Council Directory
Membership Roster as of November 7, 2023
Chair
Byron Goo
President & CEO
Tea Chest Hawaii
Vice-Chair
Dale Wright
Retired
U.S. Commercial Service
Treasurer
Susan Utsugi
Group Senior Vice President & Division Manager
Central Pacific Bank
Executive Secretary
John Holman
Director
Pacific U.S. Commercial Service/
U.S. Department of Commerce
Corporate Secretary
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Current Members
Appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce
William “Bill” Anonsen
Managing Partner/Principal
The Maritime Group, LLC
Ed Arriola
President
Blue 46 Associates
Betty Hoang Brow
Senior Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Peter Cannon
President
Hawaiian Resources Co. Ltd.
James “Jimmy” Chan
General Manager
Hawaiian Chip Company, LLC
Elizabeth Roney Deyoung
VP Marketing and Strategy
Safran
Deanna D’Olier
Associate Director
Hawaii Association of Independent Schools
Rob Haak
CEO
The Asia Sales Manager /
HPEC’s HiSTEP Program Coordinator
HPEC’s HiSTEP Program Coordinator
Frank Haas
Principal
Marketing Management, Inc.
Ashley Harding
Owner
Hawaii Integrative Beauty LLC
Brittany Heyd
Co-founder
Mana Up
Lori Hiramatsu
Director
VBOC of the Pacific
Elvira Lo
President
P.H. Hawaii Corporation, Hibiscus Aloha Corporation
Phillip Mendiola-Long, AIFA®, RF®
President & Chairman
Tinian Chamber of Commerce
Bernice Parsons
Co-Founder & President
Vertaccount Hawaii Inc
Brad Punu
Deputy CFO
Green Climate Fund
Ted Saihara
President and Creative Director
Hibiscus Interactive, LLC
Richard Schnitzler
Founder
R&D Marketing
Peter Stams
UPS Account Manager
Gerald Sumida
Partner
Carlsmith Ball LLP
Melvin Tabilas
Small Business Division Manager
Guam Economic Development Authority
Jayson Watts
Director of External Affair
Mahi Pono, LLC
Joel Weaver
Director, Hawaii English Language Program
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Corporate Members
Members of the HPEC Corporation, Not Appointed by the Secretary of Commerce
Piia Aarma
President
Pineapple Tweed PR & Marketing
Karen Arakawa
SCORE Counselor
Maui Chapter
Stephen K. Craven
D. J. Halcro
President, The Halcro Group
Counselor/Webmaster, SCORE Hawaii
Keith Ogata
President
3-K Financial Corporation
Nancy K. Charles Parker
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Robert “Bob” Robinson
Jan Rumi
Guild Consulting Group
David Sikkink
Administrator
Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone No. 9