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I S SUSTAINA B IL IT Y ? H ILO R EIG NS
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6 N E WS M A K E R S 1 2 SUSTAINABILITY
Community colleges teach THRIVES
DOE employees ‘olelo Community-minded
Hawai‘i, Kapi‘olani’s award- innovations are pointing
winning TOPP program the way to sustainable
trains online faculty, five- food security, energy and
year Mānoa study says hula education
Margot Schrire reduces high blood pressure
SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 18 SPORTS
O F C O M M U N I C AT I O N S 8 Q& A From Vulcan volleyball
Child & Family Services standouts to outstanding
Maile Au Hawai‘i’s Karen Tan leaders in Hawai‘i prep sports:
SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Glennie Adams and Tanya
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UH COVID Response
WE ARE
Clockwise from top, UH Mānoa nursing student; Dr. Richard Jones models a 3D-printed face shield
made at UH West O‘ahu; children from Kapi‘olani CC’s Alani Children’s Center have storytime.
ALL IN
THIS
TOGETHER
The COVID-19 pandemic cines. Here are just a handful of the many technology platform, they are hopeful their
inspiring UH COVID-19 related initia- development for a COVID-19 vaccine will
is changing how we teach, tives that show UH research, expertise, also prove to be successful. Along with Soli-
how we learn, how we work, innovation and resiliency in action. genix, Lehrer and his team are also work-
how we eat and how we care ing with Hawaii Biotech Inc., a Hawai‘i-
DE V E LO P IN G VACC I N E FO R COVI D - 1 9 based subunit vaccine developer.
for our families and those
around us. And yet, even dur- As confirmed COVID-19 cases con- T R AI N I N G N U R S ES FO R COVI D -19
tinue to rise, the need for a vaccine to
ing these most challenging prevent the spread of the flu-like virus Faculty at UH Mānoa School of Nursing
times, our UH ‘ohana is ris- grows. UH Mānoa scientist Alex Lehrer and Dental Hygiene developed a 3-hour
ing to the challenge. is working in collaboration with New training program,“Nursing During Pan-
Jersey-based biopharmaceutical com- demics—COVID-19” for nursing stu-
pany Soligenix, Inc. to develop potential dents and frontline nurses. The program
Students, faculty and staff across coronavirus vaccines, including one for includes an overview of COVID-19 with
the UH system are doing whatever they the novel COVID-19 disease. a focus on nursing care, public health
can to help us get through this unprec- Lehrer and his team in the Department responses and ethical challenges to as-
edented statewide crisis. Some are sew- of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiol- sist nurses providing care in hospitals
ing masks for health care workers and ogy and Pharmacology have previously and communities. It provides the basic
first responders, others are working to demonstrated the feasibility of developing knowledge and skills needed to engage
develop COVID-19 treatments and vac- an Ebola virus vaccine. Using the same in epidemic and pandemic prevention,
4 S PR I N G 2 0 2 0
UH COVID Response
and community partners to create 3D-
printed face shield headbands and face
masks to address the pressing need for
personal protective equipment for front
line medical workers.
O N L I N E U H C H I L D CAR E C EN T E R S
In one online class, toddlers and pre-
schoolers are swinging their arms and
legs to the Hokey Pokey. In another, they
are proudly holding up appropriately
colored stuffed animals and other ob-
jects they’ve collected in advance, as the
teacher reads Brown Bear, the beloved
Eric Carle book. These are the children
and families from children’s centers on
three UH Community College campus-
es, which closed due to the COVID-19
crisis. The centers’ faculty and staff,
including 12 early childhood education
(ECE) students from Honolulu CC who
were working on their practicum in
these “laboratory” settings, have gone
online to keep keiki and their families
engaged during the spring semester.
EX PAN D I N G VEN T I L ATO R CAPACITY
An innovative technique to treat up to
four COVID-19 patients with a single
ventilator has the potential to save lives
in Hawai‘i and around the world. The
team working on the new breakthrough
method includes UH Mānoa Mechani-
cal Engineering Associate Professors
A. Zachary Trimble and Scott Miller,
detection, response and recovery. eos about native plants/species, Hawai- Brennan Yamamoto, a 2019 UH Mānoa
Associate Professor Lorrie Wong, ian navigation and astronomy. mechanical engineering PhD gradu-
director of the UH Translational Health “It’s important for us to continue to ate and researcher for the UH Applied
Science Simulation Center said, “Caring put out these kinds of resources to keep Research Laboratory, Russell Woo, MD,
for patients during their greatest time of our minds stimulated and to keep our Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women
need is why many nurses become nurses. minds focused on things outside of the and Children pediatric surgeon and
It is why nurses report to work amidst a current situation,” said Ka‘iu Kimura, John A. Burns School of Medicine
pandemic. It is why our nursing students executive director at ‘Imiloa Astronomy (JABSOM) associate professor of sur-
want to volunteer to support the health- Center. “I think it is really important for gery, and the project’s founder, Donald
care response to COVID-19. It is our duty us even more so now than ever to perhaps Gaucher, MD, an anesthesiologist at
as educators to ensure that our students connect with our natural and native envi- Straub Medical Center.
and frontline nurses are ready to face this ronment that’s so unique here in Hawai‘i.” “Currently with the coronavirus, we
new, ever-changing environment.” predict there will not be enough ventila-
P R OT E C T I VE M ED I CAL EQ U I PM EN T BY tors available in the United States. The
FREE ONLINE PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES 3- D P R IN T I N G quad-split ventilator system allows four
BY ‘I MILOA ASTRONO M Y C E N T E R patients to be ventilated off one ventila-
Richard Jones, Veterans Empowered tor, each with their own different min-
‘Imiloa@Home, a free online program, Through Stem (V.E.T.S.) program direc- ute ventilation,” Gaucher said.
aims to help keep ‘ohana engaged during tor and associate professor of science
the statewide stay-at-home order. The education at UH West O‘ahu, is col- R E A D T H E S E A N D O T H E R S T O R I E S AT
new resource features activities and vid- laborating with faculty, staff, students w w w . h a w a i i . e d u /n e w s
U H M AG A Z I N E 5
Newsmakers
TEACHING ONLINE:
THE NEW NORMAL?
K API‘OL ANI
W
HEN THE COVID-19 PAN-
DEMIC THIS SPRING shut
down the state’s preK-to-
college schools, it thrust on-
line classes into the public spotlight. And
it revealed how far distance learning has
evolved. At the forefront of teaching the
online teacher is Kapi‘olani Community
College, where 50 percent of students
were enrolled in online classes in spring
2020, up from 36.9 percent in 2015.
