Meet Our Awesome Team!
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Cara Short Executive Director -
Eddie Murai Board Chairman
Parts Manager
Pacific Honda -
Emily Kuraoka Board President
EVP/COO
ABC Corporation/Hawaii Soap Factory -
Ted Jung Board Vice President
Entrepreneur & Business Development
Retired Media Executive -
Christina Klemme Board Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer
Consuelo Foundation -
Jonah Kogen Board Secretary
CEO
Hillside Development -
Edmund Pang Board Member
CFO
Hawaii State Federal Credit Union -
Breana Grosz Board Member
General Manager
International Market Place -
Kevin Hillery Board Member
Attorney
Department of Defense -
David Banks Board Member
Partner
Cades Schutte -
Christine Yasuma Board MemberCustom Content Specialist
Hawaii News Now -
Eric Welton Board Member
Owner
North Shore Prosthetics & Orthotics -
Melanie Alano Board Member
Surgical Quality RN
Tripler
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Ann Yoshida Training and Innovation
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Russ Kim Program Administrator
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Simone Schmid Program Monitoring & Evaluation
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Shaina Bachstein Program & Administration Assistant
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RICH JULIAN Co-Founder
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MARK MARBLE Co-Founder
Leadership Committee
Community members dedicated to giving back.
- Jim Russell (Chair)
- Deborah Eveland (Secretary)
- Angela Atkins
- Jeffrey Hepfer
- Lynette Cantere
- Melanie Chun
- Kristen Kelly
- Ryan Kohara
- Nathan Quigley
- Gabriel Ruiz
- Susan Wilkinson
- Mark Marble
- Katie Mckay
- Tani Kalaukoa
- Tony Lynch
Key Volunteers
Our Volunteers reflect true aloha, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another!
Peter and Candy Luscomb, Deb Eveland, Harold Fujii
Check in, Merchandise, and Registration
Jeff Hepfer, Linda Harrington, Tani Kalaukoa
Assisted Swim
Beau Hodge, Kristen Kelly
Surf Instructor
Jim Russell, Eddie Murai, Ryan Kohara
Water Safety
Tim and Dylan Smith
Set Up/Tear Down
Angie Atkins, Tom Powers, Chris Courtois
Surf Schedulers
Torii Lynch
Lunch Tent
Tony Lynch
Water Support Pushers
Katie McKay
Transfers
Lynette Cantere, Kitty Powers
Equipment
Susan Wilkinson
Volunteer Coordinator
Honorary Board
Juice Aguirre
Juice Productions Hawaii
Ralph Goto
(Retired) Head of Ocean Safety, City and County of Hawaii