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Jonathan Mitchell is Vice President - Land & Asset Management at Parker Ranch Inc. Prior to joining Parker Ranch, Mr. Mitchell worked at Apple Inc. and Janus Capital Group. Originally from Colorado, he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University with a multidisciplinary degree in astronomy, psychology, and systems theory, and earned a master’s degree in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Mr. Mitchell is a Pacific Century Fellow, serves on the Board of Directors at the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, the Executive Committee of the Hawai‘i Leeward Planning Conference, and is a fellow of the Consortium for Graduate Study of Management, The Toigo Foundation, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow.

Mike Kraft is Vice President, Pacific for Honolulu Freight Service.  He is responsible for overseeing Honolulu Freight’s Hawai‘i operations as well as leading key technology implementations for the entire organization.  Prior to joining Honolulu Freight Service Mr. Kraft held the general manager position at Aloha Freight service, Hawai‘i head of IT at Matson, as well as various positions in software startups prior to moving to Hawai‘i in 2014.  Mike also serves on the board of directors for the Mō‘ili‘ili Community Center, the VP of fundraising for the Hongwanji Mission School PTO board and Treasurer of Temari Center for Asian & Pacific Arts.

Blaine Gemeno is Vice President, Hawai‘i Area for Sause Bros., Inc. He is responsible for the overall management of the Hawai‘i business unit. He began his career with Chevron and worked in finance and supply chain optimization roles of increasing responsibility for over 15 years. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Hawai‘i  at Mānoa. He currently serves as the Treasurer for the Hawai‘i Harbors Users Group.

Ricky Ching has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Hawaii National Bank since May 2016, where he oversees the finance, accounting, business analytics, IT, property management and security departments. He has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and financial management, joining Hawaii National Bank in 2006. Prior to being appointed CFO, he served as the bank’s Vice President and Controller. He previously worked as Manager of Finance and Business Affairs at University Clinical, Education & Research Associates and as a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from Santa Clara University in California and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Cord Anderson is Vice President of Development at Ward Village for Howard Hughes Co. In the industry for more than 20 years, his professional career began working for his family’s development company which focused on commercial centers, agricultural zoned subdivisions, restaurants and hotels. Originally from the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, Mr. Anderson attended ʻIolani School in Honolulu, then went onto Santa Clara University to major in Economics. For the last 10 years, Cord served on the Honolulu City & County’s Planning Commission. He coaches Varsity basketball at ‘Iolani School.