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NEW MEMBER CANDIDATES

The following individuals have applied for HAPA membership and received preliminary approval. Before approval is complete, all HAPA members are afforded an opportunity to object to the acceptance of any membership applicant for valid reasons. If a member feels there is a valid reason to deny membership, objections in writing must be presented to:

HAPA Practice & Ethics Committee
P.O. Box 61043
Honolulu, Hawaii 96839

Please, submit objections before the end of the screening period. The official screening period ends 30 days after appearing on the website.

Screening Period Ends 6/21/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Carolyn Petrowski 65-1238 Mamalahoa Hwy. Kamuela, HI. 96743	Associate	CFHT	Arturo Sayco
Tyler Sundborg 1481 S. King ST. #523 Honolulu, HI. 96814	Young Prof.	Eric Matsuda, CPA	Eric Matsuda

Screening Period Ends 7/30/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Liesel Rudolfo 4281 Pilimai St. Lihue, HI. 96766	Student	Kauai Community College	Robert Nii

Screening Period Ends 8/7/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Alicia L. Absher 1314 S. King St, #1157 Honolulu, HI. 96814	Regular	Alicia Absher CPA LLC	Stanford Lum
Shane Carr 1042 Lunaai Place Kailua, HI. 96734	Young Prof.	IMS LLC	Brian Hawkins
Brenden Li 1580 Makaloa St. #890 Honolulu, HI. 96814	Young Prof.	Fukuya, Hasegawa Partners	Shawn Hasegawa
Kayla Macadangdang 101 Aupuni St. #139 Hilo, HI. 96720	Young Prof.	Taketa, Iwata, Hara & Associates LLC	Shannon Wibberley

Screening Period Ends 10/8/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Kurt Nakamoto 45-955 Kamehameha Hwy. #209 Kaneohe, HI. 96744	Associate	Alvin Higashi CPA	Alvin Higashi
Jennifer Tobey P.O. Box 6201 Hilo, HI. 96720	Associate	Anchor Financial Services

Screening Period Ends 10/15/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Chase Deprue 101 Aupuni St. #139 Hilo, HI. 96720	Young Prof.	Taketa, Iwata, Hara & Associates LLC	Chantee Poepoe-Vigil

Screening Period Ends 10/22/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Clarissa Diaz 2140 Piihollo Road Makawao, HI. 96768	Associate	Melanie Devereux CPA LLC	Melanie Devereux

Screening Period Ends 11/21/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Tingzi Chen 228 Kaia Street Honolulu, HI. 96813	Regular	Robert H.Y. Leong & Co.	Terence Enriques

Screening Period Ends 11/27/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Ngoc Thy "Ruby" Vo 1748 Wili Pa Loop Wailuku, HI. 96793	Associate	Fusato CPA Inc.	Mindy Fusato

Screening Period Ends 12/17/23

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Seunghwan Lim 665 Halekauwila St. #1102 Honolulu, HI. 96813	Regular	Eide Bailly LLP	Darryl Komo

Screening Period Ends 1/1/24

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Creighton G. Aotani 745 Fort St. Mall #1900 Honolulu, HI. 96813	Associate	OCCPA LLC	Dick Oshima
Christian Stewart 1525 Kewalo St. #1703 Honolulu, HI. 96822	Young Prof.	OCCPA LLC	Dick Oshima
Kaitlin Sundborg 1481 S. King ST. #523 Honolulu, HI. 96814	Young Prof.	Eric Matsuda CPA	Eric Matsuda

Screening Period Ends 1/7/24

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Ross Higashi 1150 S. King St. #1102 Honolulu, HI. 96814	Associate	Kirio & Company Inc.	Clayton Kirio
Steven Chung 101 Aupuni St. #139 Hilo, HI. 96720	Young Prof.	Taketa Iwata Hara & Associates LLC	Shannon Wibberley
Kelsie Inouye 1150 S. King St. #139 Honolulu, HI. 96814	Young Prof.	Kirio & Company Inc.	Clayton Kirio

Screening Period Ends 1/21/24

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Trang Nguyen 190 Mokauhi St. Makawao, HI. 96768	Student		Richard Hoffman

Screening Period Ends 3/12/24

Name/Address	Type	Company	Sponsor
Abby Lum 688 Kinoole St. #121 Hilo, HI. 96720	Associate		Yvonne Egdamin

Hawaii Association of Public Accountants is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. P.O. Box 61043, Honolulu HI 96839