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Hogan Entrepreneurial Program

Leader at the Bottom of an Inverted Pyramid

March 5, 2021 by University Communications & Marketing

Nothing can quite prepare you for the kind of unparalleled economic crisis the world saw as the coronavirus shut down so many aspects of daily life, locking down cities, shuttering stores and bringing tourism to a standstill. But there’s no doubt Anthony Shipp, MBA ‘19 was more prepared than most.

Anthony Shipp, MBA '19 (President and CEO of M. Dyer Global)

Shipp is a Marine veteran who served three combat tours in the Middle East—so he knows a little something about overcoming adversity. During the Great Recession, he was a business owner who saw revenues plummet and the economy go topsy-turvy—so he knows about the importance of preparing for a rainy day, too. And going into the pandemic, as president and CEO of M. Dyer Global, Shipp also knew he’d be relying on his decades of experience in logistics, IT and managing through crisis.

That doesn’t mean 2020 was smooth sailing for Shipp or his logistics, freight forwarding and international relocation company, by any stretch. But he’s grateful to have ended the year in a strong position, even while the industry—and many of his competitors—suffered major losses.

Anthony Shipp, MBA '19 (President and CEO of M. Dyer Global) with his crew

And he attributes his successes to understanding the importance of acting quickly, taking a few calculated risks and staying true to his servant leadership style. He also takes lifelong learning seriously and says the mentor and peer relationships he built throughout his career, including as a graduate student at Chaminade, have helped him stay on top of—or in front of—market trends.

“Nobody would have been able to predict this—everything that’s happened,” Shipp said, in a recent interview with Chaminade Magazine, adding that remaining adaptable and nimble have proven essential to surviving as the economy only now starts a slow and painstaking recovery process.

“As a business leader, you need to be prepared for change at all times.”

In fact, when the pandemic first started, Shipp turned his office into a “war room,” gathering his senior leaders to prioritize top projects and prepare for the rocky days ahead. One lesson he learned during the Great Recession, which was solidified in Chaminade’s MBA program, was a seemingly simple one: “cash is king.” So in those early days of the pandemic, he did everything he could to free up cash in his company and prepare for the worst. It was the right move, his first of many amid the crisis.

Weathering the crisis

Shipp likes to say that he’s never really taken a direct route to anything before.

Not to logistics. Not to leadership. Not even to Hawai’i.

Straight out of high school, at just 17 years old, he enrolled in the Marines and later completed his undergraduate degree in computer science at Chapman University. After leaving active duty, he worked in IT then moved to operations and eventually worked his way up to management. But he had to put his career on hold several times to serve his country. While in the reserves, he got called to active duty three times, serving two combat tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan before leaving the service.

That was in 2006, the same year Shipp designed to open his own trucking and logistics business.

“I had big dreams and aspirations,” he said, and they were quickly tempered by the 2008 economic crash. Shipp said he nearly lost his business in the downturn, but was able to keep it afloat and then see it become profitable again as the economy improved. He ended up selling the business around 2010.

It was about that time that he took a well-deserved sabbatical to Hawai’i, getting his first taste of the islands and the aloha spirit. Two years later, he would move to the state permanently—and quickly start to learn about the unique logistical and regulatory challenges Hawai’i companies face.

He became first the chief technology officer and then the chief commercial officer at Hawai’i Transfer Company, Ltd., a family-owned transportation services business. He was also able to revolutionize their operations, bringing in new efficiencies and successfully wooing big national accounts.

Opportunity knocks

Shipp was happy where he was, but opportunity came knocking on his door. An executive search firm sought him out to see if he was interested in taking the helm at M. Dyer. It was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down. And so in August 2017, he took over as the company’s president and CEO.

Anthony Shipp, MBA '19 (President and CEO of M. Dyer Global) with his crew

About that same time, Shipp was just starting his Master of Business Administration program at Chaminade. “I was in my early 40s and I was coming into a program traditionally for students to learn and gain knowledge,” he said. “I was approaching it from a different student perspective.” And it was a perfect fit.

