Hawai'i Green Growth established cross-sector committees & teams to provide key leadership on key priorities

HGG Active Committees & Team Chairs

1. Aloha+ Challenge Measures Team - Matt Lynch, University of Hawai‘i & Ben Sullivan, County of Kaua‘i
2. Green Funding and Policy Ad Hoc Team – Mark Fox, The Nature Conservancy
3. Communications Ad Hoc Team – Piia Aarma, Pineapple Tweed PR & Marketing
4. International Ad Hoc Team– Deanna Spooner, Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
5. HGG Steering Committee (SC) – Audrey Newman, Hawaii Green Growth & Global Island Partnership

The Steering Committee provides strategic direction and decisions on group structure, membership and process, and currently serves as the Resources Team. The Steering Committee includes a lead for each sector and at least one of the leads for each active HGG Team.

Steering Committee Members:

1. Audrey Newman, HGG Senior Advisor & GLISPA liaison (Chair)
2. Celeste Connors, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Green Growth
3. Deanna Spooner, Coordintor for Pacific Island Climate Change Cooperative
4. June Matsumoto, World Conservation Congress 2016
5. Matt Lynch, Sustainability Coordinator for the University of Hawai'i
6. Mark Fox, Executive Director for the The Nature Conservancy
7. Mike Hamnett, Chair for Hawai'i Energy Policy Forum & RCUH Executive Director
8. Piia Aarma, President for Pineapple Tweed PR & Marketing
9. Pono Shim, President for Enterprise Honolulu
10. Scott Enright, Chair for the Department of Agriculture
11. Scott Seu, Senior VP of System Operations for Hawaiian Electric Company
12. Ulalia Woodside, Director, Natural & Cultural Resources
13. William Aila, Deputy Director for Department of Hawaiian Homelands
14. Breanna Rose, HGG Assistant Coordinator

Previous Steering Committee Members:

• 'Aulani Wilhelm
• Jackie Kozak Thiel
• Josh Atwood
• Kirsten Baumgart Turner
• Russell Kokubun
• Sharon Moriwaki