President's Message

I would like to open and thank Jan Higashi, Mele Spencer, Kimberly Shimabuku, the Office Professionals’ Day Committee Members, Miles Yoshioka and Taylor Escalona for bringing this event back. Based on the sellout crowd and the feedback we received from attendees, the event was deeply missed and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Lani Misalucha wowed the crowd with her vocals and ability to sing different genres and instead of people of saying “who dat”, they are now saying “she’s an outstanding performer and I’d like to see her show in Honolulu.” Thanks again everyone for helping with this event and for rewarding and recognizing our office professionals for the outstanding work they do each and every day.

Switching gears, I’d like to share this outstanding opportunity with our members. As you may recall one of our initiatives was to better promote the Chamber and communicate the Chamber’s value and benefits to the public. In fulfilling this initiative, we will be working with the Hawaii Tribune Herald on developing a tabloid which will serve to highlight the Chamber’s accomplishments, promote the benefits of chamber membership and allow our members the opportunity to advertise their businesses in the paper at significantly reduced rates. The tabloid is tentatively scheduled to be published sometime in July.

In the coming weeks we will be sending out a flyer with more details and timelines. We hope you will take advantage of this outstanding opportunity.

In closing, I’d like to thank all of you for all you do and for making Hawaii Island a better place live, work and play. And yes, thank you for “Getting it Done.”