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Friday, June 4, 2010
CommPac execs’ new firm will focus on military
Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Linda Chiem Pacific Business News
The top executives at Hawaii’s largest public relations firm have joined with three retired senior military officers to start a consulting firm that will connect Hawaii businesses with the military in the Asia-Pacific region.
Communications Pacific Chairman and CEO Kitty Lagareta and President Christina Kemmer have joined with Eric and Victoria Olson and Crissy Gayagas to form First Canoe Strategies & Consulting.
The idea behind establishing First Canoe — a name the partners chose to symbolize navigation, teamwork and wayfinding — is to help prepare local civilian businesses to take advantage of “game-changing” initiatives already in play, such as Hawaii’s role as host of the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference and the relocation of U.S. military forces to Guam.
The partners, who have worked together on a number of different projects over the past eight years, say they’re looking to fill a relatively untapped niche by acting as a liaison for companies looking for business opportunities with the military — lucrative contracts and grants, for example, that they might not know are even available, let alone apply for.
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