Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Grant Kubota (BBA 1999, MBA 2005)

Grant Kubota (BBA 1999, MBA 2005), a senior vice president, financial advisor in Morgan Stanley's Honolulu Wealth Management office, has been named to Forbes Magazine’s inaugural list of America’s Best-in-State Wealth Advisors.

Jodene Arakaki (BBA 1991)

Jodene Arakaki (BBA 1991) has re-joined First Hawaiian Bank as vice president and compliance officer in the Trust Compliance Department. In her new role, Arakaki oversees compliance activities for several departments within the bank’s Wealth Management Group.

Alan Tamanaha (BBA 1977)

Alan Tamanaha (BBA 1977) has re-joined First Hawaiian Bank as vice president and business banking officer of the Maite branch in Guam. In his new role, Tamanaha provides credit training, underwriting supervision, and credit management for the Guam and Saipan commercial team.

Darlene Navarro (BBA 2004)

Darlene Navarro (BBA 2004) has been named global director of human resources for the electronic table games company Interblock USA LC in Nevada. Most recently, she served as the senior corporate recruiter for Ceasars Entertainment Corporation.

Christopher Saki (BBA 2014)

Chris Saki (BBA 2014) recently earned his juris doctor from Cornell Law School and received his MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Vanessa Henao (BBA 2013)

Vanessa Henao (BBA 2013) and her teammates at DefyU Technologies have just launched their Kickstarter campaign. Henao is one of the co-founders of the fantasy soccer gaming company based in Barcelona, Spain.

Diane Inouye (BBA 1984)

Diane Inouye (BBA 1984) has been appointed president of IC International, Hawai‘i's premier wholesale provider of Excess and Surplus Lines insurance effective October 1, 2017.

Yeon Wong (BBA 2005)

Anthology Marketing Group announced the addition of a new member to its Advertising/Media team. Yeon Wong (BBA 2005) has returned to Anthology’s Advertising Group as a senior media planner/buyer, responsible for managing all development, strategy, deliverables and execution of media plans.

Roger Higa (BBA 1986)

Roger Higa (BBA 1986) has been promoted to partner at New York Life Insurance Company. Higa holds over 18 years of management experience working in both the non-profit and for-profit arenas in Hawai‘i and Southern California.