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Right Eminent Department Commander Asia Pacific Department
from April 2022 Edition
Meet Our Department Commanders
Sir Knight Dustin Verity
Right Eminent Department Commander Asia Pacific Department
Dustin Verity was born on July 26, 1972, in Kalispell, Montana. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with Graduate Certificates in Data Analysis and Entrepreneurship from MIT and Babson College, respectively. He serves as the managing partner of Verity CPAs, a top fifteen certified public accounting firm in Hawaii that he founded in 2012.
Dustin began his Masonic journey in 2005 and has served as worshipful master of Ko’olau Lodge F. & A. M. three times, high priest of Kalakaua Chapter 2 of Royal Arch Masons, thrice illustrious master of Kalakaua Council 2 of Cryptic Masons, and commander of Kalakaua Commandery 2 of Knights Templar. He then went on to serve as grand high priest, grand illustrious master, and grand commander of Hawaii. He has also served as the governor of Hawaii York Rite Sovereign College 164 and currently serves as the prior of Honolulu, Knights of the York Cross of Honour; chief adept IX° of the Hawaii College SRICF; treasurer of Shriners’ Hospital – Honolulu; and senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Hawaii.
He is also a Scottish Rite 32° Knight Commander Court of Honour, and a member of the Red Cross of Constantine, National Sojourners, and Heroes of ‘76.
Dustin served honorably in the United States Marine Corps for eight years from 1990 to 1998, serving in such units as the 3rd Surveillance Reconnaissance Intelligence Group in Okinawa, Japan and MCAS El Toro in Orange County California.
He is a recreational triathlete and homebrewer and enjoys ocean swims, long bike rides, and scuba diving.
Dustin is married to his lovely wife, Alice, with whom he shares two sons, Kane and Josiah, who have graduated and who are looking forward to moving out of the house.
Dustin was installed as the department commander for the Asia Pacific Department during the 68th Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America on August 18, 2021.
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Your Foundation now has a full web site dedicated to Planned Giving which you can access from our web site, shown at the bottom of this page. So if you’re thinking of ways to make a lasting legacy for yourself please check out the tab on the home page that says “Planned Giving”. Leaving your mark on the future is so simple with a gift in your will. To leave a gift in your Will or Trust it is as easy as asking your attorney to include a sentence that says:
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