Name: Sylvia Hussey
Age: 33
Position: Finance and administration director, Honolulu Board of Realtors
First job: Office clerk at high school
Favorite pastime: Travel, reading

"We're trying to make our dollars go further, be innovative and use technology," said Hussey, the new finance and administration director. "We're thinking outside the box. We want to do things, but not just because we've done them in the past."

As an example of those changes, Hussey said that on May 15 the board joined the race to the Internet by putting its listing of more than 6,000 properties online. The address is http://www.hbr.com.

Hussey formerly served as general manager with Pax Pacifica Ltd., doing business as the American T-Shirt Co. She earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University in Laie.