Sachi Braden – KHF Board
By Staff Reports
(Honolulu)– Sachi Braden, Marcus Merner and Eileen Wacker have been elected to the volunteer board of the Kapi‘olani Health Foundation, which supports the nonprofit Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children.
Sachi Braden (R) is the owner of Sachi Hawaii, a premiere Honolulu real estate firm. Marcus Merner is a managing director with GreenOak Real Estate, a real estate focused principal investing and advisory firm. Eileen Wacker is founder and CEO of ONCEKids, a brand promoting the diversity and richness of Asian cultural themes through print books, e-books and interactive applications.
Marcus Merner II – KHF Board
The Board focuses on supporting all the specialty pediatric and women’s services and programs provided at Kapi‘olani Medical Center, including the Campaign for Hawaii’s Children, the hospital’s largest capital campaign to date. The $30 million campaign kicked off in 2009 to raise funds for new NICU and PICU units and education facilities, Phase 1 of a master plan to renovate and rebuild the hospital. More than $26 million has been raised to date.
Kapi‘olani Health Foundation Board members are Jeffrey Arce, Sachi Braden, Meredith Ching, Kimberly W. Dey, Sara Dudgeon, Robert T. Fujioka, Kimberly Hehir, Michelle Ho, David Hudson, Thomas Kosasa, M.D., Lori McCarney, Marcus Merner, Michael O’Malley – Chairman, Fred M. Noa, Alana Kobayashi Pakkala, Virginia Pressler, M.D., MBA, FACS, Michael J. Robinson, Abelina Madrid Shaw, Patricia Sheehan, Bradley F. Totherow CFP, Raymond Vara, Eileen Wacker, John C. Walker, Jr., and Gregory K. Yim, M.D.
Eileen Wacker – KHF Board
About Kapi‘olani Health Foundation
Kapi‘olani Health Foundation supports the charitable mission of its nonprofit hospital affiliate, Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children by raising funds to provide people of Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region with specialty medical care, purchase life-saving equipment, support community outreach and education, and further local research. Learn more at www.KapiolaniGift.org.
About Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children:
Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children is well recognized as Hawai‘i’s leader in the care of women, infants and children. With 207 beds, the nonprofit hospital is Hawai‘i’s only maternity, newborn and pediatric specialty hospital. It is also a tertiary care, medical teaching and research facility. Specialty services for patients throughout Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region include intensive care for infants and children, 24-hour emergency pediatric care, air transport, maternal fetal medicine, and high-risk perinatal care. More than 1,407 employees and 630 physicians provide specialty care at Kapi‘olani Medical Center. The hospital is home to Kapi‘olani Women’s Center, Kapi‘olani Breast Center and Kapi‘olani Women’s Cancer Center – the state’s only dedicated breast health and gynecological cancer centers. Kapi‘olani offers numerous community programs and services, such as the Kapi‘olani Child Protection Center and Sex Abuse Treatment Center. Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children is an affiliate of Hawai‘i Pacific Health, the state’s largest health care provider. Learn more at: www.kapiolani.org.