Connect with the Team
Our sales professionals — combining the expertise of the Hawaiʻi Convention Center, the Hawaiʻi Visitors and Convention Bureau, and our international MICE specialists — can help meeting planners navigate our new approach to meetings and events in the Hawaiian Islands. The team is also equipped with the latest information regarding hotels, activities and attractions as well as indoor and outdoor venues.
Our team is ready to work with meeting planners to organize and execute some of their most successful and memorable meetings in the most culturally diverse destination of the United States. Select your meeting type below below to find the Meet Hawaiʻi team member near you:
> Island Chapters
> International
> Local Convention Center
> General Inquiries

- John G. Reyes
- Senior Vice President and Chief MCI Sales Officer
- jreyes@hvcb.org

- Debbie Zimmerman
- Meet Hawaiʻi/ ʻElele Program Director
- Tel: (808) 202-0044
- Debbiez50@outlook.com

- Lynn R. Whitehead
- Senior Director, Citywide Sales
Territory: East Coast
- Tel: (410) 296-0564
- lwhitehead@hvcb.org

- Adrienne Nudo
- Senior Director, Citywide Sales
Territory: Midwest and Canada
- Tel: (847) 749-2996
- anudo@hvcb.org

- Trevor Newman
- Director, Citywide Sales, Business Development
- Tel: (808) 971-1415
- tnewman@hvcb.org

- Meredith Parkins
- Regional Director of Sales
Territory: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC
- Tel: (703) 625-0163
- Fax: (808) 924-0290
- mparkins@hvcb.org

- Kathy Dever
- Regional Director of Sales
Territory: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin; Canada
- Tel: (312) 982-2112
- Fax: (808) 924-0290
- kdever@hvcb.org

- Adele Tasaka
- Senior Director of Sales
Territory: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- Tel: (808) 924-0225
- Fax: (808) 924-0290
- atasaka@hvcb.org

- Lee Conching
- Director of Client Services
- Tel: (808) 943-3555
- Fax: (808) 943-3099
- lconching@hvcb.org

- Josette Murai
- Convention Services Manager
- Tel: (808) 924-0261
- Fax: (808) 924-0290
- jmurai@hvcb.org
Island Chapters

- Maile Brown
- Kauaʻi Visitors Bureau / Director of Marketing
- Tel: (808) 245-3971
- Fax: (808) 246‐9235
- maile@hvcb.org

- June Pagdilao
- Maui Visitors & Convention Bureau / Director of Sales
- Tel: (808) 244-3530
- Fax: (808) 244-1337
- june@mauivb.com

- Deanna Isbister
- Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau / Director of Sales
- Tel: (808) 885-1655
- Fax: (808) 885-1755
- disbister@hvcb.org

- Karishma Chowfin
- Oʻahu Visitors Bureau / Director of Sales
- Tel: (808) 524-0722
- Fax: (808) 521-1620
- karishma@visit-oahu.com

- Noelani Schilling-Wheeler
- Oʻahu Visitors Bureau / Executive Director
- Tel: (808) 524-0722
- Fax: (808) 521-1620
- noelani@visit-oahu.com
Asia/Oceania

- Andrew Koh
- Executive Director, Asia/Oceania
- akoh@meethawaii.com

- Kris Phadungkiatipong
- County Director, Oceania
- kphadung@meethawaii.com

- Emily Kim
- Country Director, Korea
- ekim@meethawaii.com

- Hiroyuki Hachiya
- Country Director, Japan
- hhachiya@meethawaii.com
Local Convention Center

- Natalie Shiinoki
- Hawaiʻi Convention Center/Marketing Manager
- Tel: (808) 943-3503
- ntarce@hccasm.com
General Inquiries
Hawaiʻi Convention Center
1801 Kalākaua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
E-Mail: info@hccasm.com
Phone: (808) 943-3500
Fax: (808) 943-3599
Hawaiʻi Visitors and Convention Bureau
2270 Kalākaua Avenue, Suite 801
Honolulu, HI 96815
E-Mail: meetings@meethawaii.com
Phone: (808) 923-1811
Fax: (808) 924-0293
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