About
Board of Directors
From a variety of backgrounds, the women and men on Hawai‘i Foodbank’s Board of Directors all share a commitment to nourish our ‘ohana and eliminate hunger in Hawai‘i.
Board Officers
Kathryn Ellman,
Board Chair
Community Volunteer
Jodi Yamamoto,
Vice Chair
Yamamoto Caliboso Hetherington LLC
Craig Shikuma,
Secretary
Kobayashi, Sugita and Goda LLP
William Froelich,
Assistant Secretary
Colliers
Darin Shigeta,
Treasurer
American Savings Bank
Amy Miller,
President and CEO
Hawai‘i Foodbank
Board of Directors
Jeremiah ‘Jay’ Ana
Young Brothers LLC
T. Kimo Blaisdell
Empower Financial Services
Jason Brand
Brand Industrial Group
Diana Brown
Servco Pacific Inc.
Dean Duque
First Hawaiian Bank
Rona Fukumoto
Lanakila Pacific
Elizabeth Rice Grossman
Community Volunteer
Peter Heilmann
Matson Inc.
Marcus Iwane, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente
Marcy Jackson
Zilber Family Foundation
Joseph Keawe’aimoku
Kaholokula, Ph.D.
University of Hawai‘i
at Mānoa, John A. Burns
School of Medicine
Stephanie Kalili
Amazon
Jennifer Lam
Bank of Hawai‘i
Steven Leonard
Community Volunteer
Kenric Murayama, M.D.
HMSA
Myles Shibata
MSS Consulting Inc.
Joyce Torrey
Educator / Former PR Executive
Valerie Wang
Kaiser Permanente
James Wataru
United Public Workers Union,
AFSCME Local 646
Jason Wong
Sysco Hawai‘i
Denise Hayashi
Yamaguchi
Hawai‘i Food and Wine Festival
Laurie Yoshida
Corteva Agriscience
En Young
Kamehameha Schools
Executive Partners Board
Chuck Cotton
iHeartMedia
Dennis Francis
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
D.K. Kodama
D.K. Kodama
D.K. Restaurants
Katie Pickman
Hawaii News Now
Emeritus Advisory Board
Cindy Bauer
Surfing the Nations
Jade Moon
Community Volunteer
Ali Nikkhoo
Community Volunteer
Sheri Rolf
Rolf Advertising
Daryl Sato
Community Volunteer
Kaua‘i Advisory Board
Laurie Yoshida,
Lead Representative
Corteva Agriscience
Beth Amaro
Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative
Dr. Addison Bulosan
Kaua‘i County Councilman
Stephanie Iona
Civil Engagement Consultant
Charlie King
KAC Land Inc.
Lesah Merritt
Safeway Inc.
Ashley Nagaoka
Hawai‘i News Now
Patrick Ono
Matson Inc.
Tim Takeshita
Enterprise Holdings
Sonia Topenio
Community Volunteer