Touchstone Properties Vice President Keven Whalen was awarded the Richard M. Gourley Distinguished Service Award from the Community Associations Institute (CAI) Hawaii Chapter at the organization’s annual meeting and awards banquet on Nov. 18, 2016.

The award is presented for outstanding service to the community association industry and the CAI Hawaii Chapter. Keven also received the Board Member Recognition Award after serving 6 years on the CAI board, including 2 years as the Hawaii Chapter president.

Pictured, left to right: Keven; Anastasia Arao Tagayuna of Touchstone; Lillian McCarthy, who earned the Committee Chair of the Year award for her work as chair of CAI’s Newsletter Committee; and Jonathan Billings, Touchstone’s vice president of operations, who was elected to the CAI Hawaii Chapter board.

The CAI Hawaii Chapter serves the educational, business, and networking needs of community associations in Hawaii. Members include condominium, cooperative, and planned community associations as well as those who provide services and products to these associations. The Hawaii Chapter has almost 500 members, and is one of 56 Community Associations Institute chapters in the nation.