CSR Leadership ConferenceJoin Us for Leadership Kauai’s Virtual Corporate Social Responsibility Conference and Awards Ceremony.
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Aloha!
Mahalo to all who made the Oct 22 & 23rd CSR Conference a success - attendees, donors, sponsors and speakers! Two days of leadership on corporate social responsibility - rich learning, sharing, and relationship building on many levels. These business and community leaders gave tools, strategies, and encouragement to do the right thing, even thought it maybe the hardest and longest road to take. In the end, it is the right thing to do for all the right reasons - to be Pono, Alakaina and Malama.
Nominated for the inspiration they gave to others as Covid-29 hit our island, the Malama Awardees are:
The Kauai Store, Malama Huleia and Malama Kauai!
Mahalo to all who made the Oct 22 & 23rd CSR Conference a success - attendees, donors, sponsors and speakers! Two days of leadership on corporate social responsibility - rich learning, sharing, and relationship building on many levels. These business and community leaders gave tools, strategies, and encouragement to do the right thing, even thought it maybe the hardest and longest road to take. In the end, it is the right thing to do for all the right reasons - to be Pono, Alakaina and Malama.
Nominated for the inspiration they gave to others as Covid-29 hit our island, the Malama Awardees are:
The Kauai Store, Malama Huleia and Malama Kauai!
Conference Schedule
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DAY 1
Thursday, October 22 9:00am Opening - The Spirit of Aloha Kumu Puna Kalama Dawson Video: Seeds of Resilience Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama 9:30am Keynote: Opening Challenge 10:00am How Corporate Values enabled you to adapt in these challenging times Mark Perriello, Drew Herdener, Fred Cowell, Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama, Steve Massaro Stacy Waikoloa 11:30am Talk Story 12:00pm Lunch Break 2:00pm How to build a World Class CSR Program within your company Stephanie Iona, Amy White, Lanece Segawa, CAPT Timothy Young 3:30pm Closing Bernard Carvalho Kumu Puna Kalama Dawson |
DAY 2
Friday, October 23 9:00am Opening - We Are All Hawaiian Kumu Puna Kalama Dawson 9:30am Keynote: Kaua‘i Cultural Values Create Sustainable Businesses Warren Haruki 10:00am Innovation and Entrepreneurship Bring Positive Change to Our World Mike Rubel, Warren Doi, Brook Emanuel, Mayrose Munar, Bria Greer 11:00am Economic Equity - Access, Retention, and Sustainability Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Mark Perriello, Keith Yap, Renae Hamilton-Cambeilh 12:30pm An Invitation to Partner with Us Mayor Derek Kawakami, Mike Rubel, Bernard Carvalho, CAPT Vinnie Johnson, Char Ravelo, Kumu Puna Kalama Dawson 1:30pm Awards Presentation |
MEET OUR VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Banafsheh Akhlaghi, Civil Rights Attorney, Author
Bernard Carvalho, Former Mayor of Kauaʻi County
Fred Cowell, General Manager of Kauai Coffee
Kumu Hula Puna Kalama Dawson, Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner
Warren Doi, Executive Coach Kauaiʻs Future Team
Brook Emanuel, Principal Partner of Kai Capital Group
Bria Greer, Owner and Creative Director of Brialei LLC
Renae Hamilton-Cambeilh, Executive Director of YWCA Kauai
Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama, 5th Generation Taro Farmer of Hanalei Taro and Juice Co.
Drew Herdener, Vice President Worldwide Communications of Amazon
Warren Haruki, President & CEO of Grove Farm - Keynote Speaker
Stephanie Iona, Kekaha Agriculture Association
CAPT Vinnie Johnson, U.S. Navy
Mayor Derek Kawakami, County of Kauaʻi
Steve Massaro, President of IT Kauaʻi
Mark Perriello, President & CEO of Kauai Chamber of Commerce
Char Ravelo, Executive Director of Leadership Kauaʻi
Mike Rubel, Partner of 5G Open Innovation Lab
Lance Segawa, CEO for the Kauai Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation
Amy White, Director of CSR Nordstrom
Stacy Waikoloa, Digital Solutions & Kauaʻi Market Manager of American Savings Bank
Keith Yap, Director of Administration and Treasurer of Gay and Robinson
CAPT Timothy Young, Commanding Office of Pacific Missile Range Facility
Get to Know our Speakers
Warren Haruki
Born and raised on Kaua'i, Warren Haruki is currently serving as Grove Farm's CEO, which owns 37,000 acres of land in the core of Kaua'i, stretching from outside of Hanamaulu and going all the way to the Poipu bypass and to the top of the mountain range mauka of Kaumualii and Kuhio Highways. All of our corporate initiatives that are focused on our corporate tagline of "Building a Sustainable Kaua'i." We are involved in sustainable energy, sustainable food, sustainable water, sustainable culture, sustainable health, sustainable species, and sustainable historic places, with the eventual goal of creating a sustainable island community.
