20 for the Next 20 2012: Where Are They Now?

The cohort 10 years ago included future CEO of the Year Bettina Mehnert plus Robert Nobriga, Sherry Menor-McNamara, Dawn Lippert and John Leong.
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From Left to Right: Ed Kenney, Dawn Lippert, Bettina Mehnert, John Leong
Lynn Araki-Regan

Then: Attorney, Araki-Regan & Associates LLC

Now: Branch Chief, State Department of Taxation

 

Jill Baldemor

Then and Now: Executive Director, Teach for America (Hawai‘i)

 

Noel Pacarro Brown

Then: First VP & Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Now: Senior VP, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

 

Greg Dickhens

Then: President, Kyo-ya Co.

Now: Managing Partner, Trinity Investments LLC

 

Matthew Digeronimo

Then: Managing Director, Smith Floyd Enterprises Inc.

Now: Plant General Manager, International Paper (Illinois)

 

Kamuela Enos

Then: Director of Social Enterprise, Ma‘o Organic Farms

Now: Director, UH System Office of Indigenous Innovation

 

Ed Kenney

Then: Chef, Owner, Town Kaimuki, Downtown @ the HISAM

Now: Chef, Owner, Kaimuki Superette

 

John Leong

Then and Now: President & CEO, Pono Pacific and Kupu

 

Dawn Lippert

Then: Project Manager, Hawaii Renewable Energy Development Venture

Now: Founder & CEO, Elemental Excelerator

 

Kimberly Lord

Then and Now: Senior Managing Director, CBRE Hawaii

 

Bettina Mehnert

Then: COO, Architects Hawaii Ltd.

Now: President & CEO, AHL

 

Sherry Menor-Mcnamara

Then: Senior VP for Government Affairs, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce

Now: President & CEO, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce

 

Issac Moriwake

Then: Attorney, Earthjustice

Now: Managing Attorney, Earthjustice

 

Robert Nobriga

Then: Executive VP & CEO, Hawaii National Bank

Now: President, Island Holdings Inc.

 

Dee Oswald

Then: Project Manager, Kiewit Building Group

Now: VP, Quality, Kiewit Building Group

 

Benjamin Rafter

Then: President CEO, Aqua Hotels and Resorts

Now: Managing Partner, Jororo LLC and President & CEO, Springboard Hospitality

 

James Takamine

Then: President & CEO, Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union

Now: President & CEO, CU Hawaii Federal Credit Union

 

Tyler Tokioka

Then and Now: VP of External Affairs, Island Insurance

 

Mauna Kea Trask

Then: Deputy County Attorney, Kaua‘i County

Now: Partner, Cades Schutte LLP

 

Teresa Wong:

Then: Executive Director, REHAB Innovation Center

Now: Freelance Clinical Applications Consultant 

 

 

Read more about this cohort when we published 20 for the Next 20 in March 2012.

 

 

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

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