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Shannon Okinaka

Shannon L. Okinaka has served as director on our Board since March 2022.  In February 2026, Ms. Okinaka joined Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawai’i as Director of Finance and Administration. From 2024 to March 2025, Ms. Okinaka served as Executive Vice President of Administration of the commercial airline company Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group,  having previously filled the roles of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. from 2015 to 2024, and Vice President – Controller of Hawaiian Airlines from 2011 to 2015.  Ms. Okinaka initially joined Hawaiian Airlines as Senior Director in charge of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and special projects. Before joining Hawaiian Airlines, Ms. Okinaka worked for Hawaiian Electric Company, and the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand/PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ms. Okinaka was certified as a public accountant in the State of Hawaii. Ms. Okinaka also serves on the Board of Directors of Island Insurance Company, an insurance provider. Ms. Okinaka graduated from the Shidler College of Business at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems and Accounting. Ms. Okinaka qualifies as an ‘‘audit committee financial expert’’ under SEC guidelines.

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