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WORKSHOP SPEAKERS & MODERATORS:NEGOTIATIONSusan EichorSusan Eichor is president and COO of the aio Group, a diversified, Hawaii-based holding company. The portfolio includes companies in print media, publishing, radio, web, food, and turf management. Significant brands include ESPN 1420 AM, Honolulu Magazine, Hawaii Business Magazine, Hawaii Home+Remodeling, Hawai’i Magazine, and Watermark Publishing. From 1984 to her retirement in 2003, Eichor was part of the management team at Verizon Hawaii. She oversaw the company’s $100 million annual capital investment program and directed the statewide planning, engineering, project management and construction of the telecommunications network. She also directed the 400 employees of Verizon’s customer operations staff, overseeing installation and maintenance services statewide. She currently consults with telecommunications companies in the Pacific as well as other companies developing their telecommunication strategies. Eichor currently serves on the boards of GTA Teleguam, PBS Hawaii, the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii and the McKinley High School Foundation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Hawaii. Kaleialoha K. Cadinha-Pua`a  Kalei Cadinha-Pua`a is the president and COO of Cadinha & Co., LLC. In addition to her duties of managing the firm, she is a portfolio manager and a member of the Investment Committee at Cadinha & Co., LLC. Her research encompasses fixed-income fundamentals, as well as several sectors of the equity markets including consumer discretionary and staples. Cadinha-Pua’a also oversees the firm’s client services efforts and helps lead the firm’s Institutional Services Division. Prior to re-joining the firm in 2007, Ms. Cadinha-Pua`a partnered with Neil Rose to start their own RIA firm called Cadinha-Pua`a & Rose, LLC which was merged with Cadinha & Co. in December of 2006. Ms. Cadinha-Pua`a is actively involved in the community and serves as the treasurer and finance committee chair for the Holy Nativity School Board and also serves as the treasurer and co-chair of the Finance Committee for the YWCA of Oahu. She is a director of Extreme Fitness Club, where she promotes healthy lifestyles for families in Hawaii. She consults with the government of American Samoa on workforce training initiatives and prepares grants for funding in key development areas.Lisa Sellers  Lisa Sellers, a national strategist on issues related to women in business, is an independent consultant who advises organizations nationally. Ms. Sellers has spent the previous ten years working at Deloitte LLP as a senior manager in the Strategy and Operations practice, as well as the Talent organization. Most recently, she was a senior manager for Deloitte’s National Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women where she stewarded thought leadership and eminence projects, seeking to advance women through leadership development, succession planning, work/life programs and related innovations. Ms. Sellers earned her MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and a BS degree from University of Southern California.Linda Rosehill  Ms. Rosehill began Rosehill & Associates, a consulting firm, in 1993 specializing in government and community and public affairs in Hawaii. She was the Deputy Director of the State of Hawaii Department of Planning & Economic Development in 1984-1986. Notably she served as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention for several years and was the National Committee Woman in 1993-1996. Ms. Rosehill has also served on several governmental boards and commissions including The Kennedy Center, President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts and State of Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission. Ms. Rosehill received a J.D. from the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law and was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar in 1983. She also received a B.S. with Honors, Human Development, University of Hawaii at Manoa.COMMUNITY BUILDINGGwen Pacarro  Gwen Pacarro is a Senior Vice President and Hawaii Complex Manager for Morgan Stanley. Prior to this position, Ms. Pacarro was a successful Financial Advisor for 23 years, earning the title of Best Female Financial Advisor in the State according to Hawaii Business magazine, and named by Barron's as one of the Top 100 Female Advisors in the Country. Ms. Pacarro is active in the community as a Board Member of the Women's Fund of Hawaii, The Hawaii Business Roundtable, and former Board member of the Pacific Club, The Children's Alliance, and Na Pa'ani O Punahou. In May, Pacarro was honored by the YWCA as one of the foremost female leaders in the community at their Annual Leader Luncheon.Louise K. Y. Ing  Louise K. Y. Ing is