» The U.S. Conference of Mayors recognized Honolulu as one of 12 large cities promoting sustainability in its Mayors and Climate Protection Best Practices 2009 competition. Honolulu’s entry, titled "Sustainable Actions Tied to Local Culture," highlighted its 21st Century Ahupua’a program.

» Ray Soon, president of Solutions Pacific, an independent consulting firm, was recently elected president of the Historic Hawai’i Foundation.

First vice president is Michael J. O’Malley, senior partner, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel; second vice president, Stanton Enomoto, special assistant to the administrator, Office of Hawaiian Affairs; secretary, Lea Ok Soon Hong, Hawaiian Islands program director, the Trust for Public Land; treasurer, Robert Nobriga, chief financial officer, Hawaii National Bank; at-large officers, Norbert Buelsing, president, A&B Properties, and Robert Iopa, president, WCIT Architecture; past president, Timothy E. Johns, president and chief executive officer, Bishop Museum.