Mia Akau-LaClair
Director of Kohala Papahana
Raquel Bibens
Financial Controller
Eric Bowman
Business Development and Services Integration Coordinator
Kaimana Chock
ʻĀina Accountability Pathways Manager
Anianikū Chong
Digital Storyteller
Kathleen Clark
Marine Stewardship Supervisor
Elizabeth (Betsy) Cole, Ed.D.
Special Projects Liaison
Shelby Cook
Program Assistant
Ryan Feeney
Director of ʻĀina Operations at Keawewai
Jeh Gonzales
Kohala Stewardship Senior Technician
Kaliko Grace
Grants Accountant
Liam Kernell
Director of Community Experience
KaMele Kopplin
Community and Resource Relations Administrator
Cheryl Ka‘uhane Lupenui
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jake Merkel
Kohala Watershed Field Supervisor
Nicole Milne, Ph.D.
Special Projects Liaison
Penny Miranda
Accounts Payable and Receivable Specialist
Donna Mitts
Program Assistant
Kāhele Nahale-a
Ke Kumu ‘Āina Pathways Manager
Cindi Punihaole
Director, Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center
Ka‘iana Runnels
Mahi‘āina Supervisor
Jeannette Soon-Ludes, Ph.D.
Rural Economic Development Specialist
Kelly Teamey, Ph.D.
Cooperative Development and Collective Economies Manager
Leilani Whittle
Mahi‘āina Specialist
Kāhealani Wilcox
Mahi‘āina Specialist
Makana Wilhelm
‘Āina-Based Agricultural and Climate-Smart Practices Project Manager
Melanie Willich, Ph.D.
Director of Applied ʻĀina-Based Agriculture
Donn Yonemitsu
Provisioning ‘Āina Specialist
Teresa Young
Rural & Cooperative Business Development Specialist