if I can get away and travel FAMILY Wendy Shewalter, CEO for Office Pavilion/ Contract Furnishers of Hawaii, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Works in a family business with wife, Wendy, the CEO; sister-in-law, Leanne, Marketing Manager; two sons & nephew HB HONORS Top 250 Exec WENDY SHEWALTER Pres. & CEO, Contract Furnishers of Hawaii Inc. #183 EDUCATION Kalaheo HS; UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS Woman Owned Small Business BOARDS Shidler Family Business Center CLUBS YPO-WPO, Family

Business Center of Hawaii Vistage, Honolulu Sunrise Rotary, Organization of Women Leaders CHARITABLE CAUSES Ho‘ōla Nā Pua, River of Life HOBBIES Travel, photography, skiing, scuba, golf FAMILY Bruce Shewalter, Office Pavilion, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MICHAEL STOEBNER General Mgr. and Pres., Stoebner Holdings Inc. #82 BORN 1964 EDUCATION St. Louis HS; Chaminade, B.A. EXPERIENCE 42 years in the car business, from lot tech to GM CLUBS Boys and Girls

Club of Hawaii, Parents and Children Together (PACT), Aloha United Way, Ways to Work, Ho‘okua‘āina HOBBIES Boating and jet skis, spending time with my family. FAMILY Jennifer, 4 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec MORRIS STOEBNER CEO, Dir., Stoebner Holdings Inc. #82 BORN 1940; Eureka, SD EDUCATION Eureka HS; South Dakota State EXPERIENCE VP, minority stock holder, Mike Salta Pontiac (‘60-90) BOARDS Better Business Bureau CLUBS Oahu CC, Honolulu Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS American Honda Presidents Club, Time Magazine Dealer of the Year HOBBIES Golf FAMILY 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

STEPHEN N. UEDA Chair, Pres., CEO, Suisan Group Inc. #110 BORN 1968; Honolulu EDUCATION Roosevelt HS; UH Mānoa; MIT, UC Irvine EXPERIENCE Hired by Ford Motor Co. in ‘93 in plastics & trim division. Created a prototype lifetime air induction system. Relocated and provided technical and analytic support for Ford’s division in Dunton, Essex. Moved to Ford’s plant in Sandusky, Ohio, to help develop new designs, continuing to Ypslanti, Michigan, working on Ford’s first plastic engine intake manifold. Beginning in 2000, led accessory mfg. for Nissan at Altia Automotive Products. Moved to HI in ‘07 to take up the family business, working as a Distributor Sales Rep., Buyer, Retail Sales Mgr. and VP before assuming head of company in Jan. ‘17 as the eighth president of the

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115-year-old food distribution business. BOARDS Past Pres., Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Hawaii; Dir., The Food Basket; Dir., Junior Achievement of Hawai‘i Island CLUBS Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce; Hawaii Food Industry Assn. HOBBIES Spending time with my wife and son FAMILY Debi Ueda, 1 child NOTEWORTHY An Eagle Scout HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JORDAN VANNATTA Exec. Director, Operations, Y. Hata & Co., Limited #31 BORN 1981; Wahiawā EDUCATION Kamehameha

Schools; UH Mānoa, BBA; City U of Seattle, MBA CERTIFICATIONS SPHR, GPHR, SHRM-SCP, Six Sigma Green Belt EXPERIENCE 15+ years of people operations, organizational development, business systems, and leadership experience in the software development, energy & utility, federal contracting, distribution and foodservice industries. Joined Y. Hata & Co., Ltd. in 2015. FAMILY Nicole, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec JOJO WATUMULL VP, Watumull Brothers Ltd. #59 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou CLUBS Young Entrepreneurs Organization FAMILY 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

VIK WATUMULL VP, Watumull Brothers Ltd. #59 BORN 1958; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou ‘76; Univ. of Colorado, B.S. Marketing ‘80 BOARDS Hanahauoli School CLUBS Outrigger Canoe Club, Waialae CC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Founder of

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Hawaii HOBBIES Surfing, paddling, golf, tennis, skiing FAMILY Tanya Watumull, 4 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec EDWARD WAYNE Chair, Pres., Maui Clothing Co. Inc. #216

