Garrett Marrero and Melanie Oxley of Maui Brewing Co. were selected as the Hawaii 2017 Small Business Persons of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Marrero and Oxley were among 23 business award winners from Hawaii. Maui Brewing and the other winners will be honored May 4 at an SBA luncheon at Dole Cannery.
SBA said in a news release Tuesday that Maui Brewing was “founded in 2005 as a small brewpub and restaurant in Kahana. Maui Brewing has experienced amazing growth, expanding production of their locally made craft beer to 100,000 barrels brewed at their state of the art facility in Kihei. Marrero and Oxley maintain their strong commitment to use local ingredients in their premium products such as Bikini Blonde and Big Swell IPA and seasonal favorites as well, supporting a network of Hawaii farmers and value added producers. With new restaurant and brewpubs opening in the next year, Maui Brewing will have created more than 700 jobs and business growth opportunities across the state.”
Auto lunch to feature British cars
Robert Cowie of the British Car Club will be the guest speaker at noon Monday at the monthly Auto Lunch Bunch at the Waikiki Yacht Club, 1599 Ala Moana Blvd.
Also at the event will be the Kars at the Kurb, featuring Willie Williams’ 1933 MG J2, Tom Scarlett’s 1960 “Bug Eye” Austin-Healey Sprite, Cowie’s 1969 Lotus Elan +2 and a new Jaguar XF Prestige from Jaguar Honolulu.
To RSVP for the lunch, contact Ed Kemper at 225-2965 or email him at edracers@aol.com. The cost is $18, which includes meal, iced tea, tax and tip. Only credit cards are accepted.
ON THE MOVE
Dr. Stephanie Shao Jones has joined the optometry department at Kaiser Permanente’s Honolulu Medical Office. Prior to Kaiser Permanente, she practiced optometry at La Clinica de la Raza Community Health in Concord, Calif.
Honolulu Federal Credit Union has hired Lillie Piosalan as its new senior business development officer. She will be responsible for product promotions, membership relations and business development with fellow associations, businesses and sponsorships. Piosalan was previously working for Victoria’s Secret.
The Moana Surfrider, a Westin Resort & Spa, has named Stephen Hinck as its hotel manager. He was previously serving as a western regional partner and an off-site strategic sales regional partner for California Pizza Kitchen. Earlier in his career, Hinck served in various hotel operations positions at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, and the former JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina.
