He previously was executive vice president and chief operating officer for Chaney Brooks & Company, a Hawaii real estate firm. He earned his bachelors' degree from the University of Cincinnati and serves as the Company's principal broker.

Before coming to A&B, Ching held the position of financial analyst with the Dillingham Corporation for two years.

Ching is a board member and past president of the Land Use Research Foundation, and a member of the Urban Land Institute Hawaii District Council’s Executive Committee. Her community involvement currently includes the boards of the Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Hawaii Nature Center and Kapiolani Health Foundation. Past community involvement includes service on the boards of Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, YMCA, HMSA, Palama Settlement, Neighborhood Justice Center, and Child and Family Service.

Her past government service activities included the State of Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management, the State Board of Agriculture, City & County of Honolulu Charter Commission, Mayor’s Task Force to develop the Pacific Nations Center and the Governor’s Task Force on the Department of Environmental Protection.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Stanford University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Prior to joining A&B, he had been a partner with the Honolulu law firm of Cades Schutte LLP, where he had been a member of the firm's Management Committee and its Partner Compensation Committee. He had also been the Chair of the firm's Business Organizations Practice Group and its Health Care Practice Group. He joined Cades Schutte in 1978, and became a partner in 1983.

While in private practice, he had been elected by his peers as one of "America's Best Lawyers" and as one of "America's Leading Business Lawyers," as noted in the Chambers and Partners USA Guide.

Before joining Cades Schutte, he was a law clerk to The Honorable Dick Yin Wong, Judge, United States District Court, District of Hawaii, from 1977 to 1978.

He is a 1974 graduate of Claremont McKenna College, and a 1977 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law.

Cox joined Matson in June 2001 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. In 2002, Cox assumed the additional role of controller and given added responsibilities for information services and corporate development. In 2005, he became executive vice president and chief operating officer. He had a key role in the start up of Matson's China - Long Beach Express in 2006. In addition to his Matson responsibilities, Cox is also a member of the board of managers of SSAT.

Prior to Matson, Cox had 15 years of experience in the transportation industry, 12 of which were spent at American President Lines, Ltd. (APL). From 1999 to 2001, he held executive posts at Distribution Dynamics, Inc., a provider of outsourced logistics, inventory management and integrated information systems based in Danville, California; he was the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer at the time he joined Matson. From 1987 to 1999, Cox held positions of increasing responsibility at APL, covering both financial and operational aspects of the company, including vice president, refrigerated container market; managing director, Middle East, Africa, Indian Subcontinent Region Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and director, financial support services.

Cox has a B.S. in accounting and finance from the University of California, Berkeley and is a certified public accountant and a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Previously, Ito worked for Deloitte & Touche for nine years, where in his most recent position, he was a senior manager in the accounting consultation and research group of Deloitte's San Francisco national office.

Ito is a certified public accountant and holds both a master's degree of professional accounting with a concentration in managerial accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Ito has earned several prestigious academic honors including the Elijah Watt Sells Gold Medal Award for obtaining the highest score in the nation on the May 1996 CPA exam.

Before coming to A&B, Nakamura was an associate with the law firm of Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright. Nakamura has been involved in director and officership roles with the Coalition for a Drug Free Hawaii, the A&B Sugar Museum and the Hawaii Society of Corporate Secretaries.

She holds a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from the University of Hawaii and a law degree from the University of California at Davis.

Paik began his career in human resources in 1998 in CIGNA Corporation's Human Resource Development Program, a rotation-based program aimed at developing future HR leaders. In 2000, he joined Cigna International Expatriate Benefits (CIEB) and held a series of positions with increasing responsibility within CIEB before being appointed, in 2003, vice president of human resources for LINA Korea, CIGNA International's largest operation in the Asia Pacific region and the second largest contributor of divisional revenues and earnings worldwide. At LINA Korea, Paik was a strategic partner with business unit executives and oversaw all human resources functions including search and staffing, leadership planning and development, compensation and benefits, employee relations and general HR services.

Paik is a graduate of Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in economics and earned master's degrees from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.