As President and CEO, Wendy Laros is motivated by the mission of the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce to provide leadership and advocacy for a successful business environment in West Hawaiʻi. With over three decades in Kona, Laros understands the issues and finds purpose voicing the business community’s views. She believes in the power of working together as a community to seek solutions.
Prior to joining the chamber staff, Laros was an active Kona-Kohala chamber member and served as the chair of the Education and Workforce Development Committee. She strongly believes in the power of education having earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island as well as a Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology from the state's flagship campus, UH Manoa, a research university.