Board of Directors 2008-09

Nola A. Nāhulu, Chair
Peter Biggs, Immediate Past Chair
Gail Mukaihata Hannemann, Chair-Elect
Louise King Lanzilotti, Secretary/Treasurer
Marilyn Cristofori, CEO, Ex-Officio

Susana Browne


Ginine Castillo


Aurora Fruehling


Linda Johnson


Alan Okami


John Overton


Marcia Sakamoto Wong
Mike Walker

Lynne T. Waters


Marc Witter


Gordon Wood


Carol Yotsuda


Stanford Yuen

Thomas Bingham, Ex-Officio


Roberta Bishop, Ex-Officio 


Patricia Hamamoto, Ex-Officio 


Vivien Lee, Ex-Officio


David McClain, Ex-Officio


Christine Sorensen, Ex-Officio

Honorary Board
Linda Lingle
Governor, State of Hawai‘i



James R. Aiona, Jr.
Lt. Governor, State of Hawai‘i



Daniel K. Akaka

Senator, U.S. Congress



Daniel K. Inouye
Senator, U.S. Congress



Neil Abercrombie
Representative, U.S. Congress



Mazie Hirono
Representative, U.S. Congress


Edith and Keiji Kawakami

2008 Alfred Preis Honorees



Satoru Abe

2007 Alfred Preis Honoree



Beebe Freitas

2005 Alfred Preis Honoree

Clarence Lee

2004 Alfred Preis Honoree



Robert R. Midkiff

2003 Alfred Preis Honoree


George Ellis

2002 Alfred Preis Honoree



Henry Miyamura
2001 Alfred Preis Honoree


Ronald E. Bright
1999 Alfred Preis Honoree

Agnes Kalaniho‘okaha Cope
1998 Alfred Preis Honoree

Preis Honorees - In Memoriam
Nancy Bannick

2006 Alfred Preis Honoree



Nona Beamer

1996 Alfred Preis Honoree



Irmgard Aluli

2000 Alfred Preis Honoree

Masaru “Pundy” Yokouchi

1997 Alfred Preis Honoree