According to Helen Torigoe, today’s
tech-savvy students expect “online class-
es to take advantage of diverse digital
tools to create ‘a place of learning’ online
that includes video, text, interactive op-
tions, games and even individual field
trips.” She is one of three instructional
designers who make up Kapi‘olani’s team
that developed its TOPP (Teaching On-
line Preparation Program), which won
two national awards for online teacher
training in 2019 and 2020. All three
TOPP designers have backgrounds in
designing curriculum and instruction.
Having trained more than 94 faculty and with Chaminade University. separated from the campus,” says To-
on campus since 2016, TOPP focuses It’s not all high-tech bells and rigoe of TOPP’s approach of providing
on delivering consistency in online de- whistles. Torigoe, who majored in IT teachers with “balanced training in
sign, navigation, interaction and tech at Mānoa and worked in Silicon Valley, technology, pedagogy and facilitation
use across classes. TOPP participants stresses that an online class must dem- skills in the online environment.”
actually experience being an online stu- onstrate high curriculum standards and
dent while learning to design their own produce rigorous learner outcomes. For more information and/or to
online class or a hybrid one. The TOPP “The goal is to improve the student participate: Helen Torigoe (htorigoe@
team has worked with schools in Guam learning experience when physically hawaii.edu)
“This fills a hole in our cancer DR. RANDALL HOLCOMBE, UH Cancer Center
director, of the $6.5 million National Institutes of
infrastructure and provides a Health grant to construct a first-of-its-kind clinic
in the state for early phase specialized clinical
service not available here.’” trials for challenging cancers currently avail-
able only on the Mainland. The grant was partly
awarded because Hawai‘i’s diverse population
[“UH gets funding to expand cancer center,” Honolulu Star-Advertiser 9/26/19; “UH Cancer Center offers a unique opportunity to advance effective,
receives $6.5 million for state’s first cutting edge research clinic,” UH news 9/26/19] broadly useful cancer treatments nationwide.
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Newsmakers
M Ā N OA
LOVELY HULA HANDS…AND HEARTS. Hula can significantly reduce hyper-
tension in Native Hawaiian participants, according to a five-year study by the John
GROW OUR OW N A. Burns School of Medicine of 263 Native Hawaiians in nine communities on three
islands. The study’s one-hour, twice a week hula classes for three months lowered
TEACHERS M Ā N OA
participants’ blood pressure, reduced their 10-year risk for heart disease and sus-
tained improvements after one year. “(It’s) a great example of how interventions can
be more effective when they are tailored for cultural relevance to participants,” says
American Heart Association Chief Medical Officer for Prevention Eduardo Sanchez.
W
HAT BEGAN AS A WAY
to turn on-campus
educational assistants,
substitute teachers and
emergency hires at public and char-
ter schools into full-fledged teachers
has expanded. Starting this spring,
“Grow Our Own,” in its new third
round, admits all Hawai‘i residents
interested in teaching grades 6 to 12.
“We remain committed to
reaching out to community-based,
homegrown prospects by providing
a pathway to teach in their communi-
ties,” says Nathan Murata, dean of
Mānoa’s College of Education, who
emphasizes that the Mānoa-based
project, a joint initiative with the state
Department of Education, is a state-
wide program. State Sen. Michelle
Kidani, who saw the teacher potential
in those long-term DOE hires, has
championed its legislative funding.
Aimed at reducing the state’s
chronic teacher shortage, the fully
subsidized post-baccalaureate train-
ing is delivered through a combina-
tion of online and in-person learning
over three semesters. This spring’s
third round expanded to include art
and theatre, in addition to math, sci-
ence, English, world languages and
special education. It was also open
to applicants interested in a master’s
degree in secondary education.
Graduates from the first two co-
7
horts are largely local and employed,
Number of UH Community Colleges offering Hawaiian lan-
many in their communities as fully
guage classes to employees from public schools, starting this
trained teachers, says Murata, whose
spring 2020. Partnering with the state Department of Educa-
focus is on Neighbor Island recruit-
tion enables UH’s expertise in ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i to “integrate Ha-
PHOTO: COURTESY OF JABSOM
ment and retention. “We can reach
waiian language and culture in their curriculum. We know from
and teach eligible and interested
experience that culture-based learning works,” says VP of Com-
people from Hanalei to Nā‘ālehu.”
munity Colleges Erica Lacro.
For more information: Nathan Mu-
rata (nmurata@hawaii.edu) [“UH partners to teach ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i to DOE employees,” UH News 11/21/19]
U H M AG A Z I N E 7
Q+A Karen Tan Interview by N I C O L E D U A R T E 8 S PR I N G 2 0 2 0
After 12 years at Child & Family Services (CFS), Karen Tan took the helm as the
organization’s president and CEO in 2017. One of the state’s largest and oldest
nonprofits (established in 1899), CFS serves Hawai‘i’s families — with focus areas in
caring for keiki, empowering youth, healing trauma, and honoring kūpuna. Tan, who
has a master’s in social work from UH Mānoa, has quickly become an innovating
force in serving families and individuals in need.
AT THE TIME OF THIS INTERVIEW IN EAR- forces that are being created training purposes. The videos deal
LY APRIL, THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS HAD will also play a key role. I’m with issues particular to Hawai‘i. For
PRECIPITATED A STATEWIDE LOCKDOWN. told that we haven’t had a example, we hug in Hawai‘i, so what
HOW HAS CFS REFOCUSED TO HELP FAM- prosecution of a sex traffick- does that look like in the workplace —
ILIES NAVIGATE THIS UNPRECEDENTED er in our islands at the state when is it harassment and when is it
PANDEMIC? level. I’m not sure if our not? How do you appropriately give a
During this time, incidents of do- laws need to be strength- lei? Generally, people understand the
mestic violence will likely increase. We ened, but there’s some pos- egregious harassment. It’s the under-
have four shelters statewide for victims sible work to do there. the-radar stuff that can be construed
of abuse. We also have a hotline, avail- Everyone wants to do differently, so we want to help people
able 24/7, for those who would like something, but it’s impor- have conversations about that.
to call for assistance. For parents, we tant to have a coordinated
have Parent Line. It’s a free, confiden- continuum of care across THE 2017 ALICE (ASSET LIMITED, INCOME
tial service with trained staff who can affected industries. There’s a CONSTRAINED, EMPLOYED) REPORT
help with any questions or with talking bill in the current legislature FOUND THAT 37 PERCENT OF HAWAI‘I
to keiki during a crisis. Doors remain to establish a statewide co- HOUSEHOLDS HAVE JUST THE BARE-
open, and our providers continue to ordinator, which would help MINIMUM SURVIVAL BUDGET. WHAT IS CFS
work tirelessly to help families. break down any silos, unveil DOING TO HELP THESE FAMILIES?
