Membership Roster as of 15 Jan 2020
Chair
Frank Haas
Principal
Marketing Management, Inc.
Vice-Chair
Dale Wright
Retired, U.S. Commercial Service
Treasurer
Neale Rath
Specialist Leader
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Executive Secretary
John Holman
Director, Pacific
U.S. Commercial Service/U.S. Department of Commerce
Corporate Secretary
Joel Weaver
Director, Hawaii English Language Program
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Current Members
Appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce
Piia Aarma
President
Pineapple Tweed PR & Marketing
President
Pineapple Tweed PR & Marketing
Bill Anonsen
Managing Partner/Principal
The Maritime Group, LLC
Managing Partner/Principal
The Maritime Group, LLC
Karen Arakawa
Small Business Advocate
Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development
Small Business Advocate
Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development
Betty Hoang Brow
Immediate Past Vice-Chair
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Immediate Past Vice-Chair
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Peter Cannon
President
Hawaiian Resources Co. Ltd.
President
Hawaiian Resources Co. Ltd.
Jimmy Chan
General Manager
Hawaiian Chip Company, LLC
General Manager
Hawaiian Chip Company, LLC
Bee Leng Chua
Executive Director
HI Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors
Executive Director
HI Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors
David Day
Managing Director
Law Offices of David F. Day
Managing Director
Law Offices of David F. Day
Dave Erdman
President & CEO
PacRim Marketing Group & PRTech
President & CEO
PacRim Marketing Group & PRTech
Brenda Foster
Immediate Past Chair
President / CEO, Foster and Associates, LLC
Executive in-Residence, UH Shidler College of Business
Immediate Past Chair
President / CEO, Foster and Associates, LLC
Executive in-Residence, UH Shidler College of Business
Creighton Goldsmith
President
Akamai Global Consultants, LLC
President
Akamai Global Consultants, LLC
Byron Goo
President and CEO
The Tea Chest
President and CEO
The Tea Chest
Rob Haak
CEO
The Asia Sales Manager
HPEC’s HiSTEP Program Coordinator
CEO
The Asia Sales Manager
HPEC’s HiSTEP Program Coordinator
Ashley Harding
Owner
Hawaii Integrative Beauty LLC
Owner
Hawaii Integrative Beauty LLC
Brittany Heyd
Co-Founder
Mana Up
Co-Founder
Mana Up
Jeff Lau
Senior Director/Past President
Ogawa Lau Nakamura & Jew Attorneys at Law
Senior Director/Past President
Ogawa Lau Nakamura & Jew Attorneys at Law
Jeffrey Lee
Managing Partner
Organic Green SEA
Managing Partner
Organic Green SEA
Phillip Mendiola-Long
President & Chairman Tinian Chamber of Commerce
President-Managing Director
President & Chairman Tinian Chamber of Commerce
President-Managing Director
Bill Oberlin
Retired President and Former Chairman
Boeing Korea / American Chamber of Commerce Korea
Retired President and Former Chairman
Boeing Korea / American Chamber of Commerce Korea
Keith Ogata
President
3-K Financial Corporation
President
3-K Financial Corporation
Brad Punu
Director – Business Development
Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning
Director – Business Development
Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning
Richard Schnitzler
Vice President of Operations
Vice President of Operations
Peter Stams
UPS Account Manager
UPS Account Manager
Gerald Sumida
Partner
Carlsmith Ball LLP
Partner
Carlsmith Ball LLP
Richard Vuylsteke
President
East West Center
President
East West Center
Jorma Winkler
President
Winkler Woods
President
Winkler Woods
Robert Zheng
Senior Director of Development, Asia Pacific
WATG
Senior Director of Development, Asia Pacific
WATG
Corporate Members
Members of the HPEC Corporation, Not Appointed by the Secretary of Commerce
Steven. K. Craven
Managing Director
Kekepana International Services
Dr. Elizabeth Chan
CEO
Global Risk Mitigation Foundation
CEO
Global Risk Mitigation Foundation
D. J. Halcro
President, The Halcro Group
Counselor/Webmaster, SCORE Hawaii
President, The Halcro Group
Counselor/Webmaster, SCORE Hawaii
Pamela A. Peralta Taitano, Ed.D.
Professor
University of Guam
Professor
University of Guam
Bob Robinson
David Sikkink
Administrator
Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone No. 9
Administrator
Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone No. 9