{"id":84948,"date":"2018-09-20T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=84948"},"modified":"2019-04-09T15:11:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T01:11:59","slug":"regents-approve-new-mkmb-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/20\/regents-approve-new-mkmb-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Regents approve six new Maunakea Management Board members"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Board of Regents<\/a> (BOR<\/abbr>) today approved the appointments of six members of the community-based Maunakea Management Board (MKMB<\/abbr>)—Roberta Chu, Julie Leialoha, Kep\u0101 Maly, Alapaki Nahale-a, Doug Simons<\/strong> and Barry Taniguchi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Mauna Kea Science Reserve Master Plan, approved by the BOR<\/abbr> in June 2000, established MKMB<\/abbr>, which is comprised of seven voting members representing the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island community. The UH<\/abbr> Hilo chancellor submits his\/her recommendations for MKMB<\/abbr> membership to the BOR<\/abbr> for its consideration and approval. The two BOR<\/abbr> members from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island also serve on the MKMB<\/abbr> in a non-voting, ex-officio capacity. MKMB<\/abbr>\u02bbs current chair is Greg Chun.<\/p>\n

New MKMB<\/abbr> member biographies<\/h2>\n

Roberta Chu<\/strong> is a fifth-generation Hilo resident, graduate of Hilo High School and Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. She currently serves as senior vice president and manager of Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island Commercial Banking Center.<\/p>\n

Julie Leialoha<\/strong> has an extensive career in natural resource management that began with an internship while attending high school at Kamehameha Schools in the mid-1970s. She currently serves as a program\/project coordinator for the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cooperative Studies Unit. She has served on multiple boards, including the Conservation Council for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Research Advisory Council, and Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council Native Hawaiian advisory group.<\/p>\n

Kep\u0101 Maly<\/strong> is a Hilo resident who is principal of Kumu Pono Associates, LLC<\/abbr>. He is a highly sought after and respected expert on historical and ethnographic studies who has served on many cultural heritage and natural resource management boards across the state.<\/p>\n

Alapaki Nahale-a<\/strong> was born and raised in Hilo and is currently a senior director of regional strategies for Kamehameha Schools on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island. Prior to joining Kamehameha Schools, Nahale-a spent more than 20 years serving the community in a variety of roles including as the director and chairman of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Trust.<\/p>\n

Doug Simons<\/strong> has been the executive director of the Canada-France-Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope on Maunakea since 2012. He is an astronomy veteran in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, having spent most of his professional career either observing with or working for various Maunakea observatories. <\/p>\n

Barry Taniguchi<\/strong> has been the president of KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores since 1989 and has been its chairman and chief executive officer since 2014. Taniguchi serves as chair of Community First, and is on the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island Economic Development Board, and the boards of the Public Schools of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Foundation, Lyman House Memorial Museum, Pacific Tsunami Museum, and Valley Isle Produce, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roberta Chu, Julie Leialoha, Kep\u0101 Maly, Alapaki Nahale-a, Doug Simons and Barry Taniguchi were approved for the community-based MKMB<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,814],"tags":[72,659,305,1053,947],"class_list":["post-84948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-maunakea","tag-board-of-regents","tag-maunakea","tag-office-of-mauna-kea-management","tag-tmt","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t