First Name Last Name Affiliation Title
The Hawaiʻi Island Leadership Series - Ulumau - Founder
Mark McGuffie Hawaiʻi Island Economic Development Board  
Class I
Debra Barra Kona Community Hospital Director of Social Services
Laura Boehm North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital Vice President, Patient Care Services
Gregory Chun Kamehameha Investment Corporation President and General Manager
Brian Crawford Bliss Hawaiʻi, LLC Principal Member
Sarah Crawford Halama Farms and Attorney Owner/Attorney
Cyndy Dyal formerly Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
Shirley Ann Fukumoto Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy Director of Special Programs
Peter Hoffmann County Council-County of Hawaiʻi Chair
Renee Inaba Global Consulting Services Principal Consultant
Sharon Kamahele-Toriano Kona Community Hospital Human Resource Department
Donna Kimura Four Seasons Resort at Hualalai Director of Public Relations
Troy Kindred formerly Civil Defense-County of Hawaiʻi Administrator
Kyle Kinoshita W. M. Keck Observatory Head Mechanical Engineering Manager
Eric Smith Teamworks President
Guy Toyama H2 Technologies General Manager
Class II
Brandi Beaudet Parker Ranch, Inc. Land Resources and Facilities Manager
Diane Chadwick Hawaiʻi Community Foundation Foundation Officer
Hopsing Coon Digital Photo Solutions Photographer
Melissa Geiger Adalissa Properties, LLC President
Diann Hartman formerly Five Mountains Hawaiʻi Operations Manager
Jason Haunaio Merrill Lynch Senior Financial Advisor
Richard Matsuda W. M. Keck Observatory Electronics Engineering Manager
Andrew Meislin Island Home Capital Residential Loan Officer
Josi Morgan Hawaiʻi Island Humane Society Executive Director
Keith Okamoto Department of Water Supply, County of Hawaiʻi Civil Engineer V
Bert Onaka Kona Community Hospital Procurement Specialist III
Amy Regidor Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Director of Security
Janet Snyder County of Hawaiʻi Public Relations Specialist
Class III
Eugene Amar HHSC-Kohala Hospital Assistant Administrator
Adam Atwood The Bakken Hale at Kiholo Bay General Manager
Ellen Carvalho Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Assistant Director of Finance
Linda Copman County Council of Hawaiʻi Legislative Assistance
Billy Dannals Island of Hawaiʻi YMCA President/CEO
Bev Fraser formerly Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce Office Manager
Dick Hershberger Rotary Club of Kona President
Nelson Ho Environmental Management, County of Hawaiʻi Deputy Director
Robert Hunter Robert M. Hunter, PPLC Registered Patent Agent
Kawehi Inaba Kupa’a Business Planners & Fix It Xpress Hawai’i Inc. President
Kurt Inaba County of Hawaiʻi Department of Water Supply Civil Engineer
Arnold Kanai Hawaiʻi Community Federal Credit Union Support Services Manager
Laura Kinoshita W. M. Keck Observatory Public Information & Outreach Counselor
Jean Navarro The ARC of Kona Director of Support & Service
Emily Potter Bentley’s Waimea Owner
Heidi Stromberg Friends of Fitness Executive Director
Class IV
Melanie Biddle Hale Ho’onanea Bed & Breakfast Owner
Bob Bonar Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy Director of Development
Gail Byrne HN, Inc. Consultant
Kalai Carey Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Room Service Manager
Anders Carlson Three Sixty Images Owner
Andrea Dean Andrea Dean Project Management, LLC Owner/Project Manager
Robert Goodrich W. M. Keck Observatory Observing Support Manager
Nicholas Hermes Department of Human Resources Personnel Management Specialist
Paul Kealoha Hawaiʻi Police Department Captain
Michele Ku The ARC of Kona Honokaa Program Manager
Brad Kurokawa Planning Department-County of Hawaiʻi Deputy Director
Emily Mendez-Bryant Kona Community Hospital and Kohala Hospital Regional Community Relations Director
Richard Sumada Department of Water Supply-County of Hawaiʻi Manager
Class V
William Beljean Neighborhood Place of Kona Program Manager
Elaine Chiu Department of Water Supply County of Hawaiʻi Civil Engineer IV
Michelle Guppy Hualalai Resort Training Manager
Margaret Horwatt Garden Spaces Owner
Herman Ishibashi Department of Education Teacher
Tiffany Kai Hawaiʻi County Transit Agency Transportation Specialist
Debralee Kailiwai-Ray Hawaiʻi County Council Council Legislative Assistant (District 7)
Harry Kubojiri Hawaiʻi County Police Department Deputy Police Chief
Diane Ley County of Hawaiʻi Dept. of Research & Dev. Deputy Director
Lanikai Lindsey Four Searsons Resort Hualalai Assistant Director of Rooms
Margarita Lobo Arc of Kona Operations Manager
Earl Regidor Hualalai investors LLC Cultural Center Manager
Colleen Schrandt County of Hawaiʻi Legislative Auditor
Larry Sutton American Savings Bank Branch Manager
Margo Takata Kupa’a Business Planners, Inc. Sales, Marketing & Promotion Consultant
Violet Terawaki Hualalai Resort Marketing & Public Relations Manager