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CONGRATULATIONS TO
Chamber members
Honored as YWCA Leaders
Dr. Ginny Pressler, Excutive VP/Chief Strategic Officer, Hawaii Pacific Health
Signe Godfrey, President, Olsten Staffing Services.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Chamber member
Vaughn Garner Akimeka Vasconcellos, president and CEO of Akimeka LLC,
Second runner-up for National Small Business Person of the Year
The award was part of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s celebration of National Small Business Week 2009.
The awards were presented in Washington, D.C.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Chamber member
Steve Capone - President Estate Planning Consultants Of Hawaii Inc.
for second year in a row has been selected
for the 2009 Best of Honolulu Award
in the Retirement Planning Services category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Chamber memberJanet Liang , president of Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
For being named by Working Mother magazine as one of its 30,
“Working Mothers of the Year”!
As 1 of 30 honorees throughout the country she was the only one from Hawaii.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
these Chamber Members named for
2009 SBA Award Winners
Small Business Person of the Year:
Vaughn Vasconcellos – Akimeka, LLC (State of Hawaii)
Shelley Wilson – Wilson Homecare (City & County of Honolulu)
Entrepreneurial Success Award
John Yamamoto – PEMCO, Ltd. (City & County of Honolulu)
Small Business Journalist of the Year
Naomi Hazelton-Giambrone – Pacific Edge Magazine (State of Hawaii & Region IX)
Randall Francisco – Kauai Chamber of Commerce (County of Kauai)
Financial Services Champion of the Year:
Mike & Jessica Hulser – The Biz MD (City & County of Honolulu)
Women in Business Champion of the Year:
Melissa Pavlicek – Hawaii Public Policy Advocates (State of Hawaii)
Minority Small Business Champion of the Year
Barbara Haliniak – The Business Depot, Inc./Molokai Chamber of Commerce (State of Hawaii)
Marie Villa – Latin Business Hawaii/Hawaii Hispanic News (City & County of Honolulu)
CONGRATULATIONS TO
these Chamber Members named for
Pacific Business News WOMEN WHO MEAN BUSINESS 2009
The 2009 Top Women-owned Businesses
Archinoetics, Traci Downs;
Becker Communications, Ruth Ann Becker;
Bishop & Co., Judy Bishop;
City Mill, Carol Ai May;
Communications Pacific, Kitty Lagareta;
Express Employment Professionals, Lisa Daijo;
GeminiTech, Karen James;
Remedy Intelligent Staffing, Kristy Inkinen & Marie Kumabe;
Ward Research, Rebecca Ward; Wilson Homecare, Shelley Wilson.
Finalists for the
2009 Pacific Business News Business Woman of the Year are:
Linda Johnsrud, Vice President for Academic Planning & Policy, University of Hawaii System;
Lori McCarney, Senior Vice President, Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties;
Cheryl Williams, Regional VP Sales & Marketing Hawaii & French Polynesia, Starwood Hotels & Resorts;
Shelley Wilson, Founder, President & CEO, Wilson Homecare.
Finalists for the
2009 Pacific Business News Woman Volunteer of the Year are:
Laurie Foster, consultant, Business Consulting Resources;
CONGRATULATIONS TO
To following Chamber member Recipients of the 2009 SmallBiz Success Awards:
Hawaii Business magazine 2009 SmallBiz Success Awards
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