HGEA has offices in Honolulu, Hilo, Wailuku and Lihue, and is run by a skilled and professional staff who provides quality representation and membership services to those in the union’s nine bargaining units, as well as Associate members (composed primarily of retirees, other state and county employees and officials, and federal and private sector employees). The staff is headed by Executive Director Randy Perreira, who was appointed in January 2008 and is the fifth executive director to lead HGEA since its founding in 1934.
Office of the Executive Director
Randy Perreira, Executive Director 543-0011 service@hgea.org
Debra Kagawa-Yogi, Deputy Executive Director - Field Services 543-0003 dkagawa@hgea.org
Charlene Ito, Private Secretary to the Executive Director 543-0012 cito@hgea.org
Carol Deguchi, Private Secretary to the Deputy Executive Director 543-0013 cdeguchi@hgea.org
Joan Gallagher, Union Agent for MCEC 543-0020 jgallagher@hgea.org
Field Services
OAHU ISLAND DIVISION
Advocacy
Stacy Moniz, Advocacy Chief 543-0055 smoniz@hgea.org
Margie Abe, Executive Administrative Assistant 543-0067 mabe@hgea.org
Kapono Apao, Advocacy Manager 543-0031 kapao@hgea.org
Jayson Fukumoto, Union Agent 543-0036, jfukumoto@hgea.org
Kainua Hopkins, Union Agent 543-0034 khopkins@hgea.org
Bryan Nakamura, Union Agent 543-0084 bnakamura@hgea.org
Melanie Pugay, Union Agent 543-0056 mpugay@hgea.org
Jesse Sliva, Union Agent 543-0086 jsliva@hgea.org
Consultations
Sanford Chun, Executive Assistant for Field Services 543-0070 schun@hgea.org
Cyndee Hata, Field Support/Consultation Specialist 543-0033 chata@hgea.org
Field Outreach
Joy Bulosan, Field Services Officer 543-0057 jbulosan@hgea.org
Chad Ngai, Field Services Officer 543-0042 cngai@hgea.org
Jermel Anderson, Union Agent 543-0044 janderson@hgea.org
Alison Badua-Bohner, Union Agent 543-0039 abadua@hgea.org
Tom Tsuhako, Union Agent 543-0048 ttsuhako@hgea.org
Wes Tufaga, Union Agent 543-0081 wtufaga@hgea.org
Donny Utu, Union Agent 543-0038 dutu@hgea.org
Member Service Center
Joy Kuwabara, Member Service Center Manager 543-0078 jkuwabar@hgea.org
John Clivio, Union Agent 543-0082 jclivio@hgea.org
Megan David, Union Agent 543-0053 mdavid@hgea.org
Claire Ancheta, Member Service Center Technician 543-0092 cancheta@hgea.org
Maile Tupouniua, Member Service Center Technician 543-0094 mtupouniua@hgea.org
HAWAII ISLAND DIVISION
Scott Collins, Division Chief 961-0760 scollins@hgea.org
John Higgins, Union Agent, 961-0762 jhiggins@hgea.org
Audrey Kahawai-Kekipi, Union Agent, 961-0764 akahawai@hgea.org
Lorena Kauhi, Union Agent 961-0761 lkauhi@hgea.org
Solette Perry, Union Agent 961-0767 sperry@hgea.org
Ann Ebesuno, Field Support Specialist 961-0763 aebesuno@hgea.org
Bernice Goodness-Viveiros, Field Services Technician 961-0765 bgoodness@hgea.org
MAUI ISLAND DIVISION
Toni Rust, Division Chief 243-4464 trust@hgea.org
Charity Sadang, Union Agent 243-4462 csadang@hgea.org
John Costales Jr., Union Agent 243-4465 jcostales@hgea.org
Todd Watkins, Union Agent 243-4463 twatkins@hgea.org
Jennie Aruda, Office Secretary 243-4460 jaruda@hgea.org
KAUAI ISLAND DIVISION
Christopher Nii, Division Chief 241-5368 cnii@hgea.org
Brennen Carvalho, Union Agent 241-5361 bcarvalho@hgea.org
Joni Taba, Field Services Technician 241-5360 jtaba@hgea.org
Administration Services
Communications
Caroline Sluyter, Communications Officer 543-0047 csluyter@hgea.org
Jenny Nakagawa, Senior Communications Specialist 543-0024 jnakagawa@hgea.org
Lariel Sato, Communications Specialist 543-0063 lsato@hgea.org
Financial Services
Maureen Wakuzawa, Financial Officer 543-0041 mwakuzaw@hgea.org
Paula Kobayashi, Assistant Controller 543-0032 pkobayashi@hgea.org
Joni Yamamoto, Accounting Specialist 543-0037 jyamamot@hgea.org
Jeri Lono, Lead Fiscal Services Technician 543-0065 jlono@hgea.org
Sharlene Oka, Field Services Technician 543-0021 soka@hgea.org
Sheryl Wong, Account Technician 543-0068 swong@hgea.org
Margaret Brash, Field Services Assistant 543-0072 mbrash@hgea.org
Taryn Nishijo Kimble, Executive Administrative Assistant 543-0009 tnishijo@hgea.org
Information Technology
Everett Inamasu, Information Technology Manager 543-0015 einamasu@hgea.org
Kanani Naauao, Information Technology Specialist 543-0025 knaauao@hgea.org
Member Engagement
Kevin Hirayama, Member Engagement Specialist 543-0089 khirayama@hgea.org
Wesley Aki, Member and Community Engagement Specialist 543-0088 waki@hgea.org
Legislative
Michele Kurihara-Klein, Legislative Officer 543-0093 mkurihara@hgea.org
Office Services
Nate Wong, Office Services Specialist 543-0064 nwong@hgea.org
James Oshiro, Print Shop Technician 543-0026 joshiro@hgea.org
Retirees Unit
Mahie Trask, Retirees Unit Administrator 543-0090 mtrask@hgea.org
Tammy Tanouye, Office Secretary 543-0054 ttanouye@hgea.org
AFSCME - Hawaii Area
Elizabeth Ho, Area Field Services Director 543-0022 lho@afscme.org
Iris Chun, Secretary 543-0004 ichun@afscme.org
Bronson Silva, Union Agent 543-0023 bsilva@afscme.org