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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

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Jay Talwar

Jay Talwar Senior Vice President of Marketing, Chief Marketing Officer

Email

jtalwar@hvcb.org

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John Reyes

John Reyes Senior Vice President, Chief MCI Sales Officer

Email

jreyes@hvcb.org

Corporate and Financial Services

Donna Valenciano Controller

Email

dmvalenciano@hvcb.org

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Andrew Bailey Corporate Services Coordinator

Email

abailey@hvcb.org

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

Email

staala@hvcb.org

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Shari Lee Director, Human Resources

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Brandon Goda Compliance Analyst

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Island Chapters

Sue Kanoho

Sue Kanoho Executive Director, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Email

skanoho@hvcb.org

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Maile Brown

Maile Brown Director of Marketing, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

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Fun fact: Originally from Hilo.

Lani Pascua-Kaui

Lani Pascua-Kaui Coordinator, Sales, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

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

Christy Lagundino Office Assistant, Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau

Email

clagundino@hvcb.org

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

Patricia Ornellas

Patricia Ornellas Destination Manager, Kauai Visitors Bureau

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Becky Sadamitsu Administrative Assistant, Kauai Visitors Bureau

Email

bsadamitsu@hvcb.org

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Noelani Schilling-Wheeler

Noelani Schilling-Wheeler Executive Director, Oʻahu Visitors Bureau

Email

noelani@visit-oahu.com

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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

Email

karishma@visit-oahu.com

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Catherine Orlans

Catherine Orlans Oʻahu Destination Manager, Oʻahu Visitors Bureau

Email

catherine@visit-oahu.com

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

Joyce Bernardo

Joyce Bernardo Director of Marketing, Oʻahu Visitors Bureau

Email

joyce@visit-oahu.com

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Fun fact: Favorite food is curry - ALL curry is a good curry.

Jasmine Ogata Administrative Coordinator, Oʻahu Visitors Bureau

Email

jasmine@visit-oahu.com

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Sherry Duong

Sherry Duong Executive Director, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Email

sherry@mauivb.com

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

Leanne Pletcher

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

Email

leanne@mauivb.com

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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 and Convention Bureau

Email

janet@mauivb.com

Phone

Fun fact: Loves to travel and shop!!!

June Pagdilao

June Pagdilao Director of Sales, Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau

Email

june@mauivb.com

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Meagan DeGaia

Meagan DeGaia Destination Manager, Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau

Email

meagan@mauivb.com

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Rachelle Duarte Administrative Assistant, Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau

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Ross Birch

Ross Birch Executive Director, Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Email

rbirch@hvcb.org

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

Email

dhogan@hvcb.org

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Deanna Isbister

Deanna Isbister Director of Sales, Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Email

disbister@hvcb.org

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

Donna Kimura Director, Marketing, Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Email

dkimura@hvcb.org

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Rachel Kaiama

Rachel Kaiama Destination Manager - Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau

Email

rkaiama@hvcb.org

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Market Insights & Customer Relationship Management

Barbara Okamoto

Barbara Okamoto Senior Vice President Market Insights & Customer Relationship Management

Email

bokamoto@hvcb.org

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Jeffrey Eslinger

Jeffrey Eslinger Senior Director, Market Insights

Email

jeslinger@hvcb.org

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Teresa Nguyen Senior Analyst – Market Insights & Customer Relationship Management

Email

tnguyen@hvcb.org

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Roxanne Relles Manager, Customer Relationship Management

Email

rrelles@hvcb.org

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Marketing

Gina Chun

Gina Chun Senior Director, Advertising and Marketing Programs

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Phone

Darlene Morikawa

Darlene Morikawa Senior Director, Public Relations/Communications

Email

dmorikawa@hvcb.org

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Lei-Ann Field

Lei-Ann Field Senior Manager, Public Relations

Email

lfield@hvcb.org

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Heidi Fujimoto Executive Assistant, Marketing

Email

hfujimoto@hvcb.org

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Kara Imai Senior Director, Digital Marketing

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Kainoa Daines

Kainoa Daines Senior Director, Brand

Email

kdaines@hvcb.org

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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.

Susie Kim Director, Content Development

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Fun fact: Loves traveling, hiking and cooking. Enjoys watching international films and K-dramas!

Marisa Wong

Marisa Wong Social Marketing Manager

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Fun fact: Marisa is a former winner of Hawaii Stars, a local singing competition.

Meet Hawaiʻi

Adele

Adele Tasaka Senior Director of Sales

Email

atasaka@hvcb.org

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Lynn Whitehead

Lynn Whitehead Senior Director, Citywide Sales

Email

lwhitehead@hvcb.org

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Meredith Parkins

Meredith Parkins Regional Director of Sales, Eastern Region

Email

mparkins@hvcb.org

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Oleg Nakonechny

Oleg Nakonechny Director, Client Services

Email

onakonechny@hvcb.org

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Pauline Yang

Pauline Yang Sales Coordinator

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Ernie Garcia

Ernie Garcia Senior Director, Citywide Sales

Email

egarcia@hvcb.org

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Adrienne Nudo

Adrienne Nudo Senior Director, Citywide Sales

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Kathy Dever

Kathy Dever Regional Director of Sales, Midwest Region

Email

kdever@hvcb.org

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Josette

Josette Murai Convention Services Manager, Meet Hawaii

Email

jmurai@hvcb.org

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Membership

Karen Wataru Nakaoka

Karen Wataru Nakaoka Sr. Director Member and Community Engagement

Email

knakaoka@hvcb.org

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

Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy Manager, Membership Services and Operations

Email

bkennedy@hvcb.org

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

Armida York

Armida York Manager, Membership Development and Engagement

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Fun fact: Loves to watch sports, blogging about her dog, and wine country hopping.

Becky Stark

Becky Stark Manager, Membership Development and Engagement

Email

bstark@hvcb.org

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Fun fact: Becky was on The Price is Right with Bob Barker…and WON! That experience made her realize you really can do anything you set your mind to!

Travel Trade

Robyn Basso

Robyn Basso Senior Director, Travel Industry Partnerships

Email

rbasso@hvcb.org

Erica Neves

Erica Neves Manager, Travel Industry Partnerships

Email

eneves@hvcb.org

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Rachelle Fushikoshi Administrative Assistant, Travel Industry Partnerships/Mktg

Email

rfushikoshi@hvcb.org

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http://www.hvcb.org

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