BORN Philadelphia EDUCATION St. Joseph’s Prep, ‘59; Univ. of Miami, B.A. economics ‘64 MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Air Force Reserve EXPERIENCE Pres., CEO, Maui Clothing Co., ‘82; Owner, Developer, Commercial Properties ‘91-current; Pres., CEO, Pacific Connection-Hawaii Inc. ‘74-82; Pres., CEO, Hawaii Marketing & Management Services Inc., ‘72-74; Pres., CEO, Red Noodle Ent., ‘72-74; Tour Dir., Grand Circle Travel BOARDS Maui Clothing Co. CLUBS Maui CC, Lahaina Yacht Club, Chaine Des Rotisseurs ACCOMPLISHMENTS SBA Entrepreneurial Award Winner; Maui County Retailer of Year CHARITABLE CAUSES Maui United Way HOBBIES Yoga, dancing, hiking, reading, travel, family FAMILY Motoko Tsuzuku-Wayne, MD Gynecology, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Founded company on Maui in ‘82 with 4 employees, grew it to 25 stores with 160 employees, with focus always on quality merchandise at affordable prices. During high school, a regular on TV show American Bandstand. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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KRISTEN WO VP, C. S. Wo & Sons, LLC #81 EDUCATION Punahou; Stanford; UCLA EXPERIENCE Wildfire, Google, Greenhouse Software, C. S. Wo & Sons HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

MICHAEL WO President, C. S. Wo & Sons, LLC #81 EDUCATION Punahou; UCLA; Northwestern U. Kellogg School of Management EXPERIENCE Kaiser Development Co., C. S. Wo & Sons BOARDS Oahu Publications Inc., REHAB Hospital HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

DANIEL E. ZETTLE Managing Director, ODP Business Solutions/ Hopaco/Premium Inc. #55 BORN 1962; East Palestine, Ohio EDUCATION East Palestine HS; Hiram College, business management, environmental science; Case Western Reserve, Executive Education Series; Florida Atlantic Univ., Advanced Leadership EXPERIENCE GM of NE OH Operations, ‘03-06; sales and operations in Cleveland market, ‘96-03, district sales mgr., Boise Cascade Office Products ‘94-96. Began in Charlotte, NC, and promoted to GM of Columbus, OH, Office America, ‘8894. BOARDS Exec. board, Aloha Council; BOD, Hopaco; Pres. BOD, First Tee of HI, VP HSJGA/ First Tee HI CLUBS Chamber of Commerce; Better Business Bureau; Hawaii Society of Business Professionals ACCOMPLISHMENTS Eagle Scout; Hawaii Top Executives ‘06-21 HOBBIES Golf, car racing, sports FAMILY 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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Kelly J. Ueoka Pacxa

Scott Watanabe Pacxa

Sam Gridley Intech Hawaii (aka Integration Technologies Inc.)

GEARY CHUN Exec. VP, Pacxa #138 EDUCATION Maui HS; Univ. of California Berkeley, B.A. in Computer Science; Univ. of California at Los Angeles, MBA EXPERIENCE As EVP, Geary Chun directs the Consulting Services group. His team works primarily with enterprise-level clients, leveraging industry-leading solutions to modernize and transform organizations at scale. Geary brings more than 25 years of technical consulting experience with extensive expertise in Oracle database systems. Geary has successfully led his unit through several large implementation projects with various State of Hawai‘i agencies and other organizations. Prior to joining Pacxa, Geary held management positions with Commercial Data Systems, Oracle Corp. and KPMG Peat Marwick. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

NIK DAUBERT Sr. VP of Operations, Pacxa #138 BORN 1979; Honolulu EDUCATION Kaua‘i HS; UH Mānoa, B.S. in Information Computer Science; UH Mānoa, MBA EXPERIENCE As SVP of Operations, Daubert works to optimize operational activities by streamlining cross-functional processes and aligning with strategic goals. Daubert has more than 18 years of experience in operations management, previously serving as VP of Deposit Operations at Hawaii National Bank. During his time there, he instituted and developed the bank’s ebanking department and went on to oversee all customer channels

Steve Lipscomb Gartner Inc.

