20 for the Next 20 2016: Where Are They Now?

This group of 20 included Keith Hayashi, now interim superintendent of the Hawai‘i Department of Education, plus leaders in fashion, food, finance and other fields.
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From left to right: Daniel Chun, Donovan Kealoha, Scott Morishige, Noelani Kalipi
Creighton Arita

Then and Now: CEO, ‘Ike Hawai‘i

 

Mike Ching

Then: CFO, Treasurer, Executive VP, First Hawaiian Bank

Now: Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

 

Daniel Chun

Then: Sales & Community Marketing Manager, Alaska Airlines (Hawai‘i)

Now: Director of Sales, Community & Public Relations, Alaska Airlines (Hawai‘i)

 

Mike Dahilig

Then: Director of Planning, Kaua‘i County

Now: Managing Director, Kaua‘i County

 

William Froelich

Then and Now: Senior VP, Hawaii for Colliers International

 

Ruth Gates

Then: Director, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, UH

Now: Deceased

 

Keith Hayashi

Then: Principal, Waipahu High School

Now: Interim Superintendent, Hawai‘i Department of Education

 

Nalani Fujimori Kaina

Then and Now: Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i

 

Noelani Kalipi

Then: Executive Director, Kohala Institute

Now: Chief Strategy Officer and EVP, Progression Energy; Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army (Hawai‘i Island)

 

Donavan Kealoha

Then: Senior Associate, Startup Capital Ventures

Now: Managing Director, Startup Capital Ventures

 

Bill Kearns

Then: Director of Defense Programs, Oceanit

Now: Director, Lockheed Martin Government Affairs Honolulu

 

Ma Ry Kim

Then and Now: Principal & Design Director, G70

 

Austin Kino

Then and now: Apprentice Navigator, Polynesian Voyaging Society

 

Andrew Le

Then and Now: Founder, The Pig and the Lady

 

Carrington Manaola Yap

Then and Now: Founder & Designer, Manaola

 

Kit Millan

Then: VP for Asset Management, Alexander & Baldwin

Now: Senior VP for Asset Management, Alexander & Baldwin

 

Scott Morishige

Then and Now: Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness, State of Hawai‘i

 

Shannon Okinaka

Then and Now: CFO, Executive VP, Hawaiian Airlines

 

Marti Townsend

Then: Executive Director, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i

Now: Attorney

 

Colin Yost

Then and Now: COO, RevoluSun

 

Read more about this cohort when we published 20 for the Next 20 in March 2016.

 

 

This article appears in the March 2022 issue of Hawaii Business Magazine.
Categories: 20 for the Next 20, Lists & Awards

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