Cynthia Wessendorf is a writer and editor with decades of experience in the book publishing industry. Since moving to Honolulu from New York in 2001, she has freelanced for the East-West Center, Punahou School, HONOLULU Magazine, Iolani Palace, Amacom Books, University of Rochester Press, Habitat for Humanity, and many others.
Gen Z is flocking to trade careers in Hawai‘i, earning six-figure salaries while avoiding student debt. With only 43% of four-year college graduates finding jobs requiring degrees, the state's young workers are taking a more practical path to financial success.
Hawai‘i companies and nonprofits reported revenue gains in 2024 – a stable year before tariffs and federal funding cuts created a more volatile economic situation
Many Hawaiʻi workplaces are rigid, unwelcoming or downright awful for women and caregivers. Four companies show a better way.
Two years after the fire, its core historic and commercial center is still in ruins. But residents are rebuilding their businesses, homes and lives around the edges of town.
Six essays from U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, Randy Soriano, Peter Tui Silva, Walter Kinoshita, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson, and Camaron Miyamoto on countering attacks on LGBTQ+ rights.
Here’s how three Title I schools are making improvements, including expanded assessments, tutoring, and after-school and summer learning.
90 Companies and Nonprofits Where Employees Thrive.
This associate professor of economics is a data guru who’s busting myths and pinpointing the real culprits driving Hawai‘i’s housing costs.
This senior VP of planning and development is helping to transform 60 acres of prime real estate in Kaka‘ako, including 1,200 below-market condos.
25 years of honoring outstanding local startups and innovation.
As head of the firm’s finance, real estate and corporate department, Love brings vast knowledge of every aspect of real estate, “from the dirt on up.”
The founder and CEO of a new policy-focused consulting venture helped push forward major legislative wins in affordable housing.
Profiles of business and nonprofit leaders in every sector, from construction and energy to education and health care.
Some of the state’s biggest companies are working to turn a cover crop into renewable fuel for utilities, vehicles and passenger planes.
107 organizations donated more than $300 million to help Hawai‘i’s nonprofits, with a significant portion going to support Maui’s recovery.
Rules and policies can leave parents broke and jobless, or push them back to work long before they or their infants are ready. Can the system be fixed?
The No. 1 company earned $297 million in profit last year; the last-place company lost almost as much.
The 41st annual ranking of the state’s largest companies and nonprofits shows revenue was up, but the Lahaina catastrophe was widely felt – especially among small and medium businesses with Maui operations.
Here’s what managers and Gen Zers say about generational stereotypes, and how to help young employees succeed.
Find out who led the way in 14 categories, and how two organizations attract and keep employees despite serious challenges.
Hawai‘i organizations were awarded $42.6 million in federal funds to expand the urban tree canopy. Some neighborhoods need it more than others.
The coop’s co-founder and general manager is working to revitalize breadfruit as a staple crop and a regular item on Hawai‘i’s tables.
With a new kī-based spirit preparing to hit the global market, this co-founder and president draws on her Moloka‘i roots to keep the company grounded.
The most comprehensive Black Book in more than a decade profiles many of the state’s leading business and nonprofit leaders.
These four Most Charitable Companies 2023 honorees mobilized with emergency supplies, health clinics and an unusual recovery mission.
Eighty organizations donated nearly $241 million and 73,768 volunteer hours to help Hawai‘i’s nonprofits.
But the new Kapālama Container Terminal is the first step in an ambitious plan to create a more resilient port and cope with a rising ocean.
Matson tops the list for a second year in a row, with more than $1 billion in net profit last year.
Invasive grasses that burn hot and fast now cover a quarter of Hawai‘i’s land. As rain-drought cycles intensify their fuel loads and more fires ignite, experts fight back with new vigor and old tools.
The 40th annual ranking of the state’s largest companies and nonprofits shows revenue gains in nearly every sector of the economy in 2022, especially energy and tourism.
Hawai‘i’s young people are struggling with mental health issues. Nearly half of high school girls and 60% of LGBTQ+ students experience depression. And help can be hard to find.
Mathieu Williams, assistant principal and a 20 for the Next 20 honoree, walks us through his day in words and photos.
These 76 companies and nonprofits score an average of 90% on employee engagement. The national average is just 32%.
These Best Places to Work in Hawai‘i prioritize well-being, and they offer employee programs that prove it.
This digital media teacher and assistant principal helps bring out the best in his students and connects them to the world beyond the classroom.
The managing director of Hawai‘i programs and communications is “a new breed of philanthropic leader” who deploys resources where they’re needed most.
The VP of corporate and community advancement and president of HEI’s charitable arm awards millions of dollars to nonprofits each year.
The law firm’s partner has a passion for helping people with serious mental health challenges get long-term treatment.
Awarded to the individual or team that has gone above expectations with their company, and is a clear example to other entrepreneurs.
This “who’s who” tells you about their jobs, the boards they serve on and causes supported, their proudest accomplishments, and more.
