Movers & Makers

Cary T. Tanaka

Island Insurance Companies, the state’s only locally-owned property and casualty insurer, is pleased to announce that The Law Offices of Cary T. Tanaka has joined Island Insurance as its newly created Staff Counsel.   Tanaka, now Island Insurance Vice President…

Kendra Okihiro

eXp Realty is excited to welcome Kendra Okihiro to its company as a residential Real Estate Agent and Team Leader. Previously a Partner at a large local brokerage, a consistent Top 100 Realtor in Hawaii with over $150M in residential…

Erika Earle Mori

Swinerton is pleased to announce the promotion of Erika Mori to Director of Preconstruction and Estimating. Erika has been with Swinerton since 2014 in a variety of roles ranging from Senior Project Engineer, Estimator, Project Manager and Preconstruction Manager. Erika’s…

Ester Do, MT (ASCP), CQIA (ASQ), MA

Ester Do started with DLS in 1993 working at Queen’s Medical Center – Punchbowl. She has served in various leadership positions at Diagnostic Laboratory Services (DLS), most recently as director of Core and Hospital Laboratories, manager of QMC West Oahu,…

Garan Ito, MT (ASCP), MBA

Garan Ito has worked at The Queen’s Medical Center – Punchbowl and DLS for over 25 years serving in several positions including medical technologist, pathology assistant, manager, director and vice president of Technical Operations. He obtained a Bachelor of Science…

Tiffany Tabbal

Manageability LLC, a management, marketing, and technology consulting firm specializing in the built environment, announces that Tiffany Tabbal has been appointed principal and co-owner of Manageability LLC.   Tabbal joined Manageability in 2019 as a marketing and administrative manager and…

Michelle Kim Stone

Michelle Kim Stone has two decades of senior leadership experience, providing some of Hawaii’s largest companies with legal guidance in the areas of banking, corporate, employment, construction and real estate law.   During her most recent role as corporate counsel…

Gene Yong

HHF is proud to announce the promotion of Gene Yong, AICP to Senior Associate. Over Gene’s 30-year planning career, he has built and maintained a wide network of relationships with industry colleagues, institutional clients, and the local planning community in…

Tomoko Naka

HHF Planners is proud to announce the promotion of Tomoko Naka, Landscape Architect, ASLA, LEED Green Associate to Senior Associate. Tomoko has 18 years of design experience. Her exceptional landscape designs and project management ability have helped establish HHF’s reputation…

Jerilyn Hanohano

HHF Planners is proud to announce the promotion of Jerilyn Hanohano, AICP to Senior Associate. Jerilyn has 17 years of planning and design experience and has spent the past 8 years at HHF. Strengthened by her architectural background, she is…

Oliver Gaskell

HHF Planners is proud to announce the promotion of Oliver Gaskell, AICP Candidate to Senior Planner. Oliver Gaskell joined HHF in the fall of 2020 and hit the ground running on Complete Streets projects on O‘ahu and on Maui. He…

Michael Lim

HHF Planners is proud to announce the promotion of Michael Lim to Senior Planner. Michael is an adept planner technician with 12 years of experience supporting a range of projects from master plans and entitlements to environmental review documents, GIS…

Stephanie Tatakoth

HHF Planners is proud to announce the promotion of Stephanie Tatakoth to Senior Associate. Stephanie has 16 years of accounting experience and has served as HHF’s accounting manager for the past 8 years. She leads the company forward with software…

Ryan Sullivan

G70 is proud to announce the promotion of Ryan Sullivan, AIA, LEED AP to Associate Principal. Joining G70 in January 2008, Sullivan previously served as a Senior Design Architect with the firm. Through his 22 years of design experience, Sullivan…

Ken Nukui

G70 is proud to announce the promotion of Ken Nukui, AIA, 1st-Class Registered Architect (Japan), LEED AP to Associate Principal. Nukui has more than 15 years of quality experience in working with commercial, residential, educational, judicial, retail, hospitality, institutional, religious and office…

Sutobin Halim

G70 is proud to announce the promotion of Sutobin Halim, CSI to Associate Principal. Halim serves as a Project Manager and Indonesia Operations Director at G70, garnering more than 30 years of professional experience in the application of computer technology to…

Lance Hirai

G70 is proud to announce the promotion of Lance Hirai, AIA to Associate Principal. A registered Architect in the state of Hawai‘i, Hirai has more than 13 years of experience on a broad range of hospitality, commercial, residential, civic, and…

Shigeki Yamane

Veteran hospitality executive Shigeki Yamane was vice president of planning at PRH for the past eight years and worked with former presidents Donn J. Takahashi and Kisan Jo. As vice president, he was highly instrumental in the multi-million dollar renovations…

Melanie Salvador

‘Ōlelo Community Media is pleased to announce the addition of Melanie Salvador as finance and risk management director.   In this role, Ms. Salvador is responsible for all accounting and finance activities. She has over 35 years of experience with…

Amy Ejercito

‘Ōlelo Community Media is pleased to announce the addition of Amy Ejercito as chief administrative officer.   In this position, Ms. Ejercito will oversee all of ‘Ōlelo’s human resources, financial services and fund development. The former in-house labor and employment…

Kali McDonald

UHA Health Insurance continues to strengthen its client servicing with the promotion of Kali McDonald to client services manager.   In this position, Ms. McDonald oversees the Client Services team, which serves as the primary contact for UHA employer groups…

En Young

Young’s diverse career has been dedicated to public service and innovation. Gregory Pai, Board President of Pacific Gateway Center, said “Young’s background prepares him well for a social service organization that continues to grow to better serve the community.”  …

Nikki Fukada

Nikki Fukada is the Contracts & Compliance Manager at Aloha United Way, where she is responsible for managing, reviewing and negotiating contracts while ensuring organizational compliance for the organization. Prior to working with Aloha United Way, Nikki reported to the…

Ian Clagstone

Ian Clagstone, president and co-founder of Standard Commercial, has been named CEO of SC Capital, its new investment arm. In this position, Clagstone will lead the company’s efforts to acquire multifamily apartment buildings, as well as office, retail and industrial…