Cohort Advisor List

We believe it is important for Teachers to have access to the expertise of both agriculture and educational leaders. Following is a list of School Learning Garden Mentors and Advisors to the Kū ‘Āina Pā Program.

Jaimie P. Cloud
Founder and president of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education in New York City
Web site

Dilafruz Williams, Ph.D.
Professor, Leadership in Sustainability Education Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Web site
Information about 'Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education'.
Click on the book cover below for more information.




Dr. Russell Nagata
UH Mānoa CTAHR Hawai‘i County Administrator for Extension Services

Dr. Norman Arancon
Assistant Professor of Horticulture UH Hilo
Web site

Kumu Pua Case
‘Ike Hawai‘i Resource Teacher
Waimea Middle School
Web site

Kumu Keala Ching
Na Wai Iwi Ola
Web site

Jerry Konanui
Taro Farmer
Taro Purity and Security Task Force
Keola Magazine article

Dr. Hector Valenzuela
Hector Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Professor and Vegetable Crops Extension Specialist Program on Small Farms, Organic Farming, and Sustainable Agriculture
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Dept. of Plant Protection and Environmental Sciences University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Web site

Vivienne Aronowitz MPH, RD, CDE
Nutritionist Kaiser Permanente
Web site

Sarah Sullivan
Program Coordinator/School Garden Consultant
Garden of Wonders
Abernethy Elementary School Portland, Oregon
Web site
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