Kevin Paul Hawaiian Telcom

and business units. CHARITABLE CAUSES Honolulu Habitat for Humanity HOBBIES Running, PC gaming, woodworking FAMILY Moani Daubert, Finance Administration, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SAM GRIDLEY Owner/Chairman, Intech Hawaii (aka Integration Technologies Inc.) #245 BORN 1965 EDUCATION Eastern Washington Univ. CERTIFICATIONS CMMC Registered Practitioner EXPERIENCE More than 30 years in the IT Industry; started Intech Hawaii in 1991 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Best Places to Work (9 years), Hawaii Business 250, Inc 5000, PBN Computer Consultants List CHARITABLE CAUSES Hawaii Food Bank, Hawaii Blood Bank HOBBIES Home renovations, ATV and bike riding, snow skiing FAMILY Kerry NOTEWORTHY A large percentage of our clients are DoD contractors, so we’re very focused on CMMC, NIST and DFARS compliance. HB HONORS BPTW Exec JARED GRUGETT Pres. & COO, HDT #219

1977; Salem, OR EDUCATION Central HS; Hawai‘i Pacific University EXPERIENCE Telecommunications, Internet Service Provider, e-commerce, clothing brand, apparel sourcing and development. In addition to his position with HDT, he is Chief Xperience Officer for Xiber LLC. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Hawaii Pacific University Young Alumni of the Year, BORN

Alika Randazzo Gartner Inc.

Su Shin Hawaiian Telcom

Pacific Business News 40 under 40, Pacific Edge Magazine Marketing Executive of the Year, Pacific Century Fellow HOBBIES Baseball, football, basketball, CrossFit, food, wine, whiskey FAMILY Sylvia Grugett, Medical device sales, 2 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec STEVE LIPSCOMB Sr. Account Exec. - Dept. of Defense, Gartner Inc. #224 BORN 1964; Baltimore, MD EDUCATION Northern HS; The Citadel; Air Force Institute of Technology (Logistics) Embry-Riddle MILITARY SERVICE Lt. Colonel, Pilot - U.S. Air Force (retired) EXPERIENCE First job was a paperboy!; worked as a kitchen helper and construction laborer; 20 years in the Air Force as first assignment instructor pilot (FAIP) and strategic airlift flying C-141s and C5s; Dell - Account Executive; Microsoft - Manager, Account Executive; currently with Gartner helping Dept. of Defense leaders in Hawaii and WestPac make better-informed information technology decisions BOARDS Vice Chair, Kuli‘ou‘ouKalani‘iki Neighborhood Board; Chair, Finance Committee, Hawai‘i Classical Academy (HCA); Chair, House District 19, Hawai‘i Republican Party (HRP); Membership Chair, FBI Honolulu Citizens Academy Alumni Association CLUBS FBI Honolulu Citizens Academy Alumni Association, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), The Order of Daedalians ACCOMPLISHMENTS Three Deployments, Bronze Star CHARITABLE CAUSES H AWA I I B U S I N ES S

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Leads HRP’s HD-19 Adopt-a-Stream, Adopta-Neighborhood, and Adopt-a-Storm Drain community service projects HOBBIES Hiking, camping, woodworking, logic puzzles of all sorts FAMILY Allison, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Active Security Clearance; Candidate, Lt. Gov. of Hawaii (2018); FBI Citizens Academy 2017; Cub and Boy Scout leader (2007-2017) in Calif., Germany and Hawai‘i; Co-Founder and first Scoutmaster of BSA Troop 777 in Honolulu (2012) HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KEVIN PAUL Sr. VP Business Services, Hawaiian Telcom, Hawaiian Telcom #8 EDUCATION Rutgers Univ. EXPERIENCE Mr. Paul has held leadership technology roles for more than 35 years. Prior to joining Hawaiian Telcom in 2011, he served as VP of Content Engineering & Development for Level 3 Communications (now Lumon) where he managed architecture, engineering, development, test and tier IV support of the company’s Content Delivery Network and Vyvx video broadcast network. He joined Level 3 as VP, Softswitch Engineering, Development and Deployment in 2000, and also served as VP of Network Integration. BOARDS Advisory Council for the College of Engineering at UH Mānoa; Board

ALIKA RANDAZZO Account Exec., Gartner Inc. #224 BORN 1980; Honolulu, HI EDUCATION Kamehameha Schools EXPERIENCE Alika Randazzo started

in technology sales as an Account Exec. for RICOH in 2008, providing managed print services, enterprise content management systems, document capture & routing solutions, managed IT services, and professional services. After a successful 13-year career at RICOH, he moved to Gartner in June 2021. He works with a team of Account Execs. in Hawaii supporting both private and public organizations on their most critical initiatives through best practices, peer-reviewed research and guidance from world-class experts. HOBBIES Basketball, body surfing FAMILY Pohai Randazzo, Full-time mother, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec SU SHIN Pres., GM, Hawaiian Telcom #8 EDUCATION McKinley HS; Univ. of La Verne EXPERIENCE First female president in Hawaiian

