Stephanie L. Saito — Executive Vice President and Manager-Hawaii Commercial Banking at Bank of Hawaii

Ms. Stephanie L. Saito serves as an Executive Vice President and Manager of Hawaii Commercial Banking at Bank of Hawaii since April 2006. Ms. Saito is responsible for managing the Commercial Banking Division and is a member of the operating committee. Her responsibilities include managing relationships with Bank of Hawaii's mid-to-large Hawaii-based business clients, International Trade Operations and Commercial Banking Service and Support. Ms. Saito began her career at Bank of Hawaii in 1973 as a management associate. She went on to hold various positions in the internal audit, branch division, loan approval and corporate banking departments. She left the bank in 1994 to serve in management positions at Bank of America and returned in 1998 as manager of the Bankoh Loan Center and later served as manager of the Metro Commercial Banking Center. She was appointed to senior vice president and Commercial Deposit Management Center manager in 1999. Ms. Saito holds an advanced management degree and bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a graduate of the University of Washington Pacific Coast Banking School, Wash. She is an advisory board member of AAA Hawaii, member of the St. Francis Community Health Services Board of Directors, oversight committee member of Regional Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii II (RETA-HI II), and member, past president and 2005 Women Leader of the Year ' Private Sector for the Organization of Women Leaders.