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YMCA Honolulu appoints Michael Broderick to be CEO

 The YMCA of Honolulu has announced it has chosen Judge Michael Broderick to be the organization's chief executive officer and president. Broderick, a family court judge, has been on the board of the YMCA of Honolulu for eight years. He will succeed Larry Bush, who is retiring at the end of the year after 40 years with the YMCA.

"I am incredibly excited about joining Hawaii's leading nonprofit for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. This is a great opportunity to continue to work with Hawaii’s families and community, and through quality programs and services work to prevent the problems I see every day in Family Court," Broderick said.

Before taking the bench, Broderick was the administrator for the Hawaii Judiciary. Besides the YMCA, he has been on other nonprofit boards and committees for such groups as the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii. The YMCA of Honolulu operates nine centers across Oahu aimed at helping youth.

> North Hawaii Community Hospital on the Big Island has named Ken Wood as its president and CEO effective Oct. 1. Wood, a Waimea resident and former member of the hospital’s board of directors, replaces John R. White who announced earlier this month he would step down as CEO Sept. 30.

Wood most recently was executive vice president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Before that, he was chief operating officer of Blue Shield of California from 2000 to 2006 and its chief marketing officer from 1995 to 2000. He will be the private Waimea hospital’s fourth CEO in three years, a relatively tumultuous period in which the hospital laid off then rehired employees and reorganized its board of directors all in an effort to turn around operating losses.

The 40-bed hospital serves approximately 30,000 Big Island residents and visitors on the Hamakua and Kohala coasts. Spearheaded by the efforts of Earl Bakken, longtime Big Island resident, founder of Medtronic Inc. and inventor of the world’s first wearable pacemaker, North Hawaii Community Hospital opened in 1996 and remains funded entirely by private donations.

> Pierre Omidyar has dropped to number 47 on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America. Hawaii's philanthropic powerhouse, the 43-year-old self-made billionaire-turned-philanthropist is worth $5.5 billion, the same as last year, when he ranked No. 40 on the Forbes list. Omidyar, who lives in Hawaii with his wife, Pam, and three children, has donated a significant part of his fortune to local nonprofit groups, partly through his Ulupono Initiative, which promotes food sustainability, renewable energy and waste reduction and partly through a pledge of $50 million over six years to the Hawaii Community Foundation.

> 2010 Business Leadership Hawaii awards will be announced at the Pacific Business News’ annual event on Thursday, Oct. 21 at the Sheraton Waikiki. For more information or to purchase tickets, call  Doreen Tavares, (808) 955-8074. Finalists for the American Savings Bank Business Leader of the Year include: Jerry Rauckhorst, President & CEO of Catholic Charities Hawaii; Betty White, Head of School at  Sacred Hearts Academy; and Kenneth Zeri, President & CPO of Hospice Hawaii in addidition to Matthew Delaney, CEO & President, Hawaii Human Resources and John Morgan, President of Kualoa Ranch.

Finalists for the Cades Schutte-The Cades Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Award include: Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America; Aloha United Way; Catholic Charities Hawaii; Hawaii Meth Project; and Punahou School. Awards will also be announced in these categories: Best In Business I (companies with 60 or more employees); Best In Business II (companies with less than 60 employees); Innovative Company of the Year; and Community Spirit.

> Hawaii Community Foundation has awarded the 2010 Ho'okele Award to the following nonprofit leaders: Jeanne Skog, Maui Economic Development Board president and chief executive officer; Gregory Dunn, Hawaii Nature Center executive director; Patricia Tummons, Environment Hawaii publisher; and Selena Ching, Hawaii Youth Symphony executive director.

> Hawaii People’s Fund  will honor the Hawaii Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development and HACBED Executive Director Bob Agres at its Annual Dinner and EXPO for Change on Saturday, Nov. 13. For more than 15 years, HACBED has worked as a statewide nonprofit intermediary organization to move economic, social, and environmental justice issues from the grassroots to effective policy.  As its executive director since 1999, Agres has dedicated the majority of his life to strategic action for generating community-based leadership towards changing policies and improving systems. He has worked in county and state government and served on the boards of many nonprofits including Pacific Gateway Center, Community Loan Fund and Nonprofit Quarterly and Hawaii Community Services Council, which later became the Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations. Individual seats are available from $60; every donation supports Hawaii People’s Fund grassroots grantmaking program. Click here for more information and to make reservations by Oct. 29.

> Hawaii Arts Alliance will honor Marie McDonald with the 2010 Preis Honor, for her lifetime commitment to the arts and culture of Hawaii from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Eva Parker Woods Cottage on Mauna Lani Bay, hosted by Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows, Kohala Coast. In addition, there will be a special luncheon in honor of Marie McDonald from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 19, at Kanu o ka Aina Learning Ohana in Waimea. Click here for event information or call Stacy, (808) 533-2787.

> Palama Settlement has selected Jean A. Evans as its executive director. She has more than 20 years of local management experience in the nonprofit health, education and social services industry, including as executive director of the American Lung Association in Hawaii.

> Hawaii Centers for Independent Living has announced M.J. Kimo Keawe as their volunteer interim executive director. His experience includes serving as former president as well as on the executive board of Aloha Festivals in 1999 and Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii in 2001.

> Better Business Bureau of Hawaii has announced the election of its 2010-2011 board of directors and officers: Chair, Susan Ing of Bank of Hawaii; First Vice Chair, Nancy Daniels of Outrigger Enterprises Group; Second Vice Chair, Thomas W. Dixon of First Hawaiian Bank; Secretary, Phil Sammer of ‘Ilima Hotel; and Treasurer, Dwayne Takeno of PKF Pacific Hawaii. New board members are Craig Hamamoto of KTA Super Stores and Stan Masamitsu of Tony Group.

> Life Foundation has announced four new board members: Kamana Opono Crabbe of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Kevin Kaneshiro of Vacations-Hawaii and Boyd Gaming; Kamalani Wilson of Desert Watch Security; and Christine Yasuma of Clear Channel Radio.

> Roy Yamaguchi, the Hawaii restaurateur, has been named to the board of directors of the Corporation for Travel Promotion. The founder of Roy's Restaurant was one of 11 travel and tourism industry leaders appointed to the board by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. The CTP is a new nonprofit corporation charged with promoting travel to the U.S. and improving the entry process so visitors want to return.

> Make-a-Wish, Hawaii, has announced the following new directors for 2010-2011: Noelle B. Catalan and Deborah Ng-Furuhashi. Continuing officers are Ryan K. Sakaguchi, president; Brandt G. Farias, vice president; Lori L. Lee, secretary; and Tracey A. Keahi, treasurer. Directors: Carolyn Tom Davis, Alan R. Mattson, Joseph S. Pina and Lee Tokuhara. Henry Kapono continues as Make-a-Wish Hawaii ambassador.

> Queen's Medical Center has named Virginia Walker director of the Cancer Center at the Women's Health and Imaging Services. She will be responsible for implementing, planning and support of the cancer center. Walker was previously responsible for the oncology department and supervised and managed inpatient nursing and the emergency department at Kuakini Medical Center.

> Keith Ogata of Honolulu has been elected secretary to the board of directors of National SCORE, Service Corps of Retired Executives. Ogata is president of 3-K Financial Corp. in Nevada and was previously chief financial officer and treasurer of the National Education Corp. in Irvine, Calif.

> Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu has promoted Jill Matro to vice president of programs and branch operations from program services director since 2008. She joined the nonprofit in 2004.