Leadership
Meet the Team
Leadership
Susan Furuta
President & Chief Executive Officer
Dani Maldonado
Director of Operations
Jessica Daniels
Program Manager, Bilingual Access Line
Kristine Garabiles
Program Manager, Community Clearinghouse
Lori Hamada
Cheyona Lopez
Program Manager, SNAP Outreach
Dorian Nakamichi
Communications & Development Manager
Sandy Lau
Accounting Manager
Cayla Kapanui-Sula
Employment Coordinator
Mae Gallardo
Program Coordinator
Meet the Team
Board of Directors
Summer Kaiawe, Chair and Secretary
Partner, Watanabe Ing LLP
Emmanuel Zibakalam, Vice Chair
Principal, Government Affairs and Public Private Partnerships, Pacific Business Advocates LLC
Taylor Kirihara, Treasurer
Senior Vice President and Senior Commercial Banking Manager, Central Pacific Bank
Greg Carlson, Director
Executive Director, Information Office Hawaii Region and Maui Health Systems, Kaiser Permanente
Daniel Hughes, Director
Senior Consultant, Allana Buick & Bers
Travis Kikuchi, Director
Senior Vice President and Director of Private Banking, Central Pacific Bank
Drew Nagai, Director
Agent, Noguchi & Associates
Shawn Nakamoto, Director
President & Owner, SUN Communications
Matt Orias, Director
First Vice President, Business Relationship Team Leader, American Savings Bank
Kahala Howser Pimentel, Director
Wellness & Events Manager, Hawaii Dental Service
Joseph Sam, Director
Associate Executive Director, University of Hawaii Professional Assembly
Meet the Team
Young Leaders Board
Ryan Mae Sweeney, President
President & Owner, Aster Marketing Hawaiʻi
Daven Heen, Vice-President
Physician Compensation Analyst, The Queen’s Health Systems
April Cheng, Secretary
Owner, TravelChic World
Suma Metla, YL Board Member
Owner, Three Little Ducks
Nick Riopelle, YL Board Member
Senior Account Manager, Star-Advertiser
Hazel Unciano, YL Board Member
Realtor, Coldwell Banker Realty
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Helping Hands Hawai‘i is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our agency selects and promotes qualified individuals from within or hires externally when vacancies arise. The agency makes every effort to place people in positions that make the best use of their abilities, contributes to career growth, and maximizes personal satisfaction
Helping Hands Hawai‘i is also firmly committed in taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities, veterans with disabilities, veterans, minorities, and women. We make every effort to maintain a pool of diverse, qualified candidates.