Shipp said Chaminade’s MBA allowed him to build on his foundation of knowledge and focus on academic areas where he wasn’t quite as strong, including finance. Shipp also found great value in the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program, hearing first-hand from Hawai’i executives about how they approach leadership, prepare for market ups and downs and set their companies up for successful futures.

Anthony Shipp, MBA 19 at his Chaminade University graduation

“I really loved it because I got to learn from them,” he said, adding he was able to build relationships with those entrepreneurs—along with professors in the program—that remain strong today. “I captured an enormous amount of knowledge and know-how from their perspective.”

That knowledge helped guide Shipp as he took his first steps as M. Dyer’s CEO, focusing first on learning everything he could about the business he now led and reshaping its culture from one in which employees worked in silos to one in which they felt like they were part of a team.

When 2020 started, Shipp was hitting his stride and preparing to craft a strategic vision for a quickly-evolving industry. And then, seemingly overnight, everything seemed to change. Relying on his experiences, Shipp knew two things: he had to prepare for the worst—and now.

So he gathered up his senior leaders to develop key strategies for weathering the crisis.

And in the weeks and months that followed, Shipp continued to remain out in front of the markets, doing everything he could to retain customers, attract new business and steel the company for more economic pain. One project that was put on a fast track: a plan to move to paperless transactions.

Before the pandemic, the company had a two-year timeline to become paperless to improve the customer experience and streamline the company’s processes. Because of the pandemic, with in-person transactions severely limited, the project was finished in months.

In business, Shipp said, “you have to be nimble. Be prepared that things are going to happen quickly.”

‘I’m here to serve everybody’

As a leader, Shipp imagines himself at the bottom of an inverted pyramid.

M.Dyer and Global company photo

It’s a servant leadership approach in which Shipp serves as a guide, a mentor, a motivator and a relationship builder. “I sit at the bottom and I’m here to serve everybody,” Shipp said, adding that in working with his leadership and broader team he hammers out a project target and a timeline and then asks, “What do you need from me? How can I support you? How can I encourage and motivate you?”

Approaching leadership this way, he says, helps bolster empowerment and accountability. Employees know they can make mistakes, as long as they learn from them, in pursuit of shared business goals. They also see themselves as subject matter experts, which means they’re more likely to bring new and innovative ideas to the table and look for efficiencies across departments and the company.

Shipp, who is a Hogan Entrepreneur, says he frequently offers three pieces of advice to the next generation of business professionals: while in school, develop lifelong mentor relationships because good counsel is never overrated; never stop learning; and know the one constant in life is change.

“You’ve definitely got to be a lifelong learner,” said Shipp. “Don’t just encapsulate what you learn at school and think that it stops there. It sets the foundation, but you should constantly have this thirst to learn.” After all, Shipp enrolled in post-graduate studies in supply chain management at MIT after graduating with his MBA from Chaminade. And in September 2020, he completed an executive education program in freight transportation and logistics from Northwestern University.

As for professional relationships, those also come in handy in hiring decisions.

Anthony Shipp, MBA 19 with his employees

Shipp said he first met his vice president of business administration, Jana Paz, when the two were in Chaminade’s MBA program. (She graduated in 2018.) Shipp likes to say the company has a “little nucleus of Chaminade alum”—plus more than a few parents who have sent their children to the university.

That’s linked to M. Dyer’s identity, Shipp said, as a local business with a global reach. Shipp said he’s sought to ensure the aloha spirit and Hawai’i’s community-oriented values are baked right into M. Dyer’s brand. “We have this element of a family within our company’s soul,” Shipp said.

As a servant leader—situated at the bottom of that inverted pyramid—Shipp doesn’t only expect his company to embody the aloha spirit. He holds himself to the same standard. “Here in Hawai’i, the bigger picture is at the community level. We have to have the highest level of integrity of trust,” he said.

