Hui o Ko'olaupoko Staff
​Executive Director
Jeanelle Miller

Jeanelle Miller serves as the Executive Director of HOK, bringing a passion for malama ‘aina from mauka to makai. Miller began her career as a fish habitat biologist. Through community involvement and public service she has gained a wealth of management experience with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. She has served as the president of a Chamber of Commerce, a contracts manger for a structural engineering firm, and a communications consultant for science and tech start-ups. Miller’s drive to better serve the community led her to pursue a Juris Doctor from Lewis & Clark Law School’s environmental law specialization program. As the Director of HOK, Miller provides a balance of scientific oversight for strategic goals, stakeholder mediation for community investment, and legal compliance. In her free time, Miller loves to be outdoors with her children exploring the natural environment and discovering the wonders of the nature.

Project Manager
Kristen Nalani Kane

Mrs. Kane has been with Hui o Ko'olaupoko since October 2008 and has played various roles in the orginization including Volunteer Coordinator (2008-2016), Executive Director (2016-2019), and Project Manager (2019-current).  In her previous position as the HOK Volunteer Coordinator, she engaged the volunteers and community stakeholders in monthly volunteer activities and educational events, managed restoration activities, and directed PR and social media activity.   Previously, Mrs. Kane worked with Oahu Army Natural Resource Program for three years as a field technician and horticultural assistant as well as interning with environmental organizations on Kaua'i and Maui.  Mrs. Kane is a graduate of University of Hawaii with a BA in Environmental Studies and is a life-long Koʻolaupoko resident.

Grants Manager
Safia Lehua Slater

Safia Lehua Slater has been with HOK since March 2013. Born and raised on the northeastern shores of Maui, Lehua moved to O’ahu in 2006. An accountant by profession, and an environmentalist at heart, she received her first BA in Botany in 2008 with focus on environmental conservation and ethnobotany studies and second BA in Accounting. She has over 10 years’ experience working with non-profits and small businesses supporting the community and grassroots organizations. 

Volunteer Coordinator
​Jamie Miller

In June 2017 we added Americorps intern, Jamie, to the team. Jamie grew up in Kailua but moved to the mainland for high school and college. She graduated from the University of South Carolina Beaufort with her B.S. in Biology concentrating in coastal ecology and conservation. After Jamie graduated in December 2015 she moved back to the islands to start a career in environmental management. She is an avid animal lover and enjoys hiking, exploring new places, and spending time with her family. Jamie will be taking on the bulk of the Community Coordinator's position and will assist with volunteer recruitment and training, facilitating community workdays and conducting field work at all of HOK's project sites. We are very excited to have her working with us and can't wait to watch her grow in this position. 

Americorps KUPU Intern
​Hannah Azouz

The 2018-2019 Kupu CLDP intern is Environmental Scientist Hannah Azouz. Through Americorps we have welcomed her onto the team for watershed management fieldwork, and she is ready to collaborate on more environmental projects at hand. She grew up in California, and attended the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa for a Bachelor of Science in Geology & Geophysics (2016) and a Master of Science in Environmental Geology (2017). By age 23, she graduated with her MS and began a local environmental sampling company called Āina Wai Ea, and is interested in integrating more scientific evidence of the restoration benefits HOK has been working on. Hannah looks forward to spreading her passion of the earth with each volunteer that joins HOK on our workdays and ultimately using science for the greater good of the community and future watershed research.

Board of Directors
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  • President: Jeff Harris, Manager of Maintenance and Security, Oceanic Institute
  • Vice President: Jordan Kilbey, Fire Protection Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Treasurer: Jenna Masters, Natural Area Reserves Specialist IV, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
  • Secretary: Danny Kong, Civil Engineer, Belt Collins Hawaii LLC.
  • ​Director: Elizabeth Cody, Kailua Resident and active community volunteer
  • Director: P. Kalawai'a Moore, Assoc. Professor and Director of the Hawaiian Studies Program, Windward Community College
  • Director: Ku’upuamae’ole Kiyuna, Rising 3L Student, William S. Richardson School of Law

Internships with HOK
HOK is always looking for interested individuals to help us with our programs and projects,
offering a wide range of opportunities for internships. 

If you are interested and feel as if you can contribute to our mission, 
​contact us or check our Internships page for more information! 
Click here to read about past HOK staff and interns.
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