Dee Jay Mailer
Healthcare and global-health executive who left her role as COO of The Global Fund to become CEO of Kamehameha Schools in 2004, chosen from 200 applicants.
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- Location
- Hawaii
- Country
- United States
- Education
- B.S. in Nursing (1975) and MBA (1985), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
- Earlier career
- CEO, Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i; leadership roles at Health Net Inc.; Chief Operating Officer, The Global Fund (Switzerland)
- 2004 appointment
- Selected as CEO of Kamehameha Schools from 200 applicants after 11 hours of interviews
Overview
Dee Jay Mailer is a healthcare and global-health executive and a Kamehameha Schools alumna who earned a B.S. in Nursing (1975) and an MBA (1985) from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Her career included serving as CEO of Kaiser Permanente Hawai’i, leadership roles at Health Net Inc. in California, and, later, Chief Operating Officer of The Global Fund in Switzerland, a multibillion-dollar organization combating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (Mālamalama).
Becoming CEO of Kamehameha Schools
In December 2003, Mailer was selected as CEO of Kamehameha Schools from a pool of 200 applicants after 11 hours of interviews. Mālamalama reported that the school was, at the time, “still sensitive about improprieties of past trustees and allegations leveled at her predecessor” — context that helps explain the rigor of the search that led to Mailer’s selection (Mālamalama). Reflecting on her career path, she said: “I work really hard in the role I am in, and then another leadership door opens and I walk through.” Her stated priorities for the role included strengthening the school’s endowment, extending its educational reach to Hawaiian children beyond its campuses, and connecting students with alumni mentors (Mālamalama; Honolulu Magazine). She described her approach to the role in customer-service terms: “Whether your customer is a little kindergartener just entering school or a high school senior about to graduate, we are here to serve Hawaiian children with opportunities for education” (Honolulu Magazine).
What this profile does not claim
Both sources read here date to Mailer’s 2004 appointment; this profile does not cover her subsequent tenure at Kamehameha Schools or any later career moves, which lie beyond what these two sources establish.
Timeline
- 1975
- Earns a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, as a Kamehameha Schools alumna.
- 1985
- Earns an MBA, also from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
- 2003-12
- Is selected, from a pool of 200 applicants after 11 hours of interviews, to become CEO of Kamehameha Schools, following a career that included CEO of Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i, leadership roles at Health Net Inc. in California, and Chief Operating Officer of The Global Fund in Switzerland, an organization addressing AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Sources
2 sources (2 tier 2), each opened and read against the claim it supports. Every source is independent of the subject; no first-party material is cited. See the source policy.
Both sources were fetched and read in full. Honolulu Magazine is an independent regional publication; Mālamalama is the University of Hawai'i's editorially produced alumni magazine, reporting on her appointment rather than publishing her own material. Both cover distinct facts about the same 2004 appointment.
- Q + A, Dee Jay Mailer Supports: Her prior CEO role at Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i, her global-health fundraising work, and her stated priorities on becoming CEO of Kamehameha Schools.
- Alumni Dee Jay Mailer is the new CEO at Kamehameha Schools Supports: Her nursing and MBA degrees, her career at Health Net Inc. and The Global Fund, and the specifics of her December 2003 selection as CEO of Kamehameha Schools.
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