2024 Annual Banquet
Time: 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. - Registration / No-host cocktails
5:15 - 5:30 p.m. - Business Meeting
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. - Plated Dinner Service (2 drinks included - wine/beer/soft drink)
8:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Networking
The Business portion of the meeting will confirm the officers and directors for 2025.
President: Daniel Vermillion, Esq.
Vice President: Lisa Y. Tellio, CFP, JD, CTFA
Secretary: Joelle B. Yamamoto, Esq.
Treasurer: Tony Lim, CPA
Past President: David K. Nakamura, Trust Officer
New Directors: Erica A. Keeley, Trust Officer
Diana Allen, Esq.
Carry Over Directors: Kurt Kawafuchi, Esq.
Jennifer R. Okubo Polido, Esq.
Akiko Sakamoto, CLU, CFP
Eri Shima, Esq., CPA
Karynthya Trevino, Trust Officer
Pohai Campbell, Esq.
Kelly W. K. Zane, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFA
Keoni Lee, CFP
Derek Wickes, CFP
Your annual dues cover the cost of the evening for you. Your guest and/or spouse's fee is $50. Additional Guest is $135.00.
If you indicate that you will be attending, please do not be a "no-show". No-shows will be charged $135.00 per person.
RSVP: Thursday, January 9, 2025 via HEPC Website (instructions below)
(Please RSVP for you and your guest(s), if applicable, via the HEPC website following the instructions below. You can now pay guest fees online with a credit card or PayPal (a fee of 1.99% + $0.49 per transaction will apply). Check payments are also acceptable by using the HEPC meeting notice sent via email, bottom portion.)
This year’s annual banquet will feature different entertainment! Join us for a hilarious mystery event and help solve the puzzle! Please note that the entertainment part of the program will run for three hours (5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) and we ask that you are able to stay for the entire program.
As a result, this event will be a Plated Dinner Event. Therefore, when RSVP'ing for the event, please answer all questions below regarding your dinner selection. If you are bringing a guest, please answer the same questions for your guest as well.
Each Dinner Entree includes the following: Signature House Salad, Rolls and Butter, Dessert, Iced Tea & Plantation Tea, Royal Kona Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee, Hot Tea.
Website RSVP Instructions
1. Go to: https://www.hawaiiestateplanningcouncil.org/
2. Click "MEMBER LOGIN" in the top right corner
3. Enter your USERNAME & PASSWORD - Your default username is your first and last name (all lower case letters with no spaces in between) and your default password is your first and last name (with capital letters at the start of each name). Once you log in, you may change your password. If you are unable to log in, you may enter your email address associated with Hawaii Estate Planning Council and your username and password will be emailed to you.
4. Find the date of the event on the left column and click on "See Event Details"
5. Click the blue "Register Now" button towards the bottom of the page.
6. Complete the registration page - please note, if you are a member, your payment method should be "Pre-paid".
7. If you are registering for a guest, you can now pay guest fees online rather than mailing a check. To do so, when registering the guest, choose "Credit Card or PayPal" as the payment method for the guest.
8. Upon submission of your RSVP, you will receive an email confirmation.
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