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Amy White
Amy White has made a career in the social impact sector and currently leads corporate social responsibility for Nordstrom. This includes enterprise wide efforts in corporate philanthropy, environmental sustainability and human right initiatives for company.
Prior to Nordstrom, Amy led the Employee Engagement & Community Relations team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where she has oversight of global internal communications, community grantmaking, the foundation’s social responsibility strategy and a number of strategic initiatives in each of the markets where the foundation has a presence.
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Drew Herdener
Drew Herdener leads Amazon’s global communications team, which is responsible for engaging the news media, customers, and other key stakeholders to understand Amazon’s unique culture of innovation and customer centricity, workplace environment and employee programs, environmental and sustainability initiatives, financial performance, community programs, economic and small business impacts, and more. His teams are also responsible for internal communications among Amazon’s 1 million-plus employees around the world.
Drew joined Amazon in 2003. He has held a number of other key positions in Amazon’s Corporate Affairs organization, including Vice President for Corporate Communications, Vice President of Public Relations for Amazon Europe, Director of Public Relations for Amazon Web Services and Director of Public Relations for Devices and Digital Content, among others.
Drew earned his bachelor’s degree in English and Mass Communications from Seattle University, where he serves on the Board of Trustees.
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Warren Doi
After helping to rebuild Kauai after Hurricane Iniki, Warren left for London to begin his career as a management consultant, working with some of the most innovative organizations in the world. This experience gave him a deep understanding of international business success, and he leveraged that knowledge to build a series of companies in Silicon Valley. He became known as a business leader throughout the startup community and created an entrepreneur network that extends from British Columbia to Mexico and New York to Hawaii. Today, Warren is passionate about helping other entrepreneurs here on Kauai. Warren also serves as a Trustee for Hawaii Preparatory Academy where innovation is a key element for the success of our next generation.
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Fred Cowell
General Manager at Kauai Coffee since 2016. 20-year USAF Veteran. 3rd generation farmer. 6th generation Kama'aina.
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Brook Emanuel
Entrepreneur > Investor > Explorer Brook brings a diverse background in entrepreneurship, strategy and leadership. A deep thinker and avid coffee drinker. Launches startups, builds brands and guides organizations to help cultivate an ecosystem of innovation and intentionality in Hawaii.
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Mike Rubel
Michael Rubel, is an Advisor, Board Member and Investor in the Clean Tech and Telecommunications Markets. After serving 10-years in the US Navy, he worked with leading Corporate Venture Groups, including GE Ventures, Michelin Ventures and Intellectual Ventures. Mike is currently working with the 5G Open Innovation Lab in Seattle and advising several stealth mode startups in Kauai. Mike and Captain Vinnie are best friends from their days at the Naval Academy and together, they developed the idea for this Conference as a way to give back to the Island of Kaua’i.
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CAPT Vinnie Johnson
Captain Vinnie Johnson is a career Naval Officer and Naval Aviator. He has served in several leadership positions including command of an aviation squadron and as Commanding Officer of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kaua'i, Hawaii. He has taught strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College and served as a policy advisor in Washington, D.C. Vinnie proudly serves as a board member for Leadership Kaua'i.
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Bria Greer
Bria Greer, Owner and Creative Director of Brialei LLC. Focused on curating collaborative spaces that nurture innovation and offer economic opportunity. Founder of LEI of Kauai, a community that connects women entrepreneurs and innovators across the island of Kaua'i. Currently working with Malama Huleia, BCI Contracting, Common Ground and Rice Street Business Association.
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Lyndsey Haraguchi
Lyndsey M. Alohalani Haraguchi-Nakayama is a 5th generation farmer, Co-Owner of @HanaleiTaro which is the value added food from their over 100 year old family farm, Education Administrator of nonprofit Ho`opulapula HaraguchiRiceMill.org agrarian museum. TV Host of Down to Earth Kaua’i TV for farming & sustainability. She has a Doctorate of Education, MBA, Bachelor of Science degrees. She also serves on community nonprofit boards as KCA Lawai’a o Kanaka School Board of Director & VP, and the board of Kaua`i Taro Growers Association.
