The following executives were nominated this year for Guam Business Magazine’s Executive of the Year award. These leaders were selected in recognition of their professional achievements and commitment to service, having made a meaningful impact on their organizations, employees and the broader community through leadership, innovation and civic involvement over the past year.

By Guam Business Magazine Staff

Christine A. Won Pat Baleto is president and CEO of Docomo Pacific Inc., a position she was appointed to in June 2024. She previously served as the company’s chief financial officer and chief security and compliance officer from 2019 to 2024.

As president and CEO, Baleto oversees company operations, strategy and fiscal management. During her tenure, Docomo Pacific has expanded fiber and 5G services throughout Guam and the CNMI, upgraded hybrid coaxial fiber infrastructure to deliver islandwide gigabit internet speeds, and completed an islandwide battery and generator backup initiative to strengthen network resiliency. The company also increased undersea cable capacity and redundancy.

Baleto led the opening of a Docomo Pacific call center in Saipan, localizing customer service operations and ending offshore support. Customer service scores increased by 190%, and Net Promoter Scores rose by 68%. She also established the company’s formal security department, improving its security classification from Tier 1 to Tier 3.

From 2016 to 2018, Baleto served as director of the Department of Administration, where she managed governmentwide cash flow, reduced outstanding payables, paid more than $140 million in tax refunds, and achieved operating surpluses in consecutive years. She previously served as general manager of Market Wholesale Distributors Inc. from 2005 to 2016.

Baleto is also the master franchisee and managing partner of Pacific FROOTS LLC. She signed the franchise agreement in 2008 and opened the first Guam location in 2009. The business operates multiple locations on Guam and employs 21 individuals.

Baleto has contributed to numerous community and civic organizations, as well as serving on their boards. She is a past chairwoman of the board of the Guam Chamber of Commerce, serving two consecutive years in that role, a former vice-chairperson the board of the Port Authority of Guam, and a previous co-chairperson of the Advisory Board, of the Guam The Salvation Army Guam Corps.

Baleto currently serves on the board of the Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association and the Guam Department of Education. 

In 2023, Baleto was named a member of the National Small Business Association Leadership Council. She is a 2020 University of Guam Distinguished Alumna from the School of Business and Public Administration The Salvation Army named Baleto Volunteer of the Year in 2009, and in 2007, she was previously honored as the  Guam Business Magazine Businesswoman of the Year.

Baleto earned a bachelor’s of science in behavioral sciences from Chaminade University of Honolulu and a master’s of business administration from the University of Guam. 

She is married to Joey Terlaje Cruz and is the mother of three children: Andria Dominique Baleto Cruz, 34; Juliana Christine Baleto Cruz, 31; and Napu Frank Baleto Cruz, 22.

Christopher K. Felix is president and principal broker of Century 21 Realty Management Co.

He took the definitive step of investing in Guam and committing to the island in February 1983 when Realty Management Co. purchased the assets of Calvo Management Co. – a company that he had worked with as general manager and principal broker since 1975.

His professional career took another leap when Realty Management purchased a Century 21 franchise in December 1985. Felix had taken the time and effort to gauge the perception of the Century 21 brand before aligning himself with the franchise, which is one of the largest real estate servicing companies in the world.

Consequently, he has worked in real estate, education and public service in Guam for more than five decades.

Felix leads an active business practice in brokerage and property management across residential, commercial and industrial sectors on Guam. Aside from its significant list of real estate transactions, C21REMCO manages more than 40 condominium complexes for their homeowners’ associations and board of directors. 

Felix has served as an instructor for the University of Guam and the Guam Board of Realtors since 1980, providing accredited instruction in real estate law, ethics and property management. 

Felix is also the author of Real Estate Laws of Guam, a reference used within the local real estate industry.

His public service includes six years as a regent of the University of Guam, including one year as chairman of the Board of Regents. He has also served in leadership roles with the Guam Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.

Widowed, Felix is the father of three daughters: Mary Zita Felix, 41; Dominique Rose Felix, 34; and Amanda Rose Felix, 29.

Tae S. Oh is the president of Alupang Apartments Corp.; vice president of Vantage Advertising and managing partner of PSI Holdings LLC. In addition, he is managing partner of PSI Energy LLC, Knock Group LLC and Homiefind LLC. 

