Name: Douglas Q. L. Yee
Age: 53
Position: National director, American Lung Association.
First job: Delivering candy and crack seed
Favorite pastime: Community activities

He also is on the national finance and audit committee of the organization, which has been in Hawaii since 1929.

"Our strategic plan addresses two main things: asthma as it relates to both children and adults, and tobacco control with the focus on the significant increase in youth and women," Yee said.

He is vice president for investments at Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. and is a registered representative on the New York Stock Exchange.

A Punahou School graduate, Yee earned bachelor's and master's degrees in economics at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Finance and Commerce.

He is president of the University of Pennsylvania Club of Hawaii.