Leadership

The Aloha Council is governed by a 60-member volunteer board of directors and supported by staff.

Meet our council's "Key 3" leadership team:

President, Board of Directors Corey Matsuoka

Scout Executive/CEO Jesse Lopez

Council Commissioner Andrea Eshelman

The top volunteer position is our council president, is selected through a nominating committee process and elected at the Annual Meeting to serve a two-year term.

The president and board hire the Scout Executive, who guides and manages our council employees. The third member of the council “key 3” leadership team is the council commissioner, appointed by the board, who directs the volunteers that work directly with leaders of Scouting units to help them succeed.

To effectively administer Scouting, our council is divided into districts, primarily by geography, and the same council leadership pattern repeats. Each has a district chair, who leads the district committee; a district commissioner, who directs the unit commissioners; and is supported by a district executive, the staff member serving the assigned territory.

Voting members of the council consist of:

  • Representatives of each of the community organizations who sponsor (charter) Scouting groups
  • Volunteers serving as board members
  • Council officers
  • Members-at-large of the council

 

 

Aloha Council Executive Board

 Vice President  

  Mr. Colton Ching

  Senior Vice President, Planning & Technology

  Hawaiian Electric

 Immediate Past President

 Mr. Michael Ching

 Office Managing Partner

 Ernst & Young LLP

 Vice President - Hawaii Island       

 Mr. Newton J. Chu

 Attorney at Law

 Torkildson, Katz, Hetherington, Harris &   Knorek

 Commisioner

  Ms. Andrea Eshelman

  Deputy Executive Director  

  HSTA

Co-Vice President - Marketing & Development

  Mr. Jason K. Fujita

  Vice President - Consumer Sales & Product Marketing

  Hawaiian Telcom

 Vice President - Legal     

  Mr. Jeffrey Harris

  Director

  Torkildson, Katz, Hetherington, Harris & Knorek

 Treasurer       

  Mr. Dean Hirata  

  President

  'ike Hawaii

 Past President     

  Mr. Gordon Kagawa

  President

  Occidental Underwriters

 CEO/Secretary      

  Mr. Jesse Lopez

  Scout Executive/CEO

  Aloha Council, Boy Scouts   of America

  Vice President - Maui     

  Ms. Ellen Loucks

  Manager, Walter Vorfeld & Associates

 Vice President - Programs  

  Ms. Yvette Maskrey 

  Hawaii District Manager

  Honeywell Smart Grid Solutions

  President

  Mr. Corey Matsuoka

  Executive Vice President

  SSFM International, Inc.  

  Assistant Treasurer       

  Mr. Jason Nagai

  Managing Director

  EY LLP

  Vice President - Members-at-Large     

  Mr. Franklin M. Tokioka

  Chairman Emeritus

  Tradewind Capital Group, Inc

 Co-Vice President - Marketing & Development

  Ms. Jean Tsukamoto

  Retired Certified Public Accountant

 

 

 

 

Directors

Mr. Vic Angoco

Sr. Vice President - Pacific

Matson, Inc.

Dr. Neal Atebara

Physician

Retina Center of Hawaii

Mr. Robert Borek

Pacific Wealth Management

 

Mr. Erich Chen

Hawaii Client Lead

Accenture

Dr. John Henry Felix

CEO

HMAA

Mr. Dennis Francis

President & Publisher

Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Midweek

Mr. Jeffrey Grimmer

Vice President & Treasurer

First Insurance Company of Hawaii, Ltd.

Mr. Jason Haruki

Senior Vice President

First Hawaiian Bank

Mr. Eric Hashizume

Vice President, Buildings Division

Hawaiian Dredging & Construction

Mr. Michael Hirai

Director, Business Development

Barrow Hanley Global Investors

Mr. Blake Isobe

Principal

N&K CPA's, Inc.

Mr. Robert Jones

President

Triple J. Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Brian Kakihara

 

 

Dr. Thomas S. Kosasa

 

Physician

Mr. Gabriel Lee

EVP Commercial Markets

American Savings

Dr. Ronald Ling

Retired Optometrist 

Mr. Arnold Martines

President & Chief Operating Officer

Central Pacific Bank

Mr. Declan McCarthy

 

Mr. Robert S. McEldowney

Owner

Applied Safety Managment 

Mr. Ross Murakami

Partner

KMH, LLP

Mr. Myron Nakata

Founder

LeiHut.com

Ms. Lisa Sakamoto

Diocesan Finance Officer

Roman Catholic Church

Mr. Matthew Sasaki

Director of Strategic Inititiaves 

HMSA

Mr. Wesley R. Segawa

Principal 

Wesley R. Segawa & Associates, Ltd.

Ms. Kimi Takazawa

Executive Director

Ballet Hawaii

Mr. Bennett Wo

Vice President 

C.S. Wo & Sons, Ltd.

Mr. Darryl Wong

President 

Imperial Associates Ltd.

Mr. Scott Yoshihara

Senior VP & Regional Manager 

Bank of Hawaii

Mr. Daniel Zettle

Vice President & Managing

Director Hawaiian Islands/Alaska

Office Depot/Office Max/HOPACO