Telcom’s 139-year history, responsible for the leadership and management of the company’s

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operations and corporate staff. A strategist, consultant and implementer, previously served as chief of staff, providing strategic counsel to Hawaiian Telcom’s leadership team. Joined Hawaiian Telcom in August ‘13 and led corporate and marketing communications with a focus on enhancing the company’s reputation and employee engagement. Previously served as Sr. VP at Bennet Group, responsible for a PR team that provided strategic communications counsel to many of the state’s most prominent organizations. Holds extensive utility experience, having served as chief communications officer at the Honolulu Board of Water Supply. Began career as a broadcast journalist at KHNL-TV, Hawai‘i’s NBC affiliate. BOARDS Aloha United Way, McKinley High School Foundation, UH Mānoa Outreach College Advisory Council CLUBS Hawai‘i Business Roundtable, Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i’s Military Affairs Council, Hawai‘i Green Growth’s Sustainability Business Forum HB HONORS Top 250 Exec KELLY J. UEOKA President, Pacxa #138 BORN 1979; Līhu‘e EDUCATION Kaua‘i HS; Southern

Oregon Univ., B.S. in Computer Information Systems CERTIFICATIONS Microsoft Certified

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Solutions Expert EXPERIENCE As President, Kelly oversees Pacxa’s day-to-day operations and works to enhance the company’s core technology solutions and capabilities in collaboration with global partners to offer the most advanced platform of tools. He is also responsible for driving strategic growth and direction of business practices across federal, state and local government, and commercial organizations throughout Hawai‘i and beyond. Kelly is a Microsoft infrastructure solutions architect and a certified solutions expert in hybrid cloud. Kelly has over 20 years of technical consulting experience with extensive involvement in modernizing complex infrastructure and application environments, and developing advanced cybersecurity solutions. Prior to joining Pacxa, Kelly honed his skills at Commercial Data Systems, Hawaiian Electric Company, Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative and the County of Kaua‘i. BOARDS Parents And Children Together, Hawaii State Junior Golf Assn., Blood Bank of Hawaii CLUBS Young Presidents Organization ACCOMPLISHMENTS Implemented large scale IT infrastructure platforms for enterprise organizations based in Hawai‘i CHARITABLE CAUSES Building a sustainable and competitive workforce HOBBIES Golf, gaming, learning about emerging technology FAMILY Kelli Rakta-Ueoka,

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Information Technology Administrator, 1 child HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec SCOTT WATANABE Exec. VP, Pacxa #138 BORN Maui EDUCATION Maui HS; UH Mānoa, B.A.

in Economics; UH Mānoa, M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning EXPERIENCE Scott’s role as EVP encompasses the expansion of services for enterprise-level clients, including private and government customers. Specific services focus on leading technologies, such as Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, Adobe, Red Hat, Tenable and more. Prior to joining Pacxa, Scott served as VP of Partner Alliances for Commercial Data Systems. He has over 38 years of industry experience working for a variety of companies, including Wang Laboratories, Oracle Corp., Commercial Data Systems and the public sector. CHARITABLE CAUSES Links to Literacy, Ronald McDonald House HOBBIES Fishing, boating, golfing, woodworking, camping FAMILY 3 children HB HONORS BPTW Exec; Top 250 Exec

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Craig Anderson Prince Resorts Hawaii

Richard A. Davison Star of Honolulu Cruises & Events

Ryan Doi Prince Resorts Hawaii

Selina Eshleman Prince Resorts Hawaii

Hiroshi Lamansky Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd.

Kevin Lau Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd.

Liane Sugimoto Prince Resorts Hawaii

Alison “Bo” H. Tanaka Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd.

Richard E. Tanaka Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd.

Layne H. Wada Star of Honolulu Cruises & Events

Shigeki Yamane Prince Resorts Hawaii

Calvin Yamasaki Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd.

