Board Members

The HCH Board of Directors are volunteer members selected statewide from nominees who demonstrate a strong interest and commitment to the public humanities.  Up to five members are appointed by the Governor.  Board members serve three-year terms.

Responsibilities of council members include attendance at three regular board meetings and at committee meetings, assist in private fundraising, make a financial contribution to the council, promote public awareness of the NHC and its objectives and attend and evaluate programs funded by the council.

Executive Committee

• Chairman: Warren Nishimoto, Director, Center for Oral History, University of Hawai'i, Manoa
  
• Vice Chairman: Carol Fox , Director of Strategic Planning and Partnerships,
  The East-West Center
  
• Secretary-Treasurer: Saundra Schwartz, Classics & History, Hawaii Pacific University
  
• Chair of Nominations & Membership Committee:
  
• Chair of Proposal Review Committee: Warren Nishimoto, Center for Oral History, University of Hawai'i
  
• Chair of Program Development Committee:

Other Members

• Lea Albert, Windward 'Oahu Complex Superintendent, Hawaii State Department of Education
  
• Elizabeth (Betty) Buck, Special Assistant to the President for Education, Asian Studies Development Program, East-West Center
  
• Phoebe Campbell, Retired teacher and community volunteer
  
• Henry Gomes, Associate Provost, Chaminade University of Honolulu
  
• Sheryln F. Goo, Executive Director, Institute of Native Pacific Education and Culture
  
• Lorey Ishihara, Social Studies, Kahuku High and Intermediate School
  
• Christina Kemmer, Executive Vice President, Communications Pacific
  
• Kenneth Kipnis, Philosophy of Law and Ethics, UH Manoa
  
• Seri Inthava Luangphinith, Pacific Islands & Hawai`i Literature, UH Hilo
  
• Margaret Masunaga, Attorney, Department of the Attorney General, Kealakekua
• Anne McKenna, Reference Librarian, Kaua'i Community College
  
• Linda Menton, Professor of Social Studies Education, CRDG, University of Hawai'i
  
• Michael T. Munekiyo, President, Munekiyo & Hiraga, Inc.
  
• Lester Stiefel , Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Bank of Hawai'i
  
• Melissa Tanji , Reporter, The Maui News