Oh was born in Seoul, South Korea, but was raised in Guam. He is a 1998 graduate of Father Duenas Memorial School. 

He holds a bachelor’s of engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. 

Shortly after earning his degree, he began work with Raytheon Technical Services, appointed as a senior civil engineer on the Base Operating Support contract for Naval operations. This was shortly before Super Typhoon Pongsona devastated the island in December 2002. Oh and his team was tasked with leading recovery efforts, helping to restore the island’s naval operations.

Across Oh’s 24-year career in the private sector, he has taken advantage of multiple opportunities in various sectors, and led the rehabilitation and development of retail, commercial, and multifamily properties.

Beyond his successful private sector work, Oh has served on several public boards and commissions including the Guam Land Use Commission of which he was chairman, the Rotary Club of Guam, the Guam Hotel and Restaurant Association, and most recently as the chairman of the Guam Chamber of Commerce. 

Oh is married to Kyung Eun H. Oh and has two children: Su Jin Oh, 16, and Ryuhan Aiden Oh, 13.

Michelle Kramer serves as the managing director of Pacific International Inc. (Guam), which does business as Nimitz towers and Diamond K. Additionally, she is the honorary consul of the Marshall Islands to Guam in 2025. 

She has more than 20 years of experience in commercial management, with additional expertise in sales. She has also given time as a registered court interpreter for the Marshallese community in Guam. 

Her current role as managing director requires her to oversee operations in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Her broad responsibilities for the Pacific International Group include oversight of nearly 900 employees and managing corporate travel and logistics for the Pacific International group.

In mid-2025 Kramer was appointed honorary consul of the Marshall Islands to Guam by President Hilda C. Heine, and as such is a member of the Consular Corps in Guam. She has also been featured twice in Guam Business Magazine’s 40 Under 40 list, first in 2016 and again in 2019. 

Kramer and Pacific International Inc. support various civic organizations. She has personally volunteered with the Marshall Islands Red Cross Society, is a founding member of the National Association of Women in Construction; a member of the Northern Mariana Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross; was a board member and co-chairperson of the 22nd CNMI Annual Walkathon Fundraising Event, and the CNMI Diabetes Coalition.

Kramer was born in Majuro, Marshall Islands and is a 1998 graduate of the Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii. She also holds a 2002 associate of arts in liberal arts from the College of the Marshall Islands and a 2005 bachelor’s of science in business administration in business management from Hawaii Pacific University. Kramer is an alumna of the first class of the Pacific Islands Leadership Program, launched in 2013 between Taiwan and the East-West Center in Honolulu.

Kramer’s partner is Jaynard P. White, and the couple have two children: Merced Kramer White, 10 and Sapwkini Kramer White, 9.

Dr. Saied Safabakhsh is the founder and president of Pacific Medical Group, president of The Village LLC and medical director, Guam Dialysis Centers LLC. In addition, he is president of Avicen Corp.; and medical director of St. Judes Renal Care in Saipan. 

Safabakhsh began practicing in Guam in 1997 and founded the first free-standing outpatient dialysis center. At the time the island had only one dialysis unit at Guam Memorial Hospital. Today his six dialysis centers, three inpatient dialysis units, and home dialysis program serve hundreds of end-stage renal disease patients annually, hundreds of patients with acute kidney failure, as well as patients referred from across Micronesia. 

In 2005, he founded the Micronesian Institute for Disease Prevention and Research, which led to long-term collaborations between the National Institute of Health and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Additionally, Safabakhsh is a member of the National Medical Advisory Board for U.S. Renal Care, a director of the board of the University of Guam Endowment Foundation and a director of Rovers Club International soccer club.    

Safabakhsh was born in Isfahan, Iran and holds a 1984 bachelor’s of science from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and a 1988 degree in medicine from the American University of the Caribbean in St. Maarten. In 1994, he performed his residency in internal medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and was given a fellowship in nephrology at Hahnemann University. Later he completed his postdoctoral clinical research training at Harvard Medical School and a year later completed the postdoctoral scholars program in clinical research. 

Safabakhsh is married to Mersedeh Maddah and the couple have four children: Pareesa K. Safabakhsh, 24, Aden H. Safabakhsh, 21, Noah S. Safabakhsh, 17, and Mehrsana Safabakhsh, seven months.