2022 Membership of Lambda Alpha International - Aloha Chapter
David | Akinaka | Principal | Ferraro Choi And Associates, Ltd. |
Hilarie | Alomar | Senior Planning & Development Manager | Kamehameha Schools |
Leo | Asuncion | Commissioner | Hawaii Public Utilities Commission |
George | Atta | Volunteer | Hawaii Community Development Authority |
Mark | Babin | President | MMI Realty Services, Inc. |
William | Beaton | President | Hawaiiana Development Group LLC |
R. Eric | Beaver | President & CEO | Hawaii Reserves, Inc. |
Ann | Bouslog | Project Manager | PBR Hawaii |
Wendell F. | Brooks, Jr. | Real Estate & Business Consultant | Real Estate & Business Consultant |
Kawika | Burgess | CEO | Alliance Commercial Finance |
Giorgio | Caldarone | Managing Director, Hawaii Real Estate | The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation |
David | Callies | Professor | University of Hawaii - Manoa |
Catherine | Camp | VP Commercial Real Estate Division | Central Pacific Bank |
Kevin R. | Carney | Vice President, Hawaii | EAH Housing |
Stanford | Carr | President | Stanford Carr Development, LLC |
Paul R "Ricky" | Cassiday Jr | Trustee, Consultant | Mary Lucas Estate |
Karen | Char | President | John Child & Company, Inc. |
Casey | Ching | Vice President - Real Estate | Servco Pacific Inc. |
Colton | Ching | Senior Vice President Planning & Technology | Hawaiian Electric Industries |
Calvert | Chipchase | Attorney | Cades Schutte LLP |
Connie | Chow | Senior Counsel | Oceanwide Resort |
Ryan | Churchill | President | Pacific Rim Land, Inc. |
Don | Clifford | Group Manager | SSFM International, Inc. |
Frederick "Kamuela" | Cobb-Adams | Sr. Dir. - Community Engagement Resources | |
Steve | Colon | President, Hawaii Division | Hunt Development Group, LLC |
Eric | Crispin | Vice President | Ohana Real Estate Investors |
Michael | Dahilig | Managing Director | County of Kauai, Hawaii |
Daniel | Dinell | President | Trees for Honolulu's Future |
Jonathan | Durrett | Durrett Lang, LLLP | |
Rick | Egged | President | Waikiki Improvement Association |
Rosemary | Fazio | Of Counsel | Ashford & Wriston, LLP |
Tom | Fee | President | Helber Hastert & Fee Planners, Inc |
Joe | Ferraro | Principal | Ferraro Choi & Associates |
R. Kalani | Fronda | Land Assets Division Director | Office of Hawaiian Affairs |
Linda | Gee | EVP | Standard Commercial LLC |
Robert Bruce | Graham, Jr. | Partner | Ashford & Wriston, LLP |
mike | hamasu | Director of Consulting and Research | Colliers International |
Mark H. | Hastert | FAICP | (Retired) |
Scott | Head | Vice-President of Resort Operations | Waikoloa Land Company |
Scott | Higashi | Vice President | Island Holdings |
Dean | Hirabayashi | First Vice President & Relationship Manager, Commercial Real Estate Loans | American Savings Bank |
Lea | Hong | State Director | The Trust For Public Land |
Ka'aina | Hull | Planning Director | Planning Department, County of Kaua'i |
Marie | Imanaka | Market Manager | Prime Lending |
Mitchell A. | Imanaka | Managing Principal | Imanaka Asato LLC |
Timothy | Johns | Chief Executive Officer | Zephyr Insurance Company, Inc. |
Doug | Johnstone | President, Hawaii | The Howard Hughes Corporation |
Glen | Kaneshige | President | Nordic PCL Construction, Inc. |
Melvin | Kaneshige | Managing Member | Aukai Consulting LLC |
Jody | Kaulukukui | Senior Advancement Officer | ASU Foundation |
Steve | Kelly | President, KPD | James Campbell Company Llc |
Zendo | Kern | Planning Director | County of Hawaii |
Myron | Kiriu | CEO & Owner | Better Homes & Gardens R.E. Advantage Realty |
Erik | Kloninger | Partner | Kloninger & Sims Consulting |
John | Knox | President | John M. Knox & Associates, Inc |
Alana | Kobayashi Pakkala | Chief Operating Officer + Partner | Kobayashi Group LLC |
Allen S. | Kubota | Sr. V.P. & Director of Corporate Real Estate | American Savings Bank |
Akemi | Kurokawa | Advisor | Urasenke Hawaii |
Naomi | Kuwaye | Of Counsel | Ashford & Wriston LLLP |
Sumner | La Croix | Senior Research Fellow | UHERO |
Abraham | Lee | Member Manager | Abe Lee Seminars |
John | Leong | President & CEO | Pono Pacific Land Management, LLC |
Bryan | Li | Executive Vice President | Blacksand Capital |
Jennifer | Lim | Partner | Carlsmith Ball LLP |
Cathy | Luke | President | K.J.L. Associates |
Warren K. K. | Luke | Chairman of the Board | K.J.L. Associates |
Jeffrey | Lum | President and CEO | Lum Yip Kee, Limited |
Tan Tek | Lum | President | Lum Yip Kee, Limited |
Lono | Lyman | Pesident and Managing Partner | Kapoho Manangement Company, Inc./Kapoho Land Partnership |
Makani | Maeva | President | Ahe Group |
Kaleo | Manuel | Deputy Director | State Commission on Water Resource Management |
Eric | Martinson | President | Queen Emma Land Co |
Kurt | Matsumoto | Chief Operating Officer | Pulama Lanai |
Michael | Matsumoto | President & CEO | SSFM International |
Melissa | May | Senior Planner, Resilience Practice Leader | SSFM International, Inc. |
Mark Kawika | McKeague | Principal Planner & Director of Cultural Planning | G70 |
Michele | McLean | Planning Director | Maui County Planning Department |
Stephen (Steve) B. | Metter | Chief Executive Officer | MW Group, Ltd. |
David | Miller | Chairman & Principal | Architects Hawaii |
Jonathan | Mitchell | Vice President - Land & Asset Management | Parker Ranch Inc., Parker Ranch Foundation Trust |
Sarah Lee | Morihara | President/ Managing Director | Hawaii | Colliers International |
Tessa | Munekiyo Ng | Vice President | Munekiyo Hiraga |
