 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
Honolulu, Hawaii as of 03.1.2010 Honolulu-Hawaii-August 7 2008 - Hawaii Pacific Export Council Members - Thanh- lo Sananikone, Jerry Sumida, Johnson Choi, Piiia Arama, DJ Halcro, Kevin Kraft, Naomi Masuno and John Holman - Area Director Honolulu of U. S. Commercial Service met with William M Zarit - Deputy Secretary - Office of International Operations and Ira Kasoff - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia - International Trade Administration of the U. S. Department of Commerce met at Wailana Coffee Shop to discuss current issues and various business opportunities in China and India. William will be assuming the post of Senior FCO in Beijing 2009 in charge of CHINA. HPEC Members attending The Hong Kong.China.Hawaii with AmCham-Shanghai President, Brenda Lei Foster. From left Gerald Sumida, Gerald Wong, Brenda Lei Foster, Johnson Choi, Charles Steilan, DJ Halcro John Holman, Director-Honolulu ,Johnson Choi, Vice Chair, Honolulu-DEC and Paul Tambakis, Director-Newport Beach enjoying dinner in Washington , DC . August 4 meeting at the of the HPEC, FTZ #9 Boardroom John Holman, Robyn, Art Richardson, Richard Swanson, Stephen Craven, DJ Halcro, Johnson Choi, Thomas Steinmetz Members Mark Anderson Piiia Arama (Piia) Pineapple Tweed piia@aarma.com Gregory Barbour Foreign Trade Zone # 9 administration@ftz9.org Ed Case Bays, Deaver, Lung, Rose & Holma edcase@edcase.com Stephen Craven (Steve) Kekepana, LLC steve@kekepana.com Johnson Choi (Johnson) HKCH Chamber of Commerce jwkc8168@yahoo.com Carol A Dickson (Carol) U of Hawaii Manoa cdickson@hawaii.edu Lucy Dean Global Business Solutions lucy@globalbizso.com Stanley Fujiyama (Stanley) Agricultural Foundation fujiyamas001@hawaii.rr.com Frank Fukunaga Mele Pacific Inc frankhawaii@aol.com Dana Gray (Dana) Oils of Aloha dgg@oilofaloha.com Douglas J Halcro (DJ) Yankee Group Investments, Inc. djhalcro@yahoo.com Janis Koh (Janis) Northeast Asia Forum janis@neaforum.org Kevin Kraft Kevin@tradewinds-global.com Sandra Kunimoto (Sandra) State of Hawaii Department of Agriculture sandra.kunimoto@hawaii.gov Valerie Lamoureux valerie@waikikialoe.com Naomi Masuno First Hawaiian Bank Tom Matthews tom1@leis.net Tom Moore tom@troptel.com Thanh-Lo Sananikone TAF International, Inc. taf@tafinternational.com Jane Sawyer SBA, Hawaii jane.sawyer@sba.gov Charles Steilen Hawaii Pacific University csteilen@hpu.edu Gerald Sumida (Jerry) Carlsmith Ball LLP gsumida@carlsmith.com Brian Suzuki (Brian) Hawaii Air Cargo, Inc. bsuzuki@lava.net Gerald Wong Interstate Hawaii Corp. interstatehaw@biswind.com The Hawaii Pacific Export Council’s new members of 2009 are: Neil Arakaki, Hawaiian Candies & Nut Ltd Peter Cannon, Hawaiian Resources Co. Ltd Amy Chun, Consult & Construct LLC David Day, Law Offices of David Day Diana Jackson,Tradex Inc. Casey Jeszenka, Guam SBDC Network Mark Joye, Baker Hostetler LLP Jon Kuehner, Retired Foreign Commercial Service Phillip Mendiola-Long, Sherman Worldwide Arthur Richardson, University of Hawaii Manoa Richard Schnitzler, Hamakua Macadamia Nut Co. Thomas Steinmetz, Hawaii Tourism Association Paul Walters, Retired Foreign Commercial Service Joel Weaver, University of Hawaii Manoa Webmaster |
ALOHA FROM THE HAWAII PACIFIC EXPORT COUNCIL CHAIR 2009-2010 As the Chair of the Hawaii Pacific Export Council, I welcome you to the world of exporting. Our Council provides the business people of Hawaii with international trade expertise and educational resources focused on encouraging and supporting exporting. Joining DEC's from around the United States, our ultimate goal is to stimulate Hawaii's economic growth, while creating jobs through exporting. Hawaii is blessed as one of America's most culturally diversified States and very knowledgeable on the Asian / Pacific Rim Markets. Please use this web page as a resource and educational tool in making your Hawaii Company a successful player in the profitable world of international trade. Mahalo nui loa, Stephen Craven steve@kekepana.com |
| Richard Swanson, U.S. Commercial Officers/Network Director Southern California, Nevada & Hawaii and Paul Tambakis, Area Director, U. S. Department of Commerce. January 26th, "Strategic Retreat" at the Foreign Trade Zone#9 Conference Room to discuss why Hawaii companies don't export. Attended by Hawaii Board Members: Naomi Masuno, Tom Moore, Johnson Choi, Piia Arama, Chuck Steilen, Richard Swanson, Stephen Craven, Ed Case, Paul Tambakis, Carol Dickson, Gregory Barbour, DJ Halcro, James Nakano, Jane Sawyer, Gerald Sumida. The mission is to develop a "Strategic Plan" that will define and assist Hawaiian Companies to develop export trade. |
