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
Micah A. Kāne
Chief Executive Officer and President, Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Lauren Nahme
Vice President of Strategy and Transformation, Kamehameha Schools
Bill Reeves
Co-Founder of Unbound Philanthropy and the Learning Coalition
Maya Soetoro
Consultant, Obama Foundation
Chris Van Bergeijk
Chief Impact Officer and Senior Vice President, Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
UH ADVISORS
Peter Arnade
Dean,
College of Arts, Language & Letters
Donavan Kamakani Albano,
President, Associated Students of the University of Hawai’i
Michael Bruno
Provost,
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Qimei Chen
Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, Shidler College of Business
C.H. (Chip) Fletcher
Professor of Geology and Geophysics and Associate Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Roy Gal
Assistant Astronomer and Outreach Coordinator, Institute for Astronomy
Noelle Kahanu
Assistant Specialist, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities
Jon Matsuda
Program Specialist, Outreach College
Paul McKimmy
Chair, Mānoa Faculty Senate
Dan Meisenzahl
Director, Office of Communications
Colin Moore
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Public Policy Center
Katrina Obleada
Diversity Chair, Graduate Student Organization
Karla Zarate-Ramirez
Associate Vice President, Major Gifts
Ronette Kawakami
Associate Dean, William S. Richardson School of Law
Staff
Maile Au
Interim Sr. Executive Director of Alumni Relations,
UH Foundation
Chips DeMate
Senior Communications Officer
Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Lori Furoyama
Educational Specialist,
OVCAA
Chelsie-Lei Gangcuangco
Student Communications Assistant
Aleta Hammerich
Student Video Editor
Kaia Hutchison
Student Database & Fiscal Assistant
Carol Li
Student Communications Assistant
Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe
Director
UHM’s Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center
Robert Perkinson
Associate Professor of American Studies; Speaker Series Coordinator
Alexandra Ruiz
Student Podcast Editor
Makani Sabala-Bactad
Student Administrative Assistant
Reanna Salvador
Student Communications Assistant
Chad Walton
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
