For 28 years, Pacific Business News’ Women Who Mean Business program has honored some of the outstanding women shaping Hawaiis business landscape. To mark the award’s 28th anniversary, this year, 28 women were honored representing a range of industries, from finance to education. Among these mana wähine are seven “Oivi whose professional excellence, vision, and commitment to their organizations and communities are creating lasting, positive impacts. The honorees were celebrated at a gala on March 12. The Howaiian women in the 2026 cohort of Women Who Mean Business indude (top row, (-r): Lindsay Ah Loo, executive director of The Nakupuna Founda-tion; Phyllis Freitas, director of sales at Hawaiian Telcom; Charmaine Hauanio-Kuewa, divisional director of development at The Salvation Army Hawaiian and Pacitic Islands Division; Jan Kaeo, owner and master trainer for Dale Carnegie Training Hawaii and Guam; (second row, I-r): Genesis Nicklaw, senior vice president of operations at Mawai i State Federal Credit Union; Makana Keilly, director of advancement and communications at Hawaiian Community Assets; and Attomey Crystal Rose, founding partner of the legal firm Lung Rose Voss & Wagnild, who was named PBN’s 2026 Career Achievement Honoree. – Photos: Courtesy of PBN