Women Who Mean Business

Join Pacific Business News and celebrate the 23rd Annual Women Who Mean Business awards. These women are the news-makers, the leaders, and the ones shaping our future.

2021 Career Achievement Honoree

Kathy Raethel, Former President, Adventist Health Castle

2021 Women Who Mean Business Honorees

Beverly Ament, President, Island Insurance Companies, Ltd.

Kelsey Amos, COO, Purple Maiʻa Foundation

Kawena Beaupre, VP & Interim General Counsel, Hawaii Community Foundation

Monica Belz, President & CEO, Kauai Government Employees Federal Credit Union

Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UH John A. Burns School of Medicine

Cathy Camp, Group Senior VP & Commercial Real Estate Lending Division Manager, Central Pacific Bank

Jamie Cheng, Director of Bank Operations, American Savings Bank

Tiera Covington, President, Integrated Facility Services Hawaii

Sandra Fujiyama, Senior Manager Innovation & Business Development, University of Hawaii

Terri Funakoshi, COO, YWCA

Sharon Gi, Vice President-Development, Hunt Companies

Brittany Heyd, Co-Founder, Mana Up

Carla Houser, Executive Director, Residential Youth Services and Empowerment

Edna Hussey, Principal of the Preschool & Elementary School, Mid-Pacific Institute

Leina Ijacic, Chief Administrative Officer, IHS, The Institute for Human Services Inc

Laura Kaakua, President & CEO, Hawaii Land Trust

Janice Kalanihuia, President, Molokai General Hospital, Queen’s Health Systems

Harrilynn-Joy Kameenui, Senior VP of Administration & Legal Affairs & General Counsel, Pulama Lanai

Allison Mizuo Lee, Partner, Cades Schutte LLP

Linda Lileikis, Project Director, AHL

Jennifer Lynch, Co-Director, Hawaii Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research

Robin Markle, Senior Vice President – Development, Locations

Julie Morikawa, President, ClimbHI

Tricia Nekota, Realtor-Associate, Vesta Hawaii Real Estate

Pamela Nitta, Special Projects Division Manager, Nordic PCL Construction, Inc.

Alana Pakkala, Partner & COO, Kobayashi Group LLC

Bernice Parsons, President & Co-Founder, Vertaccount Hawaii, Inc.

Diane Peters-Nguyen, Regional CEO, Pacific Islands Region, American Red Cross

Hong Phan, President, DataHouse Consulting, Inc.

Mylene Reyes, Owner, R&M Reyes Enterprise LLC

Veronica Rocha, Owner, Essential Leap LLC

Mary Leong Saunders, Vice President – Philanthropy, Catholic Charities Hawaii

Cristina Schenk, CEO, Merriman’s Hawaii

Suzie Schulberg, President & CEO, Arcadia Family of Companies

Kelleigh Stewart, Co-Founder, Big Island Coffee Roasters

Karen Tan, President & CEO, Child & Family Service

Caroline Witherspoon, President & Partner, Becker Communications, Inc.

Vera Wright, Partner, CW Associates, CPAs

Ruthann Yamanaka, Senior VP & Chief People Officer, Outrigger Hospitality Group

 

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