Nonprofit people in the news

Judge Michael Broderick named YMCA president & CEO

The YMCA of Honolulu has named Michael Broderick to serve as the organization’s chief executive officer and president, succeeding Larry Bush who retired on Dec. 31 after a distinguished 40-year career with the YMCA. Broderick began his leadership duties at the YMCA Metropolitan Office on Nov. 1.

Broderick served as a Family Court Judge for the Hawaii State Judiciary since 2003 and has worked closely with key government and social service agencies to develop programs to more effectively serve and help the children and families of Hawaii. Prior to being appointed judge, Broderick gained significant managerial experience when he served for more than six years as the Administrative Director of the Courts for the Hawaii State Judiciary, which has more than 1,800 employees statewide and a $110 million budget.

In addition to private law practice, Broderick also served two years as executive director for the Hawaii Justice Foundation beginning in 2001, where he developed and executed a successful fundraising plan and provided a range of grant support, program development, and problem solving assistance to Hawaii nonprofits. From 1992-1996, he was director of the Hawaii Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, where he assisted in resolving complex litigation and public policy disputes, developed dispute resolution programs and conducted outreach and training.

During his tenure as position of policy and research analyst with the Hawaii State Board of Education from 1990 to 1992, Broderick helped formulate statewide educational policies and plans including teen pregnancy and academic requirements for athletic participation. Before coming to Hawaii, he was an assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, working in the areas of human services, health, seniors, education, law and justice.

Broderick has been deeply involved in community work and advocacy in Hawaii, focusing particularly on family and children's issues. He has served on the boards of the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii and the YMCA Metro, where he served on the Executive Committee as secretary. He received his law degree from the UCLA School of Law and holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford.

> Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations welcomes three new board members: Robin Campaniano of the Ulupono Initiative, Lisa Ontai of Ontai-LaGrange and Associates, and Gregory Dunn of Fair Horizon LLC. New officers are: Michael Gleason of the Arc of Hilo, who succeeds Laura Robertson of Goodwill Industries Hawaii as board chair; L. Jani Sheppard of Maui Family Support Services, vice chair; Heather Piper of Central Pacific Bank, treasurer; and Gregg Dunn of Fair Horizon LLP, secretary. 

> “10 Who Made a Difference,” selected by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for 2010, included these nonprofit leaders:

• Joan Gribbin-Aiu of the nonprofit Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation was cited for her work advancing a longtime dream to create a memorial to honor Hawaii law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Gribbin-Aiu and her group successfully lobbied the Legislature to pass a resolution paving the way for land to be set aside for a memorial on state grounds in the Capitol District to honor the 60 officers killed in the line of duty in Hawaii since 1903. Originally slated to go on the Diamond Head lawn of the Capitol, foundation board members opted instead for a quieter location nearby, a tranquil, flat lawn area on the Diamond Head side of the Kalanimoku Building.
• Pamela Taylor-Tongg, artistic director of Ballet Hawaii for the past 25 years, this year brought Ballet Hawaii students to the Youth America Grand Prix, an international dance competition, where she was named the 2010 Outstanding Teacher. Taylor-Tongg has brought in master dancers from throughout the world for the nonprofit; opened satellite campuses in Wahiawa and Kapolei; and established scholarships for low-income students.  
• Barbara Kim Stanton, executive director of the AARP Hawaii chapter, was included for her work to help free up $23.8 million from the state's Rainy Day Fund for social-service programs, including $3.5 million for the Kupuna Care program that provides long-term care services to elderly residents in their homes. The legislative success was hailed as a victory for Hawaii's older adults, who face among the highest long-term care costs in the country as well as a shortage of nursing home beds.
• Charles Morrison, president since 1998 of the East-West Center, an education and research center in Manoa which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, bringing some 800 of the center's 60,000 alumni together at the Hawaii Convention Center. Morrison was also key to Hawaii being selected to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting this coming November, which will include the heads of state from the 21 largest economies in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Vivian Chau, executive director of the "Give It Fresh Today" (GIFT) program, was selected for her success leading a donation project that now provides 1,000 pounds of fresh, locally produced food to the homeless each month. GIFT involves dozens of volunteers and the good will of shoppers at the Hawaii Farm Bureau's farmers market at Kapiolani Community College, where the food is collected and sent to shelters and church groups each week for homeless programs. Chau initially set up a table at the market entrance last Jan. 2 with a sign asking shoppers to donate an extra head of lettuce or a couple of papaya, whatever they could spare.
• Melanie Bailey and Kathy Bryant-Hunter, members of the Parent Teacher Student Association at Aikahi Elementary School, drafted a bill to require a minimum of 180 days in a school year and increase student instructional hours. After countless hours researching and making calls to legislators, their lobbying paid off and House Bill 2486, which will take effect in September 2011, will bring student instructional hours up to the national average and, over time, exceed it.

