Board of Directors / Maui Hotel & Lodging Association

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Chair, Josh Hargrove

Josh Hargrove is the General Manager of the Westin Maui Resort & Spa overseeing all operations for the 769 room oceanfront reso...

Vice Chair, William Bethel

William "Will" Bethel is the General Manager of the Hilton Grand Vacations Maui Bay Villas resort. In his 35 years of work expe...

John Pele, MHLA ED

John Pele is a proud graduate of Molokai High School and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He started his career in h...

Naomi Cooper, MHLA DD

Naomi Cooper is the Deputy Director, previously the Communications Director. She holds a BSBA from Hawaii Pacific University in...

Eric Duff

General Manager, Hyatt Vacation Club at Ka'anapali Beach Eric Duff brings over three decades of hospitality experience, with ex...

Richard Elliott

General Manager of Andaz Wailea Resort Richard Elliott started his Hyatt career in 1997 as a front desk host at Hyatt Regency ...

Fred Findlen

General Manager of Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa Fred has been the General Manager at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa fo...

Myra Galinato

Vice President of Blue Hawaiian Helicopters Myra Galinato is the Vice President at Blue Hawaiian Activities, the largest conci...

Gregg Lundberg

General Manager at the Courtyard by Marriott Kahului Airport Gregg has spent a lifetime career in the visitor industry. Prior ...

Aaron Placourakis

President & CEO of AMP Restaurants Ltd. Aaron Placourakis has embodied the true meaning of hospitality with a lifetime of serv...

Michael Pye

General Manager of Fairmont Kea Lani & Regional Vice President of Hawai’i Michael Pye is the Regional Vice President of Fairmo...

Chris Rabang

Market General Manager of Westin Vacation Club, Maui & Marriott Vacation Club, Island of Hawaii and the General Manager of The ...

Kelsey Rollo

Manager, Station Operations, Alaska & Hawaiian Airlines Kelsey Rollo is the Manager of Station Operations for Alaska Airlines, ...

Edwin Torres

Edwin Torres serves as General Manager at the OUTRIGGER Kāʻanapali Beach Resort, bringing more than two decades of global hospi...

Treasurer, Maile Wong

Maile grew up in Makawao, Maui and graduated Magna Cum Laude from King Kekaulike High School. She received her bachelor’s degre...

Angela Vento

General Manager, Wailea Beach Resort Angela has over three decades of experience in the hospitality industry with broad expert...

Mike White

Former General Manager of the Kaanapali Beach Hotel Mike White was the General Manager of the Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel from 1985...

Board Seat Selections

The Board of Directors consists of between eleven (11) and fifteen (15) directors. A balance in the Board shall be sought providing representation from small and large properties and from the various geographical areas when possible. Board members are welcome to re-submit for renewal of their term when the 2-year period has concluded. New board nominees are welcome to self-nominate if their membership is currently in good standing. The submissions for board seat nominations take place every year in June and elections conclude in July. Allied members may vote for allied board member candidates and property members may not for property member candidates. Every member, regardless of company size, has an equal number of votes per election cycle.

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