Name: Sunny Choi
Age: 34
Position: Chief financial officer, Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo
First job: Cashier, Santa Clara, Calif.
Pastimes: Going to the beach, working out

"We're involved with the leisure industry, and we've also added entertainment, theme parks and time-sharing (projects)," said Sunny Choi, the company's new chief financial officer.

Choi, a native of South Korea, moved to Santa Clara, Calif., as a teen-ager. She came to Hawaii in late 1979 and joined the company in 1986.

Choi graduated cum laude in 1983 from the Brigham Young University in Hawaii, earning a bachelor's degree in accounting. She became a certified public accountant in 1986, gained U.S. citizenship in 1987 and earned a master's degree in business administration in 1992 at the University of Hawaii.