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Tim Motts to lead Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii

Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii announced on Aug. 1 that it hired Tim Motts as its new executive director, succeeding David Nakada, who led the organization for 33 years.

“We’ve found a new leader who clearly understands BGCH’s focus on developing the whole person — academic success, character and leadership development and healthy living,” said David Hudson, president of the board. Motts assumed his position on Aug. 15.

Motts is a lifelong nonprofit sector professional who dedicated his career to serving young people and helping increase their educational and community engagement. His aim is to support the children of Hawaii to become the best students and citizens possible.

The search committee, led by retired Judge Michael Town, spent five months conducting a comprehensive national search process. Tim Motts was the final selection after very careful deliberation. The five-person committee worked with HR Solutions’ Marie Kumabe to facilitate the search.

“I look forward to working with Tim;” said Hudson “it will be a compelling challenge for the board of directors to keep up with his energy and enthusiasm, as I know he will be a great asset for the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii.”

For the past five years, Motts served as the chief professional officer of the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley. During his tenure, Motts doubled the outreach and impact of the nonprofit. Like the current situation, Motts replaced a long-term, successful executive director, who had been an integral part of the community for more than three decades.

“Tim Motts is an ideal choice for Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii,” said Nakada, “His commitment to youth is proven, and his dedication to inspiring kids will continue building our community legacy. I am confident in his ability to affirm this organizations’ status as hugely relevant and effective.”

Nakada will stay through the end of the year to assist with the transition. He then moves on to head a recently established project to assist start-up social services ventures dedicated to youth development.

Motts’ wife is Alison Duran Motts, whose father was born and raised on Oahu and extended family still resides in the islands. Alison will continue her years of experience in hospitality management, which began as a manager and sommelier for Disneyland Resort. They look forward to raising their two young sons, Jaxson Keahi and Gavin Kekoa, in the islands.

Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring Hawaii's youth to become responsible citizens. BGCH operates nine sites on Oahu and Kauai.

Pacific Century Fellows selects members for its 13th class

The 38 members of this year’s class selected for the Pacific Century Fellows program include six from the nonprofit sector: Blair Collis, president and CEO, Bishop Museum; Kay Fukunaga, associate and investment manager, Ulupono Initiative; Daniel Goya, program manager, Ka Paalana, Partners in Development Foundation; Garan Ito, manager of molecular diagnostics/biorepository, The Queen's Medical Center; Kevin Kawahara, technical solutions manager, Punahou School; and Ryan Tanaka, chief operating and financial officer, Saint Louis School.

The program, founded by former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann in 1996, is intended to encourage the development of Hawaii leaders and was modeled after the White House Fellows program. Pacific Century Fellows are selected by a panel of judges who, following written applications and personal interviews, consider a candidate’s educational background, career responsibilities, community involvement, communication skills and character. The program connects participants with senior community, social and government leaders with a goal of nurturing relationships among individuals committed to finding creative solutions to challenges facing the state and nation.

> The Tenth Annual Hookele Awards were presented on Monday, Aug. 29, by the Hawaii Community Foundtion to: Leslie Wilcox, president and chief executive officer of PBS Hawaii; Tony Krieg, chief executive officer of Hale Makua Health Services; Lea Hong, Hawaiian Islands program director for The Trust for Public Land; and Robert Peters, head of school at Hanahauoli School. The $10,000 prizes are presented for outstanding leadership in the nonprofit sector and dedication to the community. Recipients are strongly encouraged to spend the money on themselves for professional development and personal renewal. The program was created in 2002 by the Hawaii Community Foundation and the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation to strengthen leadership in the nonprofit sector. Winners are nominated by a confidential group of community members and previous Hookele award recipients.

> Iolani School Headmaster Val Iwashita announced on Aug. 18 that he will step down at the end of the 2011-2012 school year. Iwashita has been headmaster at the school for 17 years and is the Honolulu private school’s second-longest-serving headmaster. He will remain active for the following school year with fundraising, facilities development and planning for the school’s 150th anniversary to ensure a smooth transition, the school said in a statement. No replacement has been named.

> Lenny Yajima Andrew, president and executive director of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, announced Aug. 1 that she will retire once her successor has been named. No target date for that transition has been named, but the board has begun the search. Andrew has served in her current roles for the past four and a half years.

> Punahou School’s board of trustees has elected Claire Olsen Johnson to be board chair, the first woman to hold the post at the 170-year-old Honolulu private school. Johnson, a Punahou graduate and a board member since 1974, was elected to a two-year term. She also has served on the boards of the American Heart Association, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Garden Club of Honolulu and the Junior League of Honolulu.

> Stephany Nihipali Vaioleti has been named administrator of the nonprofit Kahuku Medical Center. Vaioleti has 12 years of experience in the industry. She previously served as assistant administrator and director of social services for Kahuku Medical Center. She succeeds Lance Segawa, who remains the executive director of operations for the Hawaii Health Systems Corp.

> Hawaii Farm Bureau has named Brian Miyamoto as its new chief operating officer and Joy Gold as its new interim executive director. Miyamoto, who previously was the bureau’s director of communications, has been with the organization since 2005. As chief operating officer, he will oversee the bureau’s day-to-day operations. Gold is a business and organizational consultant whose firm, Joy Gold Unlimited, was established 14 years ago and assists clients in the agriculture, health care, and social services sectors.

> Chaminade University has named Joseph M. Peters as its new dean for its Education Division. His experience includes work as director of the School of Education at Northern Marianas College as well as professor, associate dean, chairman and interim chairman at the University of West Florida and joint program reviewer at the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education/Florida Department of Education since 2005.

> Hawaii Pacific University has appointed Deborah Crown, a former San Jose State University official, as dean of its College of Business Administration. Crown was the Lucas Endowed Professor of Strategic Leadership and associate dean of SJSU's Lucas Graduate School of Business. Before that, she was a professor in the College of Business and the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University.

> Hawaii Youth Symphony’s board of directors elected two new directors: Malcolm Lau, senior vice president and market manager for the Business Banking Division at Bank of Hawaii, and Patti Look, a principal of the FundDevelopment Group, a consulting practice founded in 1997.

> Hiolani Care Center at Kahala Nui has named Jacqueline Mok as a social worker. Mok was previously a nephrology social worker with Liberty Dialysis Hawaii as well as a medical social worker at St. Francis Medical Center.

> Kuakini Health System has appointed Stephen Foster as manager of imaging services, in addition to his responsibility as manager of cardiac catheterization services, and Cheryl Utendale as manager of quality and patient outcomes.

> The Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association of Hawaii has installed its board of directors for 2011-2013: Ken Richardson, president; Patrick Miura, director; Tyrus Kagawa, vice president; Mark Suzuki, director; Barry Lai, treasurer; Glenn Tango, director; Kevin Kanekoa, secretary; Samuel Fujikawa, director; Kent Matsuzaki, director; and Gregg Serikaku, executive director.

> North Hawaii Community Hospital has named Jason Paret chief financial officer. He was formerly a chief financial officer for Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska.

> The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii has named Sherry Menor-McNamara as chief operating officer and senior vice president of business advocacy and government affairs from vice president of business advocacy and government affairs.