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

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Jamie Cheng
Director of Commercial Operations
American Savings Bank

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Makena Coffman
Director
UH Mānoa’s Institute for Sustainability and Resilience

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Ruth Erickson
Executive VP of E-Commerce and Marketing Operations,
Bank of Hawaii

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Danya Hakeem
Director of Innovation, Agriculture & Circular Economy
Elemental Excelerator

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Josie Howard
Executive Director
We Are Oceania

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Khara Jabola-Carolus
Executive Director
Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women

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Rachel James
Attorney
Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission

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Doug Johnstone
Hawaiʻi President
The Howard Hughes Corp.

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Summer Kaiawe
Attorney and Partner
Watanabe Ing

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Vincent Kimura
Founder and CEO
Smart Yields

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Sondra Leiggi-Brandon
Systems Director of Behavioral Health
The Queen’s Medical Center

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Kūhiō  Lewis
President and CEO
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

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Aki Marceau
Director of Electrification of Transportation
Hawaiian Electric Co.

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Carissa Moore
Professional Surfer

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Jessica Munoz
President and Founder, Hoʻōla Nā Pua
Nurse Practitioner, US Acute Care Solutions

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Nathan Saint Clare
Principal
AHL

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Aaron Schorn
Capstone Coordinator, Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy
Director, Nalukai Academy Startup Camp

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Jon Teraizumi
Senior VP & Senior Commercial Banking Manager
Central Pacific Bank

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Benjamin J. Wang
Principal
BlackSand Capital

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Categories: 20 for the Next 20, Lists & Awards