HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FACULTY AND STAFF
![Anela Akana](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AnelaAkana-273x300.jpg)
Anela Akana
Communications Lead, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center
Email: anelaa@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-429-9117
![Head shot image of Rosie Alegado](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/RosieAlegado-273x300.jpg)
Rosie Alegado
Director, Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence; Associate Professor, Dept of Oceanography; C-MORE; Sustainability Faculty
Email: rosie.alegado@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Pelika Andrade](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PelikaAndrade2-273x300.jpg)
Pelika Andrade
Education and Community Engagement Specialist
Email: pelikaok@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 960-8001
![Udi Butler](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UdiButler-273x300.jpg)
Udi Mandel Butler
Climate Action Program Manager, Hawaiʻi Climate Commission
Email: udi@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
![Una Ching](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/UnaChing2.jpg)
Una Ching
Human Resource Specialist
Email: uching@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-2874
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/brooke_c-e1521685546201-930x1024.jpg)
Brooke Cleveland
Assistant Volunteer Program Coordinator, Hanauma Bay
Email: brookehc@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 397-5840
Fax: (808) 395-0468
![Wesley Crile](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WesleyCrile-273x300.jpg)
Wesley Crile
Coastal Dune Restoration Specialist
Email: wcrile@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 359-3689
![Heather Dudock](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HeatherDudock.jpg)
Heather Dudock
Assistant Communications Leader; Multimedia Specialist
Email: hdudock@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-2415
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Dolan Eversole](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DolanEversole-273x300.jpg)
Dolan Eversole
Coastal Processes Specialist
Email: eversole@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-9780
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Nick Kawelakai Farrant](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/KawelaFarrant-273x300.jpg)
![Bradley (Kai) Fox](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BradleyKaiFox-273x300.jpg)
Bradley (Kai) Fox
Project and Partner Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Aquaculture and Coastal Resources; Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Email: bradleyf@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 291-2623
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/OceaniaFrancis.jpg)
Oceana P Francis
Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Sustainability Faculty
Email: oceanaf@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6555
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Shellie Habel](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ShellieHabel-273x300.jpg)
Shellie Habel
Research Coastal Geologist; Peter Rappa Fellow 2017
Email: skey@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 798-6967
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Katy Hintzen](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/KatyHintzen-273x300.jpg)
Katy Hintzen
Coastal Resilience Specialist; Project and Partner Coordinator, Ulana 'Ike Center of Excellence
Email: hintzen@hawaii.edu
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DennisHwang.jpg)
Dennis Hwang
Coastal Hazard Mitigation Specialist
Email: djh@opgilaw.com
Phone: (808) 544-8608
Fax: (808) 531-8628
![Gavin Iwai](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/GavinIwai-1-273x300.jpg)
Gavin Iwai
Hanauma Bay Outreach Coordinator
Email: giwai@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 397-5840
Fax: (808) 395-0468
![Sara Kahanamoku](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SaraKahanamoku-273x300.jpg)
Sara Kahanamoku
Junior Researcher, Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence
Email: sskahana@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
![Cherie Kauahi](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CherieKauahi-273x300.jpg)
Cherie Kauahi
Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Email: ckauahi@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 430-8207
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CindyKnapman.jpg)
Cindy Knapman
Communications Leader
Email: lknapman@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7410
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Jonathan Lance](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/JonathanLance-273x300.jpg)
Jonathan Lance
Climate Justice Specialist, Hawaiʻi Climate Commission
Email: jlance@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-425-3950
![Melanie Lander](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MelanieLander2-273x300.jpg)
Melanie Lander
Community Planning & Design Extension Specialist; Peter Rappa Fellow 2016
Email: mlander@hawaii.edu
![Elyse Larson](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ElyseLarson-273x300.jpg)
Élyse Larsen
Administrative Services Manager
Email: elysehan@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3010
![Scott Laursen](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ScottLaursen-273x300.jpg)
Scott Laursen
Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center Climate Adaptation Extension Specialist
Email: slaursen@hawaii.edu
Phone: (307) 699-0123
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RachelLentz.jpg)
Rachel CF Lentz
Science Writer; Communications Specialist
Email: rlentz@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-2415
![Beth Lenz](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BethLenz2-273x300.jpg)
Beth Lenz
Assistant Director for Diversity and Community Engagement; Knauss Fellow 2020
Email: ealenz@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-4284
