Achievers

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Firefighter wins employee honor

Charles Griep, a firefighter with the Honolulu Fire Department, has been named City Employee of the Year. A firefighter since March 1994, he has developed HFD's Rehabilitation Program, ensuring the physical and mental fitness of fire personnel. The program has also reduced injuries and workers' compensation claims. He has also saved the department thousands of dollars in consultant fees by teaching a Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Level I course, using certifications obtained on his personal time and expense.

Boisse Correa, Metropolitan Assistant Chief for the Honolulu Police Department, has been named Manager of the Year for 2003. He has used his leadership skills to reduce overall property crime in his districts, which had been on the rise the year before. During his tenure, community partnerships have flourished, with grassroots efforts taking root against the crystal methamphetamine drug problem. He has also spearheaded efforts to protect O'ahu from terrorist attacks and other catastrophic events by securing federal money to train first responders.

UH Foundation has new official

Lori Abe has been hired as associate vice president of marketing and communications by the University of Hawai'i Foundation. Abe comes to the foundation from Aquent, a Boston-based consulting company where she was public relations director.

Before that she worked as a public relations director for Tupperware Worldwide in Florida, a vice president of McNeil Wilson Communications in Honolulu and a public relations manager for Hilton Hotels in Hawai'i.

Abe graduated from UH with a degree in journalism and a minor in marketing.

Kahanamoku board elected

The Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation has elected its new Board of Directors for the 2003-2004 fiscal year. Tim Guard, president and general manager of McCabe, Hamilton & Renny, was elected board president.

Other officers elected were: first vice president, Sharon Brown; second vice president, Cary Moore; treasurer, Easton Manson; secretary, Jim Fulton; past president, Gretchen Duplanty. Other directors include Gloria Garvey, Fray Heath, Bill Morris, Tay Perry, Edward Richardson, Phil Sevier, Keith Steiner and Gleg Wunderlich.

Lupus group names officers

The Hawaii Lupus Foundation, Inc., a chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., has announced its officers for the 2003-2004 fiscal year. They are: president, Edmund Kajiyama of First Hawaiian Bank; first vice president and treasurer, Dean Yamamoto of Castle Resorts; second vice president, Amy Leong of Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties; and secretary, Ashlee Kishimoto of KPMG LLP.

Other board members include: Pepper Chang and Justin Cruz of KQMQ Radio; Adelbert Green of Dwyer Schraff Meyer Jossem & Bushmell; Thomas Harper of Frito-Lay Hawaii; Dr. John Lederer of OnCare Hawai'i; Wynton Pascual of Pacific Business News; Geoffrey Thom of Kaiser Permanente; Anna Wong, a senior at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa; and Vernon Wong of American Express Financial Services.