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Bernadette Baraquio

Creative Director, College of Social Sciences
Communications Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Carol Oshiro, MSS Communications Officer

Fiscal and Recruitment Specialist, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources
Communications Committee, Executive Board, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Christopher Magnani

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, Student Housing Services
Finance Committee, Operations Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Carl Dionne, MSS Past Chair

Information Technology Specialist, College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources
Communications Committee, Shared Governance Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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,…

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Aeza Hafalia

Program Coordinator, School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
Communications Committee, Elections Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Michele Inouchi, MSS Treasurer

Senior Fiscal Specialist, DSS – Administrative Services
Executive Board, Outreach Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Isaac Pomper

Building Projects Coordinator, Shidler College of Business
Finance Committee, Outreach Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Jacob Choe

Professional Standards Manager, UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety
Outreach Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

Jacob is the current Professional Standards Manager for the UHM Department of Public Safety and brings over 10 years of experience in safety, security, and emergency management. He serves as…

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Kristen Ferrer, MSS Executive Board Secretary

Program Manager, School of Teacher Education
Executive Board, Outreach Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Leah Taylor

Business Director, Department of Family Medicine & Community, John A Burns School of Medicine Health
Finance Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Lyn Nakagawa

Assistant Athletics Director, Athletic Training and Student Athlete Well-Being, UH Athletics
Finance Committee, Operations Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Reynold Kajiwara, MSS Vice Chair

Academic Advisor, College of Natural Sciences, Student Academic Success Center
Communications Committee, Executive Board, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Richard Okubo

Fiscal Administrator, Student Diversity and Inclusion
Outreach Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

Richard currently works as the fiscal administrator for the Student Diversity and Inclusion Office (formerly SEED). Before that, he worked at PBRC-Haumana/MARC Programs and JABSOM-Family Medicine as an IT Specialist.…

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Andrew Sensano, MSS Chair

IT Specialist, Outreach College
Elections Committee, Executive Board, Shared Governance Committee, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

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…

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Raedelle Van Fossen, MSS Senate Secretary

Education Manager, Lyon Arboretum
Elections Committee, Executive Board, UH Mānoa Staff Senate

Raedelle was a public school science teacher for 18 years before working at Lyon Arboretum in 2017.  Working at Lyon is a dream come true for Raedelle because it is…

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

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
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