20 for the Next 20 2014: Where Are They Now?

Hawaii Business Magazine profiled rising leaders that year in insurance, academics, tourism, tech, energy and other sectors.
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From left to right: Mark Noguchi, Erika Lacro, Jason Fujita, Nicole Velasco
Amy Asselbaye

Then: Director of Strategic and Community Development, Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center

Now: Executive Director, Honolulu County Office of Economic Revitalization

 

Joy Barua

Then: Director, Community Benefit & Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii

Now: President, Finance Insurance Ltd.

 

Kamanamaikalani Beamer

Then and Now: Professor of Hawaiian Studies, UH Mānoa

 

Danny Boren

Then and Now: Founder, Skyline Eco-Adventures

 

Nathan Fong

Then and Now: VP, Retail Services Group & Shopping Center Division, Colliers International

 

Rechung Fujihira

Then and Now: Co-Founder, CEO, Box Jelly

 

Jason Fujita

Then: VP, Consumer Sales & Product Marketing, Hawaiian Telcom

Now: VP of Sales, Hawaiian Telcom

 

George Greene

Then: President & CEO, Healthcare Association of Hawaii

Now: President & CEO, Hospital Association of Southern California

 

Angela Hi‘ilei Kawelo

Then and Now: Executive Director, Paepae O He‘eia

 

Scott Kuioka

Then: VP for Investments, Island Insurance

Now: Senior VP, COO, Island Insurance

 

Erika Larco

Then: Chancellor, Honolulu Community College

Now: VP of Community Colleges for UH System

 

Thomas Lee

Then: VP for Development, Hawai‘i Region, Hunt Cos.

Now: Senior VP for Development, Hawai‘i Region, Hunt Cos.

 

Carmille Lim

Then: Executive Director, Common Cause Hawaii

Now: VP & Managing Director, Pacific Council on International Policy

 

Paul McEiroy

Then: VP of Development, Trinity Investments

Now: Executive VP of Construction and Design, Highgate

 

Zachary McNish

Then: Legal Counsel, RevoluSun

Now: Founder, McNish Law

 

Mark Noguchi

Then: Chef, Co-Founder, Pili Group

Now: Chef, Co-Founder, Pili Group, and Food Curriculum Specialist at Punahou School

 

Teri Orton

Then and Now: GM, Hawai‘i Convention Center

 

Lori Teranishi

Then and Now: Co-Founder & Principal, iQ360

 

Sharon Ann Thom

Then: Senior VP, Hawaii Area Manager, Kiewit Building Group

Now: Senior VP of Development & Construction, Pūlama Lāna‘i

 

Nicole Velasco

Then: Executive Secretary of the Neighborhood Commission Office, City & County of Honolulu

Now: Business Development, Noresco

 

Read more about this cohort when we published 20 for the Next 20 in March 2014.

 

 

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

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