STRATEGIES
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
ELECTIONS & ACCOLADES
kama, food and beverage manager
Owner Mark Tawara was named a
Fellow of the Society for Marketing
Professional Services.
at HMS Host, membership chair;
and Kyle Okamura, event coordinator for the chamber, who will be
the Young Professionals’ liaison to
the chamber.
The Queen’s Medical Center
Bank of Hawaii
Marketability LLC
Shane Morita, a surgical oncologist, received an American Association for Cancer Research faculty
scholar award. His research focuses
on the biology of thyroid cancer in
certain ethnic groups.
Chamber of
Commerce of Hawaii
David C. Chang, chairman and
CEO of Chang Holding Co., will
chair the steering committee for
the chamber’s Young Professionals Program. Other officers for
2011-2012 are Noelle Condon, CEO
of Consumer Service Analysis,
vice chair; Dennis Ducatt, financial
adviser for Mutual of Omaha,
communications chair; Jennifer
Hee, executive director of The
Arthritis Foundation - Hawaii
branch, events chair; Vaughn Ho-
Top loan officers for August: Wil
Chang and Brenda Mitchell, Kahala;
Pom Luxton, downtown; and John
Moss, Kapolei.
Re/Max Honolulu
Top agents for August: Adrienne
Lally, Nancee Jenko Crispin and Attilio Leonardi, top producers; Team
Lally, top listing team; and Vincent
Daubenspeck, top listor. Crispin
CORPOR ATE CITIZENSHIP
The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation
The foundation awarded PBS Hawaii
a $5 million grant to help the public
television station build a new home
on Sand Island. PBS Hawaii has secured $17 million toward its capital
campaign goal of $30 million.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
The health-care provider donated
a total of $122,116 to six local organizations: Peoples Advocacy Trails
Hawaii ($42,116), Hawaii COPD Coalition
($25,000), Honolulu Theater for Youth
($20,000), Kanu Hawaii ($15,000), Kahikolu Ohana Hale ‘O Waianae ($10,000),
and North Kohala Community Resources Center ($10,000).
Monsanto Co.
The company donated $500,000 to
the University of Hawaii Manoa Col-
First Hawaiian Bank Foundation
The foundation awarded Hospice
of Hilo a $100,000 grant to support
lege of Tropical Agriculture and Human
Resources to establish the Monsanto
Research Fellows Fund. The money will
the construction of a new in-patient
facility.
help graduate students study plant
science and protection.
Bank of Hawaii Foundation
AlohaCare
Century 21 Liberty Homes
The nonprofit insurance company
donated $20,000 to the Kapiolani Children’s Miracle Network.
Hawaii Theatre Center received
$50,000 from the foundation to help underwrite the student matinee series,
which brings more than 7,500 students
to the theater annually.
American Savings Bank
AdWalls
The bank donated $30,000 to the Hawaii HomeOwnership Center to support
financial education and counseling for
first-time home buyers and for its foreclosure-prevention counseling program.
The billboard advertising company
provided in-kind advertising valued
at $6,890 to Big Brothers Big Sisters to
publicize the need for donated clothing and household goods on Oahu.
Top agents for July: Leona Soto,
top listing associate; and Celeste
Cheeseman, top sales associate.
Mary Worrall Associates Sothebys International Realty
Top producer for August: Ashley
N. Saculla.
Hawaiian Airlines
advertising and promotions manager.
Kevin Yim has been
Yim
named director - advertising and promotions.
He has worked at Bank
of Hawaii for the past 14
years, most recently as
vice president - brand,
Training Hawaii & Guam. She had
been director of marketing at Arcadia
Community Services.
I’MProving LLC
Kaeo
Jan Kaeo is president
and co-owner of the
company that does business as Dale Carnegie
State Farm Insurance
Ryan Miyashita has joined the company as an agent. He previously was a
claims adjuster for First Insurance Co.
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led a sales team at Neuro Brands.
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