Name: Jack Carreiro

Age: 53

Position: Senior v.p. of sales and marketing, Chamber of Commerce-Hawaii

First job: Grocery store clerk

Favorite pastimes: Reading, Sailing

"We want to work actively with the legislature for good relationships and work with the visitor industry as one team," Carreiro said.

He was vice president and director of membership marketing and corporate merchandising for the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau since 1982.

He also worked a year with Financial Planning Inc. as executive vice president and chief operations officer. His 14 years at Prudential Insurance Co. included management of marketing operations for New York, California, Oregon and Washington.

Carreiro is a Vietnam War veteran who served with U.S. Air Force and is involved with several veteran organizations.