Jeff Short

Managing Partner, Family Service

Jeff has served in the funeral services profession for more than six years, always working to bring out the best in everyone around him while creating a culture of belief in each other and what we can accomplish as a team.

“Our team does not have limits or restrictions to what we can do to ensure a family's needs are met,” Jeff says. “We say 'yes' first and then find a way to make it happen. We encourage complete personalization and customization for every family and we pour our unique gifts and talents into every service."

“I love having the opportunity to work with the most dedicated, hardworking, and positive-minded champions you will find in any profession. Our team is fiercely committed to providing caring and compassionate service to every family. We believe in building lasting legacies and are empowered to do whatever it takes as we continue to shine as a beacon of hope in and through our community.”

Deborah Kamakana

Family Service Supervisor

With 18 years of experience, Deborah is a fiercely committed individual, who is passionate about helping families pre-plan their legacy. Based on her integrity and pride for helping others, she has been serving families for almost two decades and has humbly earned an impeccable reputation for outstanding service.

“When you have the heart to serve and help others, you unlock something of you.” – Reuben Morgan.

As a Managing Partner in Family Service, the foundation of her leadership consists of simple values, serve from the heart, take care of the family, and the rest is bound to follow.

“I am very fortunate to be a part of an elite sales team, who shares the same passion, commitment, and values as I do. We are a unit, whose goals are to take care of the families we encounter as if they were our own. It is our sincere honor to be able to offer our services with the utmost care and compassion.”

Cherie Akina

Cemetery and Funeral Home Office Manager

Cherie brings over 20 years of experience to her role at Diamond Head Mortuary, Hawaiian Memorial Park and Valley of The Temples, where she manages the administrative team, provides support to the family services team, and works alongside the Managing Partner of Operations on various projects.

What Cherie enjoys most about her role is being able to help members of her community deal with the loss of a loved one.