April 11, 2025

The Hawaii Business Roundtable held its second annual meeting with the Council of Mayors, featuring Mayor Blangiardi, Mayor Kawakami, and marking our first meeting with Hawaii Island Mayor Kimo Alameda.

March 24, 2025

At the recent HBR Board Meeting, Chair Mark Fukunaga shared updates on HBR’s ongoing efforts, including recent Government Leader Meetings and developments from the Executive Committee.

January 31, 2025

The recent luncheon with Governor Green brought together members of the Executive Committee to discuss key issues.

November 6, 2024

The HBR Executive Committee hosted a luncheon with Admiral Paparo, the newly appointed U.S. INDOPACOM Commander.

November 5, 2024

At the HBR Board Planning Meeting, Chair Mark Fukunaga led discussions on key topics, including Task Force Challenge: Creating Strategic Plans and a Major Policy Focus and Member Engagement: Increasing Participation.

October 22, 2024

The HBR hosted a luncheon with Dr. Beth Schiavino-Narvaez, Ed.D, Director, DODEA and Ms. Lois Rapp, Pacific Director for Student Excellence, DODEA Pacific.

September 20, 2024

The recent luncheon with Governor Green brought together members of the Executive Committee and a few HBR members to discuss critical topics.

September 18, 2024

Dr. Carl Bonham, Executive Director of UHERO, shared an economic outlook for 2025 with HBR members, the business community, and public leaders.

September 16, 2024

At the Board meeting on September 16th, the following appointments had been made to the HBR Executive Committee: Jason Higa will join as an At-Large Member, while Peter Ho has been appointed Co-Chair of Economic Innovation.

September 13, 2024

The HBR recently convened its second meeting of 2024 with the Mayors' Council, featuring Mayor Rick Blangiardi, City and County of Honolulu, Mayor Derek Kawakami, County of Kauai, and Mayor Mitch Roth, County of Hawaii Island.

July 15, 2024

HBR would like to thank Jack Wong, CEO of Kamehameha Schools for his outstanding service and dedication as the Chair of the Hawaii Business Roundtable.

May 13, 2024

At our Board Meeting on May 13th, Governor Green presented to the HBR Board a summary of the 2024 legislative session.

March 25, 2024

During our March 25th Board Meeting, we had the pleasure of introducing three new members to our Board: Race Randall from Maui Land and Pine, Michael B. Pietsch from Title Guaranty, and Kevin Penn from James Campbell Company.

February 21, 2024

The HBR held its first Mayors Forum featuring Mayor Blangiardi, Mayor Kawakami, and Mayor Roth.

January 12, 2024

The HBR Housing Availability Task Force held its first meeting for 2024, which included a special presentation on Transit Oriented Development Infrastructure Financing.

October 5, 2023

2023 marks the 40^th Anniversary of the Hawaii Business Roundtable!

August 28, 2023

The HBR Executive Committee joined Lieutenant General Stephen D. Sklenka, USMC, Deputy Commander, along with other component commands for a collaborative luncheon at Camp Smith.

July 18, 2023

Makena Coffman, Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience, Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and Research Fellow at UHERO, joined the HBR Board Meeting on Tuesday, July 18 to deliver an informative briefing.

May 2, 2023

The HBR Board Meeting on May 2 featured a very informative briefing by guest speakers, Roger Morton and Jon Nouchi from the City Transportation Department and Nani Medeiros, the Governor’s Chief of Housing and James Koshiba, the Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness.  

February 28, 2023

On February 28, the Hawaii Business Roundtable had a very informative briefing by guest speakers, Major General Mark A. Hashimoto, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Loren A. Johnson, Chief, Directorate for Intelligence, and Ashley Conner, Director, Community Engagement.