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Staff

HGEA has offices in Honolulu, Hilo, Wailuku and Lihue. The staff is headed by Executive Director Randy Perreira, who was appointed in January 2008 and is the fifth executive director to lead HGEA since its founding in 1934.

To find the HGEA union agent that represents you, login to your Members Only account and look in the right column for the box labeled "My Union Agent". Your bargaining unit and corresponding contract & salary schedule can also be found in the left column when you login to your Members Only account.

Office of the Executive Director

Randy Perreira, Executive Director 543-0011 rperreir@hgea.org
Jodi Endo Chai, Senior Advisor 543-0029 jchai@hgea.org
Sandra Jacobs, Private Secretary to the Executive Director 543-0012 sjacobs@hgea.org
Wesley Aki, Private Secretary to the Senior Advisor 543-0009 waki@hgea.org

Communications

Dee Okahara, Communications Officer 543-0047 dokahara@hgea.org
Jenny Nakagawa, Senior Communications Specialist 543-0024 jnakagawa@hgea.org
Lariel Sato, Communications Specialist 543-0063 lsato@hgea.org

Legislative

Michele Kurihara-Klein, Legislative Specialist/PAC 543-0093 mkurihara@hgea.org
Kevin Mulligan, Legislative Specialist 543-0067 kmulliga@hgea.org
Brian Taniguchi, Public Policy/Legislative Specialist 543-0030 btaniguchi@hgea.org
AhLinn Yamane, Public Policy Specialist 543-0023 asue@hgea.org
Karlie Asato, Legislative Support Staff 543-0053 kasato@hgea.org

Office Services

Nate Wong, Office Services Specialist 543-0064 nwong@hgea.org
Dean Makimoto, Office Services Assistant 543-0028 dmakimot@hgea.org
James Oshiro, Print Shop Technician 543-0026 joshiro@hgea.org

Field Services

Oahu Island Division

Sanford Chun, Field Services Officer 543-0070 schun@hgea.org
William Chai, Union Agent 543-0045 wchai@hgea.org
Lena Fernandes, Union Agent 543-0061 lfernandes@hgea.org
Joan Fukumoto, Union Agent 543-0091 jfukumoto@hgea.org
Rajani Jemmari, Union Agent 543-0016 rjemmari@hgea.org
Joy Kuwabara, Union Agent 543-0078 jkuwabar@hgea.org
Brandon Lee, Union Agent 543-0085 blee@hgea.org
Erika Liashenko, Union Agent 543-0083 eliashenko@hgea.org
Jarnett Lono, Union Agent 543-0060 jarnett@hgea.org
Kevin Nakata, Union Agent 543-0048 knakata@hgea.org
Chad Ngai, Union Agent 543-0042 cngai@hgea.org
Kretia Peightal, Union Agent 543-0086 kpeightal@hgea.org
Irene Puuohau, Field Services Officer 543-0019 ipuuohau@hgea.org
Denise Sugihara, Union Agent 543-0046 dsugihara@hgea.org
Toni Rust, Union Agent 543-0020 trust@hgea.org
Joan Takano, Field Services Officer 543-0043 jtakano@hgea.org
Donny Utu, Union Agent 543-0038 dutu@hgea.org
Florence Yamada, Special Assistant for Membership Services 543-0092 fyamada@hgea.org
Michael Yuen, Union Agent 543-0057 myuen@hgea.org

Hawaii Island Division

Ian Takashiba, Division Chief 961-0760 itakashiba@hgea.org
Maile Etherton, Union Agent 961-0764 metherton@hgea.org
Bernice Goodness-Viveiros, Field Services Technician 961-0765 bgoodness@hgea.org
Earl Hatada, Union Agent 961-0762 ehatada@hgea.org
Lorena Kauhi, Union Agent 961-0761 lkauhi@hgea.org
Moana Kelii, Union Agent 961-0767 mkelii@hgea.org
Marcia Soares, Field Services Assistant 961-0766 msoares@hgea.org

Maui Island Division

Alton Watanabe, Division Chief 243-4465 awatanab@hgea.org
Marian Hashiro, Field Services Technician 243-4461 mhashiro@hgea.org
Marc-Andre Kirchhof, Union Agent 243-4463 mkirchhof@hgea.org
Michele Mitra, Union Agent 243-4464 mmitra@hgea.org
Tehani Nunez, Union Agent 243-4462 tnunez@hgea.org
Leticia Sandoval, Field Services Assistant 243-4460 lsandoval@hgea.org

Kauai Island Division

Gerald Ako, Division Chief 241-5362 gako@hgea.org
Dale Shimomura, Union Agent 241-5361 dshimomu@hgea.org
Joni Taba, Field Services Technician 241-5360 jtaba@hgea.org

Field Support

Margaret Brash, Field Services Assistant 543-0072 mbrash@hgea.org
Lea Moi, Receptionist 543-0000 lmoi@hgea.org

Administration Services

Financial Services

Maureen Wakuzawa, Controller 543-0041 mwakuzaw@hgea.org
Paula Kobayashi, Assistant Controller 543-0032 pkobayashi@hgea.org
Ginger English, Membership Services Technician 543-0036 genglish@hgea.org
Jerileen Lono, Membership Services Technician 543-0065 jlono@hgea.org
Debra Makishi, Accounting Specialist 543-0068 dmakishi@hgea.org
Ginalyn Shinagawa, Membership Services Technician 543-0039 gshinagawa@hgea.org
Jessica Tanaka, Account Technician 543-0021 jtanaka@hgea.org
Joni Yamamoto, Membership Services Technician 543-0037 jyamamot@hgea.org

Information Technology

Everett Inamasu, Information Technology Supervisor 543-0015 einamasu@hgea.org
Chris Giffen, Information Technology Specialist 543-0014 cgiffen@hgea.org
Kanani Naauao, Information Technology Specialist 543-0025 knaauao@hgea.org

Human Resources

Julia Zeghmi, Human Resources Specialist 543-0007 jzeghmi@hgea.org

Member Benefits

Kay Mendes, Member Benefits Support Specialist 543-0056 kmendes@hgea.org

Membership Services

Ann Ebesuno, Membership Services Specialist 961-0763 aebesuno@hgea.org

Retirees Unit

Mahie Trask, Retirees Unit Administrator 543-0090 mtrask@hgea.org
Tammy Gann, Office Secretary 543-0020 tgann@hgea.org

AFSCME - Hawaii Area

Elizabeth Ho, Area Field Services Director 543-0022 lho@hgea.org
Jay Ishibashi, Union Agent 543-0095 jishibashi@hgea.org
Iris Chun, Secretary 543-0004 ichun@hgea.org

 
HGEA Headquarters &
Oahu Division Office

888 Mililani St., Suite 601
Honolulu, HI 96813-2991
P: (808) 543-0000
F: (808) 528-4059
E: oahudiv@hgea.org
Hawaii Division Office
495 Manono St.
Hilo, HI 96720-4422
P: (808) 935-6841
F: (808) 961-2437
E: hawaiidiv@hgea.org
Maui Division Office
2145 Kaohu St., Suite 206
Wailuku, HI 96793-2257
P: (808) 244-5508
F: (808) 244-3621
E: mauidiv@hgea.org
Kauai Division Office
3213 Akahi St.
Lihue, HI 96766-1108
P: (808) 245-6751
F: (808) 245-9632
E: kauaidiv@hgea.org
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