Meet the #DCAT2014 Speakers: #DCAT2014FaithInTheStreets H. MITCHELL DOLIER H. Mitchell “Mitch” DOlier was elected chair of Kaneohe Ranch Company, Limited and the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation effective January 1, 2014. He was previously president and chief executive officer of Kaneohe Ranch and the Foundation from July 2002 to December 31, 2013, and previously president and chief executive officer of Victoria Ward, Limited from 1993 to 2002. DOlier was president and chief operating officer of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. and its related companies from August 1991 through May 1993. Prior to joining Hawaiian, he was a partner and management committee member of the Honolulu law firm of Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, which he joined as an associate in February 1972. Kaneohe Ranch manages the real estate owned by Limited Liability Companies for the family of Harold K.L. Castle and Alice H. Castle. The real estate portfolio consisted of land holdings located on the windward side of O`ahu, and on the mainland United States. The Foundation is the largest private foundation based in Hawai`i. Grants are primarily awarded to non-profit organizations focusing on public education leadership, and closing achievement and preparation gaps, nearshore marine resource conservation, and strengthening Windward O`ahu communities. Since its inception, the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has awarded more than $176 million in grants. The Foundation currently averages grant awards of $7.0 million a year. This amount will increase as a result of a real estate transaction that closed in December 2013. DOlier is a member and past chair of the Hawai`i Business Roundtable and is currently co-chair and a member of the Education Committee; a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Honolulu; member of the Board of Advisors and past president of the Boys & Girls Club of Hawai`i; a director of Kaneohe Ranch Management Limited and the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation; a member of the State of Hawai`i Public Charter School Commission; and a member of the advisory board of Sea Grant in the School of Ocean Earth Science & Technology at the University of Hawai`i. He is a founding member and executive committee member of Malama Maunalua, a community-based stewardship initiative to restore Maunalua Bay on the southeast side of Oahu. DOlier is also the Hawaii Regional Chair of Teach For America, a national organization focused on eliminating educational inequity by enlisting the country’s most promising future leaders. DOlier and his wife, Bambi, moved to Hawai`i from Iowa in 1972. They have three sons and three granddaughters. Join the Thursday breakout session Good works by Gods people to hear him speak.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 02:59:53 +0000
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