YBC - Leadership Series

Leadership Series is an original program of the Young Business
Council. It is held throughout the year featuring a prominent
business figure in the community. It was launched in 2003 with aio
Group Chairman Duane Kurisu.

2003
November 13 - Duane Kurisu – YBC Kick-Off and Membership Drive

2004
March 18 – Walter Dods, First Hawaiian Bank, Lifetime Achievement
Award
August 12 – Pam Chambers, Business Etiquette
October 6 – Christine Camp Friedman, Avalon Development Co.

2005
January 26 – Gwen Fujie, A Taste of Tongue Fu
February 23 – Bob Sigall, HPU Professor, author of The Companies
We Keep
April 27 – Entrepreneur Panel I – Bill Tobin (Tiki’s), Ho’ala Greevy
(Pau Spam), Gina Mangieri (The Cole Academy)
May 26 – John McNamara, UH Associate Athletics Director for External
Affairs
August 18 – Dr. Irwin Rubin, Temenos Inc., 10 Truths About
Leadership

2006
February 22 – Leadership Works with Glenn Furuya, Part 1
March 22 – Randy Iwase, Gubernatorial candidate
May 10 – Leadership Works with Glenn Furuya, Part 2
June 28 – Stanford Carr
July 26 – Entrepreneur Panel II – Stephanie Pietsch (Wahoo’s Fish
Taco), Adam Wong (Great Harvest Bread Company), Teo Clemens
(Mauka to Makai Outdoor Gear)
October 5 – Connie Lau, Hawaiian Electric Industries
November 15 – Leadership Works with Glenn Furuya, Part 3
Oct/Nov – INgage mentoring program

2007
January 24 – The MacNaughton Group
February 22 – Leadership Works with Glenn Furuya, Part 4
March 15 – Sherri Okinaga
May 16 – Entrepreneurial Resources Panel
June 21 – Sherri Okinaga
August 22 – Lisa Gibson, Hawaii Science & Technology Council
September 20 – Judge Samuel P. King and Randy Roth, co-authors
of Broken Trust

2008
January 24 – Entrepreneur Panel III: The Next Generation - Stan
Masamitsu, Tony Auto Group; Grelyn Rosario, McDonald's of Maui;
Donn Takaki - HawkTree International
February 28 - Gwen Fujie, Tongue Fu
March 27 - Allen Doane, Alexander & Baldwin
May 15 - Greg McMackin, University of Hawaii Football Head Coach