Biography

Faye Kurren

Director

Ms. Kurren, a member of the board of directors and the audit, compensation, and senior trust committees, has served on the board of First Hawaiian Bank since 2005. From 2003 until her retirement in November 2014, Ms. Kurren was President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaii Dental Service, a Honolulu-based dental insurance company with the largest network of participating dentists. Prior to that, Ms. Kurren served as the President of Tesoro Hawaii, LLC, a former subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum (f/k/a Tesoro Corporation), from 1998 to 2003. 

She is a member of the Board of Directors of First Insurance Company of Hawaii and served as the past Chairperson of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the University of Hawaii Foundation and the Hawaii State Chapter of the American Red Cross. 

Ms. Kurren holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Stanford University, a J.D. law degree from the University of Hawaii, and a Masters of Arts in sociology from the University of Chicago.
 

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