YP Exec Connect: Leina Ijacic, Jacob Noh, Kyle Shelly

Chamber of Commerce Hawaii’s Young Professionals Exec Connect is Thursday, November 19, 2026, from 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM—an intimate talk-story luncheon for current YP members only. Three executives each sit with up to eight YPs. Featured names are Leina Ijacic, president and CEO of Pacific Health Alliance; Jacob Noh, vice president of business development at Noh Foods of Hawaii; and Kyle Shelly, senior vice president and director of corporate banking at American Savings Bank and a vice chair of the Chamber board. Sponsors are Enterprise Rent-A-Car and HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union. A $10 no-show fee applies without 24-hour notice. Sign up on the Chamber event page before tables fill; the exact venue lands on your confirmation.

Jacob Noh, born and raised in Honolulu as the oldest of three sons of Korean immigrants, helps run Noh Foods, a 63-year-old maker of island seasonings and sauces—local CPG with a diaspora household file. He also oversees operations, production, and national and local sales. Ijacic’s path runs nursing and quality work at Queen’s, growth leadership that took the Institute for Human Services from about $17 million to $45 million, and now statewide health-system strategy at Pacific Health Alliance. Shelly brings the corporate-banking seat. The YP program is ages 21 to 39; this lunch is the screened small-table format, not an open mixer.

Current YP members in healthcare, CPG, family-business succession, or banking should claim a seat now. Non-members cannot walk up—join YP first, or use the December 10 Electric Wonderland holiday if you only needed open networking. Host tip: let the executive lead; listen and ask, do not pitch.

Clear the lunch block. Cancel early if plans change so someone on the waitlist can take the chair. Keep the confirmation email for address and parking.