our team
staff
Dean & Michele Wilhelm
Executive Co-Directors
Kirsten Hollenbeck
Operations Manager
Kazu Akiona-Bannan
Hoa ʻĀina - Farm Operations Specialist
Kaulana Kealoha-Hanawahine
Alakaʻi Loʻi
Tatum Kauka
Education Coordinator
Gil Shukrun
Financial Assistant
Loke-Teurikan Vakatuku
Financial Assistant
Claudia Mena Rieke
Outreach Coordinator
board of directors
Tara Flynn
President
Managing Member of Aonalu, LLC
Mark Kunimune
Director
Program Director Emergency Medical Services, Kapi‘olani Community College (RET)
Ryan Young
Director
Fire Chief (RET), Contractor
Kaʻanohiokalā Kalama-Macomber
Director
Office of Hawaiian Education, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education
Kathy Thurston
Director
General Contractor (RET)
Brook Emanuel
Director
Co-Founder & Director, Hele Fitness
Lisa Maruyama
Director
President and CEO, Hawaiʻi Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations
Mike Wilson
Director
Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice (RET)