PBN honors 2025 Power Leaders, Celebrates Book of Lists Release
January 28, 2025
The 2025 Power Leaders
By Christina O'Connor – Senior Digital Editor, Pacific Business News
By Christina O'Connor – Senior Digital Editor, Pacific Business News
Fourteen leaders from across industries and throughout Hawaii were recently named as the 2025 Power Leaders by Pacific Business News — and were honored at an event at The Kahala Hotel & Resort.
Now in its third year, the Power Leaders awards recognize local leaders for their accomplishments and the potential of what they will accomplish in the future — they are individuals who are poised to power Hawaii through the next year and beyond.
The event also celebrated the release of PBN’s annual Book of Lists, a compilation of the weekly rankings that are published in each print edition throughout the year.
Click through the above gallery to see highlights from the event and the honorees:
- Jay Ana, president, Young Brothers
- Alexis Charpentier, CEO, Waikiki Health
- Daniel Chun, regional vice president – Hawaii, Alaska Airlines
- Sandra Larsen, president and market business leader – Hawaii, AES Hawaii
- Jamie Lyons, founder, Hobbs Tea
- Stephanie Kalili, senior station manager, Amazon
- Diane Paloma, president and CEO, Hawaii Dental Service
- Cayenne Pe‘a, principal and co-founder, Alakai Development
- Kea Peters, founder, Kakou Collective
- Keala Peters, consultant, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii
- Peter Savio, president, Savio Group of Companies
- Su Shin, president, Hawaiian Telco
- Vassilis Syrmos, vice president of Research and Innovation, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Toby Taniguchi, president and CEO, KTA Super Stores