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- Nellie Sugii, Acting Director and Hawaiian Rare Plant Program Manager
- Raedelle Van Fossen, Education Manager
- Clancy Ako, Facilities Manager
- Destin Shigano, Fiscal Officer
- Liloa Dunn, Grounds and Collections Manager
- (Picture unavailable) Anna Sugiyama, Seed Lab Manager
- Timothy Kroessig, Horticulture Manager
- Audrey Hirayama, Director of Development, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources and Lyon Arboretum
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Administration

Nellie Sugii, Acting Director and Hawaiian Rare Plant Program Manager
Nellie Sugii
Acting Director and Hawaiian Rare Plant Program Manager
Email: sugii@hawaii.edu
Office: (808) 988-0470

Destin Shigano, Fiscal Officer
Destin Shigano
Fiscal Officer
Email: destink@hawaii.edu
Office: (808) 988-2971
Derek Higashi, Office Manager
Education

Raedelle Van Fossen, Education Manager
Raedelle Van Fossen
Education Manager
Email: raedelle@hawaii.edu
Office: (808) 988-0461
Hadley Andersen, Education Specialist
Jenna Watling, Education Associate
Questions about field trips, university visits, outreach, and volunteering may be directed to the general education email address: educationlyonarboretum@gmail.com.
Facilities

Clancy Ako, Facilities Manager
Clancy Ako
Facilities Manager
Email: cako3@hawaii.edu
Office: (808) 988-2479
Kim Zane, Facilities Assistant
Grounds and Collections

Liloa Dunn, Grounds and Collections Manager
Liloa Dunn
Grounds and Collections Manager
Email: liloa@hawaii.edu
Office: (808) 988-0466
Jesse Adams, Botanic Gardener
Hua Kalahiki, Arborist
Nate Kamaka, Assistant Arborist
Rob Santiago, Gardener
Tylor Schwarze, Research Support
Richard Sears, Research Support
Hawaiian Rare Plant Program

Nellie Sugii, Acting Director and Hawaiian Rare Plant Program Manager
Nellie Sugii
Acting Director and Hawaiian Rare Plant Program Manager
Email: sugii@hawaii.edu
Office: (808) 988-0470
Micropropagation Lab
Cindy Yamamoto, Micropropagation Lab Manager, (808) 988-0470, cnose@hawaii.edu
Devon Gordon, Botanical Support
Doug Okamoto, Greenhouse Technician
Seed Conservation Lab

(Picture unavailable) Anna Sugiyama, Seed Lab Manager
Anna Sugiyama, Seed Lab Manager, (808) 988-0469, asugi@hawaii.edu
Nate Kingsley, Seed Lab Technician
Horticulture

Timothy Kroessig, Horticulture Manager
Timothy Kroessig
Horticulture Manager
Email: kroessig@hawaii.edu
Office: (808) 988-0472
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Representative

Audrey Hirayama, Director of Development, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources and Lyon Arboretum
Audrey Hirayama
Director of Development, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources and Lyon Arboretum
Email: Audrey.Hirayama@uhfoundation.org
Office: (808) 956-9172
Mobile: (808) 780-3420