PUBA Advisory Board

With diverse membership from both the public and private sector, the PUBA Advisory Board:

  • Reviews, revises, and affirms the program's mission, goals, and values.
  • Reviews program demographic data.
  • Advises on changes to the program, curriculum, and governance practices.

Name Title Organization
Haunani Apoliona Trustee Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Laura Arcibal* Contract Administrator Hawaiʻi Department of Health
Dan Gluck, Esq. Director Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission
Kristina Guo, PhD Director of BA in Public Admin. UH West Oʻahu
Andrew Lachman* Manager Faculty Housing, Food Services, and Mail Services at UH Mānoa
Lisa Maruyama President and CEO Hawaiʻi Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations
Kathryn Matayoshi Superintendent Hawaiʻi Department of Education
Blake Oshiro, Esq. Director of Counsel Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
Randy Perreira Executive Director Hawaiʻi Government Employers Association
Lei Riedel* Program Manager Hawaiian Community Assets
Kawika Riley Chief Advocate Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Ian Santee* Deputy Director City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department
Joy Soares* Project Manager Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Roy Takumi* Representative, District 35 State of Hawaiʻi
Laura Thielen Senator State of Hawaiʻi
Jenifer Winter, PhD Associate Professor School of Communication, UH Mānoa
Charlene Young* Consultant C.S. Young and Associate

* PUBA Alum