And from his experience, the rest will follow.

Filed Under: Alumni, Business & Communication, Featured Story, Hogan Entrepreneurial Program Tagged With: Master of Business Administration

Challenges of 2020 Pave the Way for Entrepreneurship

October 20, 2020 by University Communications & Marketing

The Chaminade University Hogan Entrepreneurial Program officially kicked off its 2020-2021 school year on October 14, 2020.

The program held a virtual kickoff celebration for Chaminade leaders, faculty and staff; current Hogan students and alumni; and Hogan advisors, mentors and lecturers. As part of the celebration, the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program and American Savings Bank also announced the winners of their 2020 Nonprofit Business Plan Competition.

The Hogan Entrepreneurial Program at Chaminade University is a one- or two-year program for Chaminade students to learn successful entrepreneurial skills. Students participate in weekly lectures with guest speakers, network with Hawaii’s top business leaders and learn how to turn a business idea into a successful startup.

This year’s program seems incredibly timely as businesses across the state struggle with the economic impacts of COVID-19 restrictions. Some experts estimate that Hawaii’s economy will be one of the hardest hit. With the summer tourism season essentially canceled, Hawaii saw an unemployment rate of 23.5 percent—more than 10 percent higher than the national average. And while the islands are slowly beginning to reopen to visitors, one study recently named Hawaii as the worst state for unemployment recovery.

These struggles provided an opportunity for business leaders to pass down timely advice to this year’s Hogan participants.

Gary Hogan speaking at the virtual Hogan Entrepreneurial Program virtual kickoff event

“For the students out there: keep the faith,” said Gary Hogan, Chief Executive Officer of Hawaiian Hotels & Resorts and President of Royal Pacific Air Charters, Pleasant Aircraft Leasing LLC. “Things are going to get better. It’s going to take a while, but we will all get back together as a family again.”

Hogan continued by encouraging students to remain flexible, because as this year has shown, you never know what is going to happen next.

“You can see things can change in an instance,” advised Hogan. “What you think is going to be successful and what you have planned may not be. Things change.”

Both Hogan and Dr. Lynn Babington, President of Chaminade University, pointed out that there will be a lot of good case studies for the students to learn from this year as businesses pivoted to adapt.

“We are in a time of opportunity to continue learning and creating new and interesting and dynamic changes as things move forward,” said Dr. Babington. “It’s a great time to be in the entrepreneurial space.”

Rich Wacker speaking at the virtual Hogan Entrepreneurial Program virtual kickoff event

Richard Wacker, the President and Chief Executive Officer of American Savings Bank, used the tourism industry struggles to highlight the importance of programs like Hogan, and to motivate the students to get creative and innovate.

“We know that our economy today is too dependent on the hospitality sector,” said Wacker. “It’s a wonderful business and it’s a great strength of Hawaii…but we have to be more than that. We have to be more diverse and resilient. The way we get there is through entrepreneurship and innovation.”

Wacker sees an opportunity for Hawaii to lead innovation in areas like clean energy, ocean studies, sustainable agriculture and digital media. But, he says, in order for businesses to succeed in Hawaii, we have to be all in.

“Doing business in Hawaii is not a spectator sport,” said Wacker. “We don’t have enough leadership, we don’t have enough businesses to have anybody on the sideline. Succeeding for the state, in our state, requires everyone to be in the game.”

The finalists of this year’s Nonprofit Business Plan Competition were a great example of Hawaii community members coming together to innovate and make Hawaii a stronger, more resilient community.

Forty organizations submitted proposals for new programs that would benefit society, eight were selected as finalists and presented their ideas to a panel of judges and four were announced as winners at the October 14 event.

IHS - winners of the 2020 Nonprofit Business Plan Competition

The first place prize of $12,000 went to the Institute for Human Services for a new program that will offer medically-monitored and clinically-managed high-intensity residential substance abuse detox services. It will be the first program of its kind in Hawaii.

