Keone Kealoha co-founded Malama Kaua`i in 2006 along with friend Chris Jaeb and managed the day to day operations up until January 2017. He is currently the Executive Director of KANU Hawai`i, working on statewide sustainability and community engagement efforts. Keone has sat on a variety of community-based boards and stakeholder committees including Waipa Foundation's Board of Directors, Hawai‘i Green Growth (HGG) Measures Team, County of Kauai’s Important Agricultural Lands Study Stakeholder/Technical Advisory Committee, Kauai Energy Sustainability Plan Stakeholder Group, and Kauai Economic Development Plan Steering Committee, among others. Andrea Brower worked on the staff of Malama Kauai for several years developing programs and conducting research including the authoring of the 163-page study, "Diversified, Localized, and Sustainable Agriculture on Kaua`i: Assessing Opportunities and Addressing Barriers". She left the organization to attain her Masters degree in Science and International Development from the University of Sussex followed by a PhD in the Department of Sociology at the University of Auckland. She is currently a lecturer at Gonzaga University. Michael has several years of experience in the non-profit sector, specifically in the labor movement and facilitating and developing after school programs. For the past three years, he has been working as a social worker with the State of Hawaii, Judiciary. Michael has keen interests in preserving Filipino cultural and agricultural practices and capacity building for community organizations.
Keone Kealoha
President of the Board
Andrea Brower
Michael Miranda