HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Kamehameha Schools graduate traded in the baseball field for the boardroom and is channeling his drive to keep local families in Hawaii.

Billy Pieper is the senior vice president of American Savings Bank.

“I’m a son of Hawaii, born and raised here, love this place, and I feel like lately, my biggest focus has been on the fact that so many people are leaving our islands,” he said. “I try and bring it all back to how do we create opportunities for local people to thrive.”

When asked about his drive and what’s important to him, Pieper said he thought about Princess Pauahi Paki and why she started Kamehamea Schools.

“It was because she thought education could be the answer to reverse what was happening to her people, and what was happening to people where they

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