The second place prize of $10,000 was presented to Family Hui Hawaii for their new pilot Hui in the Workplace program. The initiative offers corporations a 12-week peer-led program for employees that explore the joys and challenges of raising young children. The program has been proven to help enhance employee retention and productivity and support a culture of caring and wellness in the workplace.

Other winners included the Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii for their new program, The Music Club, that creates a safe space for individuals with disabilities to make music, and the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council for their pilot program that uses oysters to address sediment pollution on coral reefs.

“We learned so many things about the diligent efforts of quality entrepreneurs from all over our islands,” said Roy Panzarella, Director of the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program when introducing this year’s competition. “This competition, according to one of our judges, was one of the best to date.”

Filed Under: Campus and Community, Featured Story, Hogan Entrepreneurial Program

Pushing Boundaries: Sushi with Attitude

September 8, 2020 by University Communications & Marketing

Remi Kohno '15

At Chaminade University, we talk a lot about adaptation and change—educating for adaptation and change is one of the five core tenets of a Marianist education. The concept is woven throughout our curricula, and our students learn about the importance of embracing change and adapting to meet it as they move through our programs.

Adapting to change is something that is very familiar to Remi Kohno ‘15. She came to Chaminade University from Pasadena, California to play basketball and major in elementary education. But after her first year, she realized neither of those were the right fit. She didn’t like the competition she found on the basketball court, and teaching wasn’t her passion. So she quit the basketball team and switched her major to communications with a focus in marketing.

Her junior year brought even more change when she joined the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program. It quickly started pushing her out of her comfort bubble, and it altered the way she reacted to pressure. 

“I saw all these great people join the Hogan program and I wanted to be just like them,” recalls Kohno. “Hogan definitely pushed my boundaries, which was nice. It really helped me grow as a person, both professionally and personally.”

Students who are accepted into the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program spend one or two years learning what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. They mingle and network with some of Hawaii’s biggest business leaders, they travel, they participate in internships and they work with industry leaders to design their own business plans and fine tune their public speaking abilities.

The program helped Kohno break out of her shell and become more confident in her abilities to lead and engage.

One moment in particular stands out in her memory. Every Wednesday evening, Hogan participants gather to welcome and learn from a guest speaker from the Hawaii business industry. Guests range from Mattson Davis, the former president and CEO of Kona Brewing Co., to Chuck Cardinal, a former Colonel in the United States Army and the former Chief of Staff to a WWII Commander.

On this particular night, the speaker was Eddie Flores, Jr., the founder of L&L Hawaiian BBQ. Flores has an inspiring story—he’s the son of immigrant parents and the eldest of seven children. His family moved to Hawaii from China when he was a young child. His father worked as a janitor and his mother worked as a restaurant cashier and dishwasher. He himself struggled with a learning disability growing up that kept him behind in school. But as a young man, he worked hard, ultimately earning enough money to buy his mother a restaurant, in what would become the first L&L location. His restaurant chain now has over 200 locations and in 2019 it was ranked as the No. 1 Asian food franchise by Entrepreneur. 

Kohno had been designated as the evening’s notetaker, which meant it was her job to document Flores’ speech and at the end of the evening, stand up to present a recap to her classmates while Flores watched on.

She was just a little intimidated. “You’re listening and engaging, but you’re also taking notes so that you can structure it into a recap and presentation,” remembers Kohno. “After [Flores] was done, I had to go up in front of the whole class and do a quick overview of what was most important. It was nerve-wracking. But then I got to give him a lei, which was nice and helped alleviate any tension.”

Remi Kohno '15 at the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Student program

Kohno’s senior year, right after returning from a semester studying abroad in France, one of her professors recommended her for the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Student program. She was one of only a handful of students selected from across the nation to participate in the intensive immersion program, designed to connect diverse up-and-coming advertising talent with some of the largest advertisers in the nation. She once again found herself at the airport, ready to embrace the unknown, this time in New York City.

