
(808) 932-7348
marcias@hawaii.edu
200 West Kawili Street
Administration Building 119
Hilo, HI 96720-4091
Marcia Sakai was appointed interim chancellor at the University of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ at Hilo in 2017. She previously served as the UH Hilo vice chancellor for administrative affairs from 2011.
Sakai has been a UH Hilo faculty member in business administration and economics since 1991 and is a professor of tourism and economics. She was appointed dean of UH Hilo¡¯s College of Business and Economics in 2005. During her tenure in administrative affairs, she made great progress toward improving campus-wide efficiency in several areas, notably technology infrastructure and sustainability measures with special focus on energy conservation.
