Tricia Fujikawa Lee learned a lot at her first job – lessons she applies every day in her work at First Hawaiian Bank, in her extensive community service and in raising four children with her husband.
“When I was a teenager, I got a working permit to work at my dad’s construction company as a janitor,” she says. “On Saturdays, I cleaned urinals with a pumice stone, vacuumed and did other cleaning. It taught me humility, empathy, respect for others and for all types of work.”
Today, Fujikawa Lee has multiple roles at FHB, most prominently as chief compliance officer, where she leads a department that has far more responsibilities than most people might imagine…