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Who We Are
Alapaki Nahale-a
Advisory Board Member
CEO, ʻIole
Alicia Spencer
Board Treasurer
Partner, Verity CPAs
Amylia Rae Gandolf
Community Resilience Fellow
Vibrant Hawaiʻi
Audrey Takamine
Board Director
Owner, Takamine Construction
Benjamin Rudo
Community Resilience Fellow
Vibrant Hawaiʻi
Bennett Dorrance
Advisory Board Member
Owner, Dragon Heart Farm
Blayne Higa
Board Director
Reverend, Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
Caroline Landry
Board Director
Retired
Cheryl Matsumura
Board Director
President, American Trading Company
Chris Sandy
Board Director
Co-Founder and VP of Marketing, Hawaiian Ethos LLC.
Cole Fuertes
Communications Coordinator
Vibrant Hawaiʻi
Darryl Oliveira
Housing Coalition Co-Chair
Safety and Internal Control Manager, HPM Building Supply
David Freund
Community Resilience Fellow
Vibrant Hawaiʻi
Diane Chadwick
Advisory Board Member
Director of Donor Relations Hawai'i Island, Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Farrah Marie Gomes
Board Director and Education Stream Chair
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Hawaiʻi
Geoliette Ng
Board Director
Director of Kōkua, Waiākea Hawaiian Volcanic Water
Janice Ikeda
Executive Director
Vibrant Hawaiʻi
Jennifer Zelko-Schlueter
Board Vice Chair
Director of Government and Community Relations, Hawaiian Electric
Keali'i Thoene
Board Director
Community Program Director, Terraformation
Kean Wong
Board Director
Founder, HI Kiwi Consulting
Kuʻuhiapo Jeong
Board Director
Council Legislative Assistant, County of Hawaiʻi
Lanihuli Kanahele
Board Director
Facilitator and Media Specialist, Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation
Mahina Paishon Duarte
Board Chair
CEO and Co-Founder, Waiwai Collective
Merrick Nishimura
Housing Coalition Co-Chair
Development Manager, Hawaiʻi Island Community Development Corporation
Mika Kang
Executive Assistant
Vibrant Hawaiʻi
Misty Pacheco
Health and Wellbeing Stream Co-Chair
Associate Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Nic Los Banos
Board Director
Hawaiʻi Island Regional Coordinator, Alzheimer's Association
Noelani Kalipi
Board Secretary
Executive VP, Progression Enterprises and President, Kalipi Enterprises
Stacy Domingo
Health and Wellbeing Stream Co-Chair
EMS Captain, County of Hawaiʻi
Toby Taniguchi
Advisory Board Member
Chief Executive Officer, KTA Super Stores
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