Luckily, she had learned how to network and interact with business leaders through the Hogan program. “We got to meet a ton of people and tour their facilities and headquarters,” says Kohno. “It was an opportunity to connect with businesses and send them your resume, and hopefully get a follow up interview to help jumpstart your career after college.”

Through all of the change and opportunity that came her way at Chaminade, Hogan taught Kohno to remain calm and collected, and cool under pressure. Through Hogan and her professors, she learned to see challenge as opportunity. It’s something that has served her well after college, particularly today.

Remi Kohno '15 with her family—Sushi With Attitude

Before COVID, her family ran a small restaurant stall called Sushi with Attitude at a night market in Los Angeles. While she has a full-time job at NBC during the day, she helps them on the side. When the pandemic shut down the market, they had to completely rethink their strategy and their focus. With Kohno’s help, they converted the business into a cloud kitchen model, meaning they are operating completely on delivery apps without a storefront, and launched a new product: the sushibi. It’s a combination of sushi and musubi.

“We wanted to offer musubi, but a lot of people in Los Angeles don’t know what they are,” says Kohno. “We also wanted to be able to show up in the sushi category on delivery apps—it is one of the most used keywords. So we rebranded our musubi to be sushibi to bridge the gap.”

The business has received a bit of media attention as a result, and Kohno’s Hogan training has come in useful.

Remi Kohno '15 and her family being interviewed for their family business, Sushi With Attitude

“Hogan helped me learn to speak and structure what I’m going to say, which has helped a lot with media interviews,” says Kohno. “I recently interviewed with KTLA news. I was really nervous because it was live, but it was nice to be able to do something that I wasn’t really comfortable with, and Hogan taught me how to do that.”

Kohno attributes much of her recent success to Hogan and the opportunities she had at Chaminade. “Definitely Hogan, all of the professors I had at Chaminade and being part of the American Advertising Federation, they have all helped me grow into this role that I have right now.”

She works full-time as a manager in paid social media at NBC. And only five years after graduating from college, she feels like she’s almost landed her dream job.

“I love what I do at NBC. They’re a really great company,” says Kohno. “I want to continue to grow and become a director, and continue to be knowledgeable about all the various platforms and their nuances and updates. That is my dream goal. I think I’m almost there.”

Filed Under: Alumni, Business & Communication, Featured Story, Hogan Entrepreneurial Program Tagged With: Communication

Hogan Board News 2019

June 8, 2019 by University Communications & Marketing

Rechung Fujihira

Rechung Fujihira, Hogan alum and co-founder of Box Jelly, was interviewed by Pacific Business News about his success and his thoughts about the recent “Cowork Boom” that has been sweeping the national and international market.


Glenn K. Miyataki

Glenn K. Miyataki, Owner of GKM, recently published The Journey from Within. It is a collection of powerful essays written by international leaders that offer a wealth of raw material for introspection and reinvention of the self. Contributors to the book include George R. Ariyoshi, a former state governor of Hawaii, Jean Watson, an American nursing theorist, Eleonora Masini, a humanitarian and futurist from Italy, Shawn Hu, across-cultural policy maker from the People’s Republic of China and Duane Kurisu Founder of AIO and Organizer of Kahauiki Village.


Ed Kenny

Ed Kenny, Chef and Owner of Town, Mud Hen Water, Kaimuki Superette and Mahina & Suns, was one of the semifinalists in the Outstanding Restaurateur category for the James Beard Foundation’s prestigious James Beard Awards.


Scott Schroeder

Scott Schroeder, Dean of the School of Business and Communication Department at Chaminade University, has accepted a new position as Head of School at Sacred Hearts Academy. He will be missed!


