our team

staff

Dean & Michele Wilhelm

Executive Co-Directors

Kirsten Hollenbeck

Operations Manager

Kazu Akiona-Bannan

Hoa'āina - Farm Operations Specialist

Kalani McCandless

Hoa'āina - Farm Operations Specialist

Zach Ritner

Hoa'āina - Farm Operations Specialist

Julianne Veneri

Hoa'āina - Farm Operations Specialist

Kaulana Kealoha-Hanawahine

Alakaʻi Loʻi

Tatum Kauka

Education Coordinator

Claudia Mena Rieke

Outreach & Tech Coordinator

Gil Shukrun

Financial Assistant

Tara Flynn

President

Managing Member of Aonalu, LLC

Mark Kunimune

Director

Program Director Emergency Medical Services, Kapi‘olani Community College (RET)

Kaʻanohiokalā Kalama-Macomber

Director

Office of Hawaiian Education, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

Lisa Maruyama

Director

President and CEO, Hawaiʻi Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations

Mike Wilson

Director

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice (RET)

Kathy Thurston

Director

General Contractor (RET)

Brook Emanuel

Director

Co-Founder & Director, Hele Fitness