Wayne | Muraoka | Vice President - Development | Armstrong Development, Ltd. |
Brad J. | Myers | President | Aina Nui Corporation |
Bruce | Nakaoka | Managing Director | |
Kristen | Nishimura | Senior Program Manager | AECOM |
Jeffrey | Overton | Principal | G70 |
Nancy | Peacock | Nancy Peacock A.I.A., Inc. | |
Bruce | Plasch | President | Plasch Econ Pacific LLC |
Chris | Ponsar | Manager | Ponsar Valuation Llc |
Benjamin | Rafter | President & CEO | Springboard Hospitality |
Race | Randle | EVP, Head of Retail and Place | Lendlease |
Harrison | Rue | Community Building & TOD Administrator | City & County Of Honolulu |
Linda | Schatz | Principal | Schatz Collaborative Llc |
Tom | Schnell | Principal | PBR HAWAII & ASSOCIATES, INC. |
Sheryl B. | Seaman | Vice Chairman | Group 70 International |
Karen | Seddon | Regional Vice President | EAH Housing |
Scott | Settle | Managing Principal | Settle Law |
Michael | Shibata | Director of Strategic Development and Partnership | University of Hawaii |
LeeAnn | Silva | Director, Asset Management | Queen Emma Land Company |
Steve | Sombrero | President, Principal Owner | Chaney, Brooks & Company, LLC dba Cushman & Wakefield ChaneyBrooks |
Cheryl | Soon | Senior Associate | SSFM International |
K. James | Steiner, Jr. | President | Steiner Family, Ltd. |
William A. | Stricklin | Counselor at Law | |
Michael | Takayama | Vice President | Kyo-ya Management Company Ltd. |
David K. | Tanoue | Vice President | R.M. Towill Corporation |
Walter | Thoemmes III | Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate Division | Kamehameha Schools |
Susan | Todani | (Former) Kamehameha Schools & KPMG LLP | |
Dean | Uchida | Director | Department of Planning and Permitting |
Bruce | Voss | Partner | Bays Lung Rose Holma |
Kent | Walther | Vice President | Tradewind Capital Group |
Charles P. | Wathen | President | Wathen and Associates, Ltd |
John P. | Whalen | Retired | |
Lance | Wilhelm | President | The Wilhelm Group |
Sharon | Williams | Retired Campus Planning Architect, UH System | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Thomas S. | Witten | Chairman | PBR Hawaii |
Lucien | Wong | President/Owner | Lucien Wong & Associates LLC |
UlaliaWoodside | Woodside | Executive Director | The Nature Conservancy Of Hawai'i |
Timothy | Yi | President | Samkoo Pacific, LLC |
Jan | Yokota | Vice President, Pacific Region | The RMR Group |
Peter | Young | President | Ho'okuleana LLC |
Kimi | Yuen | Vice President | PBR HAWAII & ASSOCIATES, INC. |
Membership Qualifications
Only active and non-resident active members may nominate qualified individuals for membership during a nomination process conducted early each year by the chapter Membership in Lambda Alpha International recognizes and honors men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the knowledge, understanding or practice in one or more of the fields of land economics, and whose professional conduct contributes to the furtherance of the highest ideals of scholarship and integrity. The nomination of an individual should establish the individual’s specific contributions and/or achievements and be sufficient to distinguish that individual as a leader in his or her field. The board considers and initiates new members once a year in September. Initiation is celebrated in an October reception.
The following are the qualifications for chapter membership:
- An undergraduate and/or masters degree in a recognized field of land economics, including but not limited to economics, architecture, civil engineering, geography, landscape architecture, urban planning, public administration, law, environmental design, historic preservation
- A minimum of ten years of professional experience – mid career – in a recognized field of land economics, including but not limited to those listed under Education above, land use planning, urban development and redevelopment, property tax assessment, zoning, real estate consulting, appraisal, and real estate development. As an alternative, a minimum of five years of professional experience for any individual who holds a doctoral degree provided that the related dissertation was devoted to a topic associated with land economics
- Career Accomplishment An identifiable singular achievement, contribution, or leadership role in a field associated with land economics or a body of work which, when taken as a whole, represents a significant contribution above the normal progress an individual might achieve at mid career. An individual who is distinguishable as a leader in his/her field
- Ethics A demonstrated high standard of professional and personal ethics.
- Special Exemption A candidate for membership who does not meet the education and experience criteria may still be deemed qualified if the following conditions are satisfied: a) the candidate’s career accomplishment or body of work, taken as a whole, represents a significant contribution to the field of land economics and the public’s understanding of and engagement with land economics issues; b) the candidate is distinguishable as a leader in his/her chosen field; c) the candidate’s involvement in pursuits that have led to such a significant contribution is shown to derive from a deep personal commitment to the related work over a sustained period of not less than 10 years; d) the candidate has demonstrated a high standard of professional and personal ethics, and e) the likelihood the candidate will maintain an active participation in Lambda Alpha and chapter affairs is confirmed.