Queen behind the scene: Margo Mau helped create ‘a sense of place’ at Waikoloa Beach Resort

Margo Mau stands outside her office at Queens’ MarketPlace in late June.

Halau O Poohala performs in the Waikoloa Bowl in 2011. (COURTESY PHOTO/WAIKOLOA BEACH RESORT)

Margo Mau (right) stands with Waikoloa Land Company’s VP of Resort Operations Scott Head and Denise Yamaguchi, CEO of Hawaii Food & Wine Festival at the event in 2015, one of many Mau helped orchestrate. (COURTESY PHOTO/WAIKOLOA BEACH RESORT)

WAIKOLOA — Around a large table at Queens’ MarketPlace last Tuesday, Margo Mau sat with her team, checking off items on their to-do list as final preparations for Waikoloa Beach Resort’s multifaceted Fourth of July festivities.