Stryker Weiner & Yokota Public

read moreYou see our handiwork every day, but you probably don't even realize it. Usually, it's not our name on our work, but that of our clients. Our objective is to assist our clients in achieving their goals in ways that exceed expectations. SWAY understands our clients' issues of importance, because we make it a point to learn their business. We adapt our strategies, look for synergies and even assume their corporate culture to truly become an extension of their organization. We strongly believe that the local knowledge and the combined experience of our professional staff reflect our total commitment to our clients.

read moreFormed in 1979, SWAY is a locally owned full-service public relations firm consisting of 12 dynamic professionals with a large range of public relations skills and expertise. Our clients include the James Campbell Company, Ala Moana Center, Castle & Cooke Hawai'i, O'ahu Visitors Bureau and Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. Our professional staff is experienced in providing communications services to our clients. We have developed and implemented dozens of strategic public relations plans, managed crisis communications, conducted public education campaigns, coordinated large community events, developed hundreds of promotions and remote broadcasts with radio and TV outlets across the country, and coordinated dozens of press trips for national and international media.

read moreNeal M. Yokota, president and chief executive officer, joined the firm in 1987 and served various roles before purchasing SWAY in 2000. Neal is one of Hawai'i's foremost public relations consultants on issues management, crisis communications, risk communications, coalition development and strategic communications. He has counseled clients dealing with some of Hawai'i's most controversial issues including geothermal energy, rapid transit, the Waiahole Ditch Contested Case Hearing and many other land use and environmental issues.