HART Board Corner
Members of the HART Board of Directors share their insights on the Honolulu Rail Transit project.
City Rail Plan is On Track, Financially Sound (1.15.2012)
HART's
Executive Director/CEO Recruitment Plan (11.17.2012)
Message from the Chair
(10.25.2011)
HART 2012 Board of Directors
Robert Bunda served as President of the Hawaii State Senate for six years, and currently works as an insurance executive with John H. Connors Insurance. Bunda earned an undergraduate degree in business administration from Texas Wesleyan University, and pursued graduate studies in business from the University of Dallas. He was selected to serve as the ninth voting Board member on September 16, 2011, to a two-year term ending on June 30, 2013.
William "Buzz" Hong is the former executive director of the Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council. Hong earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Hawaii and an associate's degree in police science from Chaminade University. He has a three-year term on the board of directors beginning July 1, 2011.
Don Horner is chairman and chief executive officer of First Hawaiian Bank. Horner earned an undergraduate degree in business from the University of North Carolina, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and he is an honors graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington. He has a four-year term on the board of directors beginning July 1, 2011.
Keslie Hui is development manager of Forest
City Enterprises, where he is responsible for planning and
development of a large master-planned community. Hui earned a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Ross School of
Business at the University of Michigan. He has a four-year term on
the board of directors beginning July 1, 2011.
Damien Kim is business manager and financial
secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Local 1186, where he manages more than $500 million in trust fund
money for the IBEW. He has an associate's degree from Honolulu
Community College and has been a licensed journeyman electrician
for more than 20 years. He has a three-year term on the board of
directors beginning July 1, 2011.
Ivan Lui-Kwan is an attorney and director with
Starn O'Toole Marcus & Fisher, and a former director of the
City and County of Honolulu's Department of Budget and Fiscal
Services. Lui-Kwan earned a juris doctorate from Rutgers
University, a master's degree in international relations from
Rutgers University, and a bachelor's degree in political science
from Saint Martin's University. He has a five-year term on the
board of directors beginning July 1, 2011.
Glenn Okimoto is director of the State Department
of Transportation and serves as an ex-officio, voting member of the
board of directors.
Carrie Okinaga is the former chief in-house legal
counsel for the City and County of Honolulu as its Corporation
Counsel. Okinaga earned an undergraduate degree in
government/public policy from Pomona College and a juris doctorate
from Stanford Law School. She has a five-year term on the board of
the directors beginning July 1, 2011.
David Tanoue is director of the City and County
of Honolulu's Department of Planning and Permitting and an
ex-officio, non-voting member of the board of directors.
Wayne Yoshioka is director of the City and County
of Honolulu's Department of Transportation Services and an
ex-officio, voting member of the board of directors.
