Mtg-Zoom Speaker Daniel Chun

Daniel Chun is the Hawai’i director of sales, community and public relations for Alaska Airlines. He leads the airline’s sales, marketing, public affairs, and community outreach efforts throughout the state of Hawai’i. Daniel has nearly two decades of experience in Hawai’i’s tourism industry, starting at the Hawai’i Visitors and Convention Bureau, where he helped to develop international travel to the Islands. He then served for seven years as the special assistant to the State of Hawai’i’s governor-appointed tourism liaison, where he coordinated with government agencies and the visitor industry on tourism-related matters. Prior to joining Alaska, Daniel was the executive director of the Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation, an umbrella organization for the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festive. In 2019, he was appointed to the Hawai’i Tourism Authority Board of Directors by Hawai’i Governor David Ige.

Daniel was born and raised in Honolulu, and is a graduate of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, with a Bachelor of Science degree in travel industry management. He studied commercial aviation and obtained his private pilot license from Honolulu Community College and the University of North Dakota. In the community, he currently serves on the board of Public Schools of Hawai’i Foundation, Hawai’i Lodging & Tourism Association, Diamond Head Theatre and the University of Hawai’i Alumni Association, and is a member of Hawai’i Foodbank Alaka’I, Sales & Marketing Executives of Honolulu, Hawai’i Society of Business Professionals, and the Hawai’i Venture Capital Association.