{"id":223104,"date":"2025-10-03T12:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=223104"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:23:49","slug":"shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/03\/shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Shidler Hall of Honor Awards raises nearly $280<abbr>K<\/abbr> for the college, celebrates 5 alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_223105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223105\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards2025.jpg\" alt=\"people smiling on a stage\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-223105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards2025.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards2025-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Danny Wong, Paul Yokota, Tomoko Yagi, Jay Shidler, Dean Vance Roley, Darlene Blakeney and Yukio Morikubo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/\">Shidler College of Business<\/a> hosted its 32nd <a href=\"http:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/hall-of-honor\/past-recipients\">Hall of Honor Awards<\/a> at the Sheraton Waikiki, October 2. The event celebrated distinguished business professionals who exemplify excellence in their fields while raising critical funds to support the college.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-room-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"large ballroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-223106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-room-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-room-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-room.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 gala brought in more than 300 guests to celebrate the 2025 distinguished alumni cohort and raised nearly $280,000 thanks to the generosity of local businesses and the community.<\/p>\n<p>The five newest inductees into the Hall of Honor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Darlene Blakeney, <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Business Administration\">BBA<\/abbr> \u201985, <abbr title=\"Master of Business Administration\">MBA<\/abbr> \u201996&#8212;executive vice president and chief lending officer, First Hawaiian Bank; <abbr title=\"Chief Executive Officer\">CEO<\/abbr>, First Hawaiian Leasing, <abbr title=\"Incorporated\">Inc<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<li>Yukio Morikubo, <abbr>BBA<\/abbr> \u201982, <abbr>MBA<\/abbr> \u201984&#8212;general counsel and chief compliance officer, Impinj, <abbr>Inc<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<li>Danny Wong, <abbr>BBA<\/abbr> \u201990&#8212;managing director, <abbr>KPMG<\/abbr> Honolulu<\/li>\n<li>Tomoko Yagi, <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Science\">BS<\/abbr> \u201903&#8212;managing director&#8211;Japan, South Korea and Indonesia; general manager&#8211;Aman Tokyo<\/li>\n<li>Paul Yokota, <abbr>BBA<\/abbr> \u201979&#8212;retired president, <abbr>FCH<\/abbr> Enterprises\/Zippy\u2019s Restaurants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-wide-group-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people standing on a stage\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-223108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-wide-group-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-wide-group-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards-wide-group.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are proud to recognize five alumni whose leadership, service and commitment to the college make a lasting impact,&rdquo; Shidler College Dean Vance Roley said. &ldquo;Each of these individuals excels in their profession, generously shares their time and talents and remains deeply connected to the Shidler <span lang=\"haw\">&#699;ohana<\/span>. The accomplishments of our honorees represent the strength of our alumni network and the enduring impact of a Shidler education. We extend our sincere appreciation to our sponsors, partners and all who contributed to the success of this event.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Honor Awards serve as the premier fundraising event in collaboration with the Shidler College of Business Alumni Association. Proceeds from the evening benefit the college, extending to student programs, scholarship opportunities, faculty research, alumni engagement and special initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Shidler alumna and 2014 Hall of Honor recipient Gina Mangieri emceed the event. First Hawaiian Bank served as presenting sponsor, alongside contributing sponsors <abbr>KPMG<\/abbr>, Yukio &#38; Karen Morikubo and Jay H. Shidler. <em>Pacific Business News<\/em> served as media sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>To support Shidler College, contact Jennifer Lieu, director of development, at <a href=\"mailto:Jennifer.Lieu@uhfoundation.org\">Jennifer.Lieu@uhfoundation.org<\/a> or (808) 956-3597. For a full list of past honorees, <a href=\"http:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/hall-of-honor\/past-recipients\">visit the Hall of Honor Awards website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 gala brought in more than 300 guests to celebrate the 2025 distinguished alumni cohort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":223105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[90,679,498,1466,146,319,9],"class_list":["post-223104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-business","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/manoa-shidler-hall-of-honor-awards2025.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223104"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223116,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223104\/revisions\/223116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}