Kehau Kali

President & Founder, Ho`ike Enterprises, LLC

Kehau Kali is the Hawaii State President of CEOSpace Hawaii, Powered by IBI Global, an income acceleration, CEO mentoring, entrepreneurial training, and business networking organization. CEO Space is a community service organization whose mission is to empower the human spirit to superior performance and intent through mastering Free Enterprise Skills unavailable from conventional education programs. CEO Space offers CEO to CEO mentoring at a week-long mini-MBA Forum held five times a year in California. She conducts community events about taking a business from concept to market, capital acquisition, execution, high performance team development and communication mastery skills. Ms. Kali is the President and Founder of Ho`ike Enterprises, LLC, which specializes in early-mid stage entrepreneurial ventures and provides strategic consulting services that include planning, development and execution of plans for achieving profitable corporate vision through marketing, product development, appropriate organizational structure and leadership/key personnel teams. Areas of expertise include applying sustainable entrepreneurship models and creating ‘money magnets’ to attract and attain capital necessary for growth. In March 2008, Ms. Kali launched the Hawaii Chapter of Chicks with Checks, a national non-profit comprised of women (and men!) who meet monthly for Parties with a Purpose. Low monthly memberships of $35 include the entry fee for these fun, casual, social events, and $25 is given to a different charity each month. This is a win-win for the charities, members and corporate partners who believe in supporting their local nonprofits that support women and children. For the past twenty years, she has held leadership positions with companies both in Hawaii and on the Mainland, serving the local, national and international communities while working in banking/financial services, health care, economic development and community development. Locally, she led marketing, sales and fund development teams for the YMCA of Honolulu, Hospice Hawaii, Inc. and the YWCA of O`ahu. In each organization, she created and managed successful teams of marketing, sales, e-marketing, event management and fund development experts, creating productive and fun environments with quantifiable results. She has taught entrepreneurship and has first-hand knowledge and experience with successful advocacy and creating new laws and regulations in the Hawaii State Legislature. She has managed between $250,000 to $35 million in business operations and raised more than $5 million over five years from individuals, government and private sources. Ms. Kali was born and raised in Honolulu, received her Bachelor’s in Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her Master’s in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. An active community volunteer, she also serves on many philanthropic boards and volunteers with numerous community organizations, including athletic, scholarship, business and community service endeavors.