Ann N. Katekaru

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Ann Katekaru is a Senior Consultant with Inkinen & Associates. She joined the firm in 1998 and provides executive search and human resources consulting services. Ann is a Certified Representative in the use and administration of the Professional Dynametrics Program™, a personal styles profiling tool supporting employee development applications. Prior to joining Inkinen & Associates, Ann was a Senior Vice President in Human Resources for Bank of America in Hawaii. Her background includes more than 30 years of Human Resources management experience in the financial, real estate and health care industries with a breadth and depth of knowledge in a wide range of human resouces disciplines. She earned a designation as Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), through the Human Resources Certification Institute, the national accreditation body of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). Ann serves of the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii and Board of Trustees of the Oceanic Institute, an Affiliate of Hawaii Pacific University. She is also a member of the Soroptomist International of Waikiki and the University of Hawaii Alumni Association and served for over 10 years on the Board of Directors for SHRM(Society of Human Resorce Management), Hawaii Chapter and is a current member. She is a past Examiner for the Hawaii State Award of Excellence and earned a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.