Speakers

Our speakers will be sharing their experiences, strategies and knowledge. Who are you going to watch?

Ben Ancheta

President
Inkinen Executive Search

Dr. Dana Arakawa

Organizational Psychologist and Founder
thrive808

Trinity Asing

Market Director and Co-Founder
Mauka Market

President
Turo

President & Chief Operating Officer
Servco Pacific Inc.

Chad Conway

Founding Member & SVP of Products
SPAN

Forrest Dein

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
JuneShine

Yunji de Nies

Journalist

Dr. Ruth Fletcher

Head of School and President
St. Andrew's Schools

Elisia Flores

Chief Executive Officer
L&L Franchise, Inc.

Forest Frizzell

Founder & CEO
Shifted Energy

Dusty Grable

Owner
Lovers+Fighters LLC

Danya Hakeem

Managing Director, Portfolio
Elemental Excelerator

Karen Hanada

Director of Extended Learning and Workforce Development
UH Maui College

Robert Harrison

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
First Hawaiian Bank

Keith Hayashi

Superintendent
Hawaii State Department of Education

Carl Hinson

Director, Workforce Development
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health

Co-Founder
Mana Up

Doug Johnstone

Hawaii President
The Howard Hughes Corporation

Micah Kāne

Chief Executive Officer & President
Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Derek Kanehira

SVP of Human Resources
Alexander & Baldwin

Charles Kaneshiro

President and Chief Operating Officer
G70

Managing Director, Talent Acquisition
Alaska Airlines

Michelle Kirk

Vice President of Client Experience
ProService Hawaii

Tracy Lawson

President & Founder
Lawson & Associates, Inc.

Co-Owner
Uncle's Ice Cream

Barbara Logan

Co-Owner
Uncle's Ice Cream

Aki Marceau

Director of Electrification of Transportation
Hawaiian Electric Co.

Malia Mason

Courtney C. Brown Professor
Columbia Business School

Amy Matsushima

Senior Associate and Human Resources Director
Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc

Justice Sabrina McKenna

Associate Justice
Supreme Court of the State of Hawai`i

Bettina Mehnert

President & CEO
AHL

Owner & Designer
Anne Namba Designs

Debbie Padello

Director of HR Operations
simplicityHR by ALTRES

Dr. Diane Paloma

President and CEO
Hawaii Dental Service

Co-Founder
Paradise Ciders

Steve Petranik

Editor
Hawaii Business Magazine

Josh Reppun

Executive Producer & Host
The What School Could Be podcast

Joan Salwen

Co-Founder
Blue Ocean Barns

President & CEO
Hawaiian Electric Industries

Senior Vice President & Region Manager
First Hawaiian Bank

Michael Story

Senior Workplace Wellness Advisor
UHA Health Insurance

Kasey Sulheim

Co-Founder
Paradise Ciders

Chief Education Officer and School Leader
DreamHouse 'Ewa Beach

Lori Teranishi

Founder & CEO
iQ360

Richard Yonck

Deborah Zysman

Executive Director
Hawaii Children’s Action Network