FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/15/07

The Hawaiʻi Island Leadership Series Announces Graduates and Application Deadline for 2007/08 Series

Mark McGuffie, founder of The Hawaiʻi Island Leadership Series - Ulumau is pleased to announce the graduates of the 2006/2007 series.

2007 Graduates include:

• Melanie Biddle, Hale Ho‘onanea Bed and Breakfast
• Bob Bonar, Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy
• Gail Byrne, HC Inc.
• Kalai Carey, Four Seasons Resort Hualālai
• Anders Carlson, Three Sixty Images
• Andrea Dean, Andrea Dean Project Management LLC
• Dr. Robert Goodrich, WM Keck Observatory
• Nicholas Hermes, Department of Public Works
• Paul Kealoha, Hawaiʻi County Police Department
• Michele Ku, ARC of Kona
• Brad Kurokawa, County of Hawaiʻi Planning Department
• Emily Mendez-Bryant, HHSC West Hawaiʻi Region
• Richard Sumada, Department of Water Supply

The graduation ceremony takes place at the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Luncheon on Friday, June 29, 2007 from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm at the Hualālai Ballroom at Four Seasons Resort Hualālai.