Board of Directors
Koa Kaulukukui (Board President)
koalani[at]kahea.org
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.
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.
Camille Kalama
camille[at]kahea.org
Bio coming soon.
Lucy Gay
lucy[at]hawaii.edu
Bio coming soon.
Candace Fujikane
Candace Fujikane is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawai‘i. She teaches classes on the literatures of Hawai‘i, land struggles in Hawai‘i, and indigenous and critical cartography. She has co-edited two books, published several articles, and brings to KAHEA her expertise on methods of mapmaking in contemporary land struggles.
Jason Jeremiah (Secretary)
jason[at]kahea.org
Jason Alapaki Jeremiah, Secretary, is a Senior Cultural Resource Manager for the Kamehameha Schools Land Assets Division. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a Bachalor's in Hawaiian Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Previously, Jason worked as a Policy Advocate in Hawaiian Land and Historic Preservation at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He also conducts community-based mapping projects that teach Hawai‘i’s youth and local communities about GPS and GIS technologies.
Bianca Isaki (Treasurer)
bianca[at]kahea.org
Bianca Kai Isaki, Ph.D. attends the William S. Richardson School of law, pursuing an interest in law that advocates at the intersection of environmental conservation and decolonization in Hawai‘i. Previously, she was a summer clerk with the Earthjustice Mid-Pacific office and a postdoctoral fellow in Asian American studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She now works at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the University of Hawai`i at Mänoa Women Studies department and continues to revise her manuscript, A Decolonial Archive: The Historical Space of Asian Settler Politics in a Time of Hawaiian Nationhood.
Marti Townsend
marti[at]kahea.org
Bio coming soon.
Ikaika Hussey
ikaikahussey[at]gmail.com
Bio coming soon.
Tina Aiu
Tina Aiu is a law student at the William S. Richardson School of law, specializing in environmental law and ocean policy. She has worked on land and natural resource conservation issues for various organizations in Hawaii, including Kamehameha Schools, The Trust for Public Land, and The Conservation Council for Hawaii. She brings with her a diverse background in law, the biological sciences, and digital media.
Louis "Buzzy" Agard
buzzyagard[at]hawaiiantel.net
Bio coming soon.
Vicky Holt-Takamine (Founder and former Board President)
vtakamine[at]gmail.com
Vicky Holt Takamine is the founder and kumu hula (master teacher) of Pua Ali'i 'Ilima, a school of traditional Hawaiian dance. In addition, she teaches hula at UH Manoa and Leeward Community College. She graduated through the 'uniki rituals of hula from Maiki Aiu Lake. Vicky received her BA and MA in Dance Ethnology from the University of Hawai'i. Since 1997, she has coordinated demonstrations, rallies, and marches calling for social, economic, and environmental justice for native Hawaiians.
