M. Christine Watanabe

Christine launched her recruitment career at Southwest Airlines and then went on to work for several other companies, including Bank of Hawaiʻi, Kaiser Hawaiʻi, Safeway Corporation, AT&T Mobility, and the ACLU of Northern California. She has worked in recruiting for over 20 years. As a certified human resources professional, with her PHR and SHRM-CP, she has worked to develop others and initiated change management projects. She enjoys helping employees grow and stay in the organization. Christine attended a course at U.C. Berkley in negotiation and has been fascinated by that subject ever since. A board member for USTA Hawaiʻi, she does volunteer mock interviewing for HS career classes and works with Hawaiʻi Literacy. Christine also has a passion for tennis, cooking, and entertaining.