Nonprofit association honors award recipients
Mason Williams was named Humanitarian Award winner of the year by the Maui Non Profit Directors Association during a virtual leadership awards and annual meeting on Oct. 21, streamed from Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku.
Williams has served on the boards of Aloha House, Malama Family Recovery Center and Maui Youth & Family Services since 2014. He has led the board as president, vice president and treasurer. Williams has also hosted special fundraising events at his home.
Other awards announced included Maui Soda & Ice Works Ltd. as the winner of the Community Business Award and Edel Baguio-Larena, chief executive officer of Maui Family Support Services, as Executive Director of the Year.
Second Circuit District Court Judge Adrianne Heely installed
the Maui Non Profit Directors Association’s new officers during the meeting. The new officers include President Cassandra Abdul, executive director of Na Hale O Maui; Vice President Nicholas Winfrey, president and chief professional officer of Maui United Way; Secretary Richard Carr, chief operations officer at Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation; and Treasurer Sherri Dodson, executive director of Habitat Humanity of Maui.
Other board members sworn in include Bevanne Bowers, executive director of Mediation Services of Maui, as ex officio member; and Marshall Norman, site director for Job Corps Maui Campus; Monique Ibarra, executive director of Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers; and Courtney Ikawa, Maui Regional Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters, as members at large.