Board and Leadership

Board Officers

Greg Rice, Chair
Solid Rock Group/Solid Rock Advisors, Founder/Owner
Greg is a Principal and Founder of Solid Rock Group and a real estate professional with more than 45 years of diversified experience. Since founding Solid Rock Advisors in 1991, Greg has the led the firm’s involvement in more than $8 billion in transaction volume, involving nearly 200 properties. Greg has been involved with The Pantry since its beginning in 2003, and serves as Chair.

Gill Berger, President
First Foundation Bank, Consultant
Gill is a consultant with First Foundation Bank and Advisors focusing on family estate planning, commercial banking, wealth management, business structure and multi-generational business transitions. Gill remains active in the Hawaii non-profit community, as well as serving on non-profit boards locally and on the mainland.

Paul Zukunft, Vice President
Paul is a retired United States Coast Guard admiral who served as the 25th Commandant of the Coast Guard. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Commandant, with the rank of Admiral, in May 2014.

Larry Kantor, Secretary
Solid Rock Advisors, Director of Real Estate – Hawaii
Larry is a seasoned business leader who brings over 25 years of real estate and diverse hospitality-focused experience to his clients as an advisor and real estate sales agent. Larry has previously served as an officer for a non-profit charitable organization focused on the prevention and treatment of child abuse.

Chris Anjo, Treasurer
Chris is a Vice President of Commercial Banking at First Hawaiian Bank.
Board of Directors

Darren Ishimura
Hawaiian Electric, Director of Grid Technologies
Darren leads Hawaiian Electric’s technology team responsible for scouting and coordinating the evaluation of innovative technology solutions, through R&D and piloting, that will integrate into its business and provide benefits for its customers. He has over 27 years in the renewable energy and grid technology field. Darren holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and is a registered mechanical engineer in the State of Hawai‘i.

Darrah Kauhane
Executive Director of Project Vision
Darrah has grown Project Visionfrom a couple dozen staff members, to over 70 statewide. Today, PVH is a holistic care provider, reaching the most vulnerable populations throughout Hawaii, The Pacific, and beyond.

Peter Kang
Developer/Entrepreneur
Peter is a seasoned entrepreneur and business owner, having started and operated restaurants and bars in New York and Seoul, chain of pet care facilities, real estate development and commercial TV production and post production agency. He also worked for a family advertising agency in New York and a family-owned Asian arts and antique dealer.

Lauren S. Nahme
Vice President of Strategy and Transformation at Kamehameha Schools
Lauren has served in a multitude of roles at Kamehameha Schools, including director of Strategic Planning and Implementation and as the organization’s controller. Prior to joining Kamehameha, she was chief financial officer for the Hawaii State Federal Credit Union.

Jonathan Steiner
Keith and Polly Steiner Family Foundation, CEO
Jonathan Steiner was a partner at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon until 2014, when he joined Steiner Family, Ltd. and related family companies to assist in management of the companies’ real estate assets. He also serves as the CEO of the Keith and Polly Steiner Family Foundation. He has served on the Board of a number of non-profit organizations and was recently the President of the Outrigger Canoe Club. Jonathan is married with one child in college.

Steve Sue
Bizgenics Foundation, Chairman
Steve is a social venturer, primarily in technology-based plays at SaaS Ventures, and Chairman of Bizgenics Foundation, a Hawaii-based 501(C)(3) that specializes in creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship programs. His career includes 25 years as a story expert, conceptualist and startup guy in entertainment, hospitality, food service, retail, product and software development. Steve holds a BA in design from UCLA and a JD from UC Berkeley.

Alan Tang
Olomana Loomis ISC, CEO & Chief Strategy Officer
Alan Tang has spent more than four decades helping companies grow. As a strategist, he provides counsel on business development, capital funding, marketing, branding, public relations, advertising, digital marketing, and crisis communications. He is the founder and CEO of Olomana Loomis and he is on the board of ICOM, a global network of independent agencies and serves as its director for the Asia Pacific region. Alan is married with two grown children, one in Hawaii and the other living on the U.S. mainland.

