CENTRAL PACIFIC HOMELOANS

Jimmy Liu has joined Central Pacific HomeLoans as a home loan manager, responsible for the development and leadership of a new branch of CPHL in Kaimuki. Linda Nakanelua has joined Central Pacific HomeLoans as a home loan consultant.

HAWAII LUMBER PRODUCTS ASSOC.

Aaron Eberhartt has been named the Hawaii Lumber Products Association's first executive director. Eberhartt will serve primarily in an outreach capacity while working to improve relations with state legislators, industry professionals such as architects and engineers, and potential wood material users, such as builders and developers.

BISHOP MUSEUM

The Bishop Museum has appointed Donalyn Dela Cruz as government affairs and community relations manager. She is a former press secretary to Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawai'i, and former communications director of the Hawai'i Democratic Party. Most recently, she was principal associate at Pacific Management Consultants Inc., a local lobbying firm.

ING DIRECT

Justin Mueller has been named sales/operation coach, and JAMIE OMORI has been named business/community development coach at ING Direct, a communityfocused direct bank scheduled to open in Waikiki in early fall 2008.

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