Administrative Team
"Phil" Augustus Acosta
Executive Director
Kristin Baquiro
Program Assistant
Buddy Baum
Data Specialist
Mele Pepa Latu
Operations Manager
Danielle Lee
Communications & Marketing Lead
Nick Mayes
Social Media & Communications Intern
Violet Moon
Community Outreach & Engagement Specialist
Lauren Oakland
Project Coordinator, Meals With Aloha
Madelaine Taylor
Volunteer Coordinator
Driver Team
Hiram Johnson
Lead Driver
Shaun Dickson
Driver
Thomas Halaifonua
Driver
Sini Pepa
Driver
Taniela "Nela" Mateaki
Driver
Carlito Rondolos
Driver
Part-time
George Stevens
Driver
Mitieli "Taki" Takitaki
Driver Helper
Sifa Tanoa
Driver Helper
Board of Directors
Gaison Ontai
Chair
The Queen’s Health Systems
Dawn Kurisu
Vice Chair
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Summer H. Kaiawe, Esq.
Secretary, Immediate Past Vice Chair
Wantanabe Ing LLP
Lisa Tomihama
Internal Affairs Committee Chair
First Hawaiian Bank
John Strandberg
External Affairs Committee Chair
Pacific Digital Signs
Joanna Oshiro
Treasurer
Deloitte LLP
Nicole Altman
Director
Instacart
Butch Galdeira
Director (Immediate Past Chair)
Diamond Bakery
Jolyn Garidan-Prieto
Director
Hawaii Fire Fighters Association
Jamila Jarmon
Director
Chewbox Inc.
Aya Nishihara Leslie
Director
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival
Wally Marciel
Director
H&W Foodservice
Robert Harrison
Chair Emeritus
First Hawaiian Bank
Christine Loui
Immediate Past Secretary
The Queenʻs Medical Center University of Hawai’i at Manoa