Papa — Board

2024-2026 Papa — Board of Directors

Emma Yap, chairwoman/director

Leinell Lasike, director/secretary 

Aaron Acpal, treasurer/director

Mahesh Cleveland, director

Kekoa Enomoto, director

Adrienne Kia, director

Kaiea Medeiros, director

Noelani Paresa, director

Nā Alaka‘i — Officers

Norman Abihai, president/co-founder


Past Papa

2022-2023 Papa — Board of Directors

Kekoa Enomoto, chairwoman/director

Noelani Paresa, secretary/director

Nobu Higa, director

Kainoa Pestana, director

Tete Tahauri, director

Emma Yap, director

2021 Papa — Board of Directors

Kekoa Enomoto, chairwoman/director

Noelani Paresa, secretary/director

Shawnalison Keanuenueholowahine Kana‘e, treasurer/director

Nobu Higa, director

Tete Tahauri, director

Emma Yap, director

Nā Alaka‘i — Officers

Norman Abihai, president

2019 Papa — Board of Directors

Norman Abihai, president — Waiohuli homestead farmer; woodworker; retired heavy-equipment operator; vice president, Hawaii Farmers Union United-Mauna Kahalawai (West Maui Mountains) Chapter.

Rodney Akau — Waikapū rancher; construction-industry entrepreneur.

Kekoa Enomoto, chairwoman/secretary — SCHHA (Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations) Executive Council; Homestead Housing Authority commissioner; Maui Mokupuni Council vice president; board member, Kēōkea Homestead Farm Lots Association, and Waiohuli Undivided Interest Lessees Association.

John ‘Ioane Keana‘āina, vice president/treasurer — farmer/rancher; retired  seafood purveyor and restaurant manager.

Cheryl Leona Mali‘ikapu Moore — vice president, Waiohuli Undivided Interest Lessees Association; Maui certified contractor; Maui Waena Intermediate School educator.

Patrick Ka‘eo Ornellas — marketing and events specialist; consultant to the Maui County Farm Bureau.

Irene Plunkett Mina — partner, Kahanu ‘Aina Greens micro-herb company; treasurer, Hawaii Farmers Union United-Mauna Kahalawai Chapter.

Staff:

Andrew ‘Aukai Hatchie Jr., registered agent — IRS Enrolled Agent.

2017 Papa — Board of Directors

Kekoa Enomoto, chairwoman — SCHHA (Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly) farming & ranching policy director; SCHHA Maui Mokupuni vice president; board member, Kēōkea Homestead Farm Lots Association, and Waiohuli Undivided Interest Lessees Association.

Norman Abihai, vice chairman — Waiohuli homestead farmer, woodworker, retired heavy equipment operator.

Emma Abihai Yap — past charter president and current board member of Waiohuli Undivided Interest Lessees Association; Waiohuli Phase 1 homestead resident; insurance saleswoman.

Rodney Akau — Waikapū rancher; construction industry entrepreneur.

Cheryl Leona Mali‘ikapu Moore — vice president of Waiohuli Undivided Interest Lessees Association; Maui certified contractor; Maui Waena Intermediate School educator.

Robert Pahia — vice president of Maui Homestead Farmers & Ranchers Association; Waiohuli Phase 1 homestead resident; Waikapū kalo farmer.

Harry Rodrigues — president of Waiohuli Undivided Interest Lessees Association; Maui certified contractor.

Staff:

Andrew ‘Aukai Hatchie Jr., registered agent — IRS Enrolled Agent.

July 12, 2017