2020 Speaker Profiles

NATHAN EAGLE 
Reporter,
Civil Beat

SOLOMON ENOS 
Artist, Illustrator, Visionary

JAIMEY HAMILTON FARIS
Associate Professor,
UH Mānoa

DEREK FERRAR
News & Information Specialist,
East-West Center

CHRIS YUNKER
Hawaiʻi State Energy Office

KUʻUWEHI HIRAISHI
Reporter,
Hawaiʻi Public Radio

KAʻĀINA HULL
Planning Director,
Kauaʻi County

 

CHRIS JOHNSON
Grants and Business Relations Specialist,
Hawaiʻi Bicycling League

NUIN-TARA KEY
Deputy Director for Climate Resilience,
Governor’s Office of Research & Planning, CA

BETH-ANN KOZLOVICH
Senior Development Officer,
Kahi Mohala

SUSAN LOVE
Climate & Sustainability Section Lead,
Division of Energy & Climate, DE

KAWIKA PEGRAM
Environmental Organizer,
Climate Strike Hawaiʻi

LAURIEN NUSS
Climate Resilience & Equity Manager
Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency

NOELANI PUNIWAI, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies

BRADLEY M. ROMINE, PhD
Coastal Management Specialist, UH Sea Grant College Program
University Consortium Deputy Director, PI-CASC

ED SNIFFEN
Deputy Director,
State Highways Division, HI

AIMEE BARNES
California-China Climate Institute

ROGER SORKIN
Director & Producer,
American Resilience Project

JAMIE STROBLE
Climate Engagement & Community Partnerships Specialist,
King County Climate Action Team

JEREMY M. TARR
Policy Advisor,
NC Governor Roy Cooper

BARRY USAGAWA
Program Administrator,
Hawaiʻi Board of Water Supply

RICHARD WALLSGROVE
Assistant Professor
University of Hawai‘i
William S. Richardson School of Law