BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Society is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders. Directors are elected by the membership for a three-year term. Initial terms can range from 1-3 years depending on which class the Director is placed in. The Directors are further divided into three “classes” so that one-third of the Board comes up each year for reelection, which allows for continuity.
Officers are elected by the Board of Directors and serve for a one-year term that coincides with the Society’s fiscal year that runs from January 1st to December 31st. Positions include the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
Chair
Mr. Alexander Jampel
Attorney at Law
Jampel Law Firm LLLC
Vice Chair
Mr. Peter Dames
Executive Vice President
Servco Pacific, Inc.
Treasurer
Mr. Douglas Goto
President
The Pacific Bridge Companies
DIRECTORS
Mr. Shigeto Aoki
Senior Vice President
Halekulani Corporation
Mr. Stanford Carr
President
Stanford Carr Development LLC
Mr. Gerard Gibson
Vice President & Managing Director
Turtle Bay Resort
Mr. Robert Ichikawa
Managing Partner
Kobayashi, Sugita & Goda LLP
Ms. Denise Konan
Dean
College of Social Sciences - University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mrs. Kazuko Love
Chair
Tomodachi Committee
Mr. Lawrence Okinaga
Partner
Carlsmith Ball LLP
Ms. Barbara Tanabe
President & Owner
Hoakea Communications LLC
Ms. Sharon Weiner
Former Senior Advisor
DFS Group LP
Mr. David Asanuma
Retired Director, Community Relations
JTB Hawaii
Mr. Daniel Dinell
President
Trees for Honolulu's Future
Ms. Ann Hartman
Dean, Education Program
East-West Center
Ms. Atsuko Igarashi
Past Chair
Tomodachi Committee
Mr. Tetsuya Kubo
President & CEO
JTB Hawaii Inc.
Mr. Toshiya Matsumoto
Vice President, International Banking Division
Bank of Hawaii
Mr. John Rankin
Real Estate Advisor
Cushman & Wakefield ChaneyBrooks
Mrs. Ina Tateuchi
President
Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation
Mr. Alex Yee
Principal
KKDLY LLC
Ms. Sachi Braden
President & Principal Broker
Sachi Hawaii Pacific Century Properties LLC
Ms. Betty Brow
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch
Mr. Dennis Francis
President & Publisher
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Lt. Gen. Emerson Gardner
President
Emerson Gardner LLC
Mr. Tyler Hiranaka
Owner
Le Jardin Royaux
Mr. Shigeo Hone
Senior Vice President, Japan Business Development
First Hawaiian Bank
Ms. Karen Knudsen
Former Director, Office of External Affairs
East-West Center
Mr. Hiroshi Kuroda
Vice President & Regional Manager
Japan Airlines
Mr. Go Kobayashi
Founder
Go Law Office
Mr. Akemi Kurokawa
Director
The Breakers at Waikiki
Mr. Sal Miwa
President
Miwa Associates, LLC
Mr. Owen Ogawa
President
Nippon Golden Network Inc.
Ms. Jean Rolles
Chair
Youth Education Committee
Mr. Steve Sombrero
President
Cushman & Wakefield ChaneyBrooks
Mr. Hikaru Utsugi
SVP, General Manager, International Banking
Central Pacific Bank
Mr. David Watanabe
Senior Director of Sales - International
Hilton Grand Vacations
Mr. Makoto Yoda
President & CEO
First Insurance Company of Hawaii Ltd.
Mr. Kozo Yoshida
Sales Executive, US Sales
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.