Posted on: Monday, November 6, 2006
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Advertiser Staff
U.S. Banker Magazine, a national trade publication, has named CONSTANCE "CONNIE" LAU, chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Savings Bank, among the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking nationwide — for the third consecutive year. Lau ranked number 22 this year. In 2004 and 2005, she placed number 11, in addition to being named "Number 1 Fast-Tracker" in 2004 for transforming American Savings into a fast-growing player in Hawai'i's banking market. Forty-eight percent of those last year did not make the cut this year. Nominees were judged on quantitative measures — including tenure and financial performance — as well as measures such as position and responsibility, management style, charitable work and community participation. The top 25 were selected from a field of 5,100 women.
American Savings Bank has named Hui Ku Maoli Ola (loosely translated as "standing up for plant health") as Native Hawaiian Business of the Year. Previous years' winners have been Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i, provider of local gifts, clothing, food, art and books; and Manuheali'i Hawaiian apparel. Hui Ku Maoli Ola, honored for perpetuation and preservation of Hawai'i's flora, natural history and culture, sells more than 100 species of native Hawaiian plants, through both wholesale and direct-to-consumer outlets. It also provides landscape consulting services and plant surveys, and works to restore degraded native habitats through removal of invasive species, planting of native plants and ongoing maintenance. The firm also builds educational gardens, and provides lectures, field trips and guided tours.
Long-time local business executive and civic leader EDWIN L. "ED" CARTER has been honored for his long service and dedication to the Academy of the Pacific. He was honored at the school's recent fundraiser gala for long membership on its board of trustees, including two terms as chairman; and vice-chairmanship and chairmanship of its finance committee. He was recognized for guiding the school through the transition to its current 'Alewa Heights campus. Carter is former president and chief executive officer of Bishop Trust Co.; executive vice president of Dillingham Corp.; and USS Missouri Memorial Association founding director and chairman emeritus. He has also chaired the boards of many local organizations, including Aloha United Way, Chaminade University Board of Regents, Bishop Museum and Boy Scouts of America.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation on Thursday presented its National Preservation Honor Award to the historic Hawai'i Theatre Center at its weeklong National Preservation Conference in Pittsburgh. Center President Sarah Richards referred to the award as the most significant award given to the theatre since its 1996 reopening. The trust cited the theatre as a "financially successful — and drop-dead glamorous — performance venue" that "has jump-started (Chinatown) revitalization." Considered the most important award in the national preservation arena, the awards are given nationally to distinguished individuals, nonprofit organizations, public agencies and corporations to recognize excellence in architectural and cultural heritage preservation. This is the second national award for the theatre — in 2005, the League of Historic American Theatres gave it the Award for Outstanding Restoration.
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