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FEBRUARY 8, 2023 MIDWEEK 11 SPEED BUMP by David Coverly
Paul Ito
Linda Miki
Michael-Thomas Foumai
Paul Ito is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., the parent company of Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. and American Savings Bank F.S.B. Ito had been serving as interim CFO since July 2022, and has been with HEI since 2018. Prior to joining HEI, he was senior vice president and CFO at Alexander & Baldwin Inc.
Linda Miki is the new CEO at G70 and the first woman to take the role in the company’s 50-plus-year history. She is a strategic business thinker with experience in adaptive reuse, renovations and resorts, affordable housing, and commercial and government projects. Her notable contributions include 1 Hotel Hanalei, The Maui Resort & Spa, and Four Seasons Resort at Ko ‘Olina.
Michael-Thomas Foumai is director of artistic engagement and composer-in-residence at Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra. He is the first person in HSO history to hold the latter position. Foumai will take the lead on artistic community engagement while lending his composing and arranging talent to HSO’s 2022-2023 concert season.
Alexandra Jamora
Chasen St. Onge
Dr. Alain Takane
Alexandra Jamora joins Kupu as program coordinator for its Conservation Leadership Development Program. She will be instrumental in the planning, preparation and execution of those programs, and serve as the point of contact to partner agencies, participants and program stakeholders. She was previously a participant in the Blue Water Exchange Program.
Chasen St. Onge is program officer for Maryknoll School’s alumni relations/mentor program. In this newly created role, he will implement alumni programs and coordinate alumni events. St. Onge, a Maryknoll alumnus, began his working career at the school as a student services coordinator, and was most recently campus minister and religious studies teacher.
Dr. Alain Takane will lead the newly launched geriatric specialty center at Wahiawā Center for Community Health. She is a board-certified geriatric physician and will work closely with geriatric care managers to make certain her patients’ needs are met. Takane is a graduate of University of Hawai‘i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Compiled by Karen Iwamoto, kiwamoto@midweek.com
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