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

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 Kaulukukui   
Director of Hawai’i Island Food Self-Reliance Project
The Kohala Center

William Rhyne
Lecturer
Maui Community College & Molokai Education Center

Ray Soon
Managing Partner
Solutions Pacific, LLC.

Karen Street
Senior Vice President & Director of Human Resources
Central Pacific Bank

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

Lynn Fallin
President, Ho`okāko`o Corporation
Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer

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: