$6,000 Directors’ Awards

Malie Watanabe

Kamehameha Schools Maui

Lilianna McDermott

Le JardinAcademy

Ameera Waterford

Seabury Hall

Auli‘i Ludington

Kamehameha Schools

Kap-alama

Congratulations to our 2020 Scholars The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation Inc. awards $218,000 in Scholarships

$10,000Mamoru TakitaniOutstandingStudent Award

$10,000Aiko TakitaniOutstandingStudent Award

$8,000Karen UnoDistinguished Student Award

Aaron ChangPunahou SchoolHawai‘i Association of Independent Schools

Jenny PangPresident TheodoreRoosevelt High SchoolHonolulu District

Micah WillweberKalāheo High School Windward O ̒ahu District

Malachi Acdal

Hawai‘ i Preparatory

Academy

$5,000 District Finalists

$3,000 Winners

Honolulu District

Hawai‘ i District

Hawai‘ i Catholic Schools

Hawai‘ i Association of Independent Schools

Maeha Piturachsatit Kapa‘a High School

Kaua‘i District

Serah Matsunaga Hawai‘i Baptist Academy

Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools

Sarah Barrientos Damien Memorial SchoolHawai‘i Catholic Schools

Kaua‘ i District

Maui District WindwardO‘ ahu District

Amira Fisher‘Aiea High School

Central O ̒ahu District

Isabelle Pescaia Waialua High & Intermediate School

Central O ̒ahu District

Sarah Lewis James Campbell High School

Leeward Oʻahu District

Cade Sugiyama Pearl City High School Leeward O ̒ahu District

Central O‘ ahu District

Breanna TaguchiMaui High School

Maui District

Leeward O‘ ahu District

Kiana Aniu

Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i

Kaikea Kaui

Island School

Mamoru and Aiko Takitani founded Hawaiian Host, Inc., the country’s largest manufacturer of chocolate-covered macadamias. The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation, Inc. was established in 1993 to give back to the local community and provide the gift of education to Hawai‘i’s youth. For more than 25 years, the Foundation has awarded scholarships each year to an outstanding student at every qualifying high school in the state. For more information, visit takitanifoundation.org.

Foundation Officers and Directors:

Michael W. PerryChairJanice Luke LooPresidentDr. C. Scott WoVice Chair and TreasurerStuart T.K. HoVice President and SecretaryKaren UnoVice President

Emeritus Directors:Hideo Kondo Brett G. Schlemmer

Fionna Yuan

Island Pacific Academy

Miya Yanagisawa

Waiakea High School

Brian Cox

Saint Louis School

Shaye Nishimura

Saint Andrew’s School

The Priory

ToriAnn Abe

‘Iolani School

Emily Smith

Parker School

Michaela Miller

Assets School

Kimiko Wong

Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Kyler Saiki

Mid-PacificInstitute

Kristyn Mimura

MoanaluaHigh School

Draven Arnold

James B. Castle High School

Matthew Kimura

Henry J. KaiserHigh School

Ava Merrill

Maui Preparatory Academy

Sasha Arreola

Mililani High School

Xavier Tablit

Pāhoa High & Intermediate School

Vivian Thach

KaimukiHigh School

Addyssyn Oppegaard

University LaboratorySchool

Chase Daack

Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School

Damien ChangPresident William

McKinleyHigh School

Megan Okuma

Leilehua High School

Leilani Esperanza

Lahainaluna High School

Lannie Hisashima

King Kekaulike High School

Makena Andersen

KonawaenaHigh School

Aldwin Badua

Kea‘au High School

Heather Osterstock

Henry Perrine Baldwin

High School

Daniel Wetter

Waianae High School

Marie Agoto

Waipahu High School

Chrislin Strickland

Nānākuli High & Intermediate School

Mataio Malana

Kapolei HighSchool

Maria Domingo

Sacred Hearts Academy

Nikolas Robben

Maryknoll School

Kayla Miura

Honoka‘aHigh & Intermediate

School

Jasmine Alcain

West Hawai‘i Explorations Academy

Logan Mizuba

Mildred Higashi Director’s Award

Hilo High School

Sydney Griffiths

KalaniHigh School

Maria Angst

Moloka‘i High School

Samantha Padron

Lānaʻi High & Elementary School

Makena Bruhn

Kailua High School

Kody Kobayashi

Kaua‘ iHigh School

Tammy LamGov. Wallace Rider Farrington High SchoolHonolulu District

Amanda SchiffKealakehe High School Hawai‘i District