FULL DIRECTORY
Eileen Nalley
PICCH Center Director; Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Fisheries Extension Specialist
Email: enalley@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3349
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Lorayne H. Aguinaldo
2026 Pacific Islands Coastal Health Fellow
Email: lorayneaguinaldo@gmail.com
Anela Akana
Multimedia Communications Specialist
Email: anelaa@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-429-9117
Rosie Alegado
Director, Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence; Professor, Dept of Oceanography; C-MORE; Sustainability Faculty
Email: rosie.alegado@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Pelika Andrade
Education and Community Engagement Specialist
Email: pelikaok@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 960-8001
Mylast Bilimon
RMI Climate Indicators and Sustainability Specialist
Email: mbilimon@cmi.edu
Phone: (692) 458-1794
Laura Brewington
Pacific RISA Climate Adaptation Specialist Co-Lead
Email: lbrewing@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 944-7233
Phone: (808) 956-3014
Anaheim-Joy "Hōku" Brown
2026 Pacific Islands Coastal Health Fellow
Email: anaheimjoy.brown@gmail.com
Udi Mandel Butler
Climate Commission Program Manager
Email: udi@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Maggie Chen
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Fisheries Research Assistant
Email: maggie9@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 203-9286
Connor Childs
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: connorrc@hawaii.edu
Una Ching
Human Resource Specialist
Email: uching@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-2874
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Wesley Crile
Coastal Dune Restoration Specialist
Email: wcrile@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 359-3689
David Crisostomo
Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Email: crisostomod8562 @triton.uog.edu
Phone: (671) 727-5655
Heather Dudock
Multimedia Communications Specialist
Email: hdudock@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-2415
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Lindsey Ellett
Affiliate Faculty
Email: lellett@usgs.gov
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Simon Ellis
Marine Resource Management Specialist
Email: microellis@gmail.com
Phone: +691-320-7948
Dolan Eversole
Coastal Processes Specialist
Email: eversole@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-9780
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Terra Faraon
Waiʻanae (Oʻahu) Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator
Email: terraf@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 782-8356
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Kaleohano Farrant
Coastal Community Resilience Specialist
Email: vkkf@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Nick Kawelakai Farrant
Koʻolauloa (Oʻahu) Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator
Email: nfarrant@hawaii.edu
Kaʻuaʻoa Fraiola
Affiliate Faculty
Email: kfraiola@usgs.gov
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: Fax: (808) 956-3014
Oceana P Francis
Professor, Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering; Sustainability Faculty
Email: oceanaf@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6555
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Thomas Giambelluca
Extension Faculty; Director, Hawaiʻi Mesonet; Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geography
Email: thomas@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Shellie Habel
Research Coastal Geologist; Peter Rappa Fellow 2017
Email: skey@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 798-6967
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Katy Hintzen
Coastal Resilience Specialist; Project and Partner Coordinator, Ulana 'Ike Center of Excellence
Email: hintzen@hawaii.edu
Emma Holloway
Nalley Lab Undergraduate GES Researcher
Email: esh24@hawaii.edu
Phone: (401) 297-5587
Dennis Hwang
Coastal Hazard Mitigation Specialist
Email: dennisjh@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 544-8608
Fax: (808) 531-8628
Gavin Iwai
Waikiki Aquarium Assistant Visitor Services and Volunteer Coordinator
Email: giwai@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 397-5840
Fax: (808) 395-0468
Vincent "Maverick" Jagon
2026 Pacific Islands Coastal Health Fellow
Email: Intern.vjagon@conservation.org
Mari-Vaughn Johnson
Affiliate Faculty
Email: mvjohnson@usgs.gov
Phone: (808) 208-3142
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Ellie Jones
Sustainable Fisheries Graduate Program Research Assistant
Email: ejones27@hawaii.edu
Phone: (971) 275-4107
Aurora Kagawa-Viviani
Assistant Professor, Dept of Geography and Environment
Email: kagawa@hawaii.edu
Sara Kahanamoku
Early Career Research Fellow
Email: sskahana@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Leanora Kaiʻaokamālie
Kona (Kauaʻi) Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator
Email: leanora@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-346-6763
Cherie Kauahi
Hilo (Hawaiʻi) Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator
Email: ckauahi@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 430-8207
Victoria Keener
Pacific RISA Climate Adaptation Specialist Co-lead
Email: keenerv@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 944-7220
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Romina King
Affiliate Faculty
Email: roking@triton.uog.edu
Phone: (671) 735-2880
Fax: (671) 734-5255
Marek Kirs
Associate Researcher, Water Resources Research Center
Email: kirs@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-9579
Fax: (808) 956-7847
Cindy Knapman
Lead Public Information and Communications Specialist
Email: lknapman@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7410
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Keri Kodama
Climate Research & Outreach Specialist
Email: kodamak8@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Denise Eby Konan
Director, Center for Sustainable Coastal Tourism
Email: konan@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6570
Fax: (808) 956-2340
Kelsie Kuniyoshi
STEMS² Researcher (College of Education)
Email: kelsiepk@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 679-9415
Rachel CF Lentz
Program Reporting and Communications Specialist
Email: rlentz@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-8191
Beth Lenz
Associate Director for Strategic Communications and Engagement; Knauss Fellow 2020
Email: ealenz@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-4284
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Dingyi Liu
