Board of Directors

Ho`okāko`o Corporation is led by an 11 to 15 member volunteer Board of Directors, with Keith Vieira as Chair of the Board.  The HC Board of Directors serves as the Local School Board of the conversion charter schools.  Each board member has committed to the HC mission and has made significant contributions to the organization through active participation on board committees as the chairperson or member.  The committees are the Program Committee; Administrative, Personnel, Nominating and Governance Committee; Communications and Marketing Committee; Fund Development Committee; Budget and Finance Committee; and the Strategic Planning Committee.

Keith Vieira
Chair, Ho`okāko`o Corporation Board of Directors
Senior Vice President
Director of Operations for Hawaii & French Polynesia
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Pauline Lo Bailey
Vice Chair, Ho`okāko`o Corporation Board of Directors
Director of Human Resources & Co-Curricular Programs
Punahou School

Megan McCorriston
President, Ho`okāko`o Corporation Board of Directors
Executive Director
Ho`okāko`o Corporation

Robert Witt
Vice President, Ho`okāko`o Corporation
Executive Director
Hawaii Association of Independent Schools

Edwina Clarke
Secretary, Ho`okāko`o Corporation
Community Volunteer

Claire Asam
Trustee
Queen Lili`uokalani Trust

Allen Awaya
Legislative Assistant
Hawaii State Senate/Office of Senator Norman Sakamoto

Ann Botticelli
Vice President for Community Relations                       
Kamehameha Schools

Elisabeth Chun
Executive Director
Good Beginnings Alliance

H. Mitchell D’Olier
President & CEO
Kaneohe Ranch Co., LTD

Guy H. Kaulukukui   
Associate Director for Strategic Partnerships
The Kohala Center

Ray Soon
Managing Partner
Solutions Pacific, LLC.

Rose Yamada
Curriculum and Professional Development Consultant
Retired Department of Education Director

Donald Young
Director, Curriculum Research & Development Group
College of Education, University of Hawaii

National Advisory Board

Ho’okako’o set up a National Advisory Board (NAB) that meets with community partners to further support our work and provide external perspective on policies and programs that might benefit public education and Hawaiian Conversion Charter schools.  Members of NAB include: