Board of Directors

• Deanna Spooner, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• June Matsumoto, Consultant, Pacific Islands Institute
• Kā‘eo Duarte, Vice President of Community Engagement & Resources, Kamehameha Schools
• Matt Lynch, System Sustainability Coordinator, University of Hawai'i
• Mark Fox, Director for External Affairs, The Nature Conservancy
• Mike Hamnett, Co-Chair, Hawai'i Energy Policy Forum & Ala Wai Watershed Partnership
• Piia Aarma, President, Pineapple Tweed PR & Marketing
• Pono Shim, President and CEO, O‘ahu Economic Development Board
• Rai Saint Chu, Turbin Chu, Attorneys
• Scott Enright, Chair, Department of Agriculture
• Scott Seu, Vice President of System Operations, Hawaiian Electric Company
• Ulalia Woodside, Hawai‘i State Director, The Nature Conservancy
• William J. Aila Jr., Deputy Director, Department of Hawaiian Homelands

2017 Officers

• Piia Aarma (Chair)
• Ulalia Woodside (Vice Chair)
• Pono Shim (Treasurer)
• Matt Lynch (Secretary)

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

Hawai'i Green Growth (HGG) brings Hawai'i leaders from energy, food and the environment together to achieve sustainability in Hawai'i and be a model for integrated green growth.

Active Working Group Members 

1. 'Aulani Wilhelm, Director of Ocean Initiatives, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
2. Ashley Lukens, Director, Hawai'i Center for Food Safety
3. Audrey Newman**, Senior Advisor, Hawai'i Green Growth & Global Island Partnership
4. Aurora Winslade, Transformational Program Manager, Hawai'i Energy
5. Ben Sullivan, Energy Coordinator & Acting Sustainability Manager, Kaua'i County
6. Bill Tam, former Deputy Director, Hawai'i Dept of Land & Natural Resources
7. Bitsy Kelley, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Outrigger Enterprises Group
8. Brandon Lee, Policy and Public-Private Partnerships Associate, Ulupono Initiative
9. Brant Chillingworth, Program Officer, Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation
10. Breanna Rose**, Assistant Coordinator, Hawai'i Green Growth & Board Member, Kanu Hawai'i
11. Carol Wilcox, Board Member, Mālama Maunalua
12. Celeste Connors**, Hawai'i Green Growth Executive Director
13. Chipper Wichman, Executive Director, National Tropical Botanical Garden
14. Christy Martin, Public Information Officer, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species
15. Deanna Spooner*, Coordinator, Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
16. Donn Mende, Deputy Director of Research & Development, Hawai'i County
17. Emma Yuen, Natural Area Reserves Systems Planner, Hawai'i Dept of Land & Natural Resources
18. Eric Au, Area Director of Engineering & Sustainability, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawai'i
19. Eric Co, Program Officer for Marine Conservation, Harold K.L. Castle Foundation
20. Hau'oli Tomoso, Executive Director, Tri-Isle Resource Conservation & Development
21. Jack Kittinger, Director of Hawai'i Fish Trust, Conservation International
22. Jason Ito, Director of Administration and Planning, Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts
23. Jeff Mikulina, Executive Director, Blue Planet Foundation
24. Jesse Souki, Director of Planning, Permitting & Acquisition, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation
25. Jessica Wooley, Director, Office of Environmental Quality Control
26. Josh Atwood, Invasive Species Coordinator, Dept of Land & Natural Resources and Hawai'i Invasive Species Council
27. June Matsumoto*, former World Conservation Congress National Host Committee/Hawai'i 2016
28. Justin Gruenstein, Executive Assistant to the Mayor, City & County of Honolulu
29. Dr. Kamanao'pono Crabbe, Chief Executive Officer, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
30. Kealoha Fox, Ka Pou Kākoʻo Nui, Exec Manager & Special Assistant to Ka Pouhana (CEO), Office of Hawaiian Affairs
31. Ka'iulani De Silva, Director of Education & Consumer Affairs, Hawaiian Electric Company
32. Kevin Vaccarello, Founder & Director, Sustain Hawai'i
33. Kirsten Baumgart Turner, Partner, Sustainability Partners, Inc.
34. Kyle Datta, General Partner, Ulupono Initiative
35. Laura McIntyre, Environmental Planning Office Program Manager, Department of Health
36. Laurie Carlson, Regional Governor, Slow Food Hawai'i
37. Leo Asuncion, Director, Office of Planning
38. Lihla Noori, Executive Director, Hawai'i Conservation Alliance
39. Dr. Maria Gallo, Dean & Director, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
40. Mark Glick, Administrator, Hawai'i State Energy Office, Department of Business, Economic Development, & Tourism
41. Mark Fox*, Acting Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i
42. Matt Lynch*, System Sustainability Coordinator, University of Hawai'i
43. Mawae Morton, Representative, Polynesian Voyaging Society
44. Maxine Burkett, Associate Professor of Law & Dir. of Research Initiatives, Hawai'i Presidential Center
45. Michael Buck, Water Commissioner, Dept of Land & Natural Resources
46. Michelle Gorham Jones**, Hawai'i Green Growth Measures Coordinator
47. Mike Hamnett*, Co-Chair, Hawai'i Energy Policy Forum & former Exec Director, Research Corporation University of Hawai'i
48. Neil Hannahs, Director of Land Assets Division, Kamehameha Schools
49. Nicole Chatterson, RISE Project Manager, Kupu Hawai'i
50. Nicole Fisher, RISE Director, Kupu Hawai'i
51. Olin Lagon, Executive Director, Kanu Hawai'i & Shifted Energy
52. Pauline Sato, Executive Director, Mālama Learning Center & Program Dir, Ag Leadership Foundation of Hawai'i
53. Peter Adler, Principal, Accord 3.0 Consultants
54. Piia Aarma*, President, Pineapple Tweed Public Relations & Marketing
55. Pono Shim*, President & CEO, O'ahu Economic Development Board
56. Randall Tanaka, World Conservation Congress National Host Committee/Hawai'i 2016
57. Rob Parsons, Environmental Coordinator, Maui County
58. Scott Enright*, Chair, Department of Agriculture
59. Scott Glenn, Board Member, Environmental Council & Sierra Club
60. Scott Seu*, Senior Vice President of System Operations, Hawaiian Electric Company
61. Sharon Moriwaki, Co-Chair, HEPF & Associate Director, UH Public Policy Center
62. Suzanne Case, Chair, Dept of Land & Natural Resources
63. Ted Radovich, Associate Specialist, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources
64. Ulalia Woodside*, Director, Natural & Cultural Resources
65. Veronica Rocha, Renewable Energy Branch Chief, State Energy Office
66. William Aila*, Deputy Director, Department of Hawaiian Homelands

* HGG Steering Committee members
** HGG Staff

As a network based public-private partnership, Hawai'i Green Growth brings together diverse stakeholders from government, private sector and civil society. Following is a snapshot of the partners engaged in Hawai‘i Green Growth statewide. 

 

Hawai'i Green Growth is a multi-sector partnership that formed in 2011. The structure comprises of a Working Group, Advisors, Steering Committee, Teams, and a small coordination unit.

Hawai'i Green Growth is fully funded by HGG members, advisors, & partners, and works with local fiscal sponsor Tri-Isle Resource and Development Council. 

Working Group & Advisors
The Hawai'i Green Growth Working Group has over 40 members from both public and private entities that are actively engaged in advancing the group's priorities. The partnership also has over 40 Advisors that help and support HGG's work as needed.

Steering Committees
The Hawai'i Green Growth Steering Committee provides strategic focus, leadership, and direction for the partnership. The Steering Committee includes a lead for each sector and at least one of the leads for each active HGG Team.

Teams
The partnership functions through small multi-sector HGG Teams that focus on action around the partnership's identified priorities. One or more voluntary Chairs lead each HGG Team. Active HGG Teams include: Green Funding & Legislative, International, Sustainability Measures & Partnership, Communications, Micronesia Biosecurity Plan, Fisheries & Ocean Management, Green Job & Business Creation, Waste Reduction.

Coordination
Hawai'i Green Growth is currently staffed by a half-time Senior Advisor and full-time Assistant Coordinator. All other roles played within the partnership are through the voluntary contribution of the HGG Working Group as the partnership's priorities overlap with member's existing work.