Hawai’i’s construction industry depends on strong leadership to drive it forward. PRP’s Executive Leadership Series provides the next generation of leaders in Hawaii the opportunity to develop the advanced skills, insights, and connections necessary for guiding their firms toward success.
Over nine months, participants learn from Hawai’i’s top design and construction professionals, tackling real-world challenges and exploring effective leadership strategies and business essentials. Through mentorship, collaboration, and hands-on learning experiences, participants build valuable relationships, enhance the skills needed to lead projects and teams, and gain the confidence to shape the future of their firms and Hawaii’s construction industry.
Session dates and topics are subject to change
Tuition for the 2025 PRP Executive Leadership Series is $2,500 and covers a portion of the overall program costs. PRP will cover the remaining expenses for course materials, speaker fees, lunch and program events.
For more information, please contact our program facilitators:
Garrett Sullivan
(808) 478-2564
gsullivan@sullivanhi.com
Mark Tawara
(808) 265-2265
mark@manageability.pro
Melanie Kim
mkim@prp-hawaii.com
PRP has done a great job with this program. It has helped me to polish the skills I need to take my career to the next level, to explore our industry through the perspective of my peers, and to learn from the successful careers of the many mentors this program offers.
Born and raised on Hawaii Island in the District of Puna, Christian Kapono Pa – known to most as simply “Pono” – grew up on his family’s farms in Kea‘au and Pepe‘ekeo, where they produced bananas, tomatoes, and cucumbers for state-wide consumption. Pono is a Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi graduate (Class of 2008) and a former Business and Performing Arts Major of the University of Hawaiʻi – Hilo. He is currently a real estate broker and Broker-in-Charge at Savio Realty, Ltd. in Pahoa, where he has had his license since 2013. Pono has a passion for politics and government affairs, in how policymaking plans for, shapes, and designs the community in which he lives and serves. He has been a chairperson for the Hawaiʻi Island REALTORS® Government Affairs Committee, a Past-President of the association (2018), and a recipient of the association’s REALTOR® of the Year Award (2020). He is also a member of the Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce where he serves as a chairperson for the Young Professionals Recognition Gala Committee which selects and honors some of the island’s best and brightest business professionals aged 21 to 40. In his (limited) free time, Pono enjoys golfing and fishing, and spending time with his partner and their two-year old dachshund – Sakura.