> Lynn Finnegan, the former state House Minority Leader who was the Republican lieutenant governor nominee, is the new executive director of the Hawaii Charter Schools Network, a private nonprofit that advocates for the state's 31 public charter schools. Finnegan replaces Alapaki Nahale-a, who was nominated by Gov.-elect Neil Abercrombie as director of the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. The nonprofit Center for Education Reform recently gave Hawaii a "D" grade for charter school laws. The organization gave 29 states a grade of "C" or lower for their charter school laws. Forty states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws creating charter schools, but only Washington, D.C., Minnesota and California have laws that provide the optimal conditions for the charter schools to succeed, according to the Center.

> Roy K. Amemiya Jr. has become interim president and CEO of Olelo Community Media following the appointment of Kealii Lopez to become director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. The nonprofit has also named Greg Davis as director of Community Media Centers, succeeding Meredith Nichols, who has been named to the new position of director of Development. In addition, Olelo has promoted Amy Tamaribuchi to manager of the Mapunapuna Media Center and named Sparky Rodrigues manager of the Leeward Regional Community Media Center.

> Hospice Hawaii has added two new staff members. Linda Taylor is the new admissions coordinator. She will work with referring physicians, hospitals and care providers to facilitate patient admittance. Taylor's experience includes community relations director of AmeriCorps NCCC in San Diego and admissions director of Hale Ho Aloha Nursing Home in Honolulu. Aulani K. Loui is a new clinical liaison, responsible for working with staff at physicians' office, nursing homes and hospitals to provide referral services to Hospice Hawaii. She has more than 11 years of sales and marketing experience, including nine years in the medical imaging and pharmaceutical industries.

> Hawaii Venture Capital Association on Nov. 18 honored John Dean with its Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Dean, executive chairman of Central Pacific Bank, is chairman emeritus and co-founder of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawaii. He has been devoted to community involvement throughout his career, starting with his service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Western Samoa and continuing as he led highly successful turnaround campaigns at several financial institutions, including Silicon Valley Bank.  As CEO of these institutions, he emphasized the importance of community service and built it into the corporate culture. Dean and his wife Sue are noted philanthropists. Through the Emmett R. Quady Foundation, named for Mrs. Dean’s father, they endowed a faculty chair at the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii, founded the Kipapa i Ke Ala Lecture Series at the College, and made many other donations to nonprofit organizations in California and Hawaii. In March 2010, when Dean accepted the position of executive chairman of Central Pacific Bank, he did so on condition that he receive a salary of $1, and pledged to donate his equity compensation to Hawaii nonprofit organizations, including EF Hawaii.

> University of Hawaii Foundation has hired Robert Saarnio as major gifts officer for the College of Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has extensive fundraising and development experience, including serving as director of museums, curator of university collections at Johns Hopkins University.

> Bay Clinic has hired Keith Sanderson as chief financial officer. He has 25 years of accounting and financial organizational leadership in the health care industry.

> Queen Liliuokalani Trust has named Meagan Yoneshige its new manager for finance. She was previously an account manager for AON Insurance Managers and worked for KMH LLP, a Honolulu-based accounting firm.

> Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has appointed William Haug as hospital administrator for Moanalua Medical Center. He has more than 35 years of health care experience, including president and chief executive officer for Children's Hospital Central California and president and CEO of Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital.

> Aloha United Way has two new staff members. Cedric Panganiban becomes assistant vice president of finance, responsible for accounting duties that relate to AUW's receivables. Alan Castillo becomes assistant vice president for campaign, assisting with operations of the annual fundraising campaign and strengthening donor relationships.