Phyllis Unebasami
Consultant / Retired Educator
Phyllis has served as an educational leader in private and public institutions. She currently serves as a consultant to various nonprofits and volunteers in community efforts to support our vulnerable families and children.

Dean Wang
Dean is a partner at Luminate Law where he counsels publicly traded corporations, physician organizations, hospitals, healthcare facilities, public utility companies, telecommunication companies, hedge funds, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies, technology start-ups, and closely held companies.

Paulette Wo
Advocate/Volunteer
Paulette is a lifelong advocate and volunteer in Hawaii, having dedicated her numerous talents and skills to creating a positive impact across multiple industries. She currently focuses her efforts on helping the underprivileged through charities like The Pantry.
Leadership

Jennine Sullivan
Executive Director of The Pantry by Feeding Hawaii Together
Jennine is a strategic operations professional with extensive domestic and international experience in developing and growing businesses from the startup through enterprise level. Prior to The Pantry, Jennine was an independent business strategy consultant for mid-stage startups, small businesses and accelerators. She also held senior positions across multiple startups, GE Ventures, and GE. A graduate of Punahou School, Jennine earned her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration at Babson College in Wellesley, MA.

Alice Lina Liu
Operations Manager of The Pantry by Feeding Hawaii Together
Born and raised in China, fluent in Mandarin and English, Alice Lina Liu immigrated to the US in 2019. She is an experienced marketing and e-commerce executive with a demonstrated leadership experience of working in the international education and hospitality industry. She’s skilled in project management, event management, warehouse management, forklift and pallet jack operations, problem prevention, video editing, graphic designs and has a passion to work for local nonprofits in Hawaii.

Tigger Huisinga
Partnerships and Donor Relations Manager of The Pantry by
Feeding Hawaii Together
Tigger has nearly a decade’s worth of experience working in nonprofits. Often wearing many hats, she spent most of these years working in behavioral health, shelter management, community engagement, DEI development, and donor relations. For her bachelor’s, she attended the University of Washington’s School of Social Work where she got her start in a vastly diverse and active grassroots community. Originally pursuing further education and licensure in behavioral health, she moved to Oahu in 2020 to attend the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa for Applied Behavioral Analysis. A couple years after graduating, she decided to pivot back into philanthropy and found herself at The Pantry.
Board of Advisors

Candis Chang
Word of Life, Executive Administrator
Candis is the Assistant Pastor and Executive Administrator at Word of Life Christian Center for 27 years. In addition to serving on the board at The Pantry, she also serves as a board director on Word of Life Church Plants.

Craig Chong
Fresh Leadership, President & Founder
Craig is a trusted strategic advisor and executive coach working with visionary leaders and teams to build on big ideas that have an extraordinary impact and achieves exponential success.

Francis Oda
Owner/Founder/Chairman of G70 International Architecture and Design firm
Francis Oda is Chair of G70, a Hawaii design firm and serves as past senior pastor of New Life Church Honolulu.

Jesse Smith
McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Partner
Jesse is a partner at McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP in the firm’s litigation department. Jesse is a civil trial attorney whose practice focuses on a diverse client group involved in local, international, and cross-border disputes.

Joyce Timpson
Ocean Blue Hawaii, Director of Strategy
Joyce is a key figure in Hawaii’s marketing and advertising industry, having built campaigns from the ground up for more than 70 real estate projects. In 1980, she established Joyce Timpson & Associates and now 39 years later, collaborated with Japanese conglomerate Takami Holdings Ltd to create Ocean Blue Hawaii + Japan.

May C. Wang, MA, MPH, DrPH

M. Pia Chaparro, PhD, MS

Valerie Wang
Entrepreneur/Kaiser Permanente, Senior Manager
Valerie is a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years of experience in start-ups, business development, marketing and management. She currently oversees sales and account management for the PEO and multi-state lines of businesses at Kaiser Permanente. She was a founding member of Makai HR, a boutique professional employer organization based in Hawaii, where she served as its president for two and a half years. Valerie is a member of Rotary International and volunteers with the Hawaii Innocence Project. She also serves on the board of the Bizgenics Foundation.

