Directors & Officers 2024

Jamie Asato is an Assurance Managing Director at Accuity LLP. She specializes in serving insurance and retail clients and oversees Accuity’s captive insurance practice. Jamie has over 15 years of experience auditing captive insurance companies. She received her BABA from Seattle University and is a CPA licensed in Hawaii. Jamie has served as HCIC’s past Secretary and Assistant Treasurer.

David has served as the Director of Risk Management for the Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) companies – including Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air, and McGee Air Services for the past decade. David also chairs the board of ASA Assurance, ALK’s Hawai’i-based captive, and serves as ASA’s General Manager and Corporate Secretary. David holds both an MBA and JD from Gonzaga University and is a licensed attorney in Washington State.

Christina Kamaka joined Aon in 2003 and currently leads the Captive Insurance team in Hawaii. Prior to joining Aon, she was an audit manager at Ernst & Young LLP. Christina has served as HCIC’s past Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and is currently Director and Assistant Secretary.

Denys Kazama is Associate Director/Senior Account Executive at Willis Towers Watson Management (Hawaii) and heads the captive management operations in Hawaii. Denys has over 15 years of captive management experience as well as audit and tax experience in public accounting and as a CFO of non-profit organizations. Denys has a CPA license from the State of Hawaii and earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Alan is a Partner in our KMH Assurance & Advisory Services Division and has more than 25 years of public accounting experience serving clients in various industries including not-for-profit, insurance, healthcare, hospitality, and employee benefit plans. Alan previously served as Vice President – Finance and Accounting with one of the largest insurance agencies in Hawai‘i and was a Senior Manager with KPMG LLP.

Eddie Quan is Senior Vice President and director of institutional services in the Wealth Management division at Bank of Hawai‘i. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the financial services industry holding a variety of leadership roles, while servicing diverse institutional client segments including captive insurance companies. Eddie earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and is a decorated combat veteran receiving a Bronze Star with Valor from the U.S. Army for heroic action. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School, is a 2024 Pacific Century Fellow, and holds a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation.

Matt Reece is the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer of Webcor, a leading California general contractor. He is an integral member of Webcor’s board of directors and is responsible for Webcor’s financial health and growth. He’s accountable for the company’s administrative, financial, and risk management operations, including the continued development of financial and operational strategies and metrics and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.

Tony is the founder and President of Pacific Risk Solutions, LLC. He is a former Chief Captive Insurance Examiner for the State of Hawaii Insurance Division and is also a leading private sector captive insurance consultant. Pacific Risk Solutions is based in Honolulu, Hawaii and has an active client base in the feasibility, formation and management of captive insurance companies throughout the United States, Asia, Guam and Micronesia. The firm currently manages captives in Hawaii, Montana, and Nevada and is approved as a captive manager in Oregon.

Paul is a partner in the Honolulu law firm of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel where he practices in the areas corporate and insurance regulatory law, with an emphasis in captive insurance. For nearly 25 years, he has represented clients in the area of corporate, captive insurance and insurance regulatory matters. His clients span the globe: from local Hawaii companies to publicly traded Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies from across the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Jerelyn Sullivan is a Senior Vice President and Institutional Advisory Investment Officer with First Hawaiian Bank. Jerelyn has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is responsible for institutional client investments and servicing and focuses on captive insurance customers. Jerelyn has served on the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Captive Insurance Council (HCIC) in various capacities since 2010 and currently serves as a Director for HCIC. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Chaminade University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Matt brings extensive experience and commitment to the HCIC. Matt previously served two 6-year terms on the HCIC board of directors and has held positions with the HCIC as its board chair, president, VP, treasurer, forum committee chair, and has spoken at various HCIC forums, webinars, and the Tokyo seminar. Matt also serves as the HCIC’s government relations liaison.

A veteran of the captive and global risk insurance industry, Anne Marie leads the Global Risk and Captive Solutions team at Hylant. She has over 30 years of experience with large, complex risk projects and has worked with captives and other alternative risk transfer vehicles in many key onshore and offshore domiciles. Anne Marie has advised organizations ranging from the Fortune 50 to large privately held companies through various aspects of evaluating their risk profile, risk purchasing, and risk retention strategies. Customized solutions are her specialty. She has worked with healthcare, construction, real estate, manufacturing, marine, oil and gas, and professional sports and entertainment industries to manage their total cost of risk.

As Senior Account Manager, Yuta is responsible for managing a portfolio of captive clients and overseeing a team of colleagues that service captive clients in Hawaii. Prior to joining AIG in the U.S., Yuta was an underwriter at AIG Japan where he gained captive fronting experience while supporting Japanese clients. Having both captive management and fronting experiences, while knowing both Japanese and U.S. business cultures, Yuta has been involved in the industry development and operation of Japanese captives and become a bridge between captive colleagues in Japan and the U.S.

Elaine is currently the Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for the Stanford Medicine Enterprise. Additionally, Elaine is Executive Vice President of the Hawaii domiciled captive, Professional Exchange Assurance Company (PEAC) – serving the insurance needs of the Stanford Medicine Affiliated Physician Network.

Jill is a Principal at KMH LLP. She chairs the HCIC Education Committee and the Annual Educational Forum.

Masako is Senior Account Executive at Aon.