20 for the Next 20 2021: Where Are They Now?

Last year’s cohort includes an Olympic gold medalist and one person who had two jobs and has since added a third.
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From left to right: Khara Jabole-Carolus, Carissa Moore, Vincent Kimura, Kuhio Lewis
Sondra Leiggi Brandon

Then: Director of Behavioral Health, Queen’s Health Systems

Now: VP of Patient Care, Behavioral Health & Pharmacy, Queen’s Health Systems

 

Khara Jabola Carolus

Then and Now: Executive Director, Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women

 

Neill Char

Then and Now: Executive VP, Commercial Banking Group – First Hawaiian Bank

 

Jamie Cheng

Then: Director of Commercial Operations, American Savings Bank

Now: Director of Bank Operations, American Savings Bank

 

Makena Coffman

Then and Now: Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience, UH Mānoa

 

Ruth Erickson

Then: Executive VP of E-Commerce & Marketing Operations, Bank of Hawaii

Now: Senior Executive VP of E-Commerce & Marketing Operations, Bank of Hawaii

 

Danya Hakeem

Then and Now: Managing Director, Portfolio at Elemental Excelerator

 

Josie Howard

Then and Now: CEO, We Are Oceania

 

Rachel James

Then and Now: Attorney, Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission

 

Doug Johnstone

Then and Now: President, Howard Hughes Corp.

 

Summer Kaiawe

Then and Now: Attorney & Partner, Watanabe Ing

 

Vincent Kimura

Then: Founder & CEO, Smart Yields

Now: Director of Programs and Partnerships at UH Office of Innovation and Commercialization

 

Joe Kūhiō Lewis

Then and Now: President & CEO, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

 

Aki Marceau

Then and Now: Director of Electrification of Transportation, Hawaiian Electric Co.

 

Carissa Moore

Then: World Champion Surfer

Now: World Champion Surfer and Olympic Gold Medalist

 

Jessica Munoz

Then and Now: President, Ho‘ōla Nā Pua

 

Nathan Saint Clare

Then and Now: Principal, AHL

 

Aaron Schorn

Then: Capstone Coordinator, Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy, and Director, Nalukai Academy Startup Camp

Now: Capstone Coordinator, Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy; Director, Nalukai Academy Startup Camp; and Head of Community and Growth, Unrulr

 

Jon Teraizumi

Then and Now: Senior VP & Senior Commercial Banking Manager, Central Pacific Bank

 

Ben Wang

Then and Now: Principal, BlackSand Capital

 

 

Read more about this cohort when we published 20 for the Next 20 in March 2021.

 

 

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

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