YP Wahine: Negotiating and Advocating For Your Future Sponsored by Aloha Termite and Pest Control

The YP Wahine program is focused on supporting females with professional development tools and by creating a network of individuals who lift each other up. We aim to empower our members with skills-building sessions and provide a safe space for members to share their challenges and learn from each other.
 
Join us for our next event: YP Wahine: Negotiating and Advocating for your Future presented by Aloha Termite & Pest Control.

We know that advocating for yourself can be tough, especially when you?re negotiating a raise or a new opportunity for yourself. This event is aimed at helping you with skills, tips, and advice to negotiate your way to new opportunities. Learn how to set yourself up for success and consider the choices available in a world where the women?s pay gap is a real struggle.

Featuring local business executives:

• Mazy Iwaki, Program Manager, Nakupuna Companies
• Diane Murakami, Executive Vice President, Commercial Markets, Central Pacific Bank
• ​Stacey Katakura, CEO, Accumulus
• Marie Kumabe, Owner, Kumabe HR

Registration includes two drink tickets for wine or beer and Fig & Ginger charcuterie boxes. 

Mazy Iwaki
Program Manager
Nakupuna Companies

Mazy Iwaki was born and raised in Kailua, Oahu and is a 2008 graduate from Kamehameha Kapalama.

She moved to California to attend the University of Southern California, where she graduated with a BS in Business Administration in 2012.
 
Post-grad she moved to Orange County, CA and worked for a leading company in Talent Solutions for over 10 years.  Starting her career as a recruiter at Insight Global, she quickly got promoted to run her own team as an Account Manager, where she spent about 6 years as a high-producer, delivering quality results for her portfolio of clients.  After demonstrated success in building and leading her own team, she was promoted to Insight Global?s corporate training team, Insight Global University, where she created and ran programs for their 3000 employees across 65 offices as a Sr. Program Support Manager.  In November of 2022, she made the move home to Kailua, Oahu and worked remotely for a few months, before deciding she wanted to work for a local company and then joined the Nakupuna Companies, a Native-Hawaiian-Organization, to work on one of their largest government contracts.  She is happy to finally be home and working for a company that supports her Native Hawaiian community.

Stacey Katakura
CEO
Accumulus

Stacey Katakura, CPA founded Accumulus in early 2017. As its CEO, Stacey Katakura brings an unmatched level of accounting and financial advisory experience?having previously served for ten years as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Forest City Hawaii, a real-estate development and property management company responsible for over $2 billion in Hawaii real-estate and renewable energy projects.
 
Stacey is a licensed CPA in Hawaii and California, is a graduate Kaiser High School, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California?s Kenneth Leventhal School of Accounting. Stacey began her career in the Orange County, California offices of Ernst & Young, in the firm?s Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction group.
Stacey is also very involved in supporting local community organizations and is currently on the board of directors of the YWCA of O?ahu, Manoa Valley Theatre, Abilities Unlimited, XLR8X and both Women?s Fund of Hawaii and MADD Hawaii as its Treasurer. Stacey was in the fall 2020 cohort of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program out of Babson College. In 2021, Accumulus was honored to as the Best New Business in Hawaii Business Magazine?s SmallBiz Editor?s Choice Awards, and in 2022 Stacey received the Business Executive of the Year award from Pacific Edge Magazine.
When the CARES Act passed in late March 2020, Stacey teamed up with a group of professionals known as Team Save Hawaii Jobs and Businesses which included seasoned employment attorneys Darin Leong and Jeff Harris, Jane Sawyer, Hawaii?s District Director of the SBA, and Evan Leong, CEO of Brain Gain Hawaii, to educate Hawaii?s employers on their options, and process of applying for the needed relief options provided by the Act. Over the course of the next few months, the team invested hundreds of hours towards hosting webinars and answering questions via email to hundreds of Hawaii?s employers and quickly became the local experts of the CARES Act and its related provisions.

Marie Kumabe
Principal and Owner
Kumabe HR

Principal and Owner, Marie oversees the Executive Recruitment and Human Resource Consulting Division for Kumabe HR for the past 10 years with 8 Search Consultants.
 
Marie comes with 30 years of experience in business, with 25 years specifically dedicated to executive search, human resource consulting and staffing. Her impressive credentials, exceptional skill and commitment to the success of her clients have resulted in a loyal and growing base of clients who trust her to execute their human resources and executive search needs discreetly and effectively.  Marie has further held operations executive positions in the airline, education and cruise industry as well as been a professional career counselor.  Marie is a recognized leader in Hawaii in the field of executive search and human resources as is demonstrated by her thriving firm and her appointment as the current Faculty Director for the Executive Masters of Human Resources Management program at the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii.  Alumni from the program are approaching 600 with an active Advisory Board that Marie also oversees which consists of most of the HR Vice Presidents in the state. 
 
In addition, Marie is highly sought after on an international level for her expertise in Human Resources and Executive Recruitment, indicative of her selection to provide seminars on Executive Assessment, Executive Recruitment, Trends, and Sustainability in HR Executive Team for the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Chinese National Petroleum, the sixth largest company in the world.
 
Throughout her career, Marie has always made giving back to community a top priority, serving on the board of directors of several community organizations. She has supported Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, the University of Hawaii?s Travel Industry Management Alumni Association, Nuuanu YMCA and as an advisor for Girl Scouts of Hawai`i. Marie?s expertise in succession planning and mentorship programs have contributed to transforming many local organizations. 
 
Recently, Kumabe HR was awarded by the SBA as the Women Owned Business of the Year for Honolulu.  Marie Kumabe has been recognized by Pacific Business News for many awards, including owning the 5th fastest growing business in the state and has been consistently listed as maintaining one of the top women-owned businesses in Hawaii.  She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles in International Relations with an emphasis in Business, and her Master?s in Human Resources Management was obtained through Hawaii Pacific University.


Diane Murakami
Executive Vice President, Commercial Markets
Central Pacific Bank

Diane Murakami plays a key role in facilitating positive change working at the best bank in Hawaii, as recognized by Forbes and Newsweek. She currently serves as the Executive Vice President in charge of the strategic direction of Central Pacific Bank?s Commercial Markets: Commercial Banking, Business Banking, Corporate Banking, International Banking, and Institutional Deposits and Cash Management.She is an influential member of CPB?s Executive Committee with a primary focus on creating added value and affinity for CPB?s customers, employees, community, and shareholders.She is responsible for fostering a culture of client satisfaction through her relationship banking teams.Prior to re-joining Central Pacific Bank in March 2020, Ms. Murakami held numerous Senior Vice President positions at another local bank where she was responsible for Commercial Banking, Business Banking and Private Banking.She has more than 30 years of executive leadership and experience in the banking industry.
 
Ms. Murakami proudly shares her knowledge and perspective to better the community. She was appointed as Chair of the Diocesan Finance Council, Chair of the Investment and Loan Committee, and is an advisor to the Most Reverend Clarence Silva, Bishop of Honolulu for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.In addition, she currently serves as a board member for the Chamber of Commerce, Mental Health Kokua, Catholic Charities of Hawaii, and the Kahala Business Association.
 
Ms. Murakami earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance degree from Loyola Marymount University and graduated with honors from Pacific Coast Banking School.  She is married and has two sons.