Hawaiʻi’s People to Watch 2021
Each year, Hawaii Business Magazine honors 20 people who we believe will have a major positive impact on Hawai‘i over the next two decades. They have already proven themselves, but we expect even more from them in the future.
Nominate an Emerging Leader: Know someone who belongs on next year’s list of the 20 for the Next 20? Nominate them for the Class of 2022 at hawaiibusiness.com/nominations.
View the profiles of our 2021 cohort:
Neill Char
Executive VP – Commercial Banking Group
First Hawaiian Bank
Jamie Cheng
Director of Commercial Operations
American Savings Bank
Makena Coffman
Director
UH Mānoa’s Institute for Sustainability and Resilience
Ruth Erickson
Executive VP of E-Commerce and Marketing Operations,
Bank of Hawaii
Danya Hakeem
Director of Innovation, Agriculture & Circular Economy
Elemental Excelerator
Josie Howard
Executive Director
We Are Oceania
Khara Jabola-Carolus
Executive Director
Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women
Rachel James
Attorney
Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission
Doug Johnstone
Hawaiʻi President
The Howard Hughes Corp.
Summer Kaiawe
Attorney and Partner
Watanabe Ing
Vincent Kimura
Founder and CEO
Smart Yields
Sondra Leiggi-Brandon
Systems Director of Behavioral Health
The Queen’s Medical Center
Kūhiō Lewis
President and CEO
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
Aki Marceau
Director of Electrification of Transportation
Hawaiian Electric Co.
Carissa Moore
Professional Surfer
Jessica Munoz
President and Founder, Hoʻōla Nā Pua
Nurse Practitioner, US Acute Care Solutions
Nathan Saint Clare
Principal
AHL
Aaron Schorn
Capstone Coordinator, Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy
Director, Nalukai Academy Startup Camp
Jon Teraizumi
Senior VP & Senior Commercial Banking Manager
Central Pacific Bank
Benjamin J. Wang
Principal
BlackSand Capital
