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2023 Next Gen Leaders Program Homepage

We are so excited to start the Next Gen Leaders Program with you!  This webpage will be your one-stop shop for everything that you need.  
Team, Healthcare Organization & Project Advisors
Team Lead
Team Member
Team Member
Team Member
Team A
Hawaii Pacific Health

Alison Zecha 
Dir., Organizational Effectiveness

Chris Chow
Patient Experience Coordinator
Jay Fernandez
UH West Oahu
Senior

Mentor
Leina Ijacic
Chief Admin. Officer
Institute for Human Services
Justina Bui
UH Manoa
MS Candidate

​Mentor
Ben Treviño
Network Coordinator
Omidyar Fellows
Alysha Rothstein
UH West Oahu
Senior

​Mentor
Dr. Constancio Paranal
Marketing Faculty
UH Manoa
​Ariel Thepsenavong
UH Manoa
Senior

​Mentor
Makalika Naholowaʻa
Exec. Dir.
Native Hawaiian Legal Corp.
Team B
The Queen's Health Systems

Jason Chang
EVP, Innovation and Strategy

Katie Kemp
Mgr., Specialty Care
Brandon Ramos
UH Manoa
Junior

Mentor
Todd Nacapuy
CIO & Dir., Tech. Consulting Serv.
Accuity LLP
Whitney Katsutani
UH Manoa
PhD Candidate

​Mentor
Derek Kanehira
SVP, Human Resources
Alexander & Baldwin
Evan Liang
UH Manoa
Junior

​Mentor
Yoh Kawanami
Dir., Customer Energy Resources
Hawaiian Electric Co.
​Jessa Torres
Saint Mary’s
Junior

Mentor
Brandie Ota
Dir., Human Resources
AlohaCare
Team C
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center

Denise Della-Sabas
Dir., Business Dev. & Community Partnerships
​Clyds Manzano
UH Manoa
Junior

​Mentor
Karey Kapoi
Founder & Strategist
Karey Kapoi Consulting
Bailey Wong
USC
Senior

Mentor
Jennifer Yamanuha
Staff Attorney
Hawaii State Ethics Comm’n
Donovan Roy
UH Manoa
Senior
 
Mentor
Rob Van Tassell
President & CEO
Catholic Charities Hawaii
Arianne Karylle Cadiz
UH Manoa
Senior
 
Mentor
Alison Zecha
Dir., Org. Effectiveness
Hawaii Pacific Health
Team D
HMSA

Dawn Kurisu
AVP Community & Government Relations

Tai Matsuoka
Community Relations

Elizabeth Kim
Care Transition Specialist
Cara McClean
HPU
MBA Candidate
 
Mentor
Charlie Beyer
Sr. Dir. of Talent & Dev.
Hawaiian Airlines
Melvin Dizon
UH Manoa
MSW Candidate
 
Mentor
Karen Tan
President & CEO
Child & Family Service
Rain Tanabe
Boston
Senior
 
Mentor
Lori Fukumae
VP & Dir. of Mem. Dev.
Hawaii Employers Council
Nathan Bregman
UH Manoa
Senior
 
Mentor
Phil Bacchus
SVP & Treasurer
American Savings Bank
  • Strategic Directors: Jeff Berlin, Owner of Jeff Berlin Consulting, and John Doyle, Director of Information Security at Array
  • Leadership Director: JJ Bernardo, HR Associate at Accuity LLP and '20 participant
  • Mentorship Director: Teiana Gonsalves, student at Stanford University and '20 & '21 participant
  • Project Directors: Natalie-Rose Wilcox, student at Cornell University and '20 & '22 participant, and Ivy Li, student at University of Southern California and '21 & '22 participant
  • Program Administrator: Jordan Odo, President of the Jordan & Cara Odo Scholarship Foundation and FVP & Associate Counsel at American Savings Bank

2023 Program Schedule

Please mark your calendars with the following events.  

Talk Stories

Date, Time & Location
Topic
Speaker
Wed., June 21, 2023
12:00-1:00 pm
​Zoom
Good Policy Can Make Access to Healthcare More Equal
​Rep. Della Au Belatti
House Health & Homelessness Committee Chair
​Hawaii State Legislature
Wed., June 28, 2023
12:00-1:00 pm
​Zoom

Healthcare As a Means to Address Homelessness
Connie Mitchell
Executive Director
​Institute for Human Services
Wed., July 5, 2023
12:00-1:00 pm
​Zoom
Benefits and Challenges of Expanding Telehealth
Judy Mohr Peterson, PhD, Med-QUEST
​Administrator
Hawaii Department of Human Services 
​
Wed., July 12, 2023
12:00-1:00 pm
​Zoom
Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drug
Krysten Joyce
Senior Health Policy Consultant
Kaiser Permanente


Ross Takara
Exec. Dir., Pharmacy Dept. (Hawaii)
​Kaiser Permanente

Jon Ching
Dir., Government Relations (Hawaii)
Kaiser Permanente
Wed., July 19, 2023
12:00-1:00 pm
Zoom
Tips for Making an Impactful Presentation
Sterling Higa
Executive Director
​Housing Hawaii’s Future

Documents

Next Gen Syllabus
File Size: 355 kb
File Type: pdf
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Next Gen Challenge Questions v2
File Size: 199 kb
File Type: pdf
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Next Gen Agreement
File Size: 190 kb
File Type: pdf
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