WDC Members

For more information on how to serve on this board, please visit hawaii.gov/gov/team/boardscommissions. 

  PRIVATE SECTOR

Marian Tsuji

President and CEO, Lanakila Pacific

WDC Board Chair

Jonathan Chun

Attorney, Belles Grahman Proudfoot and Wilson

Allen Chung

President, C Three Consulting LLC

Vicky Gaynor

Business Development Manager, Environet Inc

Carl Hinson

Director of Workforce Development, Hawaii Pacific Health

Robert Martin Jr.

Attorney

Nani Medeiros

Public Affairs and Advocacy Director, Hawaii Primary Care Assn.

Jeffrey Piontek

Head of School, Hawaii Technology Academy

Arun Savara

CEO, The Maids

Tony Saguibo

Vice President, Hawaii Medical Service Assn. (HMSA)

Marcia Taira

Director of Human Resources, Oceanic Time-Warner Cable

Jeff Thompson

Vice President & Branch Manager, Ledcor Construction Hawaii

LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS

Michael Gleason

President, the ARC of Hilo

Chair, Hawaii Island Workforce Investement Board

Steve Lupkes

Research Station Manager, BASF Plant Science

Chiar, Kauai Workforce Investment Board

James Tollefson

President and CEO, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii

Chair, Oahu Workforce Investment Board

Leslie Wilkins

Chair, Maui Workforce Investment Board

LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

Alfred Lardizabal

Director, Goverment and Community Relations

Laborers Union Local 368

Harold McDermott

Assistant Training Coordinator

Plumbers and Fitters Union Local 675

COMMUNITY BASED NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION

Paul Richards

Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Education Council

LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS

Senator Clayton Hee

Senator Jill Tokuda

Representative Karl Rhoads

Representative Ryan Yamane

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS(*)

Governor Neil Abercrombie

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa

Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho

Dwight Takamine

Director, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

Patricia McManaman

Director, Department of Human Services

Richard Lim

Director, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism

Dr. MRC Greenwood

President, The University of Hawaii System

Kathryn Matayoshi

Superintendant, Hawaii State Department of Education

 (*) - represented by assigned designees at WDC meetings