Board of Directors
Louis "Buzzy" Agard
buzzyagard[at]hawaiiantel.net
kaulu100[at]hotmail.com
Koa Kaulukukui was born and raised in Puna on the Big Island of Hawai`i and later moved to O'ahu with her family where she graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus. She studied broadcast journalism and film production at Chapman University, finishing up her studies at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa with a BA in Environmental Studies in 2003. Koa obtained her J.D. and Certificate in Environmental Law from the University of Hawai'i’s William S. Richardson School of Law in 2006. During law school, Koa externed at Hawai'i’s Department of Land of Natural Resources, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Earthjustice’s Honolulu office, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. After law school, Koa worked for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Native Rights Land and Culture division, where she assisted in protecting Native Hawaiian rights from the impacts of development. She joined Earthjustice’s Honolulu office as an associate attorney in January 2007 where she used the legal process to protect Native Hawaiian rights, freshwater resources, and endangered species. Koa returned to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in 2010, where she currently assists with managing OHA’s landholdings and focuses on ceded land issues.
Lucy Gay
lucy[at]hawaii.edu
Sharla Manley
shmanle[at]nhlchi.org
Sharla Manley is a staff attorney with the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, the only non-profit, public interest law firm in the state of Hawai`i that provides legal assistance to families and communities engaged in perpetuating the culture and traditions of Hawai`i's indigenous people.
Prior to joining NHLC, Sharla worked on appeals for a class action law firm and served as a global litigation associate at an AmLaw100 firm in Los Angeles. As a law student, Sharla worked as a law clerk on Native Hawaiian rights cases involving access to water for cultural practices and the protection of lands reserved for the purpose of bettering the conditions of Native Hawaiians. Before law school, Sharla was a policy analyst working on Native Hawaiian rights at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Don May
earthcorps[at]earthlink.net
Kealoha Pisciotta
keomaivg[at]gmail.com
osorio[at]hawaii.edu
Jonathan Osorio is a past Director and now Professor of Hawaiian Studies at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. He has authored or coauthored a number of books on Hawaiian Kingdom politics, music and history, and contemporary political society in Hawaiʻi. He serves on several boards of non-profit organizations that focus on the environment and performing arts. He and his wife Mary are parents of 5 children and live in Pālolo Valley.
Founder
Vicky Holt Takamine
vtakamine[at]gmail.com
