At the August 27 meeting, we will have several members from our club speak at the meeting:
Below are the bios for the speakers: Kirt Kobashigawa and Melissa Pang.
Kurt was born and raised in Kaneohe. Both my grandfather and my father owned construction companies, so I grew up on the Jobsite from my early elementary school days. I graduated from Hawaii Baptist Academy in 1991 and got my Finance degree from Santa Clara University in 1995. After college, I stayed in the Bay Area where I met my wife Tracy and had my two kids, Kaden and Kaylee. We moved back to Hawaii in 2009, where I went back into business with my father doing residential construction. In 2019, I started my own company, Koolau Roof Tech, specializing in asphalt shingle rejuvenation.
Melissa was born and raised in Honolulu and graduated from Maryknoll High School in 1998. I received a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. I attended the University of Washington, where I graduated with a Master's in Occupational Therapy in 2005. I began my career as an Occupational Therapist working in the outpatient clinic in hand therapy at Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington. In 2008, I returned home to work at Straub Medical Center as their primary outpatient Occupational Therapist. I continued to focus on the specialty of hand therapy and received my designation as a Certified Hand Therapist in 2013. I met my husband, Kit, in Honolulu and are semi-newly weds of almost 3 years. We are now newly proud parents to newborn Emily Ann Chi Yee Kwok, who was born on 7/7/2021.
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FYI: Until further notice, there will be NO Doodle sign-up for (Regular Zoom mtgs). Thank you!
Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, West Bengal, India
Mehta, an accountant, is chair of the Skyline Group, a real estate development company he founded. He is also a director of Operation Eyesight Universal (India), a Canada-based organization. Mehta has been actively involved in disaster response and is a trustee of ShelterBox, UK. After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, he helped build nearly 500 homes for families affected by the disaster. He pioneered a program that has performed more than 1,500 life-changing heart surgeries in South Asia. He is also the architect of the TEACH Program, which promotes literacy throughout India and has reached thousands of schools. A Rotary member since 1984, Mehta has served Rotary as director, member or chair of several committees, zone coordinator, training leader, member of The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers, and district governor. He is also the chair of Rotary Foundation (India). Mehta has received Rotary's Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation's Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Awards. He and his wife, Rashi, are Major Donors and members of the Bequest Society.
