Woman of Distinction

Each year, Hawai‘i Girl Scouts salute women who personally and professionally exemplify the values articulated in the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Not your typical awards event, the Girl Scouts of Hawai`i Woman of Distinction dinner helps to raise needed funds, while also providing hundreds of girls with a chance to see great role models in action. Hawai`i’s girls have the opportunity to interact with the honorees as well as the community leaders who attend the dinner.

The Girl Scouts of Hawai`i salutes and applauds our 2009 Woman of Distinction honorees for their commitment and dedication to the people of Hawai`i, our nation, and the world. We are also grateful to the many family-based and corporate foundations that support their inspiring leadership driven work.

Judith M. Dawson
President,  Atherton Family Foundation

Irene Hirano Inouye
Trustee, The Ford Foundation
Trustee and Past Chair, The Kresge Foundation

Alana Kobayashi Pakkala
Partner and Executive Vice President, Kobayashi Group LLC
Founding Member, The GIFT Foundation of Hawaii

Kitty Sullivan Wo
Owner and Director, Sullivan Family of Companies

 

Woman of Distinction 2008

The 2008 Woman of Distinction Dinner honored four extraordinary entrepreneurs, whose remarkable talents, skills, and leadership abilities have played an important role in their “Journeys of Success." Watch the women discuss leadership and their own journeys with their Girl Scout interviewers.

 

 

2008 Woman of Distinction Dinner Photos

Past Woman of Distinction Honorees

Carol Ai May Jean Ariyoshi Claire Asam Joan Bickson Mary Bitterman Gladys A. Brandt Mary Lou Brogan Melinda Caroll Vicky Cayetano Sau Ung Loo Chan Meredith Ching Mary Jane Connell Beadie Kanahele Dawson Judith Dawson Barbara Dew Kathleen M. Donohoe Bennette Evangelista Joyce Fasi Linda Fernandez Julia Frolich Veronica Zasadni Froman Bev Gannon Donna Goth Patricia Hamamoto Sibyl Heide Pegge Hopper Irene Hirano Inouye Kathryn Inouye Carole Kai Claudia J. Kennedy Ann Kobayashi Constance Lau Myrtle Lee Roberta Wong Leung Linda Lingle Kathryn Lucktenberg Dee Jay Mailer Barrett McCandless

Sharon McPhee Emma Aluli Meyer Marie N. Milks Momi Mo`okini‐Lum Frances Mossman Carol A. Mutter Karen Nakamura Anne Namba Gretchen Neal Ruth Ono Alana Kobayashi Pakkala Barbara “Bobbie” Perry Jackie Liwai Pung Phyllis A. Richards Pokey Watson Richardson Patricia F. Saiki Catherine Shen Andrea Simpson Kalo Mataele Soukop Kitty Sullivan Wo Rell Sunn Patricia Tam Donna Tanoue Jane B. Tatibouet Ann M. Testa Cha Thompson Donnis Thompson Rose Tseng Laila Twigg‐Smith Lynne Waihee Jenai Sullivan Wall Indru Watumull Sue Wesselkamper Nancy White Colleen Wong Mary Worrall Lily Yao