Hawaii - Pacific Export Council
    Honolulu, Hawaii










    District Export Councils (DEC's) are organizations of local leaders, whose knowledge of
    international business, export trade of product and service provides a source of experience
    and mentor's to businesses seeking to expand into international markets.

Our Mission Statement
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