- Communications Committee
- Elections Committee
- Executive Board
- Finance Committee
- Operations Committee
- Outreach Committee
Bernadette Baraquio
Bernadette is a veteran journalist and TV producer with twenty-five years in the business. She began working at UH in 2011 as a broadcast journalism instructor with the School of…
Carol Oshiro, MSS Communications Officer
Carol is a University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa alumni and started her University of Hawaiʻi career as a student assistant. She has worked at the university since 2004 in molecular genetic…
Christopher Magnani
I have been in my career field for 36 years, starting as a firefighter and working my way through the fire service retiring as a fire investigator. I then worked…
Carl Dionne, MSS Past Chair
Carl is the Systems Administrator for the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. He has worked in the University of Hawai‘i system for twenty-three years, eleven years in Hilo,…
Aeza Hafalia
Aeza is the program coordinator of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program and the NEXus campus staff coordinator for the Nursing Education Exchange partnership. She is a wife and mother…
Michele Inouchi, MSS Treasurer
Michele currently works with the Administrative Services office in the Division of Student Success since October 2016. She previously worked on the University’s lower campus with the Business Office in…
Isaac Pomper
Isaac currently works as the Building Projects Coordinator for Shidler College of Business. Prior to that, he worked at the Law Library as their Administrative and Fiscal Support Specialist. He…
Kristen Ferrer, MSS Executive Board Secretary
Kristen is a program manger with the School of Teacher Education and has worked within the UH system for over 10 years in various campuses and departments. She is a…
Leah Taylor
Leah has worked with the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, John A Burns School of Medicine since 2014 and currently serves as it's Business Director by managing it's…
Lyn Nakagawa
Lyn joined the University of Hawai‘i Athletics Department in October of 2007 as an Assistant Athletic Trainer. Since 2021, she has held the position of Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic…
Marie-Guillen Guillermo
I am excited to represent the diverse needs and contributions of our staff community. Having been part of this institution since my undergraduate days, I bring a unique perspective on…
Reynold Kajiwara, MSS Vice Chair
Reynold has been an academic advisor for UH Mānoa since 2018 and in his second year of service as a senator. He joined the Mānoa Staff Senate to learn more…
Richard Okubo
Richard currently works as the fiscal administrator for the SEED Office. Before that, he worked at PBRC-Haumana/MARC Programs and JABSOM-Family Medicine as an IT Specialist. As a new member of…
Andrew Sensano, MSS Chair
Andrew has been employed at UH Mānoa for over twenty-two years. His decision to serve on the Mānoa Staff Senate seemed to be predetermined since as a student here at…
Whitni Weber White, MSS Senate Secretary
Aloha mai kākou. My name is Whitni Weber White and I am an Instructional & Student Support Specialist with Outreach Collegeʻs Student Services department. I am eager to contribute to…
New Senators (July 2024 – June 2026 term)
- Kristen Ferrer
- Tony Hall
- Healani Sonoda-Pale
- Chris Magnani
- Kristen McCormack
- Lyn Nakagawa
- Isaac Pomper
- Leah Taylor
Current Senators (serving till June 2025 term)
- Bernadette Baraquio
- Carl Dionne
- Michele Inouchi
- Reynold Kajiwara
- Jacob Choe
- Devon Gordon
- Aeza Hafalia
- Jaret Leong
- Elmer Kaʻai
- Carol Oshiro