HFIA VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES HFIA's Committees are the heart of the Association. The Members who participate in these vital groups create valuable connections within our industry and beyond and help set the course for the future of the Association and Hawaii's food systems.
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (GRC)
The Government Relations and Advocacy Committee (GRC) supplies outreach to expand and improve outcomes for bills selected for direct advocacy by HFIA.
Larry Hoggan Par Hawaii Refining, LLC Rhonda Kavanagh Kealakekua Ranch dba ChoiceMART Supermarket Wade Koopman Botcoin Depot Mike Mita Tamura Enterprises, Inc. Jacob Noh Noh Foods of Hawaii
Melissa Pavlicek Safeway, Inc. Alison Riggs Down To Earth Kimia Sadeghi Meadow Gold Dairies Hawaii Bahman Sadeghi Coca-Cola Bottling of Hawaii, a Subsidiary of The Odom Corporation Marielle Terbio Hawaii Foodbank, Inc. David Thorp American Beverage Association Dexter Yamada KYD Inc. Julie Yunker Hawaii Gas Meadow Gold Dairies Hawaii Brooke Sherick-Odom
MEMBERS Lauren Aguilar
Serlin Haley Cindy Chin Coca-Cola North America Wade Koopman Bitcoin Depot Lupe De La Cruz Pepsi Beverages Company Lisa Decoito Aloha Petroleum/Aloha Island Mart Lara Dunbar Island Distributing Mark Fergusson Down To Earth Wendy Gutshall Safeway, Inc. Craig Hamamoto KTA Super Stores Curtis Higashiyama ABC Stores
Paul Kosasa ABC Stores Derek Kurisu
CHAIR Gary Okimoto
Safeway, Inc. VICE-CHAIR Jayson Watts Mahi Pono BOARD MEMBERS Joe Carter Coca-Cola Bottling of Hawaii, a Subsidiary of The Odom Corporation Edna Ching 7-Eleven Hawaii Carl Fukushima Safeway, Inc. Charlie Gustafson Tamura Super Market
KTA Super Stores Maile Miyashiro C&S Wholesale Grocers
Kit Okimoto Okimoto Corp. Maxine Parker Foodland
Todd Oda Koha Foods Dave Oshita
Toby Taniguchi KTA Super Stores Stacy Waiau-Omori Foodland
Tropical Brokerage Marshelle Pagan
Coca-Cola Bottling of Hawaii, a Subsidiary of the Odom Corporation
Blake Yokotake 7-Eleven Hawaii
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE
MEMBERS Susie Henyan 7-Eleven Hawaii
Larry Ishii American Savings Bank Keith Kiyotoki Young Brothers, LLC Derek Kurisu KTA Super Stores Maile Miyashiro C&S Wholesale Grocers
The Community Service and Education Committee helps facilitate educational opportunities for members, enables community service and engagement of members, and supports association efforts to find opportunities to improve sustainability of the Food Industry in Hawaii.
Christian Rivera Armstrong Produce Warren Shon Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits Ethan West Piko Provisions Sonya Yuen Kualapuu Market
CHAIR Kit Okimoto Okimoto Corp.
VICE-CHAIRS Lauren Zirbel HFIA Staff Caroline Carl Hawaii Energy
BOARD MEMBERS Bryan Gomes Matson Navigation Company Charlie Gustafson Tamura Super Market Jay Higa Trade Media Hui
Mike Ohashi Pasha Hawaii
Kelvin Shigemura Armstrong Produce
HAWAII FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
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