May 15, 2007 (Washington, DC) – Frieda S. Takaki, President and CEO of CHART Rehabilitation of Hawaii, Inc., located in Honolulu, HI, has been elected to serve as Chair of The ESOP Association. The ESOP Association is the national trade association for companies with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and the leading voice in America for employee ownership.
Ms. Takaki is active in the Hawaii Chapter of The ESOP Association and is currently serving as the Chapter’s President. She has also served on the Executive Committee’s State & Regional Chapter Council and has served as Vice Chair of The ESOP Association for the past two years.
CHART Rehabilitation of Hawaii, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary outpatient physical rehabilitation clinic and is one of the most innovative and comprehensive orthopedic rehabilitation centers in the country. CHART pioneered the active rehab concept in the state of Hawaii in 1979 specializing in work injury and auto accident patients. Ms. Takaki has been with CHART since 1983 and was promoted to President and CEO in 1989.
“Frieda is a dynamic personality and has brought life to the Hawaii Chapter,” said J. Michael Keeling, President of The ESOP Association. “For the past five years, her contributions to the Board of Directors have greatly improved how the Association delivers services to our members. We are excited that Frieda, our first Chief Elected Officer of the Association will be our primary voice the next two years.”
The Board of Directors is the premier governing body of The ESOP Association. Seven members of its nine person Board of Directors are elected by the Association’s Board of Governors.
Founded in 1978, The ESOP Association represents over 1,400 ESOP companies who believe that employee ownership will improve American competitiveness, increase productivity through greater employee participation and strengthen our free enterprise economy.