Meet the Board, Staff and Volunteers of the Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of East Hawaii (FCJC):

Our board consists of community-based volunteers who have business, education and social service backgrounds.

This is a photo of the child abuse blue ribbon
Doreen Friberg, President – Business Owner
Michelle Leite, Vice President – VP and Branch Manager, HomeStreet Bank, Hilo
Jill Jacunski, Treasurer – Retired Business Owner
Cathy Ogino-Williams, Secretary – Retired Child Welfare Case Manager

Mary Begier – Real Estate Broker
Jon Countess – Merrill Lynch Professional
Marcia Prose – Small Business Owner
Phoebe Lambeth – Retired Hospital Admin & Registered Nurse
Kathy Romero – Retired Elementary Principal
Andrey Simonov – Assist. Professor, UH Hilo

Ann Usagawa – retired Hilo Medical Social worer

Ashley Mejia – Executive Officer, Hawaii Island Realtors

The Friends only have one full-time and one part-time staff people


  • Robin Benedict, Executive Director
  • Nicole Chase, Executive Assistant

A great cadre of Volunteers donate many hours every week to keep us going:

Drucy Casburn – Geoff Casburn – Louann Kimura – Debbie Koval – Amy Kuan