Pacific Edge Magazine recognized Kākou Collective founder Kea Peters in Women in Business 2025, its annual editorial feature.
Each year, Pacific Edge Magazine's Women in Business feature celebrates women who lead in Hawaiʻi's business community. Each profile tells the story behind the title: what inspires each woman, the turning points in her career and the sacrifices along the way.
A feature like this matters because recognition shapes who is seen as a leader. When women's work is named and celebrated publicly, more women and girls across Hawaiʻi can picture themselves leading too.
It also reflects who our community is. The women featured in 2025 include makers and small-business owners alongside CEOs and executive directors, in fields from lei making and education to housing and health care. Their work shows leadership grounded in culture, kuleana and care for community.
To be named among them carries weight. It is an honor, and a responsibility to keep doing work worthy of that company.
For Kākou Collective and founder Kea Peters, this recognition affirms that a Native Hawaiian, family-run business has a place among Hawaiʻi's business leaders. It honors the stories the shop tells through its art, and the community that has supported it from the start.
Mahalo to Pacific Edge Magazine for the recognition, and to everyone who shops, shares and shows up for Kākou Collective. This one is ours.
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