The 2011 Hawaii All Star Small Business Awards Recap
Small Business Hawaii Entrepreneurial Education Foundation presents
The 2011 Hawaii All Star Small Business Awards
Honoring shining stars in our business community
Friday, September 16, 2011
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
SBH Awards Presented
SBH Business Person of the Year
Joe Nicolai
JN Automotive Group
Starting a business from scratch, Joe built a transportation, apparel, and real estate business employing 363. Joe’s business include car franchises for Chevrolet, Mazda, and Audi; car franchises for Maserati, Lotus, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Bentley; and Motorcycle franchises for Kawasaki, Vespa, Aprilia, and Harley-Davidson.
Joe was a pioneer in sustainable design. In 1999, he became the first new car andmotorcycle dealer in the United States that incorporated sustainable design in its dealerships.
Creative employee benefits include giving away a new car to employees with 25 years of service, a second (2nd) at 35 years, and a 100% company funded Pension/Profit Sharing Plan. He has given away 14 new cars to date.
SBH Jean Fukuda Civic Leadership Award
Win G. Schoneman
Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts
Win opened the first franchise of Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream and Desserts in Kahala Mall. During this time he began his journey of service by volunteering on the boards of the Kahala Business Association and the Kahala Mall Merchants Association and by joining the Navy League of the United States and Rotary International where he served as the fourth president of the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset.
After five years of operations in Kahala Win moved his Bubbies Ice Cream store to Koko Marina Shopping Center. Now, having fully integrated Rotary’s Service Above Self motto into his business plans, he continued his work in Rotary and the Navy League while adding board membership with Winners at Work, joining the Hawaii Kai Chamber of Commerce, serving as Kamiloiki Elementary School’s School Community Council Chair (for 6 years) and most recently on the board of the Independence Day At Maunalua Bay Fourth of July celebration.
Most satisfying has been the privilege of working with local schools and community leaders to develop education improvement processes. In addition to working at the school level, he regularly attends conferences, lectures, presentations and testifies before the legislature on education matters. Whether hosting a fund raising event, participating in a community activity or making a donation; Win uses his business as a tool to serve the community; donating time, treasure and talent.
SBH Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Tyler Roukema
Outback Steakhouse, Hawaii Kai
Tyler Roukema is the owner of the Outback Steak Steakhouse in Hawaii Kai. He started with Outback Steakhouse in 1988 as a bus boy and dish washer. Throughout the years Tyler has been promoted to every position that Outback Steakhouse has to offer and in 2008 he was given the opportunity to call the Outback Steakhouse in Hawaii Kai his own. He has an amazing wife of five years as well as two beautiful daughters. Tyler and his family live in the Hawaii Kai community. It is very important to him to be able to live and give back to the community that supports his business. Tyler is very passionate about what he does and lives his life by the simple philosophy of - if you love what you do, then you will never have to work a day in your life.
SBH George Mason Outstanding Reporting
Jim Dooley
HawaiiReporter.com
Jim Dooley joined the Hawaii Reporter staff as an investigative reporter in October 2010. He has worked as a print and television reporter in Hawaii since 1973, beginning as a wire service reporter with United Press International. He joined Honolulu Advertiser in 1974, working as general assignment and City Hall reporter until 1978. In 1978, he moved to full-time investigative reporting in for The Advertiser; he joined KITV news in 1996 as investigative reporter. Jim returned to Advertiser 2001, working as investigative reporter and court reporter until 2010. Reach him at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
SBH Small Business Booster
Glenn K. Muranaka
Meadow Gold Dairies
Glenn K. Muranaka, president and general manager of Meadow Gold Dairies (Hawaii), is the company’s first president born and raised in Hawaii, to manage the largest dairy in the state.
Muranaka established his business philosophy as a member and leader of the Meadow Gold family for over 30 years. The company’s four core values – outstanding quality, integrity and honesty, caring, and continuous improvement – reflect his personal conviction to providing outstanding quality products for Meadow Gold’s customers. Muranaka is also a believer in giving back to the communities. Through his advocacy and employee support, Meadow Gold Dairies is an active sponsor of various health and nutrition activities throughout the state each year.
SBH Success All Stars
Marissa Capelouto
Oahu Express, Ltd.
Phyllis Shimabukuro-Geiser
Mikilua Poultry Farm
Joe Teipel
Auction Action
Master of Ceremonies
Sam Slom, President
Small Business Hawaii Foundation
Blessing
Dick Rowland
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Entertainment
Piano Stylings of
Don Conover
Table Sponsors
Cliff & Bobbie Slater, Kevin Comcowich & Maile McLaughlin,
First Hawaiian Bank, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii,
HMAA/Ceridian, JN Automotive Group, Kaiser Permanente,
McDonald’s Restaurant of Hawaii, Phoenix Pacific, Inc.
Special Thank You for
Sponsoring Student Scholarships
Dick Rowland, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Delorese Gregoire, Winners’ Camp
Jason Stverak
Mahalo to Our Silent Auction Contributors
Veronica Kaneko, McDonald’s Restaurants of Hawaii; Ashley Jenkins, Meadow Gold; Mike Rossell, Production Hawaii; Frances Nuar, SocialKine ; Bob Sigall, Creative 1; Brook Gramann, Lanikai Bath & Body; Dallas Carter, Jr., Bistro Blends; Amy Bender, Kai Vodka; Bobbie & Cliff Slater; Tom Jones, Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant; Linda O’Grady, Sirius Event Planning; Tammy Kubo, Hawaii Pet Nanny; Dan Ryan, Cycle City, Ltd; Zameer Mallal, Roy’s Hawaii Kai; Matt Longfellow, Valpak of Hawaii; Cassandra Gatan, Aloha Gas; Laura Buck, BeautiControl; Kevin Nishimura, Mensore Therapy; Bill Green, Kahala Shell; Tyler Roukema, Outback Steakhouse, Hawaii Kai; Malia Zimmerman, Hawaii Reporter; Delorese Gregoire, Winners’ Camp
Special Mahalo to Melvin Ah Ching, Darlyn Evangelista, Debi Halcro (Valenti Print Group), Barbara Leong, Kay Mattos (Waialae Country Club), Linda O’Grady (Sirius Event Planning), Malia Zimmerman (Hawaii Reporter), Dylan Encarnacion, Marissa Capelouto, Oahu Express, Ltd. and all of our sponsors and silent auction contributors
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