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ULANA ʻIKE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
FACULTY & STAFF
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
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Ruby Pap
Coastal Land Use Extension Specialist
Email: rpap@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 241-4183
Fax: (808) 241-6699
![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
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Maya Walton
Assistant Director for Research and Fellowships; Knauss Fellow 2014
Email: waltonm@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-6992
Fax: (808) 956-3014
IN THIS SECTION
Learn more about the Ulana ‘Ike Center of Excellence
CONTACT
Ulana ‘Ike Center of Excellence
Director
Rosie Alegado
rosie.alegado@hawaii.edu
Projects & Partnerships Coordinator
Katy Hintzen
hintzen@hawaii.edu
OUR PATTERNS
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Each pattern represents a Center of Excellence. Learn more about the cultural connections and meanings behind them.