2023 Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is made up of 15 professionals from our community who volunteer their time and energy to serve as public trustees. They provide oversight to our agency, ensuring that we remain in compliance with laws governing the raising and management of funds, standards for quality patient care and standards for effective and efficient organizational performance. That is the tiny tip of the huge iceberg of their responsibilities to Hawai‘i Care Choices, the community, and the government.
In addition to being leaders in our community, they are also our neighbors, our friends and like
many of us, parents raising children, who experience the very same joys and challenges that life presents.
President
Karen Maedo

President
Karen T. Maedo
Financial Advisor,
Self-Employed
Vice - President
Jeracah Lawless

Vice - President
Jeracah I. Lawless
Director of Human Resources, HPM Building Supply
Treasurer
Haidee Abe

Treasurer
David Kurohara
Business and Community Consultant, Hawaii Electric Light
Secretary
Jeracah Lawless

Secretary
Clarysse Kami Nunokawa
Retired Management Analyst, Hilo Medical Center
Karen Maedo

Chuck Erskine
Vice President and Market Manager,
First Hawaiian Bank
Brenda Camacho, MD
Physician

Lehua M. Veincent
High School Principal, Kamehameha School Hawaii
Dean Fuke
Senior Regional Manager,
HMSA
Edwin M. Montell, MD
Gastroenterologist

Rabbi Rachel Short
Founder,
Ahava `Aina
Kerri Okamura, R.PH.
Network Liaison,
Program Support Lead,
CPESN USA

Audrey N. Takamine
Vice President
Takamine Construction, Inc.
Thomas Yeh
Attorney,
Law Offices of Yeh & Kim