We are grateful to our Friends for their creative spirits, for their optimism, for their native intelligence, for their push for excellence, and for their belief that by caring for—and celebrating—Hawai‘i Island's spectacular natural and cultural landscape, we can create greater educational and employment opportunities for island residents, as well as generate knowledge that will help communities on the island, in the Pacific and around the world thrive—economically, ecologically, culturally, and socially.

Some of our Friends have been with us from the very beginning of our collaborative work in 2001. Our Founding Friends are identified in the list below by an asterisk after their names.

The Kohala Center’s Circle of Friends

Laurie and Sam Ainslie*
Krie Alden
Holly and Eila Algood
Fernando and Carla Alvarado
Charles A. Anderson
Annette and Palle Andkjaer
Kathie Armstrong
Sue and Ron Aronson*
Michael and Vivienne Aronowitz
Adam Atwood
Cristina Bacchilega, Ph.D. and John Bacchilega
Debbie Baker
Earl and Doris Bakken*
Carol Barnett
Laurie Ann Bass
Thomas and Kimberly Bastien
Christine Bean
Doug and Sue Beavers
Ruthie Belden
Billy and Pat Bergin*
Diana L. Bertsch
Claudette Bethune
Tom Blackburn and Kate Bell*
Susan Blumstein
Wendell Branco
Beverley Brand, RPN
William and Renee Brinkerhoff
John Brittingham*
Balbi Brooks*
Tami and David Brown
Donna and Dennis Brown*
Nancy and Randy Bruckner
Jennifer and Corky Bryan*
Bobby and Shawn Bus
Georgine Busch and Robert Moeller*
Gail Byrne*
Cristina Cabanting
Kevin Cahill
Gary Campbell
Deann Canuteson
Victor and Katherine Cappagli
Christine and Carl A. Carlson*
Kevin Cawley and Matt Hamabata*
Diane Chadwick
Nicole and David Chang
Paulette Chang
Barry and Dawn N.S. Chang*
Juvenna M. Chang*
Barry Ching
Gordon Ching
Richard Ernest Chizinski
Mrs. Cho
Elizabeth Anne Chun Chock
Roberta and Newton Chu*
Debra and Gregory Chun*
Alice C. Churchill
Alice and Bee Clark*
Putty Clark*
Lydia K. Clements
Bonnie and George Coffman
Heather Cole
Betsy Cole*
John P. and Janet M. Coney
Brice Conquest
Patti Cook
Christine A. Copes
Linda Copman and Family*
Pascale Creek Pinner
H. Mitchell D’Olier
Gerry and Kathleen Damon*
Mendy and Puhi Dant
E. Kyle Datta
Lois-ellin Datta*
Mattson Davis
Pat Davis
Sarah and C.J. Davis
John and Ginny De Fries*
Josephine and David De Luz
David De Luz, Jr.
Andrea and Christopher Dean
Margaret Dexter, M.D.
Dana DiNunzio
Delphina and Bennett Dorrance*
Kaui and Steve Doyle
Walter Dudley*
Kathy and Todd Ednie
Shawn and Don Elder
Duane and Marjorie Erway
Richard M Esterle
Tanya H. Everts and Michael S. Franklin
Doug Farr
Warren and Sue Faust
Marvin Feldman, Ph.D.
James Fields and Connie Perry
Robert Fisher
Shelby Anne Floyd and Bob Bonar*
Cheryl Flynn
MaryLou Foley*
Diana and Daniel Fowler
Judith Fox-Goldstein
Kathleen Frankovic
JoAnn Freed
Kathryn and John Freitas
Kathy Frost and Lloyd Lowry
Rick Fucik and Freddie Woodard
Thuy and Mike Fujimoto*
Shirley Ann Fukumoto*
Claire Gagne
Betsy Garties*
Kevin Geiger
Christian Giardina
Pualani Gillespie, RN, LMT, NCTMB
Glennon Gingo*
Judy Gooch and Paul Dobosh*
Donna and Frank Goodale
Mary and Joseph Granados
Charles Greene and Drew Harvell*
James S. Greenwell
Emmerich Grosch
Dot and Christian Gulbrandsen*
Richard and June Ha
Angie and Cal Haena
Rebecca Hallford
Gwen Hamabata*
Lance Hamasaki
Hal Hammatt
Brian Hampson
Will and Judy Hancock
Rebecca Hanna
Roger and Kadie Harris
Rebecca and JoeHarvey
Naomi Hayakawa
Cameron Healy
Chris Heider
Penn Henderson
Susan Henning
Marni Herkes*
Mahilani and Jerry Hiatt
Stacey Himmel and Barry “Tony” Glover
Karen and Steve Hoffman
Cortney Hoffman and David Okumura
Glenn Hontz
Jacqui and Gary Hoover*
Jeremy Hopkins
Henry Horton
Lyn Howe and Geoff Rauch
Linda Hussey
Mollie Hustace
Sydney Iaukea
Virginia Isbell*
