20 for the Next 20 2007: Where Are They Now?

We began profiling local emerging leaders in 2007 with a feature called 25 for the Next 25. Here is an update on those people, who included Brian Schatz, Peter Ho and Christine Camp.

Gene Awakuni

Then: Chancellor, UH West O‘ahu
Now: Chancellor, Hawai‘i Tokai International College

Chrisitine Camp

Then: Managing Director, Avalon Development Group
Now: President & CEO, Avalon Development Group

Lee Cataluna

Then: Columnist, The Honolulu Advertiser
Now: Columnist, Civil Beat

Taylour Chang

Then: Screenwriter/ Filmmaker
Now: Curator, Film and Performance, Honolulu Museum of Art

Hoʻala Greevy

Then: President, Pau Spam
Now: Founder & CEO, Paubox Inc.

Peter Ho

Then: Vice Chairman and Chief Banking Officer, Bank of Hawaii
Now: President & CEO, Bank of Hawaii

Lea Hong

Then: Director, Trust for Public Land, Hawai‘i Program
Now: Associate VP, Hawaiian Islands State Director, Edmund C. Olson Trust Fellow of The Trust for Public Land

Rob Iopa

Then: President, WCIT Architecture
Now: Chairman, WCIT Architecture

Billy Kenoi

Then: Executive Assistant to the Mayor, County of Hawai‘i
Now: Deceased

River Kim

Then: Student, Punahou School
Now: Student, A.T. Still University Osteopathic Medical School

James Koshiba

Then: Principal, 3 Point Consulting
Now: Co-Founder, Hui Aloha

Cheryl Kauhane Lupenui

Then: CEO, YWCA O‘ahu
Now: President & CEO, The Kohala Center

Bert “BJ” Kobayashi

Then: President & CEO, The Kobayashi Group
Now: Chairman & CEO, BlackSand Capital

Cathy Luke

Then & Now: President, Loyalty Enterprises Ltd.

Louis Perez

Then & Now: CFO, Pacific American Foundation

Barbara Pleadwell

Then: Partner, Hastings & Pleadwell
Now: Deceased

Marci Waiʻaleʻale Sarson

Then: Principal, Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau Laboratory Public Charter School
Now: VP of Hi‘ialo Group, Kamehameha Schools

Brian Schatz

Then: Finished four terms in state House
Now: U.S. Senator

Maile Shimabukuro

Then: State Representative
Now: State Senator

Dustin Shindo

Then: President, CEO, Hoku Scientific
Now: CEO, Junify Corp.

Scott Simon

Then: Associate General Counsel, Hawaiian Electric Co.
Now: Principal Executive Coach & Consultant, Simon Leadership Group LLC

Kapua Sproat

Then: Counsel, Earthjustice
Now: Counsel, Earthjustice; Director, Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law; and Professor of Law, UH’s Richardson School of Law

Adam Wong

Then: Equity Partner, Anekona Real Estate Development
Now: Managing Partner, ACW Ventures, and Partner, WCIT Architecture

Read more about this cohort when we published 25 for the Next 25 in March 2007.