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