About the Y
Leadership & Staff
Board of Directors
The YMCA functions as a partnership between volunteers and staff.
Volunteers on boards and committees determine major programs,
priorities, and policies. Staff and program volunteers carry out those
programs, priorities, and policies under the leadership of the President
and CEO.
More than 300 volunteers serve on the Association Board of Directors and the Branch Boards of Managers. The members of the Board of Directors are:
Board Officers
Andrew Rosen, Chair President & CEO, Hawaii State Credit Union Steven C. Ai, Vice Chair President & CEO, City Mill Co., Ltd. | Linda A. Gee, Secretary Founding Partner, Standard Commercial, LLC Joan Fujita, Treasurer Tax Managing Director, Accuity LLP |
Board Members
Paula Akana Iolani Palace, President & CEO Jay Ana Young Brothers, President Ben Ancheta Inkinen Executive Search, President Jan Boivin Hawaii Pacific University, Senior Vice President, General Counsel Tammi Bongoll Kaiser Permanente, Area Vice President of Sales & Account Management Mark Bratton Colliers International, Senior Vice President, Honolulu Dr. Paul J. Carry Community Volunteer Colton Ching Hawaiian Electric Company, Sr. Vice President, Planning & Technology Craig Chong Fresh Leadership, President Dr. Michael Chun Kamehameha Schools, Retired President Adelia Chung Spectrum Wealth Management, LLC, Owner Daniel Cody MW Group, Ltd., Chief Investment Officer Claudia Crist Kalaukia Enterprises, LLC, Owner/President Lisa Furuta Chaminade University, Vice President, Communications & Marketing Wayne Hamano Community Volunteer Jeffrey Harris Torkildson Katz Hetherington Harris & Knorek, Director & Vice Pesident Gregory Hester ULU-HI Tech, Principal Consultant & CEO Kekoa Kaluhiwa Kamehameha Schools, Director of Land Operations Brett Katayama J. Uno & Associates, CEO & Chief Estimator | Ryan Lee RCM Advisory, Founder & Managing Partner Jen-L W. Lyman Hawaii Community Foundation, Senior Director of Gift Planning & Advisor Relations Arnold Martines Central Pacific Bank, President & COO Andrew Meade Merrill Lynch, Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor Robin E. S. Miyamoto, Psy.D. University of Hawaii, Asst. Professor, Clinical Psychologist Kurt Murao Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., EVP, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary Kurt Murata First Hawaiian Bank, VP & Commercial Banking Officer Sanford Murata Sanford Murata, Inc., President Emily Oshima Lee HMSA, Vice President, Corporate Strategy Ku`uhaku Park Matson, Vice President, Government & Community Relations Stacy Philippou Healani Land Company, President & CEO Frederick Rohlfing Case Lombardi & Pettit, Attorney Bobby Senaha Blackletter Group, Founder and CEO Shana Tong Maryknoll School, President/Head of School Lance Wilhelm The Wilhelm Group, President Jim Yates Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., Senior Vice President Terence Young Hawaii Pacific Health Medical Group, Chieft Operating Officer |
Branch and Y's Men Representatives
Ben Dookchitra (Atherton) Chief Investment Officer, Avalon Group Roy Arakaki (Camp Erdman) Community Volunteer C. Michael Street (Central) Engineering Director, Aqua Engineers Michael Lau (Kaimuki-Waialae) Partner, Morihara Lau & Fong Gary Yoshida (Kalihi) Development Officer, East-West Center | Monty Pereira (Leeward) General Manager & Sales & Marketing Director, Watanabe Foral Inc. Kathy Ishimoto (Mililani) Optometrist, Eyecare Associates Sarah Kalicki-Nakamura (Nu‘uanu) Think LLC Dr. Paul J. Carry (Windward) Community Volunteer Melanie Kaaihue-Yoshida (Y Service Clubs, Hawaii Region, District Governor) |