Board of Directors

Diane Kazama
Secretary

Term Expires: 2011

Ms. Diane Kazama is a retired elementary teacher. She taught in various public schools throughout her 26-year career with the Department of Education. While actively teaching, she served on the Hawaii State Teachers Assocation’s Negotiations Committee and was the Central Chapter’s chairperson of the Elections Committee. She represented Hawaii teachers at several National Education Association national conventions and conferences. She supervised student teachers from the University of Hawaii and Linfield College in Oregon. She was inducted to the honorary Women Educators’ Society of Alpha Delta Kappa.

Ms. Kazama has resided in Newtown since 1977 with her family. She has served in many community volunteer positions when her children were younger—in AYSO, Little League, Drill Team Hawaii, and Aiea High, Iolani and Punahou Schools. Within the last few years, two of her married children have returned to Newtown as homeowners with their young families.

Her interest and involvement in the association is to create a safe, friendly community for all our families. The association must address the needs of a diverse community by keeping communication with all homeowners a high priority.

Sun Chong
Director

Term Expires: 2009

Sun Chong is interested in NECA improvements: to provide clearer visibility of financial status and availability of funds; to minimize the red tape required for homeowners to make nonmaterial alterations such as repair, maintenance, and home additions; to establish cost centers that operate in a self-sustaining businesslike manner, and to formulate a long-range financial plan to avoid the “unfunded obligation” situation. A NECA member since 2001, Sun Chong worked for the U.S. government for 43 years as a staff accountant, comptroller, and systems accountant.

Lynn Park
Director

Term Expires: 2009

Lynn Park and her family have lived in Newtown since 2004. She has been a Honolulu Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for more than 13 years and has also worked for several years as a Deputy Attorney General, a Fair Hearing Officer, and an adjunct instructor for Hawaii Pacific University and Chaminade University. Lynn’s husband Randall is a federal civil service worker at Pearl Harbor and serves as the President of our sub-association, Newtown Villas II. Their twin daughters, Brittany and Cassandra, are in their freshman year of high school. As a mother of teenage daughters, Lynn is particularly interested in bringing a younger, family-oriented perspective to the Board, as well as an objective and pragmatic approach to the Newtown community's current challenges.

Bob Young
Director

Term Expires: 2010

Robert Young has lived in Royal Summit for 24 years with his wife Jean and two daughters. He has been a practicing attorney specializing in criminal and civil litigation for the past 30 years and is presently with the law firm of Bevar and Jones. Robert serves on the board of the Volunteer Resource Center of Hawaii, the Lions Club, and Honpa Honwanji and donates his time to judge speech and debate tournaments for the Hawaii Speech League. His goals as a NECA Director are to cut costs, reduce intimidation of residents, maintain open meetings, engage in fruitful discussions of community issues, and cut out the wasteful spending of the prior administration.

Donald Devaney
President

Term Expires: 2009

Mr. Donald E. Devaney has been a military and civilian member of the United States Army since 1954. He is the first civilian appointed as a Provost Marshal (Chief of Law Enforcement) in the history of the United States Army. He is currently stationed at the Tripler Army Medical Center as the Provost Marshal for the Pacific Regional Medical Command which includes Hawaii, Japan, and Korea.

He has had a successful military and civilian career with the US government traveling to all areas of the world. While on active duty, Major Devaney served as the Command Sergeant Major of the US Army Criminal Investigation Command, a worldwide position. He was commissioned in the US Army Reserve and holds the rank of Major. He holds many awards and decorations. Mr. Devaney is the past President of the Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor and has participated in many mutual projects with their sister club from Hiroshima, Japan. He is the past President of the Hawaii Joint Police Association, has held Board positions with other organizations, and is the current Secretary of the Tripler Hawaii Federal Credit Union.

He was elected to the Newtown Estates Community Association in 2005, and has served as the past Secretary. He was elected President in August 2008. He and his family have resided in Newtown since 1985.

Shizuko Hanaumi
Treasurer

Term Expires: 2011

Ms. Shizuko Hanaumi is the current Treasurer of Newtown Estates Community Association Board of Directors and is concerned about the Association’s financial health. She’s been a resident of Newtown for 34 years and decided to become proactive in the community by getting involved and actively participating in the Association’s decision-making process.

A retired teacher of 37 years, she attended the University of Hawaii where she got her bachelor’s degree in Education and then graduated from UCLA with an M.Ed. She’s taught in Norwalk/ La Mirada Unified School District and Los Angeles City Schools, and retired from the State Dept. of Education in 2004 at Waimalu Elem. School.

Since two of her children excelled in music, she was actively involved in the Hawaii Youth Symphony and also served on their Board for 7 years. She was responsible for making sure that the less fortunate music students were able to obtain financial help for their lessons, via scholarships from private donors. She also served as President of the Aiea High School Band Boosters for 5 years and actively supported the high school band program.
She believes that positive changes can occur within the community if members can become proactive by getting involved and participate in the decision-making process. She would like to encourage all members to actively participate because they can make a difference.