our team
staff
Dean & Michele Wilhelm
Executive Co-Directors
Kirsten Hollenbeck
Operations Manager
Māhie Wilhelm
Executive Administrative Assistant
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
board of directors
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