Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/OFFICERS

President

Ralph Whitaker III, US Army, Veteran

Vice President

Maggie McGehee, UH

Secretary

Dayv St Pierre, Epic Ohana

Treasurer

Jerry Denton, Retired

ADVISORY BOARD

  • Susan McCreary Duprey, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Windward Choral Society on O‘ahu and the Kona Choral Society on the island of Hawai‘i

  • Brian KM, Previous Artistic Director, Melbourne Rainbow Band

  • Diane Koshi, Choral Director, Hawai‘i Youth Opera Chorus & Founding Director, La Sorellanza

  • Jack Law, Owner, Hula’s Bar & Lei Stand; Co-Founder, Life Foundation; Founder, Rainbow Film Festival

  • Tricia Marciel, Singer, Performer, Actress

  • Laurence Paxton, Previous Director of Music & Department Chair, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  • Jill Radke, Actor & Performer; Senior Communications Consultant, Kaiser Permanente

  • John Rampage, Artistic Director, Diamond Head Theatre & 35-time Po‘okela Award Winner for Excellence in Theater

  • John Renke, Canon Precentor  and Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. Andrew (retired)

  • Willie Sabel, Technical Director, Diamond Head Theatre

  • Alethea Train, Vocal Ensemble/Dance, School of the Arts, Mid Pacific Institute

  • Rev. Pam Vessels, Community Organizer; Co-Director, Harm Reduction Hawai‘i

  • Kumu Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu, Cultural Practitioner; Chair, State of Hawai‘i Historic Preservation – O‘ahu Island Burial Council