Omidyar Fellows cohort for 2015 includes Hawaii CEOs, executives By Janis L. Magin – Real Estate Editor, Pacific Business News Aug 25, 2015, 11:36pm EDT The CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, the head of Bishop Museum, and a top executive at American Savings Bank are among the 15 Hawaii business and nonprofit leaders chosen for the fourth cohort of the Omidyar Fellows program created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. They’ll take part on a 15-month leadership development program starting in October. Several members of the latest cohort are also past members of PBN’s Forty Under 40 program, including Scott Higashi and William “Billy” Pieper, who was the 2009 Bank of Hawaii Young Community Leader of the Year. The Omidyar Fellows for 2015-16 are:
Vince Baldemor, executive athletics director, Hawaii Pacific University; Blair Collis, president and CEO, Bishop Museum; Catherine Awakuni Colon, director of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Pualani Enos, executive director, Hui Malama Learning Center; Scott Higashi, executive vice president, Locations LLC; Pamela Joe, partner, RevoluSun, president, RevoluSun Solar Corp. Inc.; Jack Kittinger, director, Conservation International’s Hawaii program, Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans; Robert Lietzke, principal, Booz Allen Hamilton; Dawn Lippert, director, Energy Excelerator; Sherry Menor-McNamara, president and CEO, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; David Oyadomari, executive vice president, Bank of Hawaii; William Pieper, vice president, Barclaycard US; Joshua Stanbro, program director for environment and sustainability, Hawaii Community Foundation; Jennifer Walker, vice president of legal and business development, Hawaii Medical Service Association; Beth Whitehead, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, American Savings Bank.