CRAIG ANDERSON VP Operations Mauna Kea Resort, Prince Resorts Hawaii #49 BORN 1959; Colorado EDUCATION Lincoln Sudbury

Regional HS; The Culinary Institute of America MILITARY SERVICE 4 years in the U.S. Navy, honorable discharge as an MS2 (Mess Management Specialist, Second Class Petty Officer) EXPERIENCE Craig Anderson is currently VP of operations at the Big Island’s Mauna Kea Resort, where he oversees day-to-day operations at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. He has 31 years of experience in the hospitality industry, most recently as the general manager of the Moana Surfrider, a Westin Resort & Spa in Waikiki. Before moving to Oahu, he spent 10 years as general manager of The Westin Maui Resort & Spa and three years as general manager of the Princeville Hotel on Kauai from 1999 to 2002. Before moving to Hawaii, he was director of operations for The Westin La Paloma Resort in Tucson, AZ, from 1997 to 1999. He has also served as director of operations and director of food and beverage with Interstate Hotels, The Zimmer Group and Four Seasons Hotels. Craig trained at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, where he graduated with Honors and began his hospitality career with Four Seasons Hotels. BOARDS Kohala Coast Resort Association, VP; Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Assn., Hawaii Island Chapter Chairperson, Board member; ClimbHI, Board member; Hawaii Employers Council, Board of Governors ACCOMPLISHMENTS Anderson steers MKR’s forest and coral reef 120

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regeneration efforts and other conservation activities. He is recommissioning MKR’s nursery to grow saplings for the property and reinvigorating a pre-pandemic plan to establish a coral reef demonstration area off the beach. He works with UH Hilo to conduct ongoing measurements of the ocean to avoid pollutants from entering the water. In 2017, Anderson commissioned a sustainable case study that created a baseline of information about MKR’s impact and recommended processes to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the goals of the Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan. As a result, much has been accomplished or in process, including on-property apiaries, protecting and nurturing the endangered Hawaiian Nene goose, replacing plastic water bottles with water flasks and coolers, active relationships with local farmers, fishers and ranchers, a 51% waste diversion rate, care of a portion of the historic Ala Kahalai National Historic Trail, replacing existing golf course turf to reduce fertilizer usage and water runoff, and multiple efforts to reduce their carbon footprint. He also takes very seriously his responsibility to help others grow their careers. CHARITABLE CAUSES The Nature Conservancy, Mahukona Restoration Project, Hawaii Legacy Reforestation Initiative, North Kohala Community Resource Center, Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation HOBBIES Travel, tennis, golf, cooking, music (piano, guitar), gardening FAMILY Doreen Trudeau, Realtor, 1 child NOTEWORTHY 2017 Finalist, PBN Leaders in Hospitality Management; 2018 20 for the Next 20; instrumental in the multi-million dol-

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lar renovations of The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort HB HONORS Top 250 Exec RICHARD A. DAVISON VP Operations, Star of Honolulu Cruises & Events #198 BORN 1964; Fairfield, CA EDUCATION Helena HS; Univ. of Montana EXPERIENCE Smith Maritime BOARDS Area Maritime Security Committee; Industry Advisory Board USCG; Passenger Vessel Assn. HOBBIES Skiing, dirt biking FAMILY Kylee, 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

RYAN DOI Corporate Dir. of Information Systems, Prince Resorts Hawaii #49 BORN 1966; Honolulu EDUCATION Pearl City HS; UH Mānoa, Fine Arts EXPERIENCE Previously a technology-based small business owner. Worked in hospitality for over 20 years in both inbound and outbound, leisure and group sales. Took over the Prince Waikiki IT Department in 2006 and has since managed to consolidate the operations of three Prince Resorts Hawaii properties and associated subsidiaries to streamline systems and eliminate redundancies. BOARDS Board VP for HLTA Hospitality IT Council CLUBS CIO Council of Hawaii; Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals; Leeward Community College Business and Industry Leadership Team; UH Shidler IT Management Assn.; Information and Computer Science’s Assn. of Computing Machinery organization

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS Currently manages multi-million dollar IT budget for three resort hotels, oversees coordinated IT teams over three properties and multiple subsidiaries. Fortunate to have led (survived) more than 7 complete Property Management Systems (PMS) conversions. Currently collaborating with UH to utilize federal grants to provide supplemental computer skills for Hawaii’s hospitality workforce. CHARITABLE CAUSES Hawaii Humane Society HOBBIES Golf, fishing, drawing/painting, experimenting in the kitchen FAMILY 3 children NOTEWORTHY Management recognition by peers award; Mentor with UH technology master’s program HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