Peggy Friedman

Peggy Friedman, Associate Professor of Marketing at Chaminade University, has announced her retirement. Dr. Friedman has been working for the University since 2001 and has been central to the advancement of the business area and establishing a wonderful culture and work environment. She will be missed!

Filed Under: Hogan Entrepreneurial Program

Hogan Alumni News 2019

March 29, 2019 by University Communications & Marketing

Abigail Nickell

Abigail Nickell, an MBA graduate from Maine, is now the Executive Director at Community Music School in Oakdale, Connecticut. She directs, administers, and coordinates the business and financial activities of the Community Music School.


Dan Mangum

Dan Mangum, a communications graduate from New York, is now the Marketing Director and Promotions Manager for Nextdoor, an event center and club in Chinatown. He uses his networking and marketing skills to throw big parties while serving good causes. On Thanksgiving Eve, his company sponsored a concert with Drake Bell in order to raise money for Honolulu’s homeless community. In addition, he organized a concert with local musician Mike Izon, which helped raised thousands of dollars for families who suffer from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.


Bonita Dydasco

Bonita Dydasco, a biochemistry major from Guam, attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). ABRCMS is a conference with over 4000 participants that gives researchers the chance to present groundbreaking research. Bonita was able to make connections with over 15 different graduate programs in the field of medicine, speak confidently before a crowd and ask challenging questions to presenters.


Vina Cristobal and friends

Vina Cristobal, a communications graduate from Hawaii, went on a mission trip to Thailand with Grace Bible Church Pearlside. She spent two weeks at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok in order to minister and build strong relationships with her students.


Krys Zyak

Krys Zyak, an MEd in instructional leadership graduate from Hawaii, had the opportunity to work on set with Magnum P.I., Hawaii Five-O, PBS-Hawaii, APEX (Godzilla vs. Kong), and The Wrong Missy, which is a Netflix/Happy Madison Production. Krys has been invited by the Screen Actors Guild to become one of its members.


Boris Jelic

Boris Jelic, an MBA graduate from Montenegro, recently caught up with a previous mentor and a great source of inspiration, the legendary American hotelier John Brogan, and wife Mary Lou.


Fawn Liebengood

Fawn Liebengood, an MBA graduate from Hawaii, received a scholarship from the Women Divers Hall of Fame for Advanced Dive Training. This scholarship will help to continue to support her work in marine plastic pollution removal and prevention by providing her with additional diving training and diving gear.


Dr. Becky Lord

Dr. Becky Lord, a biology graduate from Dayton, is a young woman with big dreams. Having lived through a PTSD-type neurological injury which led to years of inflammation-based symptoms, she now dedicated her life to helping people. She is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. Recently she created Fix, a program where she can teach people how to unlock the body’s ability to reduce inflammation.


Dr. Diep Vuong

Dr. Diep Vuong, a physical medicine and rehabilitation graduate from Vietnam, recently came to visit the Hogan Office. Diep said “I often think about the Hogan family and feel so thankful for their gift of education. I’m inspired by them to give back, so I would love to come back to speak to the Hogan students when the timing is right.”

Filed Under: Hogan Entrepreneurial Program

Hogan Student News 2019

March 29, 2019 by University Communications & Marketing

Esther Lambright

Esther Lambright, from Kapolei, Hawaii, owner of Captured Imagery Photography, collaborated with Kaimuki Studio to provide businesses and professionals with the opportunity to upgrade their portfolio with professional headshots. She was also recently featured on Hawaii Entrepreneur’s Instagram praised for her success as an up-and-coming entrepreneur.

Follow her on Instagram: @capturedimagery


Hogan students at the UH-HK-China forum with Major Kirk Caldwell

Cai Yan Fang, an international trade major from China, Lulu Jin, an MBA student from China, Samantha Mortimer, an environmental and interior design major from Wisconsin, Maddeline Smith, an accounting major from California, Elena Chen, a forensic science major from Hawaii, Mokihana Maldonado, an MEd graduate from Hawaii, and Lillianna Flynn, a business administration major from New York, volunteered at the 2019 US-HK-CHINA forum.

