Members

humpback whale swimming underwater
Photo: Ed Lyman/NOAA, under NOAA permit #14682

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