Love’s Bakery, Accounting Supervisor; Eagle Distributors, Accounting Mgr.; Budget Rent a Car, Regional Accounting Mgr.; All About Travel, Controller; Wailea Golf Club, Controller BOARDS Wailuku Hongwanji Mission CHARITABLE CAUSES Hale Makua Heath Services HOBBIES Traveling FAMILY Beverly, County of Maui, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Enjoyed the opportunity to live and work in the Pacific Northwest for over 8 years. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

SELINA ESHLEMAN Corporate Dir. of HR, Prince Resorts Hawaii #49

RONALD D. HOWARD Pres., Star of Honolulu Cruises & Events #198

EDUCATION UH Mānoa CERTIFICATIONS SHRM-SCP EXPERIENCE Selina has more than ten years of pro-

BORN Cadillac, Mich. EDUCATION East Anchorage HS ‘72 EXPERIENCE VP, GM, Wind Jammer Cruises ‘79-81 CHARITABLE CAUSES Salvation Army HOBBIES Car collecting FAMILY Mutsumi, Paradise Cruise Ltd. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

fessional human resources and management experience working in a variety of industries and company sizes, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, both on the mainland and in Hawai‘i. BOARDS Society for Human Resource Management, Chair of Hawaii Membership Committee Retired HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

PAUL Y. HIRANAGA Controller, Wailea Golf LLC #192 BORN Wailuku EDUCATION Baldwin HS; UH Mānoa EXPERIENCE East West Center, Asst. Fiscal Officer;

TED KLASSEN Owner, Kona Coast Property Management LLC, dba Kona Coast Vacations #242 BORN 1958; Canada Univ. of Calgary MBA EXPERIENCE Kona Coast Vacations grew from a

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4-person company in 2011 to a team of over 30 in 2019. We rebounded from a state-mandated 9-month closure and now have a team of 28. Kona Coast Vacations manages condos, homes and estates along the Kona and Kohala Coasts of Hawai‘i. We assist people in finding their special vacation homes and accommodate all budgets and desires. We have been rated excellent by TripAdvisor and named one of the 50 fastest-growing small businesses in the state for seven years, in addition to making the Top 250 list. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec HIROSHI LAMANSKY Pres., Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd. #209 BORN 1983; Cleveland, TX EDUCATION The American School in Japan EXPERIENCE Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants: President, ‘20; VP, Operations, ‘13-19; General Manager, ‘09-12; Manager, ‘06-08; Busboy/Front Host/Cashier/Bartender/Server, ‘04-05. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

KEVIN LAU Corporate General Manager, Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd. #209 BORN Honolulu EDUCATION Lutheran HS EXPERIENCE Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants: Corporate General Manager, ‘21; General Manager, ‘19-21; Senior Manager, ‘19; Manager, ‘18-19 HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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ELLIOT K. MILLS Vice Chairman, Trustee, Kamehameha Schools #21 BORN 1970; Hilo EDUCATION St. Joseph School; UH Mānoa, BBA CERTIFICATIONS Cornell General Manager Program EXPERIENCE Elliot Kawaiho‘olana Mills is the VP of Hotel Operations for the Disneyland Resort and Aulani a Disney Resort and Spa. Mills was born in Hilo and is a graduate of Saint Joseph High School. He holds a degree in travel industry management from UH Mānoa and completed the Cornell Hospitality Management General Managers Program. He has worked in Hawai‘i’s travel industry for more than 25 years, holding executive and resort management positions on various islands with brands such as Marriott, Hyatt and Outrigger. Mills spends the majority of his spare time with his wife and their two children. BOARDS Kamehameha Schools; Hawai‘i Community Foundation; Hawai‘i Pacific Health; Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children; Hawaii Medical Services Assn.; Hawai‘i Visitor & Convention Bureau; California Hotel & Lodging Assn. FAMILY Ruth, Four Seasons Resorts Hawaii, 2 children HB HONORS 20 for the Next 20; Top 250 Exec