In regards to perseverance, farming, and food; her family businesses and nonprofit organization has survived hurricanes `Iwa and `Iniki, the historic April 2018 flood, and March 2020 flood in which they are still continuing flood recovery efforts at HaraguchiRiceMill.org @HanaleiTaro while serving communities during the pandemic.
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CAPT Timothy Young
CAPT Young grew up in San Diego, California, and commissioned upon graduation from the University of Notre Dame in 1995, with a degree in Finance and Business Economics. He attended Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he graduated with distinction with a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. From 2008 – 2010, CAPT Young assumed duties as the National Reconnaissance Office Senior Field Representative for HQ USPACOM at Camp Smith, on Oahu. CAPT Young now serves as the commanding officer of Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) since August of 2019. Over the course of his career he has logged over 3,000 flight hours and 450 carrier landings.
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Renae Hamilton-Cambeilh
A resident of Kaua`i for over 30 years, working mostly in the educational and human services fields. Have been with the YWCA of Kaua`i for close to 20 years, serving as the Executive Director for the last 13 years. I'm also a proud graduate of Leadership Kaua`i!
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Mayor Derek Kawakami
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Kumu Hula Puna Kalama Dawson
Aloha,
As a Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner, I am encourage to continue in the footprints and pathways set in place by our ancestral elders. I see, hear and feel the past, the importance of the moment of now, and celebrate all the moments yet to come.
Mahalo
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Malama Awardees announced on Friday, October 23 at 1:30pm!
Nominated for the inspiration they gave to others as Covid-29 hit our island, the Malama Awardees are:
The Kauai Store, Malama Huleia and Malama Kauai!
Mahalo to Erik Burton, Sara Bowen and Megan Fox for leading the way to ensure our Ohana, wai and aina are being cared for during this challenging time.
Leadership Kaua'i Welcomes You!
Since its inception in 2003, Leadership Kaua`i, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to cultivating strong and committed leaders on Kaua`i. We do this by engaging a cross-section of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds, and developing their leadership skills to serve our community collaboratively.
Our Annual Adult Leadership Program takes a class of 15-20 adults through an intensive ten-month mobile classroom program that consists of leadership development and networking through a guest speaker series, professional skills building - critical thinking, decision-making and communication, inter-generational and multicultural bridging in Kaua'i's unique island culture, global leadership, mentoring, collaboration and community service.
At Leadership Kaua‘i, our curriculum is designed to implement an evidence-based leadership model created by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The Leadership Challenge develops 5 specific leadership practices and 30 behaviors within participants who, after internalizing these practices are able to lead by example to produce meaningful results in their workplace and throughout Kaua‘i’s community at large. Learn about Our Mission and more...
Leadership Kaua'i has a lot of news to share. To follow our daily and weekly activities, please visit our FaceBook page and "like" us to receive automatic updates via FaceBook. You can also click here to join our Email list and receive our quarterly newsletter and other occasional announcements.
Mahalo for your interest in Leadership Kaua'i!
Since its inception in 2003, Leadership Kaua`i, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to cultivating strong and committed leaders on Kaua`i. We do this by engaging a cross-section of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds, and developing their leadership skills to serve our community collaboratively.
Our Annual Adult Leadership Program takes a class of 15-20 adults through an intensive ten-month mobile classroom program that consists of leadership development and networking through a guest speaker series, professional skills building - critical thinking, decision-making and communication, inter-generational and multicultural bridging in Kaua'i's unique island culture, global leadership, mentoring, collaboration and community service.
At Leadership Kaua‘i, our curriculum is designed to implement an evidence-based leadership model created by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. The Leadership Challenge develops 5 specific leadership practices and 30 behaviors within participants who, after internalizing these practices are able to lead by example to produce meaningful results in their workplace and throughout Kaua‘i’s community at large. Learn about Our Mission and more...
Leadership Kaua'i has a lot of news to share. To follow our daily and weekly activities, please visit our FaceBook page and "like" us to receive automatic updates via FaceBook. You can also click here to join our Email list and receive our quarterly newsletter and other occasional announcements.
Mahalo for your interest in Leadership Kaua'i!