Name: Beadie Kanahele Dawson
Age: 67
Position: Chairman, general counsel, Dawson International Inc.
First job: Pineapple trimmer
Hobby: Skiing

Dawson International started as an international trading company. Today it also works in environmental engineering, soil remediation, drilling, and telecommunications. "We're expanding into the Pacific Rim countries, both in telecommunications and environmental technologies," Dawson said.

Dawson had been a deputy attorney general for the past 14 years, working in land, transportation and commercial litigation. Before 1981, Dawson served as public information officer for the Department of Social Services and Housing. She also owned and operated Keiki Wonderland Tours.