the challenges, and provide One of the things we did is bring a
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CFS RECENTLY a unified approach. Detroit program called Transition to
ADMINISTERED, MORE THAN 26 PERCENT Success, which helps people transition
OF THE INDIVIDUALS IT SERVES WERE IN NOVEMBER 2019, YOU, out of poverty. While ALICE does not
ALSO VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING. WERE ALONG WITH THREE OTHER refer to people who are by definition in
THE FINDINGS A SURPRISE? ORGANIZATIONS, LAUNCHED poverty, when you’re talking about being
It’s interesting because I don’t think SAFE SPACES & WORKPLACES. one paycheck away from homelessness,
people were surprised, they were just HOW WILL THIS INITIATIVE that, to me, is just as important. The pro-
saddened. We have key providers in the HELP END SEXUAL HARASS- gram maps the entire family’s hopes and
community who have worked hard over MENT IN THE WORKPLACE? dreams, plotting out the path to achieve
the years to bring this to the forefront. When I became a CEO, their goals, step-by-step. Sometimes,
And this study confirms what these I connected with other people just need a little encouragement
people already knew was happening female leaders and, in that in the very beginning to achieve those
and gives volume to it. This is the first process, we learned that a small successes to pull them around.
study of its kind in Hawai‘i that sheds lot of us had experienced We’ve been testing the program in Maui
light on what’s going on. It’s very dis- harassment. As a solution- and Kaua‘i and the data shows that the
heartening. What it tells me is that we focused person, I believed model is working. So now we’re begin-
have to get ahead of the problem and it was important to not ning to expand it statewide.
focus on prevention. just say this happened but
to also take the lead. The WHAT’S NEXT FOR CFS?
WHAT DOES ‘GETTING AHEAD OF THE idea behind Safe Spaces I see our organization as an incuba-
PROBLEM’ LOOK LIKE? & Workplaces is to gather tor and innovator. We’re always trying
We have to look at this from every data and see how many new things and looking at new models
angle. In terms of prevention, we have people in Hawai‘i have of care to push the limits of what we
to get out to schools and educate our been impacted by this. can do to help our community. We con-
kids. Our human service providers will We’ve been conducting tinue to focus on our impact, measuring
need to do a better job of identifying focus groups and listening it and testing new ideas with that data.
trafficking. At CFS, we brought in a new to what Hawai‘i companies When you’re an innovator, you never
assessment tool, which has proven suc- need. We’re now creating know where you’ll land. But I see us as
cessful and will help us provide better video vignettes that lo- always pushing in a collaborative way
support. Law enforcement and task cal businesses can use for and never being satisfied.
PH OTO BY DAV I D C R OX F O R D U H M AG A Z I N E 9
Update
“When we returned to those areas, we found 4,000 new 13 Rank of UH Community
recruits…lots of keiki.” Colleges among the best in
WalletHub’s 2019 Best &
PARICK J. HART, one of four UH Hilo scientists whose research paper on this exciting Worst Community-College
new growth of keiki ‘ōhi‘a and koa trees, after 25 years of fencing out feral cattle and pigs, Systems of 710 systems in
was published in Restoration Ecology in January. The study demonstrated that passive the nation. Evaluations were
regeneration of native trees can improve the habitat of rare native Hawaiian birds in the based on cost & financ-
13,000-hectare Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, a higher-elevation tropical forest ing, educational outcomes
area established in 1985 on Hawai‘i Island. [UH press release 3/27/20] and career outcomes. [“UH
Community Colleges among top
national systems,” UH press release
8/20/19]
“I really think
it’s going to
open doors for
a lot of people
back home.”
MANDY ROCK, second-
year UH medical student
from Ha‘ikū, Maui, of the
proposal to expand the
John A. Burns School of
Medicine at Mānoa to
UH Maui College to train
and keep more doctors in
Hawai‘i. A December 2019
physician workforce report
estimated a shortage of
2,102
509 active physicians
NUMBER OF LINES IN THE KUMULIPO, statewide. [“Proposal to ex-
pand University of Hawaii medical
the ancient Hawaiian creation chant, school to Maui may help doctor
from which UH Hilo Hawaiian language shortage,” Honolulu Star-Advertis-
professor Larry Kimura drew the name, er 1/12/20]
“Pōwehi,” for the newly discovered black
hole whose first ever image won the
2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamen-
tal Physics Award. [“Discovery named with nod 150 Number of engineer-
to science and culture,” West Hawaii Today 8/19/19;
“An ‘Oscar’ for isle astronomy,” Off the News, Hono- ing students at UH Mānoa
lulu Star-Advertiser 9/10/19] awarded funds from the Col-
lege of Engineering’s 2019
Annual Banquet fundraiser
and granted extensions for
PHOTO: COURTESY OF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
completion, due to COV-
“We truly believe this is a fantastic destination both as a ID-19, through the next aca-
financial and an educational decision.” demic year. The 11 projects
include a concrete canoe, a
HELEN COX, former Kaua‘i Community College chancellor, on the Līhu‘e campus’s rank as steel bridge, an unmanned
the best community college in Hawai‘i (the only one scoring in the top 30) and ranking 21st aerial delivery system, and
in the nation in 2019, according to a WalletHub analysis. [“Kaua‘i Community College ranked best a search-and-rescue drone.
community college in Hawaii, analysis says,” Pacific Business News 8/27/19] [UH press release 4/20/20]
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CHANGING
TIDES
by T I F F A N Y H I L L
PH OTO G R A PH Y BY A A RO N YO S H I N OHow communities are
educating, engaging
and stewarding
sustainability on O‘ahuSustainability is finally having its moment. Long treated as a trendy marketing tactic or buzzword for online influencers, now more than ever, the discipline is being meaningfully integrated into classrooms and workplaces. That’s good news for places like Hawai‘i. 14 S PR I N G 2 0 2 0
Cheryse Sana (far left), staff and students
at MA‘O Organic Farm in Lualualei Valley,
Wai‘anae
Businesses, nonprofits and edu-
cational institutions are leading the
way when it comes to sustainability in
the Islands. Today, these community
stakeholders discuss sustainability as
an essential part of doing business, aid-
ing the community and teaching stu-
dents. Here are three sectors that are
working toward a strong and enduring
future for Hawai‘i and the world.
AGRICU LT U RE
W
ITH THE WAI‘ANAE MOUNTAIN
R ANGE serving as a dramatic
backdrop, MA‘O Organic Farms
is situated on 281 acres of land
on O‘ahu’s Leeward coast, once a
thriving region in ancient times
able to produce an adequate food
supply for its people. Husband and wife
team Kukui and Gary Maunakea-Forth
started MA‘O—Mala ‘Ai ‘Opio, or Gar-
den Food Youth—in 2001 with just five
acres. The pair are more than just farm-
ers though, they are creating economic
and social development opportunities
for West O‘ahu’s youth and the sur-
rounding community.
“Our mission is to educate young
people,” says Kukui Maunakea-Forth
(BA Hawaiian-Pacific Studies ’99, West
O‘ahu). “Our work is also to create a
workforce and to create opportuni-
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF MA‘O; ILLUSTRATIONS: BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIBRARY
ties. We happened to pick agriculture
Located in the middle of the Pacific, the Hawaiian and organic farming because of the huge lack of good,
Islands are already experiencing climate change, in- healthy locally grown food in our community.”
cluding rising sea levels, coastal erosion and warmer The farm is a shining example of how to grow
air temperatures. In fact, climate change is consid- and scale a sustainable organic farm. Training new
ered the crisis of the world today, according to the farmers and future community leaders means they
United Nations. work on the planting, harvesting, marketing and dis-
But Hawai‘i’s distinct geographic location, coupled tribution of the farm’s high quality organic fruits and
with its cultural diversity, lends unique opportuni- vegetables. It means running a business that also in-
ties in sustainability. In 2017, Hawai‘i became the first volves co-managing a social enterprise operation. As
state to commit to the Paris Agreement standards, such, MA‘O is a model for transforming O‘ahu’s food
which includes efforts to conserve natural resources insecurity in a state that still imports 90 percent of its
and combat sea level rise. The state also has aggres- food. With students from UH West O‘ahu working in
sive energy benchmarks: 100 percent renewable en- tandem with MA‘O to learn about these sustainable
ergy and carbon neutral by 2045. food systems, the program has shown a way to influ-
U H M AG A Z I N E 15ence ecological policy and engage the next generation
of Hawai‘i’s farmers. According to the USDA, the av-
erage age of the American farmer is 57.
E N E RGY
Since MA‘O Organic Farms started, it has pro-
vided stipends and college scholarships for students
O
attending the University of Hawai‘i. Many of these N O‘AHU’S SOUTH SHOR E, the sunshine is key
interns are enrolled at the West O‘ahu campus, just 17 to the success of another sustainable initiative.
miles away. Students learning how to farm, including But it’s not fruits and vegetables, it’s solar-
those still in high school, simultaneously acquire en- powered electricity. The benefactors are for-
trepreneurial skills based on Hawaiian values. In the merly houseless local families who now reside
farm’s nearly two-decade history, roughly 350 interns at Kahauiki Village. Located on 11.3 acres of
have gone through its internship program, many land between Nimitz Highway, Ke‘ehi Lagoon
earning associate and bachelor’s degrees. Park and Sand Island, Kahauiki Village was launched
The farm has even contributed to reversing Hawai‘i’s in 2016 in response to Gov. David Ige’s Emergency
brain drain. Some former interns, many of whom are Proclamation on Homelessness. According to the
UH alumni, now work at MA‘O, says Maunakea-Forth. Point in Time Count—the annual nationwide home-
MA‘O’s leadership includes Youth Leadership Devel- less census—there were 4,311 people living on the
opment Specialist Tori-Lyn Smith (MSW ’17, Mānoa), streets, in parks or on beaches on O‘ahu in 2019.
Farm Manager Cheryse Sana (BA Hawaiian Studies ’12, Hawai‘i also has a higher number of homeless people
Mānoa), and Farm Co-Manager Derrik Parker (ASC per capita—46 out of every 10,000 people—than any
Community Food Security ’11, Leeward Community other state except New York, according to a December
College). Maunakea-Forth says it’s created a dynamic, 2018 HUD report.
intergenerational leadership at the organization. To help combat the pervasive problem, Kahauiki
“They’re the best role models for the young people Village was launched using renovated modular homes,
who are the backbone of our organization. We want originally intended for the 2011 Tohoku, Japan tsunami
people who will return back to their community to and earthquake victims, and now made to look like
work and to raise the next generation.” Hawai‘i plantation-style homes. The unique neighbor-
Solar Panels on rooftops at
Kahauiki Village
16 S PR I N G 2 0 2 0able energy projects, according to Yuen. “The idea that
we can be self-sufficient on energy from our on-island
sources is a big deal,” he says. “I think this demon-
strates that it’s feasible to do more than we think.”
E DUCAT ION
I
N 2015, THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I pioneered
a new systemwide department, the Office of
Sustainability. The UH office integrates sus-
tainability practices across virtually every-
thing the institution does: education, research,
operations and community and cultural en-
The Albizia Project was one of two winners in gagement. It’s a massive directive, but director
the UH Office of Sustainability’s inaugural Green Matthew Lynch says the office is up for the challenge.
Project competition “We need to be doing everything we can to ensure
our students are equipped with knowledge not just to
survive, but to thrive,” says Lynch, who has a back-
ground in community-based sustainable development.
hood is the brainchild of Duane Kurisu, aio Hawaii Lynch is part of a six-person team that works
CEO and chairman. Designed for resident families across the University of Hawai‘i’s 10 campuses and in
with young children, it will comprise 144 affordable, the community to integrate sustainability initiatives.
one- and two-bedroom homes, as well as a community The office’s work is based on the shared belief that
center, grocery store, preschool, nursery and more. As sustainability and resilience are crucial to Hawai‘i’s
of May, the project is in its final construction phase. long-term success and vitality. They create and sup-
The project is a collaboration of city and state port projects investing in food security, renewable
governments, as well as a laundry list of private com- energy, bio-cultural restoration and more.
panies and nonprofits, some of whom provided their In the last five years, the office has achieved tangi-
services pro bono. This includes InSynergy Engineer- ble successes such as installing PV systems on various
ing, a Honolulu engineering company. buildings across campuses. UH Maui, for example,
“We’ve been looking for something to support the is on track to become the country’s first net-zero
homeless issue for a long time,” says Joel Yuen (BS campus by the end of this year. The 78-acre campus,
mechanical engineering ’81, Mānoa), the president of which comprises 40 buildings, will soon generate 100
InSynergy. “I thought this was a great thing.” percent of its energy from on-site solar photovoltaic
InSynergy Engineering donated mechanical engi- systems and battery storage. Leeward Community
neering expertise and services for the project, includ- College on O‘ahu also has enough solar PV planned to
ing plumbing, power distribution and fire protection. provide for roughly 98 percent of its energy consump-
When it came to powering the homes, Yuen says the tion, says Lynch. These renewable energy initiatives
company spent four to six weeks analyzing how to showcase to students, and the community, that UH
best serve the residents of Kahauiki Village. For them, is committed to sustainability and being responsible
sustainability meant not only environmentally, but stewards of Hawai‘i’s environment, he adds. “Imagine
also fiscally for the neighborhood’s future residents. how it must feel (for students) to show up every day to
“We wanted to find solutions that would reduce their a campus that is literally demonstrating what a clean-
operating utility costs,” he says of the vision for the energy future can look like.”
village as permanent homes for working families. The office has also had notable academic achieve-
Enter the solar-powered technology. InSynergy ments like the creation of three bachelor’s sustain-
Engineering collaborated with Honolulu renewable ability degree programs, available at UH Mānoa, UH
energy company PhotonWorks to create an integrated, West O‘ahu and UH Maui. And in 2018, UH Mānoa
photovoltaic microgrid and solar water heating sys- launched the Institute for Sustainability and Resil-
tem. This allows Kahauiki Village to be off-grid and ience. The institute promotes environmental com-
reduces residents’ utility bills by more than 20 per- munity partnerships and concentrates on solution-
cent, says Yuen. oriented curriculum across all departments.
Since working on Kahauiki Village, InSynergy En- “Everything exists to serve students,” says Lynch.
gineering has received requests for additional sustain- “We need to be teaching to the issues of our times.”
U H M AG A Z I N E 17SPORTS
Hilo
Reigns
A MUTUAL LOVE FOR
VOLLEYBALL AND
COACHING AT UH HILO
LAUNCHED GLENNIE
ADAMS’ AND TANYA
FUAMATU-ANDERSON’S
RISE AS OUTSTANDING
LEADERS IN HAWAI‘I
PREP SPORTS
By L A N C E T O M I N A G A
T
HEY ARE COACH AND PLAY-
ER, mentor and protégé, close
friends and now, the friendli-
est of rivals. times every day. It got to the point
They are Glennie Adams where they finally said, ‘Stop calling!’”
and Tanya Fuamatu-Ander- She had to adapt in the classroom Glennie Adams and Tanya
Fuamatu-Anderson
son—two of the most esteemed as well.
figures in Hawai‘i volleyball “At first, I was the worst student,”
history—and they had some of Adams admits. “I quickly learned that
their greatest successes at the to be able to play, I needed to have the
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. grades. I needed to be accountable. I
Adams was a four-sport athlete at learned to value academics, and by the
Kamehameha-Kapālama. When she time I graduated, I actually wound up
enrolled at UH Hilo to play volleyball excelling in the classroom.”
for legendary women’s coach Sharon On the court, success came right
Peterson, it took her a while to adjust to away. On December 8, 1979, then-soph-
her new surroundings. omore Adams helped the Vulcans win
“It seemed that I was an eternity the school’s first national champion-
away from my family,” Adams recalls, ship, defeating Lewis University in Or-
smiling. “I was calling them multiple lando, Florida. Playing both setter and
18 S PR I N G 2 0 2 0 I L LU S T R AT I O N BY K E L S E Y I G EShe graduated from Hilo with a roses every once in a while. We don’t
degree in psychology (she later earned always have to move so fast.”
a master’s degree in social work at Fuamatu-Anderson was a four-year
UH Mānoa). Her first volleyball head starter at outside hitter for Peterson
coaching opportunity came at UH Lab and was named “NAIA Player of the
School, where she led the girls program Year” in 1993.
to state titles in 1988, 1989 and 1990. “What really sticks out for me about
The wins continued when Adams Hilo,” she says, even with the individual
became the head coach at Chaminade awards and honors she earned as a Vul-
University. In her 15 seasons with the can, “is all the people that I got to meet,
Silverswords, she notched 179 victo- and the friends and sisters that I’ll have
ries—the most in program history. with me forever.”
“I constantly preached to my play- By the time she graduated in 1995
ers that volleyball was their ticket to a with a BA in psychology, Fuamatu-
higher education,” she says. “I prided Anderson already knew she wanted
myself on the number of kids we gradu- to coach.
ated from Chaminade.” “I still had competitive juices flow-
In 2011, Adams was named the first ing in me, and coaching was the next
female athletics director at her alma ma- best thing to playing,” she explains.
ter, Kamehameha, which boasts one of the Fuamatu-Anderson joined Adams’
largest athletic programs in the nation. coaching staff at Chaminade for 11
“That’s humbling,” she says. “You seasons before becoming a club coach,
know that feeling you get when some- where she led her teams to two nation-
thing really good happens to you? That’s al championships.
how it is for me every single day.” In 2013, Fuamatu-Anderson was
One of Adams’ top players at UH Lab named to her current position as the
School was Fuamatu-Anderson, whose girls head volleyball coach at Punahou
love for volleyball came at an early age. School. The following season, she led
She grew up in Mayor Wright Housing the Buffanblu to the Division I state title.
in Liliha, living with her parents and 10 “The best part about my job is
siblings, including future NFL running working with the kids,” she says. “It’s
back Chris Fuamatu-Ma‘afala. a crucial time for them, making a lot of
Her older cousins played volleyball important decisions. For me, (coaching)
outside, standing in a circle and bump- isn’t about winning titles. It’s about
ing the ball back and forth to each oth- helping kids.”
er, with no net or court or referees. Her former coach agrees.
“When I first started, I was too “Win or lose, I want to see our kids
young to even be in the circle. I was and coaches exemplify the values that
outside hitter, she was named an NAIA their gofer, running around to retrieve we aspire to at Kamehameha,” says Ad-
All-American that season. On that same the ball if it got hit out of the circle. ams. “The grit. The tenacity. The never-
day, Mānoa’s UH Rainbow Wahine also That was my first taste of volleyball.” give-up attitude. When they give it
captured their first national title under That one taste turned into an insatia- their all, I’m even more proud of them.”
Coach Dave Shoji. ble hunger. Fuamatu-Anderson became a Although the two women are now
“We actually won our championship two-time All-State performer at UH Lab, at rival institutions, Adams and Fua-
first because we were in Florida and earning honors alongside future volley- matu-Anderson continue to root for
they were in Utah,” Adams points out. ball standouts, such as current UH Rain- one another.
Going on to help Hilo capture an- bow Wahine head coach Robyn Ah Mow. “Glennie was such an amazing men-
other national title in 1982, she caught In college at Hilo, it didn’t take long tor,” says Fuamatu-Anderson. “She gave
the coaching bug during the 1981 season, for Fuamatu-Anderson to adjust to the us nothing but her absolute best.”
when she was sidelined with an injury. Big Island’s laidback lifestyle. “It was Says Adams: “They don’t get any
“Sharon let me work with the setters, definitely a change of pace, but I liked tougher than Tanya. She’s an example
putting them through drills,” she recalls. it,” she says. “The people of Hilo taught of what you want in a student-athlete.
After watching the games from the me a lot. There’s a peace and simplicity So I’ll always want her to do well.”
bench and seeing Sharon “do her thing,” about them that really appealed to me. She smiles. “I just don’t want her to
Adams thought, “I’d like to do this.” They taught me to stop and smell the beat Kamehameha.”
U H M AG A Z I N E 19Milestones
F IN D IN G YOU R
L A NGUAGE
HONORED
LAR RY K IM U R A : 2 0 2 0 L I V I NG
T R EA SUR E S O F H AWA I ‘I
F
ROM HIS UNCOMMON
UPBRINGING as a child of
a Japanese father and Ha-
waiian mother on Hawai‘i
Island’s Parker Ranch, Larry
Lindsey Kimura knew early on where
he came from, surrounded by the lan-
guages—Hawaiian, Japanese and Pid-
gin—of his large, loving and nurturing
multi-generational family. He also sensed
the “imbalance, the neglect of Hawaiian,”
compared to other cultures in its home-
land. That awareness deepened when
he enrolled as an eighth grader at Kame-
hameha Schools in Kapālama.
“Lonesome is how I felt,” recalls the
associate professor of Hawaiian language respected for his decades of work to re- a non-profit Kimura co-founded, ‘Aha
and Hawaiian studies at UH Hilo. “Peo- vitalize the Hawaiian language, Kimura Pūnana Leo. It was awarded the world’s
ple my age weren’t interested, as I was, in realized that, beyond the 1978 Con- first accreditation of an early education
Hawaiian” as their own language and link stitutional Amendment that restored program conducted through an endan-
to their cultural identity, and as “a way of Hawaiian (banned in schools in 1896) gered and indigenous language in 2014.
being and of understanding the world.” as an official state language, reviving “There’s more to be done,” he says.
But influential others took notice, includ- Hawaiian as a “living” language meant As for the present, Kimura chairs the
ing Mary Kawena Pukui. In his senior “building from the ground up.” His vi- Hawaiian Lexicon Committee that cre-
year at UH Mānoa, Kimura asked her to sion, now shared with many others he ates new words. He was asked in 2019
include his aging Hawaiian grandmother says, has spanned from kūpuna to keiki. to name the first captured image of a
in Pukui’s now landmark audio record- They include rare audio documentation black hole by an international team of
ings of native speakers, often credited of the last native ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i speakers astronomers, including scientists from
with making the Hawaiian Renaissance available to modern speakers; and the two telescopes on Mauna Kea. He chose
of the 1970s possible. creation of the first Hawaiian language “Pōwehi,” which refers to “a source of
Now internationally renowned and preschools in the 1980s, established by unending creation.”—Gail Miyasaki
AWA R D E D & Randy, formed in 1974 during Hall of Fame. A two-time winner militarization, by MOANIKE‘ALA
JON OSORIO, (BA ’86, MA ’91, the Hawaiian Renaissance of lo- (1984 and 2000) of the Jennie AKAKA, MAXINE KAHAULELIO,
PhD ’96 history, Mānoa), dean cal music and winner of the 1981 K. Wilson Invitational, the state’s TERRILEE KEKO‘OLANI-RAY-
of UH Mānoa’s Hawai‘inuiākea Song of the Year Hoku Award, most prestigious women’s golf MOND, and L O R E T TA R I T T E ,
School of Hawaiian Knowledge, “Hawaiian Eyes.” championship, Kokx is the 75th co-winner, Hawaiian Language,
a 2019 Lifetime Achievement golfer and 15th woman inducted. Culture and History category,
Award by the Hawai‘i Academy INDUCTED She served as UH Women’s Golf 2019 Ka Palapala Po‘okela
of Recording Arts for his con- BOBBI KOKX Coach (1995-’97). Awards. Featuring essays by
tributions to Hawai‘i’s music (BA ’87 sociology, Mānoa), one four wāhine koa (courageous
and recording industry. The Hilo, of Hawai‘i’s first female Class AWA R D E D women) and leaders in Hawaiian
Hawai‘i native and Kamehameha A PGA professionals, into the Na- Wa-hine Koa: Hawaiian movements of the 1970s. (UH
Schools graduate was half of Jon Aloha Section PGA Hawai‘i Golf Women for Sovereignty and De- Press, 2018)
20 S PR I N G 2 0 2 0 PH OTO BY N A N I W E L C H K E L I ‘ I H O ‘ O M A L UMilestones
Aloha ‘Oe
Barry Taniguchi
(1947-2019), civic-minded, philanthropic
third-generation leader of Hawai‘i Island’s
kama’āina KTA Super Stores, founded by his SELECTED
immigrant grandparents, championed island-
grown food supply and education, including MICHAE L -THO MAS FO UMAI:
UH scholarships and UH Hilo’s first perma- 20 19 PACIFIC CE N TURY FE L L OWS
nent faculty endowments. He attended UH
W
Hilo and earned a BBA ’69 at Mānoa. HAT HAPPENS working with others to create
when you don’t music, and a deep appreciation
Fay Tsuruko Uyeda like the piano les- for Hawai‘i while on the Main-
(1944-2019), (BEd ’66, Mānoa), dedi- sons you started land for graduate school have,
cated community advocate and leader,
at age five, so you since returning in 2015, shaped
fondly known as “Aunty Fay,” was a teacher,
Waipahu community leader and founder quit? If you’re Michael-Thomas Foumai’s musical story-telling.
of programs for at-risk groups, including Foumai, lecturer in UH Mānoa’s A turning point was meet-
as executive director of Communities in music department and UH West ing Nainoa Thompson and
School-Hawai‘i. O‘ahu’s Academy of Creative Me- crew members of Hōkūle‘a on
dia, you start composing music their 2017 return from its his-
Terence Knapp by sixth grade. Then in middle toric Mālama Honua worldwide
(1932-2019), London-born UH Mānoa school at Kawananakoa, you voyage. The result was “Raise
professor/actor/director, called “Hawai‘i’s discover the violin as “the right Hawaiki,” a large scale choral-
World Class Actor,” was widely known for instrument for me. symphony, featuring music com-
his one-man show, “Damien,” about Father
“Music for me is a way to tell posed by Foumai.
Damien of Moloka‘i, winner of the presti-
gious Peabody Award as a Hawai‘i Public stories. It stirs the imagination Chosen one of 35 talented
Television production that aired nationally in and conjures images,” says the young leaders in Hawai‘i for the
1978 on PBS. now 32-year-old Foumai, whose 2019 Pacific Century Fellows,
main passion is composing. De- Foumai takes an expansive ap-
Sumi Makey scribed as “vibrant and cinemat- proach that celebrates versa-
(1926-2019), (BA psychology ‘48, Mānoa) ic” (New York Times), his sym- tility, collaboration, diversity
Maui-born educator and administrator, first phonic compositions, performed and respect for tradition and
dean of the East-West Center’s Office of Stu- and recorded nationwide, have innovation in the arts. His
dents and Open Programs, initiated its Open earned him international ac- works include “Symphony of the
Grants program in the 1970s that expanded
claim. An early love of movie Hawaiian Birds” with Bishop
the Center’s fields of study, attracting interna-
tional student scholars, including from China, music, an exciting joy from Museum; several web-based
Bhutan and other Asian countries. documentaries on
the creative process
Richard T. Mamiya through social me-
(1925-2019), (BS ’50, Mānoa), interna- dia; Hawaii Youth
tionally renowned cardiac surgeon, revolu- Symphony arrange-
tionizing open-heart coronary bypass sur- ments for guest art-
gery and initiating Queen’s Medical Center’s ists Amy Hānaiali‘i
first international patient program, was
and Jake Shimabu-
instrumental in establishing UH’s medical
school, serving as its first surgical depart- kuro, among others;
ment chair. A star scholarship athlete at St. and an upcoming
Louis School and UH Mānoa, he was also a opera on Hawai‘i’s
prolific philanthropist dedicated to provid- infamous Massie
ing opportunities to others. Case of the 1930s.
“Music cannot
Goro Arakawa be seen. It is an
PHOTO: COURTESY OF MICHAEL-THOMAS FOUMAI
(1922-2019), proud son of Waipahu and invisible journey as
second generation leader of its Arakawa’s it moves through
store, ardent civic leader and historian of
time,” says Foumai,
Waipahu’s plantation heritage and values,
spearheaded the Waipahu Cultural Gardens who believes it
and its Hawaii’s Plantation Villages. When has “the power to
World War II interrupted his UH education, bring community
he volunteered for the Hawaii Territorial together, to inspire
Guard, predecessor of the famed Nisei and create commu-
442 nd regimental combat team. nity.”—Gail Miyasaki
U H M AG A Z I N E 21What’s My Job?
the Royal Shakespeare Company. Re-
cipient of the Kennedy Center American
College Theater Festival Excellence in
Teaching Award, she has also won numer-
ous awards in acting, playwriting and
directing, including three Po‘okela from
the Hawaii State Theatre Council.
I taught privileged students in Lon-
don at a top acting conservatory for
several years. I wanted to come back
to Hawai‘i and give other students the
chance for the same life-changing ex-
perience I had as a troubled kid. When
I used to act, I loved escaping into
another life or world. Actors bravely
imagine the given circumstances of a
character. Theater classes require com-
passion, can build immense confidence,
and make students more perceptive and
able to adapt to any circumstance.
Kinoshita has directed over 100
critically acclaimed productions in New
York, London and Honolulu. Her most
PLAY M A KE R recent directing achievements include
Dennis Carroll’s Way of a God about
Captain Cook (Kumu Kahua) and Wil-
Taurie Kinoshita liam Shakespeare’s MacBeth (Hawaii
Shakespeare Festival). She also took
WCC students to Los Angeles to perform
in A Walking Shadow, a play about the
1929 Myles Fukunaga case in Hawai‘i.
I would rather do theater here
because it can speak to specific under-
HOMETOWN Kinoshita takes her students every sum- served groups. I love doing theater for
I grew up in Honolulu with a mother mer to London to train at the conserva- local audiences, giving them high qual-
who was a brilliant, strong, outspoken toire where she once taught, and to work ity theater that normally they would
woman. Also manic depressive, she with Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust and have to travel to see. I care most about
ended up taking her own life. Because the quality of the performance and ar-
of this, I ended up homeless as a teen- tistic standards.
ager. As a young adult, theater literally
saved my life: It taught me discipline, PROUDEST MOMENT
concentration, professional behavior, I love hearing from my students who
humility, confidence. have gone on to great success in the
performing arts and seeing how well
EDUCATION they’re doing. Most significantly, even
• BA theater, Mānoa my students who did not continue
• MFA directing, Mānoa with theatre are extremely successful.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF TAURIE KINOSHITA
Engaging in theatre is the art of learn-
WORK ing to make appropriate and compel-
• Theater Lecturer, Windward Community ling choices—onstage and in life.
College
• Education Director, Hawaii Shakespeare F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N O N TA U R I E
Festival K I N O S H I TA :
• Play Development Committee, Kumu Kinoshita, center, with the cast of https://aerospace.wcc.hawaii.edu/the-
Kahua Theatre Burning Memory atre/instructors.php
22 S PR I N G 2 0 2 0Alumni Events
N EW ALUMNI HOLOHOLO SERIES:
BREWING IN HAWAI‘I EVENT
DC ALUMNI RECEPTION
I N T H E N AT I O N ’ S
CA P I TA L
On September 24, 2019, UH
alumni and friends in the Wash-
ington, D.C. area gathered for
the DC Alumni Reception at the
beautiful Cosmos Club. Guests
enjoyed a special presentation by
UH Mānoa Associate Professor
Dr. Veronica Bindi on the future
of human exploration to the Moon
and Mars, and her work on the
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
C
HEERS! ALUMNI AND GUESTS ENJOYED TASTING a variety of
beers as part of the Brewing in Hawai‘i event on February 27,
2020. Held in Kaka‘ako, the first-time event launched the new
Alumni Holoholo Series. It features successful alumni (pictured
center, Kelly Simek [BA Interdisciplinary Studies, broadcast meteorology,
Mānoa ’14], KHON-TV weather reporter) from a wide range of industries FO OT B A L L F E V E R :
hosting guests for a behind-the-scenes look at what’s brewing in their work. A L U M N I C E L E B R AT I O N
I N WA S H I N GTO N S TAT E
Pre-game festivities on Septem-
ber 13, 2019, the day before the
football game against the Uni-
A HOMECOMING FIRST: versity of Washington, included
ALUMNI PAU HANA UH alumni and friends gather-
Go ‘Bows! Homecoming 2019 ing in the Evergreen State for
festivities featured the first an evening of food, fun and UH
ever Homecoming Alumni Pau spirit, hosted in partnership with
Hana event on September the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.
19 at Honolulu Beerworks Guests enjoyed live entertain-
in Kaka‘ako. With exclusive ment by the Hawaiian Airlines
access to the Beer Garden, Serenaders and appearances by
guests mingled with fellow President David Lassner, Mānoa
alumni, enjoyed delicious pūpū Athletics Director David Matlin
and reminisced about their and former Head Coach Nick Ro-
college days. lovich, along with the UH Mānoa
Cheer Team.
U H M AG A Z I N E 23Movers & Shakers
JAY ANA (BBA ’98, Mānoa), KENNETH KAN (BBA ’96, Mānoa), the National Association of Home
named president, Young Brothers, named senior VP and chief devel- Builders and representing Hawai’i‘s
LLC, the state’s only inter-island opment officer for the Outrigger building industry and its associates.
water carrier to transport cargo Hospitality Group, developer and He is president of DM Pacific, Inc. a
to all the islands. Joining Young manager of full-service hotels, diversified general contracting firm
Brothers in 2014, he has served condominium resorts, vacation with design/build capabilities.
more than 20 years in leading ownership (timeshare) resorts and
positions in Hawai‘i’s finance and resort retail complexes. His experi- JONATHAN MIZUKAMI (AAS
business industries. ence includes strategic planning, ‘01, CA ‘99, Maui), new executive
real estate investment and finance. chef, The Kahala Hotel & Resort,
JASON CHUNG JASON CHUNG (BA ’89, Mānoa) was previously chef de cuisine at
is the new VP of military affairs, DARRAH KAMAKANAALOHA Chef Mavro and executive chef at
Chamber of Commerce of Hawai‘i. KAUHANE (MS ’13, Mānoa), Vintage Cave. He oversees The Ka-
Commissioned in MIS through named executive director for the hala’s four restaurants and cater-
UH’s ROTC program and recently nonprofit Project Vision, the state’s ing. The Maui native has worked at
retired from the U.S. Army after only mobile health screening pro- renowned restaurants in California,
36 years, he has been an executive gram with mobile units addressing New York, Spain and England.
officer for the Commander of the healthcare access-challenged
U.S. Forces Command, and United communities on six islands. She KENRIC MURAYAMA (MD ’85,
Nations Command. also continues as executive director Mānoa), inducted into American
of Hawaiian Eye Foundation. College of Surgeons Academy of
SCOTT GLENN (MURP ’09, Master Surgeon Educators, the only
LANCE M. INOUYE Mānoa) appointed to the newly CHRIS KIM (AAS ’98, Honolulu Hawai‘i surgeon in the academy.
created position of chief energy CC), awarded the 2019 CrimeStop- The ‘Iolani School graduate is cur-
officer, Hawai‘i State Energy Office, pers USA national award for Coordi- rently chair and residency program
has previously served as director of nator of the Year, out of 350 nation- director, John A. Burns School of
the Office of Environmental Quality wide, is the Honolulu program’s first Medicine’s Department of Surgery.
Control. He was also co-chair of the awardee in its 37-year history. Also
Sustainable Hawai‘i Initiative and serving as HPD’s volunteer crisis FRED MURPHY (BEd ’95, Mānoa),
liaison to the U.S. Climate Alliance. coordinator, the sergeant promoted honored as Hawai‘i’s 2019 National
use of the P3 Tips.app that in- Distinguished Principal of the Year
RUN HEIDELBERG (MS ’09, creased crime tips 200 percent. by the Hawai‘i Association of Sec-
Mānoa) is the new administrator, ondary School Administrators, has
Hawai‘i State Hospital. A 25-year CHRISTINA LIZZI (JD ’17, been principal for seven years at
veteran of the state hospital with Mānoa), named executive director, Mililani High School, his alma ma-
DARRAH a master’s degree in psychiatric Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, ter. He expanded AP courses, career
KAMAKANAALOHA
KAUHANE mental health nursing, he oversees a nonprofit focusing on threats to and tech education programs, clubs
the existing hospital, 600 employ- vital reefs and the nearshore ocean and athletic teams, and promotes
ees and the construction of a new environment. A member of the parent and community involvement.
144-bed psychiatric facility. IUCN World Commission on Envi-
ronmental Law, she has served as a MIKE PIETSCH (EMBA ’09,
LANCE M. INOUYE (JD ’77, policy analyst and national commu- Mānoa), promoted to president
EMBA ’05, Mānoa), recognized nity organizer on fisheries issues at and COO, Title Guaranty Hawai‘i,
as the 2020 Outstanding Union Food & Water Watch, a Washing- the state’s oldest and largest title
Builder of the Year by the Hawai‘i ton, D.C. non-profit organization. company owned and operated by a
Regional Council of Carpenters, kama‘āina family since 1896. Over-
for his professional excellence and ROY J. MACARAEG (AA ’94, Ho- seeing more than 300 employees
dedication to his construction nolulu CC; BA ’98, Mānoa), promot- in branches statewide, he contin-
craft, employees and industry rela- ed to brigadier general, Hawai’i Army ues to lead daily operations of both
MIKE PIETSCH tionships. He is president/CEO of National Guard. As the first Filipino the title and escrow companies.
Ralph S. Inouye Co. Ltd, founded soldier believed to achieve general
by his father Ralph. officer rank in the documented his- KITTY YANNONE (BA ’81,
tory of Hawai‘i’s citizen soldier ranks, Mānoa), appointed chair of Ameri-
ELLIOT KALAUAWA (MD ’79, he has served at the Pentagon and can Red Cross of Hawaii’s board
Mānoa), chief medical officer of in Iraq, Kuwait and Kosovo during his of directors, was instrumental in
Waikiki Health since 1986, honored 29 years of service. establishing its Corporate Part-
as “Physician of the Year” by the ners Program, providing financial
Healthcare Association of Hawai‘i. DWIGHT MITSUNAGA (DARCH support from Hawai‘i businesses.
One of the early Native Hawaiian ’00, Mānoa), named 2020 presi- Yannone currently serves as CEO
physicians, he oversees the multi- dent of the Building Industry As- of CommPac LLC, an integrated
service health center’s Primary sociation of Hawai‘i, a professional communications and public rela-
Medical Care services. trade organization affiliated with tions company.
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