a founding partner at Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, practicing business, real estate and employment litigation and dispute resolution. Ms. Ing is a currently a director of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and has served previously as vice-chair of the Labor & Employment Section, and on the nominating committees for the Hawai`i Supreme Court and HSBA. Ms. Ing has served on a variety of for profit and non-profit boards, including American Savings Bank, Island Holdings, Hawaii Medical Services Association, University of Hawaii Foundation, and Sutter Health Pacific. She has been named to the list of Best Lawyers in America as well as Leading Lawyers in Commercial Litigation in Hawai`i. Ms. Ing has been honored with the 2008 Hawaii Women Lawyers President’s Award, the 2004 YWCA of Oahu Leader luncheon Honoree, the Planned Parenthood of Hawaii's Bette Takahashi Award for Outstanding Community Service in 2001, and received the HSBA outstanding community service award in 1993.Colleen I. Wong Colleen I. Wong is Vice President of Legal Services for Kamehameha Schools, serving as its chief legal advisor since 2000. She led the Schools’ legal team in Doe vs. Kamehameha Schools, which upheld the Schools’ admissions preference for Native Hawaiians. She served as Acting CEO of Kamehameha Schools from May 2003 for approximately 9 months. Ms. Wong served in leadership positions in the Corporate Counsel, Labor and Employment and Real Property and Financial Services Sections of the Hawai`i State Bar Association and received a Woman of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts in 2005 and Outstanding Woman Lawyer of the Year Award in 2006 from the Hawai`i Women Lawyers. Ms. Wong actively volunteers her time with many charitable organizations, including the Hawai`i Women’s Legal Foundation, The Junior League of Honolulu, The Kahiau Foundation, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Planned Parenthood of Hawaii and the Native Hawaiian Bar Association. LEADERSHIPCheryl L. Ka`uhane Lupenui  Cheryl L. Ka`uhane Lupenui is President and Chief Executive Officer for the YWCA of O’ahu responsible for leading the organization to operate successfully as a social enterprise with the vision of becoming a world-class, world changing leadership center of Hawaii. Ms. Lupenui currently serves on the National Board of the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW) and the Organization of Women Leaders (OWL) and is a member of the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s Hawaiian Cultural Program Advisory Committee, Aloha United Way Community Building Committee, PBS Advisory Committee, and the Hogan Entrepreneurs Program at Chaminade University. She is also a national fellow of the Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute and the Pacific Century Fellows Program. She was honored by Hawaii Business magazine as one of “25 People Who Will Shape the Next 25 years”, by the SBA as the 2002 Women in Business Advocate for the State of Hawaii, by Hawaii Women’s Business Center as one of Hawaii’s Outstanding Women Leaders 2006, and by Pacific Business News as a 2002 Forty Under 40 award recipient.Wendy Nakamura  Wendy Nakamura is a Leadership Development Coach and Consultant and is the founder of FORESIGHT Leadership Development, LLC. Ms. Nakamura partners with clients to help them assess and develop their leaders to ensure that they are prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future. She provides leadership coaching to emerging leaders and also helps organizations implement effective succession management systems. Ms. Nakamura’s clients include healthcare, high-tech and engineering, hospitality, insurance and financial services, and manufacturing companies; as well as with education and non-profit organizations. Ms. Nakamura’s unique perspective blends island and mainland culture and practices. Ms. Nakamura is active in professional organizations including the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association, Organizational Development Network, Society for Human Resources Management, and American Society for Training and Development. Ms. Nakamura serves the community through the Young Business Council, United Way, Hawaii Nature Center, and Make a Wish Foundation.ENTREPRENEURSHIPMelissa Teves Pavlicek (moderator)  Melissa Teves Pavlicek serves as the president and co-owner of Hawaii Public Policy Advocates, LLC, a government relations consulting company. She is also the executive director of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Hawaii Chapter, which has more than 1,200 members in Hawaii and is affiliated with an international organization with more than 350,000 HR professional members. Ms. Pavlicek has extensive non-profit management experience and serves as the state director for the National