They are seen in this picture with Honolulu Mayor, Kirk Caldwell.


Pohaikealoha Artates

Pohaikealoha Artates, an environmental studies major from Maui, was chosen by Mitchell Steffey, Chaminade’s director of student activities and leadership, to talk about sustainability at a Native Hawaiian leadership conference called Hoopili Hou on Kauai.

She also started her own business called Oliko’s Collection. Her collection focuses on sustainable, Hawaiian inspired wear that helps one find the “sparkle in any darkness.”


Nikki Jang

Nikki Jang, an accounting major from Hawaii, visited Gyeongju city with her family, a popular destination site that is home to a large number of historical sites created during the Silla Dynasty. She visited a number of places including an ancient astronomical observatory, the Stone Buddha and the Heavenly Horse Tomb to name a few.


Ezekiel “Zeke” Bernardo-Flores

Ezekiel “Zeke” Bernardo-Flores, an accounting major from Hawaii, and owner of Thrift HNL and W/It, and Esther Lambright, from Hawaii, and owner of Captured Imagery Photography, took the dive to compete in a business plan competition conducted by EO – the Entrepreneurs Organization of Hawaii.  Esther Lambright took second place!


Nikki Jang, an accounting major from Hawaii, and Mailani Faniel, a business administration major from California, were among the first class of Chaminade business students to graduate from Hawaii State Federal Credit Union’s Pupukahi I Holomua Pathways Internship Program.


Chaminade students at National Chemistry Week event at Kahala Mall

During National Chemistry Week, Hogan students Yongfei Zhao, a politics & education graduate from China, Maddeline Smith, an accounting major from California and Elena Chen, a forensic science major from Hawaii, volunteered to help Carlos Gutierrez and Ana Acuna’s True Forensics Science booth at a National Chemistry Week event.  Ana and Carlos, Hogan graduates, started True Forensic Science to provide forensics training in Spanish to people in South America and beyond.


Tanea DalPivo

Tanea DalPivo, a psychology major from Hawaii, volunteers every Thursday morning at the Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center.  The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center provides men with substance abuse problems, an opportunity to regain their self-respect and to acquire the life skills needed to take their rightful place in life.


Chaminade students interning at Hawaii State FCU

Gabriel Garcia, a business administration major from California and Kai Rivera, a business administration major for Okinawa, became the newest interns at the Pupukahi I Holomua Pathways Internship Program at the Hawaii State Federal Credit Union. They will continue their journey as great ambassadors for Chaminade University and the Hogan Entrepreneurial Program.


Esther Lambright, from Hawaii, and owner of Captured Imagery Photography, volunteered as a program specialist for “East Meets West 2019,” a startup event in Hawaii that brings together investors and entrepreneurs from Asia, Hawaii and North America to talk about the Hawaiian startup ecosystem. She also led a group of guest and speakers on a tour, as well as organized the one-on-one meet-ups between for investors and guests.


Hogan students encouraged their peers to register to vote

Voter Registration: Did you know Hawaii has the lowest voter turnout in the country? The Hogan Entrepreneurs encouraged students to register to vote and make a difference. They shared the importance of voting and the responsibility of citizenship. Almost 100 students registered to vote for the first time.


Nikki Jang, an accounting major from Hawaii and Esther Lambright, from Hawaii, and owner of Captured Imagery Photography, volunteered at Dress for Success Honolulu. This was an event held at the YWCA Oahu. Its vision is to help economically empower and inspire underprivileged women.


Pohaikealoha Artates, an environmental studies major from Maui, has been volunteering at Hookuaaina Loi to give back to the aina (land).  Hookuaaina is a non-profit organization using Hawaiian traditions of kalo (taro) cultivation to improve the lives of today’s youth and build a healthy community.

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