“Name in the News” features Q&A profiles of Hawaii individuals whose names have appeared in recent news stories or top headlines.
You were recently appointed as director of the city’s Department of Enterprise Services (DES), with July 24 as your first day on the job. What are your responsibilities? Any early challenges? Read more
From Kakaako to Kalihi and beyond, Jasper Wong, the founder of World Wide Walls, builds communities through public art. Read more
Goodwill Hawaii’s president Laura Smith leads an organization facing a tough challenge: helping people find jobs during an economic shutdown. Read more
For the University of Hawaii Foundation, fundraising in a pandemic is a unique challenge. Read more
For all the reasons initially put forward in support of all-mail voting, its advantages in a pandemic were not on Scott Nago’s mind, or anyone else’s. Now, of course, they are. Read more
Edward Desmond, administrator of the Hawaii Laboratories Division, finds himself in the middle of a public debate over coronavirus testing. Who should get tested? Read more
In an effort to maintain infrastructure-related stability as Hawaii grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. David Ige has directed all utilities to make certain that they can continue to operate in the normal course. Read more
Chris Tatum has been at the job as president and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority for well over a year now, and it’s capped off a homecoming that started in 2001. Read more
Kitty Yannone has been in the news, but more significantly, she’s been behind it. Read more
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Representing more than 170 health care organizations — including all or most of the hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home care agencies and hospices in the islands — the nonprofit Healthcare Association of Hawaii (HAH) is a trade association. Read more
Anna Neubauer has seen communities with something like Oahu’s population of free-roaming cats — a mix of feral animals and pets that are simply unrestrained — but it’s been a while. Read more
Ed Sniffen, the deputy director of the state Department of Transportation’s Highways Division, has had a lot on his mind lately: coastal highways crumbling from erosion, rocks falling on the Pali Highway, jaywalkers crossing Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea Beach to look at turtles. Read more
When Paul Brewbaker was a Kailua High School student grappling with a bout of senioritis, a teacher assigned him to spend a day with University of Hawaii professor Steve Jackstadt, who had founded the Hawaii Council on Economic Education and penned comic books in the 1970s, such as “Superheroes of Macroeconomics.” Read more
Scott Glenn believes his environmental planning background is shaping his approach at the State Energy Office, including his push for community outreach. Read more
Rob Van Tassell, the new president and CEO of Catholic Charities Hawaii (CCH), has been to Hawaii before. Read more
Hawaii Appleseed’s anti-hunger director focuses on resources, nutrition and resiliency. Read more
The sexual exploitation of children is as old as humanity — but in the age of the internet, said Jessica Munoz, the buying and selling is horrifyingly easy and fast. Read more
One year ago today, Gov. David Ige introduced Clare Connors as his choice to serve as Hawaii’s 16th attorney general. Read more
Aloha United Way’s interim CEO guides the agency’s programs to improve challenged lives. Read more
Matt Middlebrook’s career preparation had little to do with the visitor industry, and yet here he is, public policy manager for Airbnb for Hawaii as well as his hometown of San Francisco. Read more
Just over 16 years ago, Twinkle Borge, wounded in spirit and haunted by meth, came to live with six others under the kiawe trees bordering the Waianae Small Boat Harbor. Read more
