David A. Alcorn was named Guam Enterprise journal’s 2023 Government of the Yr on the annual awards gala held Jan. 13 on the Hyatt Regency Guam, in keeping with a press launch from the publication.
Born in Orange County, California, Alcorn moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, the place he started his hospitality profession working at Smitty’s Pancake Home. In 1975, Alcorn took the chance to fly to Guam and open King’s Restaurant on the island, which GFS would buy in 1985 from proprietor Phillip A. Schmidt.
King’s now has eating places in Tamuning at Guam Premier Shops and Compadres Mall in Harmon, and Alcorn has mentioned he’ll develop the chain. GFS manufacturers additionally embrace Ruby Tuesday and Domino’s at Navy Alternate Guam.
Alcorn took benefit of his early success and expertise at King’s Eating places and commenced pursuing catering contracts. International Meals Companies Inc. was included in July 2003 and gained its first contract in Guam on October 1, 2003, with Raytheon Technical Companies Guam for the operation of meals providers and different ethical welfare and recreation actions and would launch GFS as a contractor within the countryside.
GFS now holds a number of contracts with the U.S. Division of Protection, together with Naval Hospital Affected person Dietary Companies; the Division of Protection Training Exercise Guam College Lunch Program; US Marine Corps Regional Feeding for Camp Pendleton, California, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as subcontractor, and consulting for Sodexo Guam for the Guam Division of Training College Lunch Feeding contract.
GFS helps a lot of group and nonprofit occasions.
Alcorn seems on the quilt of the January-February situation of Guam Enterprise journal, which was printed on the gala.
Recipients of this 12 months’s gala are the Guam Chapter of the American Purple Cross, the Nicolette Baldovino Group Basis Inc., the NMI Chapter of the American Purple Cross and the NMC Basis of Northern Marianas School.
Alcorn joined 5 different executives in competing for the distinguished award:
- Nenita C. Baldovino, proprietor of Rambies Corp., doing enterprise as Rambies Quick Meals and Rambies Catering;
- William H. Finest, vice chairman and normal supervisor of Smithbridge Guam;
- Cesar C. Cabot, lawyer and founding accomplice of Cabot Matanona LLP and proprietor of CW Holdings LLC, doing enterprise as Medical Arts Middle;
- John Day, president and chief working officer of Pacific Knowledge Programs; and
- Matthew S. Hunter, Vice President, Chief Working Officer and Chief Monetary Officer, Dylan Mechanical Development Companies Inc.
Guam Enterprise Journal’s 2023 Government of the Yr Gala Sponsors are Financial institution of Guam, Rambies, Dylan Mechanical Development Companies, First Hawaiian Financial institution, Ambros, Pacific Knowledge Programs, Coast360 Federal Credit score Union, Calvo’s Insurance coverage, Mobil Oil, Gemkell, Energy 98FM , The Wave 105.1 FM, Coca-Cola, Foremost, Taking pictures Star Productions and Hyatt Regency Guam.
Earlier Government of the Yr winners embrace Robert H. Jones of Triple J Enterprises Inc. (1983); John M. Borlas of IT&E Abroad Inc. (1984); Philip J. Flores of BankPacific (1985); Doris Flores Brooks of the Public Accountability Workplace (1986); Mark V. Pangilinan of MV Pangelinan Enterprises Inc. (1987); Allen A. Pickens of Tax-Aide (1988); the late T. Roy Sullivan of Jones & Guerrero Co. (1989); and Kurt S. Moylan of Moylan’s Insurance coverage (1990).
Others included the late Akira “Mike” Baba of Baba Corp. (1991); Paul M. Calvo of Calvo Enterprises Inc. (1992); Antoinette D. Sanford of Sanford Know-how Group (1993); the late Kenneth T. Jones of Jones & Guerrero Co. (1994); the late Edward M. Calvo of Calvo Enterprises Inc. (1995); L. Carl Peterson of Cash Sources Inc. (1996); William R. Thompson (1997) of Atkins Kroll Inc.; the late John Okay. Lee of First Hawaiian Financial institution (1998); and the late Henry L. Schnabel of Calvo’s Insurance coverage Underwriters (1999).
Earlier winners additionally embrace Marian Aldan-Pierce of DFS Saipan (2000); Manfred H. Pieper of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia (2001); Thomas G. Ahilen of Asia Pacific Options LLC (2002); John T. Guerrero of Herman’s Trendy Bakery Inc. (2003); Joseph M. Crisostomo of Automobiles Plus LLC, Cycles Plus and Payless Automobile Rental (2004); Joseph “Jerry” Kramer of Pacific Worldwide Inc. (2004); David M. Sablan of Century Group of Corporations (2005); the late Alfred C. Ysrael of Tanota Companions (2006); Lee P. Webber of MDA Guam (2007); Laura-Lynn V. Dacanay of First Hawaiian Financial institution (2008); and Jerry Cho Yee Tan of Tan Holdings Inc. (2009).
The checklist additionally contains Lourdes A. “Lou” Leon Guerrero of Financial institution of Guam (2010); Jay R. Shedd of Pacific Knowledge Programs (2011); Jerrold C. Johnson of Hawaiian Rock Merchandise (2012); George Chiu of Tan Holdings (2013); Norman T. Tenorio of Joeten Enterprises Inc., Pacifica Insurance coverage Underwriters Inc., Tropical On the spot Press Inc., Saipan Transport Co., Saipan Stevedore and Advance Provider (2014); Jeffrey B. Jones of Triple J Enterprises Inc. (2015); Jose C. “Joe” Ayuyu of McDonald’s of Guam and Saipan, RJ Corp. and RJ Guam LLC (2016); Leonard Okay. Kaae Sr., Senior Vice President and CEO of Black Development Corp. (2017); Bernadette N. Valencia, Vice President and Common Supervisor of Micronesia and Okinawa, Matson Navigation Inc. (2018); and Annmarie T. Muna, AM Insurance coverage Inc. (2019).
Additionally on the checklist are Edward G. Untalan, govt vice chairman, Guam-CNMI regional supervisor of First Hawaiian Financial institution (2021) and South Pacific Distributors Inc. (2022).