Executive Profile
Tuesday, July 20, 1999
Name: Marie Imanaka
Age: 41
Position: President, Norwest Mortgage of Hawaii
First job: Selling shoes, Pearlridge
Favorite pastimes: Running, lifting weights, golf
Marie Imanaka, with more than 19 years of financial experience, heads Norwest Mortgage of Hawaii. It is an affiliate of Norwest Mortgage Inc., one of the nation's leading providers of residential mortgages. Last year, Norwest originated more than $109 billion of mortgage loans. Heading up Norwest
Mortgage of Hawaii"What Norwest brings to the table is a tremendous amount of technology and tools available at the point of sale (arranging for the mortgage)," Imanaka said. This includes decision-making on the loan request, she said.
Imanaka has 14 years of residential lending in Hawaii and most recently was senior vice president of residential lending at Bank of Hawaii. She also worked for Honolulu Mortgage.
Imanaka recently completed her term as president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Hawaii and is a member of the Hawaii Association of Mortgage Brokers. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from the University of Hawaii.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin
