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 Dr. Jason Fleming
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
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Vice President Ms. Lynn Araki-Regan Branch Chief State of Hawaii Department of Taxation |
Vice President Mr. Colton Ching Senior Vice President, Planning & Technology Hawaiian Electric |
Immediate Past President Mr. Michael Ching Office Managing Partner Ernst & Young LLP |
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Vice President Mr. Newton J. Chu Attorney at Law Torkildson, Katz, Hetherington, Harris & Knorek |
Commisioner Dr. Jason Fleming Medical Director, Owner & Chief Operating Officer Oahu Emergency Physician Services |
Vice President - Legal Mr. Jeffrey Harris Attorney at Law Torkildson, Katz, Hetherington, Harris & Knorek |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 Community Volunteer |
Directors
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Dr. Neal Atebara Physician Retina Center of Hawaii |
Mr. Robert Borek Pacific Wealth Management |
Mr. Erich Chen Hawaii Client Lead Accenture |
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Ms. Andrea Eshelman Deputy Executive Director HSTA |
Dr. John Henry Felix CEO HMAA |
Mr. Dennis Francis President & Publisher Honolulu Star-Advertiser/Midweek |
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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 |
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Mr. Blake Isobe Principal N&K CPA's, Inc. |
Mr. Robert Jones President Triple J. Enterprises, Inc. |
Dr. Thomas S. Kosasa Physician |
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Mr. Gabriel Lee EVP Commercial Markets American Savings |
Dr. Ronald Ling Retired Optometrist Community Volunteer |
Mr. Arnold Martines President & Chief Operating Officer Central Pacific Bank |
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Mr. Declan McCarthy Community Volunteer
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Mr. Robert S. McEldowney Community Volunteer
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Ben Morgan Vice President, Customer Operations Hawaiian Telcom |
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Mr. Ross Murakami Partner KMH, LLP |
Ms. Lisa Sakamoto Diocesan Finance Officer Roman Catholic Church |
Mr. Matthew Sasaki Assistant Vice President HMSA |
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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. |
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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 |
Aloha Council Presidents
| President | Years Served |
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| Corey Matsuoka | 2021 - 2022 |
| Mike Ching | 2019 - 2020 |
| Gordon Kagawa | 2017 - 2018 |
| Barry Taniguchi | 2015 - 2016 |
| Arnold Martines | 2013 - 2014 |
| Rick Blangiardi | 2011 - 2012 |
| Ross Murakami | 2009 - 2010 |
| Clark "Skip" Morgan | 2007 - 2008 |
| Michael J. Fisch | 2005 - 2006 |
| Rodney Shinkawa | 2003 - 2004 |
| Ronald K. Migita | 2001 - 2002 |
| Clinton Churchill | 1999 - 2000 |
| Charles A. Sted | 1997 - 1998 |
| Don Carroll | 1995 - 1996 |
| John Henry Felix | 1993 - 1994 |
| Robert Fujimoto | 1991 - 1992 |
| C. Dudley Pratt, Jr. | 1989 - 1990 |
| Charles J. Pietsch, Jr. | 1987 - 1988 |
| Siegfred Kagawa | 1984 - 1986 |
| Fred E. Trotter | 1981 - 1983 |
| Edwin L. Carter | 1979 - 1980 |
| William W. Paty, Jr. | 1977 - 1978 |
| John F. Nielsen | 1975 - 1976 |
| James F. Gary | 1973 - 1974 |
| Dr. Katsumi Kometani | 1969 - 1972 |
| James H. Tabor | 1966 - 1968 |
| H. Tucker Gratz | 1963 - 1965 |
| Herbert M. Richards | 1961 - 1962 | George Q. Cannon | 1956 - 1960 | Morley L. Theaker | 1954 - 1955 | Stephen A. Derby | 1951 - 1953 | C. Dudley Pratt | 1947 - 1950 | Wade Warren Thayer | 1943 - 1946 | Rolla K. Thomas | 1940 - 1942 | George H. Angus | 1933 - 1939 | Walter F. Dillingham | 1923 - 1932 | George R. Carter | 1921 - 1922 | Edward M. Ehrhorn | 1920 | George P. Denison | 1919 | Sanford B. Dole | 1918 | James A. Rath | 1917 | John Guild | 1916 | George R. Carter | 1911 - 1916 |