Board Members

Chairperson

  • John Komeiji: An individual with business and finance experience who has previous administrative experience in managing a large private-sector business.
  • Kamanamaikalani Beamer: An individual with ʻāina (land) resource management expertise and specific experience with Hawaiʻi island‑based management. Beamer is a professor at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies in the Hui ʻĀina Momona Program at UH Mānoa.
  • Gary Krug: An individual who is recognized as possessing expertise in the fields of preschool through 12th-grade public education or post-secondary education.
  • Rich Matsuda: A representative from a list of three names submitted by Mauna Kea Observatories.
  • Pomaikai Bertelmann: An individual who is a lineal descendent of a practitioner of Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices associated with Mauna Kea.
  • Joshua Mangauil: An individual who is a recognized practitioner of Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices.
  • Paul Horner: An individual from a list of three names submitted by the President of the Senate.
  • Michelle “Noe Noe” Wong-Wilson: An individual from a list of three names submitted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wilson is a retired Hawaiʻi CC Hawaiian Studies assistant professor.

Three ex-officio, voting members will also serve on the Authority

  • The chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, or the chairperson’s designee. Chairperson Dawn Chang has designated Ryan Kanaka‘ole, Deputy Director, Department of Land and Natural Resources.
  • The mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi, or the mayor’s designee. Mayor Mitch Roth has designated Douglass Shipman Adams, director, research and development management.
  • The chairperson of the UH Board of Regents, or a designee. Chairperson Randy Moore has designated UH Regent Eugene Bal III.