Board of Directors
Advancing Our Mission
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
David Herndon,
Chair
Hawaii Medical Service Association
Christina Hause,
First Vice Chair
Kaiser Permanente
Neill Char,
Second Vice Chair
First Hawaiian Bank
Jeff Vigilla,
Third Vice Chair
Chef Point of View
James Starshak,
Secretary
Community Volunteer
Darin Shigeta,
Treasurer
American Savings Bank
Board of Directors
Kathryn Ellman
Community Volunteer
William Froelich
Colliers
Rona Fukumoto
Lanakila Pacific
Scott Gamble
LH Gamble Company
Denise Hayashi
Yamaguchi
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival
Peter Heilmann
Matson Inc.
Jennifer Lam
Bank of Hawaii
Reggie Maldonado
Pasha Hawaii
Craig Shikuma
Kobayashi Sugita & Goda
Larry “Keola” Siafuafu
Hawaiian Electric Co.
Toby Tamaye
AT Marketing LLC
Sonia Topenio
Community Volunteer
James Wataru
United Public Workers Union,
AFSCME Local 646
Jason Wong
Sysco Hawaii
Jodi Yamamoto
Yamamoto Caliboso Hetherington, LLC
Lauren Zirbel
Hawaii Food Industry Association
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
Sonia Topenio,
Lead Representative
Community Volunteer
Dr. Addison Bulosan
The Specific Chiropractic – Kaua‘i
Diane Keeler
Walmart Inc.
Charlie King
King Auto Center
Lesah Merritt
Safeway Inc.
Ashley Nagaoka
Hawaii News Now
Patrick Ono
Matson Inc.
Tim Takeshita
Enterprise Holdings
Beth Tokioka
Kaua‘i Island Utility
Cooperative
Laurie Yoshida
Corteva Agriscience