Name in the News: Dr. Daniel Cheng
As a group, homeless individuals are disproportionally heavy users of hospital services. Read more
Name in the News
“Name in the News” features Q&A profiles of Hawaii individuals whose names have appeared in recent news stories or top headlines.
Heather Lusk: HHHRC’s leader directs help to those with HIV
In tandem with her work at the nonprofit, which took shape last summer, Heather Lusk is active on more than a dozen task forces and groups tackling community issues. Read more
Name in the News: Shan Tsutsui
When Shan Tsutsui was born on Maui 47 years ago, agriculture was so much a part of the landscape that everyone took farming for granted. Read more
Name in the News: Ulalia Woodside leads The Nature Conservancy
Ulalia Woodside sees a world of challenges surrounding her in her job — executive director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of Hawaii — given all the environmental crises of the current era. Read more
Name in the News: Dr. Chuck Miller
Hawaii’s “Our Care, Our Choice Act,” which took effect this month, allows terminally ill adult residents facing a prognosis of six or fewer months to live, to obtain a lethal medication prescription. Read more
Name in the News: Manuel Neves
Manuel Neves will hit the big 4-0 in February. Not his birthday; he revealed his last one was No. 64. Read more
Name in the News: Susan Furuta
Officially incorporated 45 year ago, Helping Hands Hawaii’s roots on Oahu reach back to World War II. Read more
Name in the News: Sam Millington of Partners in Care
Sam Millington’s academic background in anthropology gave him a wide-ranging, globe-spanning career, focused on management consulting in nonprofits, business and government agencies. Read more
Name in the News: Louis Erteschik, disability center advocate
The head of Hawaii’s disabilities center sees life improvements from advocacy. Read more
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Avalon Group CEO navigates challenges of building affordable housing
Avalon Group CEO navigates the challenges of building affordable housing. Read more
Name in the News: Ed Stone
Ed Stone, executive director of the Thirty Meter Telecope, has seen plans diverted by the course of history long before an uprising over Hawaiian cultural and environmental concerns threatened to up-end this latest project atop Mauna Kea. Read more
Name in the News: Jeff Martin
Less than two weeks before Thanksgiving Day, The Salvation Army’s Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division received word that it would receive a substantial holiday season gift donation made through the Hawaii Community Foundation. Read more
Christine Sakuda wants to modernize state’s IT infrastructure
Hawaii still lags decades behind other states in tapping information technology as a means to step up transparency and speed responsiveness in state government operations. But progress is in the works. Read more
Name in the News: Linda Santos
Dogs and cats and turtles, oh my! As it turns out, that was the path, starting in childhood, that led Linda Santos to her post in charge of Honolulu’s lions and tigers and bears. Read more
Name in the News: Trish Morgan
Nearly a year after Trish Morgan was named as a national winner of a $100,000 grant through Farmers Insurance’s Dream Big Teacher Challenge, her “Innovative Invention Imaginarium” set-up is near completion. Read more
Name in the News: Susan Ballard
Susan Ballard never planned to be a police officer. Read more
Name in the News: Alan MacPhee
Kahuku Medical Center will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday. Read more
Carla Houser gives back to homeless youth at RYSE Hawaii
Carla Houser seems so comfortable, so enthralled with carrying out her new mission with homeless youth that it comes as no surprise: She’s now giving back. Read more
Name in the News: Joseph Toy
Hawaii’s tourism industry is edging closer to another record year despite a few dips in arrivals tied to worries about forces of nature, ranging from Kilauea’s lava flow to hurricane forecasts. Read more
Name in the News: Georja Skinner
Georja Skinner’s current job focus is to chart the course for Hawaii’s creative sectors. Read more
Name in News: John Byrd
Dr. John Byrd is now director of scientific analysis for the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Laboratory. Read more
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