Hawaii - Pacific Export Council
international business, export trade of product and service provides a source of experience and mentor's to businesses seeking to expand into international markets. To Promote U.S. Exports from Hawaii and the Pacific Islands region by; 1) supporting the activities of the US Commercial Service and the Hawaii Export Assistance Center 2) Counseling business on the exporting process 3) Conducting trade education. Affiliated with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the DEC's began 1973 when President Nixon directed the Secretary of Commerce to establish the DEC's network throughout the United States to stimulate greater participation in a national export effort. Each DEC works with the local US Commercial Service Offices as follows: - mentor local businesses - identify export financing sources - sponsor programs to create export awareness in the local community - identify issues that impact export trade - promote programs and services of the U.S. Export Assistance Offices - encourage international trade education - build local export assistance partnerships - work through organizations such as SCORE and the SBA There are 56 councils in the US with over 1800 volunteers representing business, universities, and government. Council members have a wealth of knowledge of international business and trade with access to specialized information resources. Members, appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, provide an important source of professional experience and advice that complements the counseling and assistance provided by US Department of Commerce Trade Specialists. Activities of individual DEC's are tailored to address community needs. DEC's establish committees for specific international trade topics and priority objectives of local business and the commerce Department. New ideas and initiatives that work well for a DEC are shared with other DEC's either on a regional basis or through the National Chairperson’s Council. They also include establishing speakers bureaus and speakers kits, conducting export seminars and workshops, organizing export promotion programs on a regional basis, sponsoring Trade Missions or hosting international buyers delegations. DEC's mission is to assist American firms to export. The nationwide network of DEC’s have significantly contributed to expanding US exports. Membership Roster as of January 25, 2009 Chair: Stephen Craven Phone: 808-395-0870 (home) President Cell: 808-203-3540 Kekepana LLC Email: steve@kekepana.com 7365 Makaa Street Honolulu, HI 96825 INTERNATIONAL TRADE CONSULTANT Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 Vice Chair Johnson Choi Phone: 808-524-5738 President Fax: 808-524-8063 Hong Kong China Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Email: jwkc8168@yahoo.com 55 Merchant Street, Suite 1813 Web: www.hkchcc.org Honolulu, HI 96813 www.cmcconsultinggroup.com Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 www.makaimotionpictures.com Treasurer: Naomi K. Masuno Phone: 808-488-7205 Vice President, Business Banking Cell: 808-782-5502 First Hawaiian Bank Fax: 808-488-7210 Expertise: International trade finance/methods of payment Emailnmasuno@fhb.com Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Executive Secretary: John Holman Phone: 808-522-8041 Director, Pacific Islands Fax: 808-522-8041 U.S. Commercial Service/ITA Email: John.Holman@mail.doc.gov 521 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 214 Honolulu, HI 96813 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Current Members Piia Aarma Phone: 808-737-1904 President Fax: 808-732-9691 Pineapple Tweed Email: piia@pineappletweed.com 1829 Bertram Street Web: www.pineappletweed.com Honolulu, HI 96816 Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Ed Case Phone: 808-523-9000 Of Counsel Fax: 808-533-4184 Bays Deaver Lung Rose Holma Email: edcase@edcase.com 1099 Alakea Street, Suite 1600 Honolulu, HI 96813 Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 Lucy Dean Phone: 808-250-5055 Principal Cell 303-520-4513 Global Business Solutions, LLC Fax: 303-484-5608 P.O. Box 2452 Email: lucy@globalbizso.com Wailuku, HI (Maui) 96793 Expertise: International banking, foreign exchange letters of credit, trade finance and seminars Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Carol A. Dickson Phone: 808-956-7732 (h) 536-2533 Associate Professor of Marketing Cell: 808-383-3400 University of Hawaii at Manoa Fax: 808-956-2239 1025 Wilder Avenue, #10A Email: cdickson@hawaii.edu Honolulu, HI 96896822 Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Dana Gray Phone: 808-637-5620 President Fax: 808-637-6194 Oils of Aloha Email: dgg@oilsofaloha.com P.O. Box 685 Web: www.oilsofaloha.com