Members
The council has 18 voting members and 13 non-voting members. The members include the following:
Non-Government Members
Thorne Abbott
Business/Commerce
Kevin Kelly
Business/Commerce Alternate
James Kelleher
Commercial Shipping
Vacant
Commercial Shipping Alternate
Kawika Winter
Conservation
Nicole Hoku Cody
Conservation Alternate
Maya Walton
Education
Robyn Ehrlich
Education Alternate
Vacant
Fishing
Vacant
Fishing Alternate
Jayne Lefors
Hawai‘i Island
Bob Gladden
Hawai‘i Island Alternate
Maka‘ala Ka‘aumoana
Kaua‘i Island
Nina Monasevitch
Kaua‘i Island Alternate
Solomon Pili Kaho'ohalahala
Lāna‘i Island Representative
Vacant
Lāna‘i Island Representative Alternate
Vacant
Maui Island Representative
Vacant
Maui Island Representative Alternate
Malia Akutagawa
Moloka‘i Island Representative
Vacant
Moloka‘i Island Representative Alternate
Roxane Keliʻikipikāneokolohaka
Native Hawaiian
Vacant
Native Hawaiian Alternate
Maxx Phillips
O‘ahu Island Representative
Vacant
O‘ahu Island Representative Alternate
Chad Wiggins
Ocean Recreation
Shoko Takamura
Ocean Recreation Alternate
Jens Currie
Research
Vacant
Research Alternate
Greg Nielson
Tourism
Magen Schifiliti
Tourism Alternate
James Edon Coon
Whale watching
Sherry LeMaster
Whale watching Alternate
Anabelle Padilla
Youth Member (non-voting)
Vacant
Youth Member Alternate (non-voting)
Government Members
Cameron Black
State of Hawai'i Dept. of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
Mary Alice Evans
State of Hawai'i Dept. Office of Planning
Alec Wong
State of Hawai'i Dept. of Health
Jeannine Rossa
State of Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources
Sandra Rossetter
State of Hawai'i Dept. of Transportation - Harbors Division
TBD
Office of Hawaiian Affairs (Voting)
TBD
National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Law Enforcement
Jeff Walters
National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Area Office
Athline Clark
Papahānaumokuākea MNM Superintendent (NWHI Coral Reef Reserve 2002)
Linda Speerstra
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Janice Fukawa
U.S. Navy
Malie Norman
U.S. Coast Guard
Joshua Demello
Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council (Voting)
Allen Tom
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Superintendent