GVB's Hafa Adai pledge gathers more participants

Rick Cruz/Pacific Daily News/rmcruz@guampdn.com

Pride in Guam: Guam Visitors Bureau Deputy General Manager Ernie Galito, right, poses for photos with the latest group of participants who signed up for the Hafa Adai Pledge program at the GVB office in Tumon yesterday. The GVB program encourages local organizations to promote the Chamorro culture in their workplaces. From left, Kevin Knaeble, general manager of Construction Resources; Joseph Gamboa, spa coach of Couture Hair Boutique & Spa; Melanie Mendiola, secretary for Guam Young Professionals; U.S. Marine Maj. Neil Ruggiero, public affairs officer of the Joint Guam Program Office; Robert Stoll, vice president and associate resident director for Merrill Lynch; Jay Rojas, executive vice president of SEI: Slotnick Enterprises, Inc.; Michael Makio, managing director of Taniguchi, Ruth, & Makio Architects; Corey Harris, acting executive director for Victim Advocates Reaching Out.