NDPTC Geospatial/GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist
Email: dingyi@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 376-5185
Ryan Longman
PI-CASC University Consortium Program Director
Email: rlongman@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Elizabeth Madin
Associate Researcher, Dept of Biology; HIMB
Email: emadin@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 236-7401
Jamie McDevitt-Irwin
Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Email: jmcirwin@hawaii.edu
Keʻili McEvilly
Coastal Health Program Coordinator
Email: keilim@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 838-9032
Lisa Medeiros
Program Management Specialist
Email: heindl@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Wendy Meguro
Director, Center for Smart Building and Community Design; Professor, School of Architecture; Sustainability Faculty
Email: meguro@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Kalae Millikan
2026 Pacific Islands Coastal Health Fellow
Email: kalae.t.millikan.nss@hawaii.gov
Kieran Mitchell
Sustainable Fisheries Graduate Program Research Assistant
Phone: (808) 652-5806
Mary Janell Murro
Administrative Officer
Email: mjdmurro@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-8156
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Eileen Nalley
Fisheries Extension Specialist; PICCH Center Director
Email: enalley@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3349
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Craig Nelson
Associate Researcher, Dept of Oceanography; C-MORE; Sustainability Faculty
Email: craig.nelson@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-0581
Craig Nelson
Associate Researcher, Dept of Oceanography; C-MORE; Sustainability Faculty
Email: craig.nelson@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-0581
Darren Okimoto
Associate Director; Extension Leader
Email: okimotod@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Tara Owens
Maui Nui Program Coordinator, Coastal Processes and Hazards Specialist
Email: taram@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 463-3868
Fax: (808) 270-1775
Kristin Pada
Administrative Officer
Email: kmpada@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7032
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Dustin Palos
Pūʻali Komohana (Maui) Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator
Email: palos@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-870-4451
Ruby Pap
Coastal Land Use Extension Specialist
Email: rpap@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 241-4183
Fax: (808) 241-6699
Elliott Parsons
Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Network Specialist
Email: eparsons@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 494-0832
Eileen Peppard
Project and Partnership Coordinator, Center for Smart Building and Community Design; Sustainability Specialist
Email: epeppard@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-2861
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Kamuela Plunkett
Affiliate Faculty
Email: sw9@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Kilia Purdy-Avelino
Molokaʻi Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator
Email: kilia@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 646-1592
Michael J Roberts
Professor, Dept of Economics; Sustainability Faculty
Email: mjrobert@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Mariana Rocha de Souza
Coral Reef Resilience & Nature-based Solutions Outreach Specialist
Email: mrds@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Bradley M. Romine
Coastal Resilience Extension Specialist; Pili Nā Moku Project Coordinator
Email: romine@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3013
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Anne Nanea Rosa
Marine Education Specialist
Email: annerosa@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Kristen Sanfilippo
Hydrometeorological Researcher
Email: ksanfili@hawaii.edu
Phone: (508) 284-6300
Aimee Sato
Biocultural Research & Admin Assistant, Heʻeia NERR, HIMB
Email: aimeeys@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 236-7401
Kanesa Duncan Seraphin
Associate Director for Education; Director, Center for Marine Science Education
Email: kanesa@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 225-1753
Fax: (808) 956-9486
Thor Seraphin
Digital Media Outreach Specialist
Email: thors@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 635-3213
Christopher Shuler
Affiliate Faculty
Email: cshuler@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Kelley Anderson Tagarino
American Samoa Extension Specialist
Email: kelleyat@hawaii.edu
Phone: (684) 699-2722 ext. 1247
Kealiʻi Thoene
Kohala (Hawaiʻi Island) Moku Resilience Stewardship Coordinator
Email: pkealii@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 699-6781
Robert Toonen
Researcher, HIMB; Dept of Oceanography
Email: toonen@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 236-7401
Fax: (808) 236-7443
Bill Unruh
Outreach Leader, Hawaiʻi Climate Commission
Email: unruh@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 583-0797
Jennifer VanderVeur
Grants Manager, Hawaiʻi Climate Commission
Email: veur@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-583-0795
Mehana Vaughan
Associate Professor, NREM; Sustainability Faculty
Email: mehana@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Mehana Vaughan
Associate Professor, NREM; Sustainability Faculty
Email: mehana@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Maya Walton
Associate Director for Research, Fellowships, and Administration; Knauss Fellow 2014
Email: waltonm@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6992
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Leilua Willis Watson
American Samoa Project Coordinator
Email: leiluaw@hawaii.edu
Phone: (684) 254-2256
Laurel Wickwire
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Undergraduate Research Assistant
Email: laurelsw@hawaii.edu
Phone: (509) 638-2642
Tracy Wiegner
Professor, Marine Science Department (UH Hilo)
Email: wiegner@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 932-7594
Jennifer A.T.K. Wong-Ala
Coastal Health Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: jwongala@hawaii.edu
Supin Wongbusarakum
Affiliate Faculty
Email: supinw@gmail.com
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
Justin Yip
Digital Extension and Outreach-support Tool Specialist
Email: jyip808@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3349
Leilani Phan
2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow; 2025 Communications Student Assistant
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