Dana M. Tokioka
Dana M. Tokioka's strong leadership and strategic experience in IT and finance in the insurance industry, combined with her risk management and legal background, bring valuable insights to the BOH board, which she joined in 2020.
Ms. Tokioka serves as vice president of special project at Atlas Insurance Agency. Since joining Atlas in 2010, she has spearheaded numerous initiatives, transforming the business and helping Atlas become a nationally ranked top 100 independent agency. She’s developed multiple IT initiatives, established financial reporting metrics, and engineered risk programs for financial institutions and other business enterprises.
Ms. Tokioka previously practiced real estate and corporate law in California, representing numerous technology companies. She also worked for Booz Allen Hamilton as an economic business analyst to perform economic and cost analysis for IT systems and strategized financial and programmatic assessments for the U.S. Army.
Ms. Tokioka is a graduate of Tufts University with a bachelor of arts degree, cum laude, in history. She received her M.B.A. from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and her Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Ms. Tokioka is a dedicated supporter of the Hawaii nonprofit community. She currently is the president of Island Holdings' two foundations, Island Insurance Foundation and Atlas Insurance Agency Foundation, which support over 120 nonprofits annually. She also currently serves on the Board of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship at the UH Manoa Shidler College of Business. She previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Tradewind Capital Group, a Hawaii-based investment firm focused on real estate and private equity opportunities, as a board member of IC international, a surplus lines insurance broker, as the board chair of the YWCA Honolulu and on the boards of Hawaii Theatre and Hawaii Imin Shiryo Hozon Kai.