Name in the News: Ulalia Woodside leads The Nature Conservancy

• By Vicki Viotti
• Jan. 25, 2019

Ulalia Woodside sees a world of challenges surrounding her in her job — executive director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of Hawaii — given all the environmental crises of the current era. Read more

Name in the News: Dr. Chuck Miller

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Jan. 18, 2019

Hawaii’s “Our Care, Our Choice Act,” which took effect this month, allows terminally ill adult residents facing a prognosis of six or fewer months to live, to obtain a lethal medication prescription. Read more

Name in the News: Manuel Neves

• By Vicki Viotti
• Jan. 11, 2019

Manuel Neves will hit the big 4-0 in February. Not his birthday; he revealed his last one was No. 64. Read more

Name in the News: Susan Furuta

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Jan. 4, 2019

Officially incorporated 45 year ago, Helping Hands Hawaii’s roots on Oahu reach back to World War II. Read more

Name in the News: Sam Millington of Partners in Care

• By Vicki Viotti
• Dec. 28, 2018

Sam Millington’s academic background in anthropology gave him a wide-ranging, globe-spanning career, focused on management consulting in nonprofits, business and government agencies. Read more

Name in the News: Louis Erteschik, disability center advocate

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Dec. 21, 2018

The head of Hawaii’s disabilities center sees life improvements from advocacy. Read more

Avalon Group CEO navigates challenges of building affordable housing

• By Vicki Viotti
• Dec. 14, 2018

Avalon Group CEO navigates the challenges of building affordable housing. Read more

Name in the News: Ed Stone

• By Vicki Viotti
• Dec. 7, 2018

Ed Stone, executive director of the Thirty Meter Telecope, has seen plans diverted by the course of history long before an uprising over Hawaiian cultural and environmental concerns threatened to up-end this latest project atop Mauna Kea. Read more

Name in the News: Jeff Martin

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Nov. 30, 2018

Less than two weeks before Thanksgiving Day, The Salvation Army’s Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division received word that it would receive a substantial holiday season gift donation made through the Hawaii Community Foundation. Read more

Christine Sakuda wants to modernize state’s IT infrastructure

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Nov. 23, 2018

Hawaii still lags decades behind other states in tapping information technology as a means to step up transparency and speed responsiveness in state government operations. But progress is in the works. Read more

Name in the News: Linda Santos

• By Vicki Viotti
• Nov. 16, 2018

Dogs and cats and turtles, oh my! As it turns out, that was the path, starting in childhood, that led Linda Santos to her post in charge of Honolulu’s lions and tigers and bears. Read more

Name in the News: Trish Morgan

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Nov. 9, 2018

Nearly a year after Trish Morgan was named as a national winner of a $100,000 grant through Farmers Insurance’s Dream Big Teacher Challenge, her “Innovative Invention Imaginarium” set-up is near completion. Read more

Name in the News: Susan Ballard

• By Vicki Viotti
• Nov. 2, 2018

Susan Ballard never planned to be a police officer. Read more

Name in the News: Alan MacPhee

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Oct. 26, 2018

Kahuku Medical Center will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday. Read more

Carla Houser gives back to homeless youth at RYSE Hawaii

• By Vicki Viotti
• Oct. 19, 2018

Carla Houser seems so comfortable, so enthralled with carrying out her new mission with homeless youth that it comes as no surprise: She’s now giving back. Read more

Name in the News: Joseph Toy

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Oct. 12, 2018

Hawaii’s tourism industry is edging closer to another record year despite a few dips in arrivals tied to worries about forces of nature, ranging from Kilauea’s lava flow to hurricane forecasts. Read more

Name in the News: Georja Skinner

• By Maureen O’Connell
• Oct. 5, 2018

Georja Skinner’s current job focus is to chart the course for Hawaii’s creative sectors. Read more

Name in News: John Byrd

• By Vicki Viotti
• Sept. 28, 2018

Dr. John Byrd is now director of scientific analysis for the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Laboratory. Read more