The Honolulu Festival is Hawaii’s premier event promoting cultural understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region. Each year, educational programs and activities for the Honolulu Festival are sponsored by the Honolulu Festival Foundation, a non-profit organization.

Board of Directors

Duke Ah Moo
Vice President & Commercial Director- Hawaii
Hilton Hawaii

Yasuharu Omura
Vice President and Regional Manager
Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd.

Tom Calame
Area General Manager and Managing Director
Kyo-ya Resorts Hawaii

Ann H. Chung
President
Chung Associates

Robert Fortuna
Senior Vice President and Manager of International Commercial Banking
Bank of Hawaii

Alan Fujimoto
Attorney at Law
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel

Robert Harrison
Chairman and CEO
First Hawaiian Bank

Edwin Hawkins
Member, Board of Directors
Honolulu Festival Foundation

Eron Hodges
General Manager
Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa

Daniel Ishii
Member, Board of Directors
Honolulu Festival Foundation

Tomoyuki Kajihara
President
JTB Hawaii Travel, LLC

Nathan Kam
Senior Partner
Anthology, A FINN Partners Company

Valerie King
General Manager
Sea Life Park

John Komeiji
Interim Chair
Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority

Maki Kuroda
President & CEO
E Noa Corporation

Akemi Kurokawa
Advisor
Urasenke Hawaii

Barbara Campbell
Vice PresidenRetail Leasing & Property Management
Outrigger Hospitality Group

Joji Seta
Sr. Vice President &General Manager-International Banking Division
Central Pacific Bank

Maria Sol E. Solleza
Area Manager
Philippine Airlines

Donald Takaki
Chairman and CEO
Island Movers, Inc.

Lena Young
Member, Board of Directors
Honolulu Festival Foundation

Foundation Officers

Tetsuya Kubo – President
President & CEO
JTB Hawaii, Inc.

Donald Yannell – Vice President
Business Consultant
DMEG Consultants

Stephen Kaaa – Treasurer
Senior Vice President & Region Manager
First Hawaiian Bank

Rachelle Mararagan – Secretary & Exec. Director
Director
JTB Hawaii, Inc. Community Relations