20 for the Next 20 2010: Where Are They Now?

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Keith Amemiya (left), Pono Shim, Toby Taniguchi and Kippen de Alba Chu.
Keith Amemiya

Then: Executive Director, Hawaii High School Athletic Association
Now: Executive Director, Central Pacific Bank Foundation

 

Bryan Andaya

Then: VP & COO, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Now: Director, ES&A, a Law Corporation; Owner, Andaya Consulting; Chair of Board of Directors, Honolulu Board of Water Supply

 

Andrew Aoki

Then: Co-Founder, 3Point Consulting
Now: Co-Founder, Islander Institute

 

Junior Atisanoe

Then: Project Coordinator, Public Housing Authority
Now: Autism Specialist, Hawai‘i Department of Education

 

Kyle Chock

Then: Executive Director, Pacific Resource Partnership
Now: VP, Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters

 

Yvonne Midkiff Clark

Then: Assistant Project Manager, Charles Pankow Builders
Now: Manager of Strategic Marketing & Proposals, Quanta Services (Oklahoma)

 

Keiki-Pua Dancil

Then: President & CEO, Hawaii Science and Technology Council
Now: Senior VP of Government Affairs & Strategic Planning, Pūlama Lāna‘i

 

Kippen De Alba Chu

Then: Executive Director, Iolani Palace
Now: Interim President/Chief of Staff, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

 

Linh Depledge

Then: Marketing, DTRIC Insurance
Now: Manager, Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa, Oregon

 

Matthews Hamabata

Then: Executive Director, The Kohala Center
Now: Retired

 

Kelly Hoen

Then: General Manager, The Royal Hawaiian
Now: CEO, Banks & Hoen Solutions (Tennessee) and Senior Facilitator & Coach, The Paul Hertz Group

 

Ku Kahakalau

Then: Founder & President, Kanu o Ka ‘Āina Learning ‘Ohana
Now: Founder & Executive Director, Kū-A-Kanaka LLC

 

Terri Ann M.K. Motosue

Then: Managing Partner, Carlsmith Ball
Now: Partner, Ashford & Wriston

 

Marcus Oshiro

Then: State Representative, House Finance Committee Chairman
Now: Chair, Hawai‘i Labor Relations Board

 

Ted Peck

Then: Energy Administrator, State of Hawai‘i
Now: Founder & CEO, Holu Hou Energy

 

Pono Shim

Then: Executive Director, Enterprise Honolulu
Now: President & CEO, O‘ahu Economic Development Board

 

Toby Taniguchi

Then: Executive VP, Store Operations, KTA Super Stores
Now: President & CEO, KTA Super Stores

 

Vinod Veedu

Then: Senior Nanotechnology Engineer, Oceanit
Now: Director of Strategic Initiatives, Oceanit

 

Hank Wuh

Then: CEO, Cellular Bioengineering Inc.
Now: Board Trustee, UH Foundation

Kenneth Zeri

Then: President, Hospice Hawaii
Now: Retired

 

Read more about this cohort when we published 25 for the Next 25 in March 2010.

 

 

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

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