EWCA-Hawaii Chapter
P.O. Box 240604
Honolulu, Hawaii 96824

 

Officers:
Dr. Carl Hefner, President
Mr. Keric Chin, Vice President for Fundraising
Mr. Greg Knudsen, Vice President for Networking
Dr. Azeema Faizunnisa Vogeler, Vice President for Participant Activities
Dr. Chhany Sak-Humphry, Treasurer
Dr. Ann Auman, Secretary

Board Members:
Ms. Susan Heftel-Liquido
Dr. Joseph L. Overton
Ms. Marlene Patton
Ms. Itsuko Masuda Suzuki
Ms. Margo Vitarelli
Ms. Ethel A. Ward

EWCPA Representative (2021-2022)
Mr. Keoni Williams

 

• To support the mission of the East-West Center
• To increase active membership in the Chapter
• To support the Center through networking and fundraising activities

 

The Chapter has aimed to achieve its goals through various activities:

• Hosting an Annual Membership Meeting and Social is held usually each Fall, where the chapter's Outstanding Service Award, with a monetary gift, is presented to an EWCA-HI alumnus who has served the Center and the Association above and beyond. In 1999, this event was held at the Hawaiian Regent Hotel, the venue of the up-coming EWC/EWCA 2000 International Conference, July 4-8, 2000.
• Creating the Professional Linkage Program (ProLink), which provides EWC participants, an opportunity to "shadow" relevant Center alumni in order to get first-hand experience of the everyday work environment and work culture. Each semester the ProLink Committee, made up of both alumni and participants, host a social for alumni and participants to meet "their match."
• Hosting current EWC participants on various socials and field trips to encourage alumni and participants to interact; cultivate current participants (future alumni); and offer the participants a chance to see more of Hawaii than the University campus. Past excursions have included a tour of Waimea Valley, a drum Pacific Drum Festival, and sponsorship to attend the annual meeting/social.

 

Each year at its Annual Meeting, the EWCA Hawaii Chapter presents the Outstanding Service Award to an EWC Associate who has provided outstanding service to the East-West Center, the East-West Center Association, and/or to the local community.

Awardees

2018 - Mary Hammond, Former Dean of Education, East-West Center

2017 - Patricia (Pat) Masters, Former Associate Director, Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity (SEED), University of Hawaii at Manoa

2016 - Charles B. Salmon, Jr., Adjunct Senior Fellow, East-West Center and former US Ambassador to Laos

2015 - William (Bill) Feltz, Adjunct Arts Specialist and Former Manager of the Arts Program, East-West Center

2014 - The late Larry E. Smith, Former Dean and Director of the Program on Education and Training, East-West Center

2013 - Gordon R. Ring, Former Alumni Officer, East-West Center

2012 - Barbara B. Smith, Emeritus Professor, Department of Music, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2011 - Kem Lowry, Jr., Emeritus Professor, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2010 - Edward (Ned) Shultz, Dean and Professor, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2009 - Alapaki Luke, Lecturer, University of Hawaii's Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies

2008 - Thanh-Lo Sananikone, Managing Director, PACMAR, Inc.

2007 - David P. McCauley, Director, Damon Key Bocken Leong Kupchak

2006 - Greg Trifonovitch, Former Research Associate, East-West Center

2005 - Ricardo Trimillos, Chair, Asian Studies Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa

2004 - Daniel Berman, Special Representative for South Asia, East-West Center

2003 - Sumi Makey, Former EWC Dean of Student Affairs and Open Grants

2002 - Loretta Pang, Professor, Kapiolani Community College and former Secretary/Treasurer of the EWCA Executive Board

2001 - Tin Myaing Thein, Executive Director of the Pacific Gateway Center

2000 - Jeanette “Benji” Bennington, Former Curator of the East-West Center Exhibition Series

1999 - Larry Foster, Dean, William Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii and former President, EWCA Hawaii Chapter

1998 - Puongpun Sananikone, President of Pacific Management Resources and former President, EWCA Executive Board

1997 - Lyn Flanigan, Vice President of Hawaiian Airlines and Member, EWC Board of Governors

1996 - Chhany Sak-Humphry, Lecturer, Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages, University of Hawaii and Community Volunteer

1995 - Puanani Burgess, Executive Director, Wai’anae Coast Community Alternative Development Corporation

1994 - Lynn Martin, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts

1993 - Rose Nakamura, Former EWC Program Officer and Outstanding Community Volunteer

1992 - Cleo Kobayashi, Volunteer Extraordinaire and Co-chair, EWCA 2000 Conference

1991 - Vicki Shambaugh, Director of Research and Development, Pacific Health Research Institute and former President, EWCA Executive Board

1990 - Marion Saunders, Civil Rights Champion and former EWC Program Officer

1989 - Amy Agbayani, Director of Student Equity, Excellence & Diversity,University of Hawaii and President, EWCA Executive Board

To view this Chapter's quarterly activity reports, go to the EWCA Blog and search on "Chapter Reports."