Posted on 12:18 pm, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Tags: hawaii leadership forum, kalei stern, omidyar fellows, pierre omidyar
MEDIA RELEASE The Omidyar Fellows — a program launched in May 2012 by the Hawaii Leadership Forum — has opened applications for its 2013 class. Applications for the rigorous and comprehensive leadership program are now being accepted online through June 30, 2013. Developed by Bill Coy, director of leadership learning for the Hawaii Leadership Forum, […]
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Posted on 1:33 am, Friday, September 7, 2012. Tags: jason fujimoto, kaiu kimura, noelani kalipi, omidyar fellows, pierre omidyar
MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Leadership Forum has announced the 13 Fellows selected to participate in the inaugural class of the Omidyar Fellows program. Launched in May 2012, the Omidyar Fellows program was developed to inspire and equip emerging leaders with the skills needed to affect positive, lasting change in Hawaii. “Omidyar Fellows is a long-term […]
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Posted on 12:30 pm, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Tags: bill coy, hawaii leadership forum, omidyar fellows program, pierre omidyar
MEDIA RELEASE The Omidyar Fellows program was launched Monday by the newly created Hawaii Leadership Forum. Omidyar Fellows offers selected participants a rigorous, comprehensive leadership development curriculum designed to equip and inspire emerging leaders with the skills needed to affect positive, lasting change in Hawaii. The inaugural class will include up to 15 leaders with […]
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Posted on 12:23 am, Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Tags: couchsurfing, pierre omidyar
One of the investors is Pierre Omidyar, founder of Ebay, Honolulu Civil Beat and Omidyar Network which has funded a number of websites including Kiva.org, Seesmic, Digg, Linden Lab, Wikimedia and Creative Commons. Omidyar lives in Hawaii with his family according to his biography on Civil Beat.
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Posted on 1:32 am, Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Tags: clay murray, pierre omidyar, ulupono initiative
MEDIA RELEASE Ulupono Initiative has announced Murray Clay has joined the Hawaii-based social investment firm as managing director. In his new role, Murray will coordinate investment efforts and manage daily operations. He brings more than a decade of experience in managing hedge fund and equity portfolios to the firm. Created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar […]
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Posted on 11:13 am, Thursday, January 21, 2010. Tags: john temple, peer news, pierre omidyar, randy ching
Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Contributing Editor A new Hawaii online news service is set to launch within a matter of months. Peer News, the Honolulu-based company that will produce original, in-depth reporting and analysis of local issues in Hawaii, was co-founded in 2008 by Pierre Omidyar, best known as the founder of eBay, and […]
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