JOHN MORGAN Pres., CEO, Kualoa Ranch Hawaii Inc. #123 BORN 1956; Hawaii EDUCATION Punahou 1974 EXPERIENCE Started career at Kualoa Ranch in ‘71

as a part-time laborer. Became manager of the family-owned company in ‘81 when it employed 8 people. Started to diversify outdoor recreation at the ranch in ‘85; since then, Kualoa has grown to employ over 350 people. Its primary endeavors are cattle ranching, diversified agriculture, outdoor recreation, education and real estate. BOARDS Punahou School Board of Trustees; VP of Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council; board member of HEMIC, O‘ahu Cemetery, Bishop Museum, and Gay & Robinson Inc. CLUBS Young Presidents Organization ACCOMPLISHMENTS Over the years, John and Kualoa Ranch have been the recipients of numerous awards: Historic Hawaii Foundation’s Kama‘āina of the Year, Business Leader of the Year, 2015 Tourism Legacy Award, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Environmental Stewardship Award, 2022 Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association’s George Kanahele award. CHARITABLE CAUSES Kualoa Ranch Foundation HOBBIES Surfing, stand-up paddleboarding, hiking, mountain biking FAMILY Carri, Retired educator, 3 children, 7 grandchildren HB HONORS Top 250 Exec DONNA M. NAKAMURA Treas., Star of Honolulu Cruises & Events #198 BORN Waipahu EDUCATION Waipahu HS; UH EXPERIENCE Arthur Andersen & Co.; Hawaiian Electric Industries CHARITABLE CAUSES New Hope Oahu FAMILY 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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JACK E. RICHARDS President & CEO, Pleasant Holidays LLC #144 BORN 1953; Ohio Kent State Univ., BA, Political

Science; Univ. of Akron, MA, Intl. Relations

EXPERIENCE Sr. VP, Product Marketing and

Strategy, Expedia/Hotels.com, ‘03-07; Pres., CEO, America West Vacations/The Leisure Comp., ‘99-03; Pres., CEO, Adventure Tours USA Inc., ‘92-99 BOARDS BOD Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau, ‘08-14; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Leisure Travel Advisory Board, ‘10-15; America West Education Foundation, ‘01-03 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Jack received the 2015 Excellence in Leadership Award from TravelAge West. HOBBIES Golf FAMILY Tammy NOTEWORTHY Jack E. Richards has been President & CEO of Pleasant Holidays since 2007 and has spent his entire career in the travel industry. HB HONORS Top 250 Exec LIANE SUGIMOTO CFO, Prince Resorts Hawaii #49 BORN 1978; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou School;

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State of Hawai‘i EXPERIENCE After four years as a senior auditor with Deloitte, she entered the hospitality industry as the Dir. of Finance at Marriott’s Ko‘olina Beach Club. As CFO, her extensive experience in accounting, operations and financial management served well as she helped develop and implement an organization-wide purchasing system and sliding-fee scale process at the Kalihi-Palama Health Center. She transitioned the organization to a new accounting software system and 401(k) retirement plan. As CFO of Prince Resorts Hawaii, Liane now oversees the corporate accounting division encompassing three major resort hotels and resorts, along with multiple subsidiaries. BOARDS Board of Trustee, 501(c) Trust, Member of the Investment, Finance & Audit, HR Advisory, and Marketing Committees CLUBS American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants (HSCPA) ACCOMPLISHMENTS At Marriott, created a Finance & Accounting Management Training Manual that was adopted by Corporate MVCI and became a required development tool for all incoming and existing finance & accounting managers companywide FAMILY 1 child NOTEWORTHY Recipient of the 2007 CFO Award,

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which was the highest honor in Finance & Accounting, and recognizes the individual with a proven track record that has developed into a future leader of MVCI (Marriott Vacations Club International) HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

Violence Action Center HOBBIES Family, beach, surfski kayak, golf, art, wine, and adventures with my husband and Siberian Husky named Nami FAMILY Sean, 1 furry child (our dog) NOTEWORTHY Miss Hawaii USA 2012 HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

HOBBIES Golf, fishing, skeet/trap shooting FAMILY Hae Sook HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

MICHAEL TAKAYAMA Director, Senior VP, Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts, LP #26

RICHARD E. TANAKA Chair, CEO, Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd. #209

BORN 1960; Japan EDUCATION Waseda Univ. Tokyo EXPERIENCE Yamane, previously VP of planning

EDUCATION ‘Iolani School; Boston College CERTIFICATIONS Hawai‘i State Real Estate

