Interview with Kim-Anh T. Nguyen, MD, Ph.D., President and CEO, Blood Bank of Hawaii How has your organization been able to continue its core mission? Blood Bank of Hawaii’s core mission is to provide a safe and adequate blood supply…
Interview with Dan Epstein, President and CEO, Special Olympics Hawaii How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we made the necessary decision to cancel all of our in-person sports training and…
Interview with Robert Landau, Founder and Strategist, Two Roads Education Landau is an education consultant and leader and the former executive director of the Hawai‘i Association for Independent Schools. What do you envision for education in the future? This is…
The latest in a series of profiles of new small businesses in Hawai‘i that have launched since the pandemic shutdown This story was first published in HONOLULU Magazine. Miro Kaimukī At a time when they had been planning on…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, factories and other physical locations. As a food manufacturer and an essential business, Sun Noodle factories have remained open throughout the pandemic. Our Honolulu facility is following…
One in a series of profiles of small businesses in Hawai‘i that have launched since the pandemic shutdown. Some businesses see the COVID-19 pandemic as an obstacle. For En Route Hawaii, it’s an opportunity. En Route Hawaii is a personal…
Fair went virtual on a locally created platform called Student Corner Local students had spent months, even years, preparing projects for the Hawai‘i State Science Fair when the pandemic shutdown happened. That’s when organizers turned to Hawai‘i Island-based Student Corner.…
The pandemic will likely have different impacts on the markets for three types of commercial real estate: retail/restaurants, office and industrial spaces The aftereffects of the pandemic seem likely to reduce the demand for retail and office space on O‘ahu,…
These are tough times for working people. Please us how your members have been affected? Our members are fortunate because they continue to work full-time hours. Being telecommunication workers, our members are essential workers and they are proud to keep…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, branches or other physical locations. As of June 1, we reopened all of our branches and returned to our normal operating hours. As an essential business, six…
One in a series of profiles of new small businesses in Hawai‘i that have launched since the pandemic shutdown. An international pandemic hitting just as you launch an independent business may seem like an insurmountable barrier. Noelani Yoshino is ready…
Interview with John Leong, CEO, Pono Pacific and Kupu How and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. Ho‘okupu Center is starting to have its youth programs so we arranged the space so everyone…
Interview: Michael Broderick, President & CEO, YMCA of Honolulu Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. It has been almost three months since we shut the doors…
Interview: Halona Norton-Westbrook, Director, Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your museum and other physical locations. We’re excited to welcome the entire community back to the Honolulu Museum of Art…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses or other physical locations. As a provider of essential communication services, Hawaiian Telcom has been fully operational throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders.…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. We started working from home on March 16 and most of Hawaiʻi Energy’s employees have adjusted well to our new schedules and surroundings.…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. We weren’t required to close, but we did work remotely even though deemed essential. We kept one or two people in each office.…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your physical locations at Wet’n’Wild Hawaii. We did our homework, prepared our plans and kept our irons in the fire so that when we were allowed to re-open we…
Interview with Stacie Kunihisa, Principal, Kanoelani Elementary School How did you lead through the transition and create a routine confronted by this sudden change? The biggest shift we made when this pandemic first hit was changing our mindset as a…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. As an insurance carrier, Zephyr Insurance is considered an essential business. While our office remained open for business throughout the stay-at-home order, we…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. While it seems Hawai‘i has gotten past the immediate health crisis for now, it is still important to take precautions as we slowly…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. When it was first announced that the Hawaii work-from-home order was going to be eased on May 31, we started our return-to-the-office planning.…
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. Progressive Communications is categorized as a critical infrastructure IT business. We support scores of Department of Defense installations throughout the globe as well…
These are tough times for working people. Please tell us how your members have been affected? COVID-19 brought the tourism industry in Hawai‘i to a halt. Hotel occupancy took a plunge, forcing hotels to shut down. Today, about 80% of…