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
| Wayne Hamano, Chair Executive Vice President, Bank of Hawaii Steven C. Ai, Vice Chair President & CEO, City Mill Co., Ltd. Tim Johns, Vice Chair President & CEO, Zephyr Insurance Co. | Roy P. Catalani, Vice Chair Vice President, Layton Construction Company Benjamin K. Akana, Secretary Community Leader Joan Fujita, Treasurer Tax Managing Director, Accuity LLP |
Board Members
| Paula Akana Director, Iolani Palace Rick Blangiardi Retired Mark D. Bratton Sr. Vice President, Hawaii Colliers International Christine Camp President & CEO, Avalon Development Company, LLC Dr. Paul J. Carry Community Volunteer Colton Ching Senior VP, Hawaiian Electric Craig Chong President, Fresh Leadership Carl E. Choy Principal, CKW Financial Group Dr. Michael J. Chun Community Volunteer Adelia C. Chung Owner, Spectrum Wealth Management, LLC Dr. Kenny Fink Director, Mālama Ola, Kamehameha Schools Linda Gee Executive Vice President Standard Commercial, LLC Jeffrey S. Harris Director & Vice President, Torkildson, Katz, Moore, Hetherington & Harris | Anton Krucky President, HSM Concept, Inc. Emily Oshima Lee Assistant Vice President, HMSA John T. Leong President & CEO, Pono Pacific Rodney Matsumoto Community Volunteer Sanford Murata President, Sanford Murata Inc. Race Randle Senior Vice President, Development The Howard Hughes Corporation Andrew Rosen President & CEO, HI State Federal Credit Union Keith Sakamoto Community Volunteer John White Sr. Vice President, Strategies 360 Lance Wilhelm President, The Wilhelm Group Reuben S. F. Wong Attorney, Law Offices of Reuben S.F. Wong Jim Yates President, Par Hawaii |
Branch and Y's Men Representatives
| Lesli Yogi (Atherton) Business & Community Outreach Roy Arakaki (Camp Erdman) Community Volunteer C. Michael Street (Central) Engineering Director, Aqua Engineers Gary Yoshida (Kalihi) Development Officer, East-West Center Guy Tamashiro (Leeward) West Oahu Realty Michael Lau (Kaimuki) Partner, Morihara Lau & Fong | Francis Hogan (Nu‘uanu) Partner, Ashford & Wriston Kathy Ishimoto (Mililani) Optometrist, Eyecare Associates Dr. Paul J. Carry (Windward) Community Volunteer Melody Kaaihue-Yoshida (District Governor Y's Men's) |