Takeo Izawa
Clyde Jackson
Ellen Jacobs
Bill and Cathie Jardine*
Jack and Gretchen Jeffrey*
Kathleen Johnson
Mark Johnson
Charlene Ka‘uhane
Victoria Kaplan*
Alex Karp
Gordon Karsin
Rhonda Kavanagh
Maurice Kaya
Kekuhi Keali‘ikanaka‘oleohaililani*
Liam Kernell
Michele Khouli
Albert D. Killeri
Joan Kinchla
Alexander C. Kinzler
Christine Kobayashi
Debi Kokinos
Kay Kolt
Brian and Vicky Koningisor
Michael and Angela Kramer, AIF
Brad Kurokawa, ASLA, LEED AP
Jim and Lynn Lally*
Bill and Judy Lambert
Keller Laros
Kim Larsen Hester
Mary Bea Larson
Patricia and Ray Larson
Sari Lassiter
Wally Lau*
Jesse Law
Donald and Marcia Leach
Charlotte Lee
Susan Lehner and Scott Bedingfield *
Todd Lewis and Susan Reid
Diane Ley
Rachelle Ley
Val Lincoln, PhD, RN, AHN-BC
Robert and Kathy Lindsey*
Patrick and Veronika Linton*
Marcelle Loren
Renee Pualani Louis, Ph.D
Catherine and John Lowrey
Katy Lowrey
Kaui Lucas
Gaylien Luke
Kathryn A. Lynn
Elizabeth MacNeill
Paul and Susan Maddox*
Patricia A. Malone and James A. Kent
Iris Markham
Elizabeth C. Marrack and Dean E. Partlow
Darlene and Jeff Martin
Darlene E. Martin
Luke and Soo Mashburn*
Margaret Masunaga
Gay Mathews*
Michael Matsukawa
Jerryl Mauhili
Byron McCann
Sara McCay
Robert and Nan McCowan Sumner-Mack
Riley Mende*
Jean-Jacques Mertens
Donald Mitchell
Donna Mitts
Lea Mizuta
Capt. Gary and Constance Monell
Edwin and Jody Montell
Ernest W. Moody
Alexandra Moore and Lou Derry*
Scott C. Nelson
Clarysse and Randal Nunokawa
Lynda and John Nygren
Valery O'Brien
Caroline and Francis Oda*
Vernon and Jane Oi
Frances Okamoto
Pierre and Pamela Omidyar
Jeanne Oshima and Thomas Bailey
Valerie Ossipoff
Laurice Otsuka*
Michele Ott and Donald Rangasan
Patricia and Travis Owen
Thomas W. Pace
Rob and Cindy Pacheco
Mary Lou Page
J.T. Parer
Julia Paschoal-Cano
Sara Peck*
Allen and Deborah Perkins
Doug Perrine
Marilyn Pettett
Margaret Piaskoski-Wills
Kim Giffin Pickard
Angel and Nita Pilago*
Gregory Polloi
Kathie Pomeroy, N.D.
Su-Lyn Poon*
John and Roxanne Powers*
LeRoy and Linda Prange
Linda Preskitt
Jan Prokopowich
Susan Pueschel*
Cindi Punihaole Kennedy*
Carolyn M. Quick
Thomas Quinlan and Christina Hoffmann
Ralph and Gladys Quistorff
Sam Ragland
Alexander Rau, Ph.D.
John Ray
Margo S. Ray
Nancy Redfeather and Gerry Herbert*
Susan L. Rice and Ed Wingenbach
Monty Richards*
David Rietow
Ian Robertson*
Laurie and Raymond Rosa
Robin Rose*
Russell Ruderman
Kenneth Allen Russell
Richard and Jileen Russell
Paul Ryan
Rob and Terry Ryan*
Danford Sabo
Nanea and Dennis Sai
Sandra Sakaguchi
Michael and Lisa Sakurai
Marilyn Scambos
Barbara Schaefer
Richard and Maryan Schall
Joanna Schiller
Oren Schlieman
Patricia Schumacher, CPA
Judith Schuman
Sophia V. Schweitzer*
R. L. Scott Seymour
Robert and Annarie Shallenberger*
David Shoup
Karen Sibley
David Siegel
Bob Simms
Florian Smoczynski
Peter Sparks and Clytie Meade*
Richard Spiegel
Anna Marie Springer
Josh Stanbro
Jan Stenberg*
Clark Stevens, AIA
Bruce R. Stevenson Ph.D
Frank Stewart
Dennis and Cathryn Stillings*
Priscilla Studholme
James Takamine and Jamae Moana Kawauchi*
Roy Takemoto*
Kristin Tarnas
Jane Testa*
Lyn Thorsen
Pat Tietbohl and Doug Romich
Julie and Gary Trowbridge
Doug and Debra Troxel
Jeff Turner and Corin Kelly
J. Curtis Tyler*
Ruby Tzimeas
Kim Vandiver
Jonathan and Nicole Vedelli
Stephanie Vendrell
Vanessa Viso
Pono and Angie Von Holt*
Deborah J. Ward
Patrick and Linda Ward, CPA PC
Jean Watson*
Valerie Way
James and Elizabeth Weatherford
Deborah Webster
Richard West*
Margaret D. Wille
Nona Wilson
Ross Wilson
Michael Wise
Robert M. Witt
Thomas S. Witten, ASLA
Robin Wittman
Peter Wizinowich
Allene Wong
Kahi and Janis Wong
Noe Noe Wong-Wilson*
Judy Wormington
Mari and Aki Yamagishi
Karen Yamasato
Maria Yano
Timothy Young
Douglas Zipes

Last updated on April 12, 2013.