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Headshot image of Darren Lerner](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lerner_2-e1522195498582-273x300.jpg)
![Kaiwipuni "Punihei" Lipe](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PuniheiLipe-273x300.jpg)
Kaiwipuni "Punihei" Lipe
Interim Director of IHLRT; UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer
Email: kaiwipun@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-2697
Fax: (808) 956- 4153
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MorganMamizuka.jpg)
Morgan Mamizuka
Volunteer Program Coordinator, Hanauma Bay Education Program
Email: mamizuka@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 394-1374
Fax: (808) 395-0468
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/LisaMedeiros.jpg)
Lisa Medeiros
Program Management Specialist
Email: heindl@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Headshot image of Wendy Meguro](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WendyMeguro-273x300.jpg)
Wendy Meguro
Director, Center for Smart Building and Community Design; Associate Professor, School of Architecture; Sustainability Faculty
Email: meguro@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![eileen nalley](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EileenNalley2-273x300.jpg)
Eileen Nalley
Fisheries Extension Specialist
Email: enalley@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3349
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Headshot image of Craig Nelson](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CraigNelson.jpg)
Craig Nelson
Associate Researcher, Dept of Oceanography; C-MORE; Sustainability Faculty
Email: craig.nelson@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-0581
![Kevin Nishimura](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/KevinNishimura-273x300.jpg)
Kevin Nishimura
Administrative Officer
Email: kpnishim@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3009
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Headshot of Darren Okimoto](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/darrenokimotopic-e1521247848610-929x1024.jpg)
Darren Okimoto
Associate Director; Extension Leader
Email: okimotod@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Tara Owens](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TaraOwens-273x300.jpg)
Tara Owens
Coastal Processes Extension Specialist
Email: taram@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 463-3868
Fax: (808) 270-1775
![KristinPada](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/KristinPada-273x300.jpg)
Kristin Pada
Program Management Specialist
Email: kmpada@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7032
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/for-web-ruby_pap-e1522199143196.jpg)
Ruby Pap
Coastal Land Use Extension Specialist
Email: rpap@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 241-4183
Fax: (808) 241-6699
![Headshot image of Eileen Peppard](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/eileen_peppard-e1522273460221.jpg)
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
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Hal_Richman-e1522272125648-929x1024.jpg)
Hal Richman
Information Technology Specialist
Email: hrichman@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MichaelRoberts.jpg)
Michael J Roberts
Associate Professor, Dept of Economics; Sustainability Faculty
Email: mjrobert@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Brad Romine](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Brad-Romine-web-directory-273x300.jpg)
Bradley M. Romine
Coastal Resilience Extension Specialist; Deputy Director - Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI-CASC) university consortium
Email: romine@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3013
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Anna_Rosa_2-e1522190953334-932x1024.jpg)
Anne Nanea Rosa
Marine Education Specialist
Email: annerosa@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Kanesa Seraphin](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/KanesaSeraphin-273x300.jpg)
Kanesa Duncan Seraphin
Assistant Director for Education; Director, Center for Marine Science Education
Email: kanesa@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 225-1753
Fax: (808) 956-9486
![Thor Seraphin](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ThorSeraphin-273x300.jpg)
![Melanie Swick](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MelanieSwick-273x300.jpg)
Melanie Swick
Maui Nui Climate Change and Community Specialist, Hawaiʻi Climate Commission
Email: swickm@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7031
![Emma Tovar](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EmmaTovar-273x300.jpg)
Emma Tovar
Education Specialist, Hanauma Bay Education Program
Email: emtovar@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 397-5840
![Bill Unruh](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/BillUnruh-273x300.jpg)
Bill Unruh
Climate Outreach Leader, Hawaiʻi Climate Commission
Email: unruh@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 583-0797
![Jennifer VanderVeur](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/JenniferVanderVeur-273x300.jpg)
Jennifer VanderVeur
Climate Grants Manager, Hawaiʻi Climate Commission
Email: veur@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-583-0795
![Headshot image of Mehana Vaughan](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MehanaVaughan.jpg)
Mehana Vaughan
Associate Professor, NREM; Sustainability Faculty
Email: mehana@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6859
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![](http://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/knauss-photo-maya-Cropped-aspect-10-to-11-273x300.png)
Maya Walton
Assistant Director for Research and Fellowships; Knauss Fellow 2014
Email: waltonm@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6992
Fax: (808) 956-3014
![Amy Wirts](https://seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AmyWirts-273x300.jpg)
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