Federation of Independent Business. She is an attorney and graduated from the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (J.D.); University of Hawaii (B.A.) and Baldwin High School in Maui. She is currently the chair of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation and a member of the board of directors of the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and Olelo Community Television.Bev Gannon  Bev Gannon is the State of Hawaii’s Small Business Person of the Year 2008. As Executive Chef of Hawaiian Airlines and Chef/Owner of Hali`imaile General Store in Upcountry Maui and Joe’s in Wailea, and owner of Celebrations Catering, the longest running catering company on Maui founded 1985, Ms. Gannon is perhaps best known to foodies as one of the 12 original founders of the Hawaii Regional Cuisine movement which took local food to new heights in the 1990s. Ms. Gannon creates stylish, down-home menus bursting with island-fresh ingredients and flavors that define her particular style and personality. “Her food is as fun as she is,” say many of her customers. A testament to her success, Hali`imaile General Store celebrates 20 years in October 2008.Gina Mangieri  Gina Mangieri is currently the business reporter for KHON2 News. Ms. Mangieri is also the owner and founder of The Cole Academy childcare and preschool, with locations in downtown Honolulu, West Oahu and East Oahu, and additional locations opening soon.Ms. Mangieri has an MBA from the University of Hawaii, and bachelor's and master's degrees in Journalism from Northwestern University. Ms. Mangieri worked in print and broadcast journalism since the early 1990s in New York, Chicago, London, Washington, D.C. and the West Coast before coming to Honolulu. Previously, Ms. Mangieri was editor of Pacific Business News for five years, where she created the concept for PBN’s “Forty under 40” awards. In 2001 Ms. Mangieri was honored as the SBA’s Small Business Journalist of the Year for the Western region of the U.S. Lynette Jee  Lynette Jee is the founder and owner of The Pacific Place tea company in Honolulu. In 1995, after leaving her career as a civil rights attorney, Lynette started her company and discovered she had a passion for tea blending. The Pacific Place is now considered the premier fine tea and coffee company in Honolulu with an upscale Tea Garden cafe at Ala Moana Center.
RECRUIT, REWARD, RETAINDoreen L. Griffith, CPA  Doreen Griffith is the Hawaii office managing partner and a tax partner at Grant Thornton. Ms. Griffith serves as the tax advisor to not-for-profit organizations, closely held corporations in the services, real estate, construction, hospitality and air tourism industries, and high net worth individuals. Grant Thornton has been named as Hawaii’s #1 Best Place to Work among medium sized companies for the past two years in a row by Hawaii Business magazine. Ms. Griffith is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Hawaii Society of CPAs, Hawaii State Board of Public Accountancy, a 2006 Pacific Century Fellow, a board member and finance committee member of the YWCA of Oahu, board member and finance committee member of Ronald McDonald House Charities and a member of the finance committee for Halawa Heights Baptist Church.Sherri Okinaga  Sherri Okinaga is the co-founder and principal of Insight Consulting & Training, an organizational development company that offers solutions to attain peak performance. The firm focuses on three distinct yet interrelated tracks which include strategic assessment and planning, talent management and generational differences. Since 2004, Ms. Okinaga has worked with clients to strategize and implement creative approaches to recruit, develop and retain a high performance workforce. Prior to forming Insight Consulting and Training, Ms. Okinaga was Director of Alumni Relations for Iolani School, and had served as an International Product Manager for AT&T Wireless, where she led global marketing and product development teams to deliver value-added solutions to worldwide customers. Ms. Okinaga is a 2003 Pacific Century Fellow and engaged in volunteer work for several charitable organizations in Hawaii.Debbie Padello  With more than a decade of management and HR experience, Debbie Padello is Director of Human Resources and Client Services for ALTRES HR. Ms. Padello oversees the delivery of comprehensive human resource support services to more than 400 Hawai`i businesses representing more than 4,000 worksite employees. A graduate of the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Ms. Padello earned her MBA from Chaminade University. She is a certified advanced HR generalist, a certified investigator, and a trained mediator. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) as well as SHRM Hawaii. | ||||||
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