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Roger Khlopin, chief investment officer and director of in- vestment management ser- vices at Bank of Hawai‘i, has been promoted to executive vice president from senior vice president for the bank. Khlopin and his portfolio management team success- fully oversee nearly $8 bil- lion of discretionary fixed income and equity assets for high net worth and institu- tional clients. He has more than 25 years of experience in portfolio management and investment research ... Pono Pacific Hawai‘i, the state’s largest private natural resource conservation com- pany, recently announced that Ivy Wappler has joined its team as project coordina- tor. In this role, the Kaimukī resident will provide admin- istrative, logistical and orga- nizational support to Pono Pacific’s team at Kuilima Farm in Kahuku ... Maryk- noll Schools has appointed Cindy Lam as chief finan- cial officer. The Kapahulu resident takes on this new expanded role that oversees the technology and facilities inadditiontothebusinessof- fice. Lam will work with the school’s board of directors and management team to en- sure efficient management of the financial resources of the school and the Foundation for Maryknoll School ... The Hawai‘i REALTORS Char- itable Foundation is launch- ing its second annual #one- canifcan food drive to help support Hawai‘i food banks. Donations of nonperishable food items may be donated at dozens of locations state- wide, as well as pop-up su- permarket collection points through Aug. 31. East O‘ahu locations include Old Re-
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public Title & Escrow (4211 Wai‘alae Ave.) and a pop-up drive at Hawai‘i Kai Safe- way (377 Keāhole St.) on Aug. 27. A complete list of locations is available at ha- waiirealtors.com/fooddrive. Monetary donations are also accepted and all donations will benefit food banks on their respective islands. Last year, the first-ever food drive collected $14,000 in mon- etary donations and 3,700 pounds of nonperishable food items. This year, the foundation hopes to provide tens of thousands of meals to island food banks, with a goal of collecting $50,000 and 8,000 pounds of food. According to Hawai‘i Foodbank, a donation of $10 helps provide food for 25 meals ... Hawai‘i State FCU, which has a location at Kaimukī Shopping Center (3221 Wai‘alae Ave. Ste. 16- B6), announced last week
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that it will require all of its employees to be fully vacci- nated for COVID-19 by Oct. 1 ... East O‘ahu residents Kesha Dunn and Kaleia Marie Valin were among the more than 680 students earning graduate degrees at UniversityofRhodeIsland’s commencement ceremonies recently. Both Dunn and Valin received a Masters of Science in Dietetics ... lthompson@midweek.com
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