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
Vice President of the Kamehameha Schools Community and ‘Āina Resiliency Group
Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua
Trustee, Kamehameha Schools; UH professor
Michelle Kaʻuhane
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President
Bill Reeves
Co-Founder of Unbound Philanthropy and the Learning Coalition
UH Advisors
Peter Arnade
Dean, College of Arts, Language & Letters
Vassilis L. Syrmos
Interim Provost, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
C.H. (Chip) Fletcher
Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Noelle Kahanu
Associate Specialist, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities
Colin Moore
Chair, School of Communication and Information
Maya Soetoro
Consultant, Obama Foundation
Karla Zarate-Ramirez
Associate Vice President, Major Gifts
Hema Kealohanuikaiama Watson
President, Associated Students of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Staff Liaisons
Maile Au
Interim Sr. Executive Director of Alumni Relations, UH Foundation
Chips DeMate
Communications Director Hawai‘i Community Foundation
Lori Furoyama
Educational Specialist, OVCAA
Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe
Director UHM's Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center
Dan Meisenzahl
Director, Office of Communications
Chad Walton
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
Better Tomorrow Staff
Robert Perkinson
Associate Professor of American Studies; Director, BTSS
Jess Bandol
Media and Events Student Supervisor, BTSS
Hannah Crishel Sambrano
AmeriCorps VISTA Fellow, BTSS
Ziyun Li
Fiscal Student Assistant, BTSS
Carlos Osuna
Media & Events Student Assistant, BTSS
Alexa Dilly
Videography Student Assistant, BTSS