BORN Montreal, Canada EDUCATION American School in Japan; Rippowam HS Port Credit Secondary; NYU; Univ. of Western Ontario CERTIFICATIONS Honors B.A. (U.S. M.A.) EXPERIENCE Paper boy, house boy, gas station attendant, dishwasher, cashier, busboy, server, cook, manual laborer, truck driver, tractor driver, founder of Daruma Enterprises, president of Tanabus Corp., restaurant management BOARDS Board of Governors, Chaminade Univ.; MVNP, Board of Advisors CLUBS Waialae CC; Pacific Club; Young Presidents’ Org./World Presidents’ Org.; Hawaii Asia Pacific Association (HAPA) ACCOMPLISHMENTS Great wife, great kids, great dogs, fat cat, and a loving happy family CHARITABLE CAUSES Various local charities HOBBIES Reading, golf, swimming, counting calories FAMILY Catherine, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Tokyu Karate Sho Dan, Tae Kwon Do 3rd Degree Black Belt, Hogan Entrepreneurial Program - Lifetime Achievement Award HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

Salesperson-Inactive; Japan Real Estate LicenseInactive EXPERIENCE Kyo-ya Management Co. Ltd., 2007-Present; Goldman Sachs Realty Japan, 2002-’07, Real Estate Asset Manager; Bank of Hawaii, 2000-’02 BOARDS Bishop Museum, Land Use Research Foundation, Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Assn., Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation CLUBS Honolulu CC, Waialae CC, Outrigger Canoe Club CHARITABLE CAUSES Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation, Bishop Museum FAMILY Rebeka Takayama, Attorney, Adams Krek LLP 3 children HB HONORS Top 250 Exec ALISON “BO” H. TANAKA VP, Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd. #209 BORN 1991; Honolulu EDUCATION Punahou; UH Mānoa; Chaminade Univ. CERTIFICATIONS B.A. ‘12,

MBA ‘15, Hogan Entrepreneurial Certificate

EXPERIENCE Stable hand, riding instructor, pub-

SHIGEKI YAMANE President, Prince Resorts Hawaii #49

at PRH for eight years, is a law graduate from the prestigious Waseda Univ. in Japan. In addition to his various management positions with Prince Hotels in Japan, including at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo and Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, he held hotel management positions in Canada and Singapore. Most notably, he led an elite delegation in charge of VVIP receptions at a Tokyo State Guesthouse hosting foreign government dignitaries for three years and was invited to act as an adviser for Tokyo 2020 Olympics Bid Committee in 2013. BOARDS Prince Resorts Hawaii, Chairman of the Board; Uplands at Mauna Kea Community Assn., At Large Director; Nippon Club, Board member CLUBS Nippon Club ACCOMPLISHMENTS Prince Resorts Hawaii named 2022 Hawai‘i Best Places to Work/Best Place to Work in Hawaiian Hospitality CHARITABLE CAUSES Japanese-America Society of Hawaii HOBBIES Golf FAMILY Mariko Yamane, Caregiver, 2 children NOTEWORTHY Instrumental in the multi-million dollar renovations of Prince Waikiki and The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

LAYNE H. WADA Mng. Dir., VP Finance, Star of Honolulu Cruises & Events #198

lished illustrator, magazine editor, retail worker, dishwasher, kitchen helper, busgirl, hostess, server, bartender, cashier, intern, bookkeeper, assistant mgr., manager, assistant GM, corp. GM, vice president BOARDS Chaminade Board of Regents - Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Committee; Hogan Advisory Board; Hawaii Restaurant Association CLUBS Young Presidents Organization Next Generation; Chamber of Commerce; HRA CHARITABLE CAUSES Domestic

CALVIN YAMASAKI CFO & VP Administration, Tanaka of Tokyo Restaurants Ltd. #209

BORN 1963; Captain Cook EDUCATION Konawaena HS; Univ. of Denver, BSBA; Univ. of Denver, MACC EXPERIENCE Arthur Andersen & Co.; Nikken Corp. BOARDS The Bay Club Ownership Resort Inc.; Ronald D. Howard, Inc. CLUBS Waialae CC, Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Society of Certified Public Accountants

BORN 1946; Līhu‘e EDUCATION Kaua‘i HS; Honolulu Business College MILITARY SERVICE U.S. Army EXPERIENCE Day-to-day management of office operations CHARITABLE CAUSES Cancer HOBBIES Fishing & golf FAMILY Kay, Retired, 1 child HB HONORS Top 250 Exec

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