The 2009 Distinguished Sales and Marketing Awards were presented at a luncheon today to 13 recipients, including June Chung-Wehner and Colleen Tessler of The Honolulu Advertiser.

Sponsored by the Sales and Marketing Executives International Honolulu Chapter, participating companies set their own selection criteria to recognize outstanding performers, marketers and salespeople.
In addition to Chung-Wehner and Tessler, this year's winners are:
• Alethea Au Seto, First Hawaiian Bank
• Asako Takahashi, Starwood Hotels and Resorts-Hawaii
• Chris Sold, Honolulu Publishing Company, Ltd.
• Daniel Kaneshiro, Sprint Hawaii
• Delorese Gregoire, Hawaii Leadership Academy
• Guy Fujshige, Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
• Hone Stone, Oceanic Time Warner Business Class
• Jason R. Molino, Global Freight Solutions, Inc./HIFA
• John Donaldson Selby, Hawaii Commercial Real Estate
• Maurina Borgatti, Honolulu Publishing Company, Ltd.
• Umma Kayvalyam, Hawaii Pacific Entertainment