Advisors and Staff

The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series is administered by the Office of the Provost at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in partnership with the Hawai‘i Community Foundation and Kamehameha Schools.

Community Advisors

Kāʻeo Duarte

Kā‘eo Duarte

Vice President of the Kamehameha Schools Community and ‘Āina Resiliency Group

Noelani Goodyear

Trustee, Kamehameha Schools; UH professor

Micah A. Kāne

Chief Executive Officer and President, Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Bill Reeves

Bill Reeves

Co-Founder of Unbound Philanthropy and the Learning Coalition

Sheila Sarhangi

Vice President of Strategic Communications, Hawaii Community Foundation

MAYA SOETORO portrait

Maya Soetoro

Consultant, Obama Foundation

UH Advisors

PETER ARNADE portrait

Peter Arnade

Dean, College of Arts, Language & Letters

MICHAEL BRUNO portrait

Michael Bruno

Provost, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

CHIP FLETCHER portrait

C.H. (Chip) Fletcher

Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

NOELLE KAHANU portrait

Noelle Kahanu

Associate Specialist, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Jon Matsuda

Program Specialist, Outreach College

COLIN MOORE portrait

Colin Moore

Chair, School of Communication and Information

Mark Willingham

Mark Willingham

President, Graduate Student Organization

Karla Zarate-Ramirez

Karla Zarate-Ramirez

Associate Vice President, Major Gifts

Staff Liasons

Maile Au

Maile Au

Interim Sr. Executive Director of Alumni Relations, UH Foundation

Chips DeMate

Chips DeMate

Communications Director Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Lori Furoyama portrait photo

Lori Furoyama

Educational Specialist, OVCAA

Brandon Ledward

Research Analyst Kamehameha Schools

Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Punihei Lipe

Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe

Director UHM's Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center

Dan Meisenzahl

Dan Meisenzahl

Director, Office of Communications

chad walton portrait

Chad Walton

Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research

BTSS Staff

ROBERT PERKINSON portrait

Robert Perkinson

Associate Professor of American Studies; Director, BTSS

Reanna Salvador

Operations Coordinator, BTSS

Kaia Hutchison

Student Fiscal Assistant, BTSS