Special Thanks

Special Thanks to:

Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Honorary Chair (BA’50)
United States Senator representing the Great State of Hawaiʻi

Barry M. Weinman, Chair
DragonBridge Capital & Allegis Capital
Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

David S. McClain
President, University of Hawaiʻi System

John C. Dean
Startup Capital Ventures
Palo Alto, California

Gary O. Galiher (MEd’71, JD’77)
Galiher DeRobertis Ono
Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Audrey M.A. Karr (BEd’72, PD’73)
Community Volunteer
Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Howard H. Karr (BBA’66)
Community Volunteer
Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Bert A. Kobayashi
Kobayashi Development Group LLC
Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Jim P. Lally
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Menlo Park, California & Kamuela, island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi

Lynn Y. Lally
Community Volunteer
Menlo Park, California & Kamuela, island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi

Dorvin D. Leis
Dorvin D. Leis Co., Inc.
Kahului, Maui; Honolulu, Oʻahu; Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi; Kailua-Kona,
island of Hawaiʻi, Hawai’i

Diane T. Ono (BA’73, JD’91)
Galiher DeRobertis Ono
Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

Barry K. Taniguchi (BBA’69)
KTA Super Stores
Hilo, Island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi

Virginia S. Weinman
The Weinman Foundation
Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Board of Trustees

C. Scott Wo, Chair
Clinton L. Arnoldus
J. Kuhio Asam (MD’78)
Frank Boas
Stanford S. Carr
Bruce A. Coppa
Beatrice "Beadie" K. Dawson (JD’81)
Dennis M. Esaki (BS’72)
Mark H. Fukunaga
Larry R. Fuller
Anthony R. Guerrero, Jr.*
Robert P. Hiam (BA’69)
Ren T. Hirose (BBA’85)*
Stuart T.K. Ho
Paul S. Honda
Louise K.Y. Ing
Howard H. Karr (BBA’66)
Joseph J. Kim
John T. Komeiji (BEd’75)
Faye W. Kurren (JD’79)
Jim P. Lally
Kitty Y. Lagareta (BA’81)*
Jeffrey D. Lau
Dorvin D. Leis
Carol Ai May
David McClain*
Harry A. Saunders, III
Mary E. Sellers
Myles S. Shibata
Gerald A. Sumida
Ronald I. Taketa (BEd’70)
Donna Vuchinich*
Barry M. Weinman
Lance Wilhelm (BA’87)
Artie L. Wilson (BA’74)
* ex-officio trustee

University of Hawaii Board of Regents

Kitty Lagareta
Andres Albano, Jr.
Byron W. Bender
Michael A. Dahilig
Ramon de la Pena
Marlene M. Hapai
James J.C. Haynes, II
Allan R. Landon
Ronald K. Migita
Jane B. Tatibouet

University of Hawaiʻi System Senior Management Team

David McClain
President

Nainoa Thompson
Advisor on Hawaiian Affairs

Linda Johnsrud
Vice President for Academic Planning and Policy

John Morton (PhD’97)
Vice President for Community Colleges

Sam Callejo
Vice President for Administration

Howard Todo
Vice President for Budget and Finance & Chief Financial Officer

David Lassner
Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Information Officer

Darolyn Lendio
Vice President for Legal Affairs & University General Counsel

James R. Gaines
Vice President for Research

University of Hawaiʻi Chancellors

Virginia Hinshaw
University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa

Rose Tseng
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

Gene Awakuni (BA’76, MSW’78)
University of Hawaiʻi - West Oʻahu

Rockne Freitas (MEd’83, PhD’95)
Hawaiʻi Community College

Ramsey Pedersen (BA’70, MA’72, MA’84)
Honolulu Community College

Leon Richards (MA’70, MA’00, PhD’74)
Kapiʻolani Community College

Peggy Cha (MA’69)
Kauaʻi Community College

Manual Cabral
Leeward Community College

Clyde Sakamoto (BA’65, MEd’73)
Maui Community College

Angela Meixell (Med’76, EdD’83)
Windward Community College

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation gratefully acknowledges the following organizations, individuals, and businesses who gave so much of their time, expertise, and/or resources to make the Public Launch a success. This once-in-a-lifetime event could only happen because of our innumerable volunteers.

Aʻa Party Rentals
Anheuser-Busch
ATTCO
Tom Bingham
Better Brands
Blossom & her incredible clean-up crew
CF-A 6 (Advanced Concrete Tech.)
apprentices
Cacey Christiansen
City Mill
Cosier Construction Inc.
Current Affairs
Elite Services
Fiji Water Company
Flowers by Jane
Keiko Fujiwara
Chiki Gamboa
Gas Company
Sarah Giron
Green Point Nurseries
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Harold L. Lyon Arboretum
Mana Hayakawa
Honolulu Community College Hawaiʻi
Masons’ Training Program
Fumi Isomoto
JMJ Rentals, Inc.
Kapiʻolani Community College
Auxiliary Services
Kapiʻolani Community College
Culinary Institute of the Pacific
Kapiʻolani Community College
Hospitality and Tourism
Quinn Kelsey
Edison Keomaka
Naomi Kukac
L & L Drive-Inn -- Keʻeaumoku in Wal-Mart
Mason Contractors’ Association of Hawaiʻi
Masons’ Union
Nami Matsuda
Blanka Mooney
Hiromi Nakajima
Conrad Nonaka
Paradise Lua
Party Pizzazz
Pepsi
Captain Randal Quan
Kelvin Ro
Show & Tell
Southern Wine & Spirits of Hawaiʻi
Motoko Sugawara
Ricky Tamashiro
Michael Tamaru
Tomoko Tsuchida
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Building and Grounds Management
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jazz Combo
University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warrior Marching Band
Kelli Wallace
Thurston Werner
Kay Yamaguchi