Waialua, HI 96791 Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 MANUFACTURER OF KUKUI NUT OIL D. J. Halcro Phone: 808-255-8118 President, Yankee Group Investments Home: 808-394-2184 Chairman, SCORE Hawaii Email: djh@hawaii.rr.com 889 Waioli Street djhalcro@yahoo.com Honolulu, HI 96825 Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 Janis Koh Phone: 808-536-1539 Project Manager Fax: 808-836-1503 Northeast Asia Forum Email: kjhawaii@pixi.com 5333 Likini Street, Suite 1102 Web: www.neaforum.org Honolulu, HI 96818 Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 CONSULTING/MARKETING Kevin Kraft Phone: 808-457-1904 President Fax: 808-440-5598 TradeWinds Global Email: Kevin@tradewinds-global.com 521 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 206 Web: www.tradewinds-global.com Honolulu, HI 96813 Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 Sandra Kunimoto Phone: 808-973-9550 Chairperson, Board of Agriculture Fax: 808-973-9613 State of Hawaii Department of Agriculture Email: sandra.kunimoto@hawaii.gov 1428 South King Street Honolulu, HI 96814-2512 STATE GOVERNMENT Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Valerie Lamoureux Phone: 808-922-7767 President Fax: 808-924-8474 Lamoureux, Ltd., dba Waikiki Aloe Email: valerie@waikikialoe.com 2168 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 SKIN CARE PRODUCTS Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Dr. Michael J. Leineweber AIA Phone: 808-524-2040 Vice Chairman Fax: 808-538-1529 Durrant Media Five Email: mleineweber@durrant.com 345 Queen Street Website: http://www.durrant.com Honolulu, HI 96813 Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 ARCHITECT/ENGINEER Russell Leu Phone: 808-521-1456 Attorney at Law Email: rklleu@yahoo.com Beijing, China Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 INTERNATIONAL LAW Thomas Matthews Phone: 808-537-6937 President Fax: 808-564-0001 TradeWest, Inc. Email: tom1@leis.net 501 Sumner Street, Suite 621 Honolulu, HI 96817 Expertise: Personal care products/ Asia/Pacific region Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Thomas Moore Phone: 808-263-1222 CEO Fax: 808-263-6194 Tropical Telecom Corp. Email: tom@troptel.com 334 Lala Place Web: www.troptel.com Kailua, Hawaii 96734 Expertise: Exporting telecom products and services to 33 countries Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Thanh-Lo Sananikone Phone: 808-735-0238 Managing Director Fax: 808-734-2315 TAF International, Inc. Email: taf@tafinternational.com 3615 Harding Avenue, Suite 409 Honolulu, HI 96816 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Charles F. Steilen PhD Phone: 808-544-0283 Dean, Business School Fax: 808-566-2403 Hawaii Pacific University, College of Business Email: csteilen@hpu.edu 1188 Fort Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Expertise: International Marketing worldwide with emphasis on HK and China Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 Gerald Sumida Phone: 808-523-2528 Of Counsel Fax: 808-523-0842 Carlsmith Ball LLP Email: gsumida@carlsmith.com 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 2200 Honolulu, HI 9681 INTERNATIONAL LAW Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 Brian Suzuki Phone: 808-836-1936 President Cell: 808-391-8566 Hawaii Air Cargo, Inc. Fax: 808-833-6462 2929 Ualena Street Email: bsuzuki@lava.net Honolulu, HI 96819 Term: 01/01/06-12/31/09 AIR CARGO Gerald Wong Phone: 808-592-8140 President Fax: 808-591-1901 Interstate Hawaii Corporation Email: interstatehi@hawaiiantel.net 1330 S. Beretania Street, 304 Honolulu, HI 96814 OIL & FILTRATION SYSTEMS Term: 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2011 EX OFFICIO: Mark Anderson Phone: 808-586-2367 Deputy Director Cell: 808-348-2719 Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism Fax: 808-586-2377 State of Hawaii Email: MAnderson@dbedt.hawaii.gov Gregory Barbour Phone: 808-587-5372 Administrator FTZ #9 Cell: 808-542-4622 Foreign-Trade Zone Division Email: Gregory_Barbour@ftz9.org Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism Web: www.ftz9.org State of Hawaii Jane Sawyer Phone: 808-541-2965 U.S. Small Business Administration Fax: 808-541-2976 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 2-235 Email: jane.sawyer@sba.gov Box 50207 Honolulu, HI 96850-4981 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALUMNI ADVISORY GROUP (past members and other DEC appointed advisors): Robert Robinson Phone: 808-737-5860 1437 Kalaepohaku Street Fax: 808-732-3358 Honolulu, HI 96816 Email: robinson@hawaii.rr.com Former HPEC Member Wesley Fong Phone: 808-595-6127 (home) Former HPEC Member Cell: 808-220-5266 Email: wesleyf.fong@verizon.net |
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