Management Team

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Cathy Mak
Cathy Mak joined Hawaiian Properties as Director of Finance, and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2022. She is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive strategies that optimize financial and accounting processes and increase efficiency. She brings more than 25 years of extensive experience excelling in financial leadership roles, most recently, Vice President, Finance, at Aqua-Aston Hospitality.
Cathy thrives at leading large-scale system implementations to promote operational excellence. By blending her expertise in strategic planning, corporate finance, systems migrations, and project management, she effectively collaborates with senior teams to develop and execute action plans that advance the corporate vision. Resourcefulness, adaptability, and professional versatility enable her to quickly meet arising business needs in fast-paced and high-pressure environments.
Cathy graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Hawaii Pacific University with a Bachelor of Science Business Administration degree in Travel Industry Management. She then earned her Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting with distinction and passed the Certified Public Accountant Examination. She is a board member at Sui Wah School Development Advisory Committee, which helps to promote the Chinese language and culture to the local residents in Hawaii. She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Jeff Dickinson

Kanani Kaopua
Vice President / Sr. Property Manager
Kanani, CMCA®, PCAM®, joined Hawaiian Properties, Ltd. as a Principal Account Executive for several large scale master planned communities with an extensive background in AOAO residential communities. She served as a Board/Developer liaison for residential, commercial, and resort developments across the island, and provided training and educational seminars for owners new to the association lifestyle. Public speaking and presentations highlighting Board responsibility, covenants enforcement, and creating a fiscally sound budget are among the many values she brings to Hawaiian Properties, Ltd. Kanani is an honors graduate in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. She volunteers her time as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for the State Judiciary, and enjoys Insanity fitness and weight-training.

Kevin Agena (B)
Vice President / Sr. Property Manager

Daniel Kent
Vice President / Sr. Property Manager
Daniel joined Hawaiian Properties in August 2018 as Vice President and Senior Property Manager. With the two-pronged focus of helping provide top notch professional management services to existing and new luxury high-rise clientele, while also playing a lead role on their corporate strategic team focusing on industry innovation. He returns home to Hawaii from Portland, Oregon, where he served as senior property manager for Community Management Inc., managing mixed use high- and mid-rise condominiums, historic buildings, single-family and townhome developments and master associations including recreation centers representing more than 3,000 units. Daniel has previously served as a committee clerk in the Hawaii State Legislature for three years to one of the senior House committee chairs, along with working at one of the largest local banks prior to that. Kent is a graduate of Punahou School and Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

Tylor Hansen
Vice President/Senior Property Manager
Tylor Hansen, Vice President and Senior Property Manager, brings with him more than a decade of association management experience. He is a results-oriented individual, highly motivated, and well organized. His core values include a culture of accountability, integrity, best business practices and ethics.
In his previous position as Partner/Co-President of Pelican Management, LLC, Tylor managed the company’s assets, day-to-day operations, and 10 associates. The company managed 105 associations totaling 20,750 units. His ability to multi-task at a high level enabled him to successfully perform all of his responsibilities, in addition to performing other administrative, fiscal, and physical association management functions. He currently holds the Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA®) credential from the Community Associations Institute (CAI). He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Management and a Minor in Business Administration from Principia College.

Kathy Cooley
Vice President/Senior Property Manager, Kona Branch

Benjamin Voss
Vice President / Sr. Property Manager
Residential/Commercial Department
For the past 25 years, Ben Voss has built his brand and reputation by enhancing customer experience and satisfaction across industries—including Real Estate. Prior to extending this passion to Hawaiian Properties, for the past 7 years, Ben served as Vice President for one of the largest privately-owned rental property management companies, Oishi’s Property Management, on Oahu. He was a hands-on senior property manager, provided oversight to more than 1,600 units, and strived to deliver excellent property management services to all of the firm’s clients.
A creative thinker and native Californian, he has lived on the islands for more than 20 years, driving sales and marketing for fortune 500 companies.
When he’s not working, Ben enjoys spending time with family, mountain biking, hiking and any outdoor activity.

Kristi Hirota-Schmidt
Vice President of Business Development
