HAWAIIANA GROUP

Hawaiiana Group Inc. has appointed Albert "Al" Pattison executive vice president. He comes to Hawaiiana from Aloha Airlines, where he was senior vice president of human resources and administration. He also served as assistant corporate secretary for the company.

ATLAS INSURANCE AGENCY

Atlas Insurance Agency Inc. has appointed Vincent Miyoi as senior vice president in its client consulting services division, responsible for business development opportunities and division operations as well as management of the risk consulting and claims division.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE

Allstate Insurance Co. has appointed Marc Dixon as an exclusive agent, approved to offer consultation and direction for all lines of property, casualty, life and health insurance.

BELLA PIETRA

Bella Pietra, a natural stone company, has promoted Teva Beatty to Big Island manager, responsible for sales and operations for both the Kona and new Hilo store location. Teva joined Bella Pietra in 2005 as the Kona store manager.

TEAMNET

Philip Richardson, president of Current Affairs, a local planning and production company, has been named vice president of TEAMNet, a consortium of national event production experts. In this board capacity, Richardson will be responsible for providing strategic direction and consultation for the national organization.

ALOHA TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

Forest Frizzell has joined Aloha Technical Solutions as a senior account executive responsible for managing client engagements in conjunction with ATS' new IBM Business Partner Innovation Center.

NICK'S FISHMARKET

Maka Kwon has been appointed executive chef at Nick's Fishmarket Maui. He recently moved from O'ahu, where he was chef de tournant at both Waikiki locations, Aaron's Atop the Ala Moana Hotel and Sarento's in the Ilikai Hotel.

AARON'S

Del Valdez has been promoted from executive sous chef to executive chef at Aaron's Atop the Ala Moana Hotel.

SARENTO'S

Ryan Bunyi has been appointed executive sous chef at Sarento's at the top of the Ilikai. He has been with Tri Star Restaurant Group since 2004.

HOMESTREET BANK

HomeStreet Bank has hired Erica Miyashiro as assistant service manager for the Honolulu branch. Her primary focus will be on the daily operations of the Honolulu branch. Miyashiro brings 10 years of industry experience to the post.

BLAZEMASTERS FIRE PROTECTION

Robert Gibson has been named chief of design and John Graham has been named chief of administration at Blazemasters Fire Protection.

KAUA'I COMMUNITY RADIO

The Kekahu Foundation and KKCR-FM, Kaua'i Community Radio, have selected Kalaheo resident Jerry Brocklehurst as the new station manager for KKCR. Brocklehurst is currently president of the Kaua'i Music Festival and a board member of the Garden Island Arts Council.

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