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HVCB Staff Directory
 

John Monahan

John Monahan President and Chief Executive Officer

Tom Mullen

Tom Mullen Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Phone

808-924-0204

Jay Talwar

Jay Talwar Senior Vice President of Marketing, Chief Marketing Officer

Phone

808-924-0220

John Reyes

John Reyes Senior Vice President, Chief MCI Sales Officer

Corporate and Financial Services
 

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Donna Valenciano Controller

Phone

808-924-0202

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Andrew Bailey Corporate Services Coordinator

Phone

808-924-0235

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Sa Taʻala Executive Assistant to J. Monahan & T. Mullen - Board Corporate Secretary

Phone

808-924-0201

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Shari Lee Director, Human Resources

Phone

808-924-0203

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Brandon Goda Compliance Analyst

Phone

808-924-0271

Island Chapters
 

 
Sue Kanoho

Sue Kanoho Executive Director, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-245-3971

Maile Brown

Maile Brown Director of Marketing, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-245-3971

Fun fact: Originally from Hilo.

Lani Pascua-Kaui

Lani Pascua-Kaui Coordinator, Sales, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-245-3971

Fun fact: Loves ice cream, dark chocolate and volleyball!

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Christy Lagundino Office Assistant, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-245-3971

Fun fact: Former Future Farmers of America (FFA) member.

Patricia Ornellas

Patricia Ornellas Destination Manager, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-245-3971

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Becky Sadamitsu Administrative Assistant, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-245-3971

 
Noelani Schilling-Wheeler

Noelani Schilling-Wheeler Executive Director, Oʻahu Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-524-0722

Fun fact: Grew up around beer breweries, is a Master Brewer’s daughter and comes from a brewing family.

Karishma Chowfin

Karishma Chowfin Director of Sales, Oʻahu Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-524-0722

Catherine Orlans

Catherine Orlans Oʻahu Destination Manager, Oʻahu Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-524-0722

Fun fact: Loves thrifting and sees it as an easy sustainable practice that gives back to our local community.

 
Sherry Duong

Sherry Duong Executive Director, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Phone

808-442-8715

Fun fact: Sherry loves traveling and comparing other destinations to Maui.

Leanne Pletcher

Leanne Pletcher Director of PR & Marketing, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Phone

808-442-8716

Fun fact: Leanne loves to share her Grandma’s Coffee Cake recipe and has been baking it for family and friends since she was a little girl.

Janet Kuwahara

Janet Kuwahara Senior Manager of Operations, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Phone

808-442-8711

Fun fact: Loves to travel and shop!!!

June Pagdilao

June Pagdilao Director of Sales, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Phone

808-442-8717

Meagan DeGaia

Meagan DeGaia Destination Manager, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Phone

808-442-8723

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Rachelle Duarte Administrative Assistant, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Phone

808-442-8710

 
Ross Birch

Ross Birch Executive Director, Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-885-1655

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Debbie Hogan Senior Director of Sales, Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-885-1655

Deanna Isbister

Deanna Isbister Director of Sales, Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-885-1655

Fun fact: Has lived in Washington, Oregon, California, West Virginia, Colorado………Hawaiʻi called her back home!

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Donna Kimura Director, Marketing, Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-885-1655

Rachel Kaiama

Rachel Kaiama Destination Manager - Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Phone

808-885-1655

Market Insights & Customer Relationship Management

 

Barbara Okamoto

Barbara Okamoto Senior Vice President Market Insights & Customer Relationship Management

Phone

808-924-0242

Jeffrey Eslinger

Jeffrey Eslinger Senior Director, Market Insights

Phone

808-924-0246

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Teresa Nguyen Senior Analyst – Market Insights & Customer Relationship Management

Phone

(808) 924-0270

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Roxanne Relles Manager, Customer Relationship Management

Phone

808-924-0224

Marketing
 

Gina Chun

Gina Chun Senior Director, Advertising and Marketing Programs

Phone

808-924-0221

Darlene Morikawa

Darlene Morikawa Senior Director, Public Relations/Communications

Phone

808-924-0259

Lei-Ann Field

Lei-Ann Field Director, Public Relations and Destination Management Support

Phone

808-924-0208

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Kara Imai Senior Director, Digital Marketing

Phone

808-924-0260

Kainoa Daines

Kainoa Daines Senior Director, Brand

Phone

808-780-8411

Fun fact: Recognized as one of Hawaiʻi's best and brightest young business leaders with Pacific Business News' signature 40 Under 40 award in 2018.

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Heidi Fujimoto Executive Assistant, Marketing

Phone

808-924-0222

Meet Hawaiʻi
 

Adele

Adele Tasaka Senior Director of Sales

Phone

808-924-0225

Lynn Whitehead

Lynn Whitehead Senior Director, Citywide Sales

Phone

410-296-0564

Meredith Parkins

Meredith Parkins Regional Director of Sales, Eastern Region

Phone

703-625-0163

Pauline Yang

Pauline Yang Sales Coordinator

Phone

808-924-0210

Adrienne Nudo

Adrienne Nudo Senior Director, Citywide Sales

Phone

847-749-2996

Kathy Dever

Kathy Dever Regional Director of Sales, Midwest Region

Phone

312-982-2112

Josette

Josette Murai Convention Services Manager, Meet Hawaiʻi

Phone

808-924-0261

Membership
 

Karen Wataru Nakaoka

Karen Wataru Nakaoka Sr. Director Member and Community Engagement

Phone

808-924-0231

Fun fact: Absolutely obsessed with her recently adopted rescue dog, Luca.

Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy Manager, Membership Services and Operations

Phone

808-924-0267

Fun fact: Long time fan of University of Hawaiʻi Men's and Wahine Volleyball. Go Bows!

Armida York

Armida York Manager, Membership Development and Engagement

Phone

808-924-0233

Fun fact: Loves to watch sports and blogging about her dog.

Travel Trade
 

Robyn Basso

Robyn Basso Senior Director, Travel Industry Partnerships

Erica Neves

Erica Neves Manager, Travel Industry Partnerships

Phone

(808) 924-0245

 

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