{"id":124185,"date":"2020-08-04T15:22:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T01:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=124185"},"modified":"2020-08-04T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T01:22:36","slug":"omidyar-fellows-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/omidyar-fellows-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"9 <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> alumni selected as Omidyar Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_124195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124195\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-omidyar-fellows-2020-1.jpg\" alt=\"headshots of Omidyar cohort\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-omidyar-fellows-2020-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-omidyar-fellows-2020-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/manoa-omidyar-fellows-2020-1-130x87.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omidyar Fellows eighth cohort.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Leadership Forum announced 16 local leaders who are joining the eighth cohort of its <a href=\"http:\/\/omidyarfellows.org\/\">Omidyar Fellows<\/a> program, and nine are alumni from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii.\">Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/span><\/a> The program seeks to cultivate the conditions in which <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> thrives by equipping leaders with the skills and cross-sector relationships necessary to collectively affect societal change.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals were selected through a rigorous application process, based on their accomplishments, motivation and ability to make positive change in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Their courageous leadership continues to be demonstrated through their response to the <abbr title=\"coronavirus\">COVID-19<\/abbr> pandemic and the ongoing health and economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One thing that has become incredibly clear to all of us in the last six months is the importance and impact of thoughtful, credible and intentional leadership,&rdquo; said Bill Coy, director of Omidyar Fellows. &ldquo;We see leadership as an activity, not a role, and we have appreciated all of those who have stepped forward to diagnose the real and deeper challenges, engage others and intervene skillfully. Cohort <abbr title=\"roman numeral eight\">VIII<\/abbr> joins us at a juncture of critical demands and remarkable opportunity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The nine <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni who were selected as the eighth cohort of Omidyar Fellows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tony Au<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shidler.hawaii.edu\/\">Shidler College of Business<\/a>), executive vice president\u2013residential real estate division, First Hawaiian Bank<\/li>\n<li><strong>Danielle Bass<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/durp\/\">Department of Urban and Regional Planning<\/a>), sustainability coordinator, State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii,\">Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span> Office of Planning<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Chun<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s Shidler College of Business), director of sales, community and public relations\u2013<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, Alaska Airlines\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jocelyn Howard<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sswork\/\">Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work<\/a>), executive director, We Are Oceania<\/li>\n<li><strong>Janice Ikeda<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/depts\/communication\/\">Department of Communication<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College<\/a>\u2019s Information Technology program), executive director, Vibrant <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ashley Lukens<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalscience.hawaii.edu\/\">Department of Political Science<\/a>), executive director, Frost Family Foundation; principal consultant, Ashley Lukens Consulting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darragh O\u2019Carroll<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a>), emergency physician, Kuakini Medical Center; writer and climate change advocate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diane Paloma<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s Shidler College of Business), chief executive officer, King Lunalilo Trust and Lunalilo Home<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suzie Schulberg<\/strong> (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/aging\/\">Center on Aging<\/a>, previously housed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/publichealth\/\">Office of Public Health Studies<\/a>), president and chief executive officer, Arcadia Family of Companies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the full list of the eighth cohort, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/omidyarfellows.org\/fellows\/cohorteight\">Omidyar Fellows website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals were selected based on their accomplishments, motivation and ability to make positive change in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii.\">Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[679,970,61,31,185,449,146,596,14,9],"class_list":["post-124185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-center-on-aging","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-political-science","tag-public-health-sciences","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-myron-b-thompson-school-of-social-work","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124185"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124210,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124185\/revisions\/124210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}