Board of Directors 2025 - 2026

Executive Committee

Ginger Fuata

POSITION
Chairperson

NACHC Executive Committee Board of Directors (Consumer Representative) & U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) - Tribal and Indigenous Advisory Council Member

Renee Rego

POSITION
First Vice Chairperson

Retired, Former President & CEO; Teamsters Local 681, Labor organizations, Food Bank Hawaii, affiliations with Unity House, Representative on the Teamster Health & Welfare Trust Fund

Flo Pell

POSITION
Second Vice Chairperson

Retired Speech Pathologist, Board President of Hale Na'au Pono (Waianae Mental Health Center), active volunteer with the American Cancer Society, and volunteer aerobics instructor

Billie Hauge

POSITION
Secretary

Waianae Mental Health Center, HCAP, Former ED, WMHC Coordinator (retired)

Dan Gomes

POSITION
Treasurer

Business Consultant - Customer Service Manager, Pitney Bowes (retired)

Directors

Merrie Aipoalani

POSITION
Director

Hawaii State Department of Human Services/BESSD-Pauahi Unit

Genevieve "Lei" Aken

POSITION
Director

Career and Technical Educator Coordinator, Waianae High School

Judith "Judy" Babson

POSITION
Director

Radiology Director, WCCHC (retired)

Desire' De Soto

POSITION
Director

Hawaii Department OF Education, NĀNĀKULI / WAIʻANAE Complex Elementary & High School Counselor

Marianne Glushenko

POSITION
Director

Retired Former WCCHC Chief Facilities Officer

Charles Hew-Len

POSITION
Director

CEO/President of the Hew-Len Group

Clifford Isara

POSITION
Director

Partner Sonada & Isara, LLP

Kawika Kane

POSITION
Director

Career Counselor & Development Coach

Denice Keliikoa

POSITION
Director

Executive Director Valley of Rainbows, Making Dreams Come True, Grant Manager Honolulu Police Department and Active Member of the Aloha Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals

DeRoy Lavatai

POSITION
Director

Waianae High School, Parent-Community Networking Center

Keola Lloyd

POSITION
Director

Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, James Campbell Company

Todd Nitta

POSITION
Director

SVP & Division Manager, First Hawaiian Bank

Anthony Makana Paris

POSITION
Director

Principle, Hui Makana, LLC; Treasurer, National Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Chair of the Prince Kuhio Hawaiian Civic Club – Scholarship Fund; Research Analyst, Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund

Wayne Suehiro

POSITION
Director

Senior Vice President, First Hawaiian Bank (retired)

Candy Suiso

POSITION
Director

Executive Director of Searider Productions Co-owner, Makaha Mangoes