Presley Keʻalaanuhea Ah Mook Sang is a kupa of Papakōlea, Oʻahu. She is currently an instructor of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is the founder of Puʻuhuluhulu University at Maunakea.

Ka’ohu Kreations art and tattoos come from Big Island, Hawaiʻi. Leilani is the creator, an artist whose creative spirit shines through her many forms of art & tattoos with a connection to spirit and the natural world. Leilani’s art is made with pure love, healing, the practice of aloha ‘āina, and intention. Her Inspiration comes from Polynesia, tribal/ancient art, symbolic pattern work, and adornment style feminine designs. She opened Ola Loa Studio in 2019, providing a safe and unique tattoo environment that is welcoming and safe for women, diversity and those looking for large scale body work in a private space.

Mariana is a queer, indigenous, immigrant woman from Lima, Peru. She is a graduate from UH Manoa with a BA in Women’s Studies & Latin American Studies as well as an MPA focused in organizational leadership and nonprofit management. Mariana’s professional experience includes environmental conservation, college mental health, and community outreach and communications for the last 8 years. She recently started Pachamama Creative LLC, as a photographer and consultant to nonprofits, to help close the marketing and strategic communications gap within the nonprofit sector.

Mariana is a digital and block print artist, storyteller who aims to use a variety of visual art to build community around and give voice to communities who are often underrepresented and silenced. Mariana is the host of Quariwarmi, a podcast that shares the stories and cultural perspectives of queer BIPOC folks.

Born, raised & educated in Hawai’i. An East West Center APLP fellow & University of Hawai’i alum with over 15 years of professional experience in the international travel industry. Founder of Conscious Concepts, a regenerative enterprise providing consulting, and project management supporting the increased demand for capacity building, centering equity within place-based development at the nexus of the climate, economic and public health crises.

The past 12 years have been dedicated to repurposing an international travel career to be in service to climate change resiliency, social justice advocacy, and community wellbeing through ‘āina and arts-based initiatives within the philanthropic, corporate and public sectors.

The past 2 years have been dedicated to the City and County of Honolulu’s Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency (OCCSR) as the Climate Resilience and Equity Program Manager.

Malia Akutagawa Malia was born and raised on Molokai and is President and Founder of Sust ʻāina ble Molokai. She is an attorney and Assistant Professor of Law with both the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law and Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. Malia is a 1997 alumnus of the William S. Richardson School of Law, having earned a Juris Doctor and Environmental Law Certificate. Her focal studies included Hawaiian and water rights, environmental regulations, land use, administrative and international law. She is also a part of Hui ʻĀina Momona, a consortium of scholars throughout the university community charged with addressing compelling issues of indigenous Hawaiian knowledge and practices, including the legal regime and Native Hawaiian rights associated with mālama ʻāina, and with focus on cross-disciplinary solutions to natural and cultural resource management, sustainability, and food security.

Dr. Joey Valenti is Founder of the Albizia Project and leads the team in developing innovative solutions in response to socio-ecological issues identified across Hawaiʻi.

In 2016 he earned his Doctorate degree in Architecture from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM). His research investigated the state’s low-value forest resources to develop innovative building systems that utilize the prolific invasive albizia tree. The project was awarded funding from UHM, Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation, and the U.S. Forest Service to build the Albizia Project’s first full-scale prototype.

Vince Kana‘i Dodge is the founder of ʻAi Pōhaku, a papa (grandfather), educator, cultural practitioner, and longtime resident of Wai‘anae where kiawe trees are plentiful

Dr. Krista Hiser envisions a generation college of graduates equipped to thrive, helps faculty re-design courses to include aspects of sustainability in ways they might not have considered and implements strategies to futureproof our academic institutions. Today, as a curriculum specialist and college professor teaching climate communication, environmental literature and climate fiction, Krista strive to create epochal, transformative learning experiences for students and for stakeholders across higher education. She is the host of the Ultimate Cli-Fi Book Club for Sustainability in Higher Education, and is an English professor at Kapiʻolani Community College.

Dr. Wendy Miles is dedicated to nurturing trusted relationships and strong partnerships in support of climate change resiliency in the Pacific Islands. She is the Science Collaboration Coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Science Applications program in the Pacific Islands, and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the East-West Center. She is experienced in community-led conservation and adaptation planning, climate change program and policy evaluation, and the provision of targeted climate science decision support to communities and governments.

Dr. Krista Hiser envisions a generation college of graduates equipped to thrive, helps faculty re-design courses to include aspects of sustainability in ways they might not have considered and implements strategies to futureproof our academic institutions. Today, as a curriculum specialist and college professor teaching climate communication, environmental literature and climate fiction, Krista strive to create epochal, transformative learning experiences for students and for stakeholders across higher education. She is the host of the Ultimate Cli-Fi Book Club for Sustainability in Higher Education, and is an English professor at Kapiʻolani Community College.