About Us

At the forefront of innovation, our career consulting firm is dedicated to provide learning capabilities that the industry needs. Unlocking unique solutions that propel our clients into a future of limitless career potential. By challenging job description and job board conventions, we pave new pathways to success and create opportunities that our clients imagine.

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Meet the Team

  • Skip Vincent

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Nick Winfrey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Ted Ralston

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    TECHNICAL ADVISOR

  • Gary Albitz

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

  • Mary Albitz

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

  • Megan Philibin

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Meet our Advisory Board

  • Jasmin Hendricks

    Jasmine is a Maui-based marketing and communications professional with a background in brand storytelling, content strategy, and audience engagement. A graduate of Washington State University, she originally began her career in broadcast journalism and now works in tech marketing. She is passionate about mentoring others, helping them achieve their goals, and contributing to the growth of her local community. In her free time, Jasmine enjoys traveling, cooking, and hiking across the islands.

  • Kyle Hendricks

    Kyle is a mortgage lender and real estate investor with a background in Finance and Economics from Washington State University. Based in Kihei, he brings analytical expertise and a passion for financial education to his work and community involvement. He loves helping his clients and community build wealth through homeownership and smart investing. Outside of work, you can find him on the mats training jiu jitsu, backpacking, traveling, snowboarding, running or doing anything in the water.

  • Linda Puppalo

    Linda is a 40-year resident of the Island of Maui, continuing her journey from the Boston suburbs, California Bay Area, and the foothills of the Sierra Blanca in New Mexico. As the Executive Director of the Maui A.I.D.S. Foundation and previously also of the Maui County Workforce Development, she provides executive management to agencies with client-based community services. Her other work has included being the Clinic Manager of the Planned Parenthood Clinic and the Operations Manager of an eighty-acre flower farm in Kula, Maui, Hawaii. She is known in the Maui County Community for her work as an advocate for children’s issues, nonprofit administration and accounting, and her years of community service, which led to being named the 1992 Women of Maui Award recipient by the Maui County Committee on the Status of Women. In 2022, Linda was named National Workforce Professional of the Year by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals.

  • Marshall Norman

    Marshall brings extensive experience in workforce development, education administration, and social-impact program design to the Imua ʻOnipaʻa Advisory Board. Throughout his career, he has led and directed initiatives in collaboration with private operators, nonprofit organizations, and all levels of government to ensure lasting community benefit and economic resilience.

    In his current role with the University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges system, Marshall has witnessed firsthand how industry sector partnerships and aligned career and technical education can rapidly evolve Hawai‘i’s workforce by bridging talent with emerging industry needs across healthcare, clean energy, technology, and skilled trades.

    As an advisory board member, he contributes his deep understanding of Hawai‘i’s workforce ecosystem and his commitment to creating pathways that empower local residents to learn, work, and thrive.