Interview: Cortney of The Kohala Center

April 2012 One of the great joys of what we do is learning about sustainability efforts around the globe. So I was very excited when Karen, who had just given me a heavenly massage, told me about her daughter, Cortney Hoffman, who works at a place I’d never heard of, but which, after I did, knew I wanted to learn about. Cortney is in Human Resources at the Kohala Center an independent, not-for-profit, community-based center for research, conservation, and education in Hawaii. They have a range of programs that serve to create greater educational and employment opportunities by caring for—and celebrating—Hawai‘i Island’s natural and cultural landscape.