Peter Shaindlin

Shaindlin is one of six sons of Jack Shaindlin, film composer and 20th Century Fox musical director. He has two daughters, and a son. His undergraduate university studies began in 1975 at Mannes School of Music followed by New York University, and eventually postgraduate diploma completion in Global Business at the University of Oxford

A member of the Executive Committee of Leading Hotels of the World, Shaindlin has served on the executive board of Hawaii Arts Alliance,[2] Hawaii Pops,[3] the Merwin Conservancy[4] and the International Luxury Hotel Association[5] and is past Chairman of the Hawaii Symphony and was an executive board member of The Honolulu Symphony Foundation. He has served on the boards of the Bishop Museum, Hawaii Employers Council and the Japan-America Society of Hawaii,[6] and is a lifetime member of the Oxford Union.

Shaindlin has played an active role in the arts and culture community in Hawaii and abroad for more than a decade, facilitating philanthropic efforts and initiatives through the encouragement of partnerships between arts and culture institutions. He spearheaded Halekulani Corporation's arts and culture partnerships including ʻIolani Palace, Hawaii Symphony, the Bishop Museum and Hawaii POPS, Chamber Music Hawaii, Hawaii Theatre, Hawaii Opera Theater, University of Hawaii, Pacific New Media, Hawaii Book & Music Festival, Honolulu Museum of Art, Liljestrand House, Shangri La (Doris Duke) and title sponsorship of the Hawaii International Film Festival.[7] For these efforts, Halekulani Corporation was a 2017 recipient of the America for the Arts Business Partnership Award.[8]