Senior Staff

Matthews M. Hamabata, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
mhamabata@kohalacenter.org

Elizabeth Cleary Cole, Ed.D.
Chief Operating Officer
cole@kohalacenter.org

Debi Kokinos, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
dkokinos@kohalacenter.org

Staff

Nicole Milne
Associate Vice President for Programs
nmilne@kohalacenter.org

Cortney Okumura
Executive Assistant & Human Resource Specialist
cokumura@kohalacenter.org

C.J. Davis
Grants Administrator
cdavis@kohalacenter.org

Liam Kernell
Communications Specialist
lkernell@kohalacenter.org

Al-Qawi Majidah
Administrative Assistant for Programs
amajidah@kohalacenter.org

Kalikolehua Grace
Bookkeeper
kgrace@kohalacenter.org

The Laulima Center

Melanie Bondera
Director, Laulima Center
mbondera@kohalacenter.org
Dir: 808-640-7076

Anna-Lisa Okoye
Rural Business Development Specialist
aokoye@kohalacenter.org

Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center

Cindi Punihaole
Director, Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center
cpunihaole@kohalacenter.org
Dir: 808-895-1010

Jean BevanMarquez
Manager, Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center jbevanmarquez@kohalacenter.org
Dir: 808-987-6249

Matt Connelly
Volunteer Coordinator/Trainer
mconnelly@kohalacenter.org
Dir: 808-494-5896

Vince Carr
Staff

Rachel Silverman
Staff

Koa Watai
Maintenance Staff

Rebecca Cope
Intern

Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network

Nancy Redfeather
Director, Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network
nredfeather@kohalacenter.org
Dir: 808-322-2801

Donna Mitts
Garden Coordinator
dmitts@kohalacenter.org

Lyn Howe
Coordinator, Hawai‘i Public Seed Initiative
seedproject@kohalacenter.org

Beginning Farmer-Rancher Development Program

Derrick Kiyabu
Director, Beginning Farmer-Rancher Development Program
dkiyabu@kohalacenter.org

Anthony Blondin
Farm Manager
ablondin@kohalacenter.org

Zoe Kosmas
Farm Production Assistant
zkosmas@kohalacenter.org

Kohala Watershed Partnership

Web site: http://kohalawatershed.org

Melora Purell, M.S. Conservation Biology
Coordinator
Coordinator@kohalawatershed.org
Dir: 808-333-0976
Fax: 808-885-6707

Cody Dwight
Field Operations Technician

Philip Keli‘iho‘omalu "Kukui" Garcia
Senior Field Crew Member

Paul Chow
Field Crew Member

Tawn Speetjens
Field Crew Member

Tara Seely
Volunteer Coordinator, Coqui-Free Waimea

Jared Considine
Spray Technician, Coqui-Free Waimea

Media Consultant

Janis Wong
Media Relations
jwong@kohalacenter.org