Deanna Sako became Managing Director for the County of Hawai‘i in January 2024.  She started at the County of Hawai‘i in 1999 as an Accountant for the Department of Parks and Recreation.  In 2001, she joined the Finance Department as Controller, and later served 7 years as the Deputy Finance Director and 8 years as the Finance Director.

Her experience before entering County government included 12 years of auditing for Deloitte & Touche LLP in Honolulu, Maui, and Hilo.  Deanna participated in the County of Hawai‘i and other county government audits for many of those years.

She graduated from Molokai High and Intermediate School, then received her bachelor’s degree from Wartburg College with majors in Computer Science and Accounting.  She received her Master of Accounting Science degree from the University of Illinois.