The ISR benefits from the guidance of internal and external steering committees.
The Mānoa Steering Committee
- Denise Konan, Dean of the College of Social Sciences
- Brian Taylor, Dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
- Nicholas Comerford, Dean & Director of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
- Jonathan Osorio, Dean of Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
- Aloysius Helminck, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences
- Brennon Morioka, Dean of the College of Engineering
The External Advisory Board
- Jack Kittinger, Senior Director, Global Fisheries and Aquaculture Program, Conservation International
- Pono Shim, President and CEO, Oahu Economic Development Board
- Ulalia Woodside, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi
- Matthew K. Lynch, Sustainability Coordinator, University of Hawaiʻi System
- Celeste Connors, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi Green Growth
- Claire Sullivan, Director of Development & Impact, MAʻO Organic Farms
The ISR Curriculum Committee
- Guohui Zhang, Associate Professor, Representing the College of Engineering
- Marguerite Butler, Associate Professor, Representing the College of Natural Sciences
- Laurel Mei-Singh, Assistant Professor, Representing the College of Social Sciences
- Mikey Kantar, Assistant Professor, Representing the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
- Malia Akutagawa, Associate Professor, Representing Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
- Michael Guidry, Specialist, Representing the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
- Pauline Chinn, Professor, Representing College of Education
- Jaimey Hamilton Faris, Associate Professor, Representing the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters
The director of ISR is Professor Makena Coffman, makena.coffman@hawaii.edu, (808) 956-2890, Saunders Hall 113. Professor Coffman has a PhD in Economics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2007) and a BA in International Relations from Stanford University (2002). Her research focuses on low carbon transportation, renewable energy planning and Hawaiʻi’s economy. She currently serves as Chair of the City & County of Honolulu Climate Change Commission.