Our Team

MCBL LEADERSHIP

Featured

Colleen McAluney
MCBL Director

Brittany Montilliano
Senior Manager

Kallie Vinson
WBC Program Coordinator

Noela Napoleon
MCBL Lead Business Counselor & Instructor

Kelli Namba
MCBL Business Counselor

Featured

Emi Au
Chief Financial Officer
HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union

Maria Borje-Bonkowski
California State Compliance Director
Anthem-Blue Shield

Tiffany Chang
Founder & Leadership Coach
Carved Paths Coaching

Linda Ezuka
Founder
CRA Today

Mary Fastenau
Partner, President – Anthology Digital
Anthology

Phyllis Freitas
Director of Business Sales
Hawaiian Telcom

Sarah Guay
CEO + President
Hawaii Employers Council

Meli James
Co-Founder
Mana Up

Yvette Maskrey
MCBL Advisory Board Chair
District Manager
Honeywell International

Cynthia Moore
Director, Marketing Communications
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii

Unyong Nakata
Founder + Principal Consultant
Nakata Advisory, LLC

Sherri Okinaga
SVP & Organizational Effectiveness Manager
First Hawaiian Bank

Cheryl Oncea
Publisher
Hawaii Business Magazine

Susan Utsugi
Small Business Committee Chair
Senior Vice President & Division Manager
Central Pacific Bank

2025 MCBL Advisory Board

All board duties:

Create, promote and maintain mentoring programs including the Patsy T. Mink Leadership Alliance, Wahine Luncheon, and Wahine Rising.
Assist in identifying and selecting high-potential business owners, leaders of non-profit, for-profit and government organizations to participate in the small business and leadership development programs
Recommend people and organizations to facilitate training, serve as coaches and consultants, and speakers
Assist in the creation of evaluation tools and reviewing evaluation documents and reporting
Help promote MCBL programs and fundraising events
Help raise visibility of MCBL for local and national sponsorship
Identify potential target markets, marketing venues and strategies for promoting MCBL and its programs
Promote and engage members and participants for MCBL and its programs